Symantec Backup Exec™ 11D for Windows® Servers the Gold Standard in Windows Data Recovery
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Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec™ 11d for Windows® Servers The Gold Standard in Windows Data Recovery Key benefits procedures for any level user and any size network. With a • Trusted and reliable complete family of high-performance agents and options to • Eliminates backup windows protect Windows, Linux®, and UNIX® server data, as well as • Enables faster backups desktops and laptops, Symantec Backup Exec is the gold • Recovers individual files, Exchange messages/mailboxes, standard in Windows data recovery. and SharePoint® documents in seconds Meeting the needs of today’s business and IT administrators, • Enables end-user file retrieval—without IT intervention Symantec Backup Exec 11d is an easy-to-use data recovery • Complete disk- and tape-based data protection solution that is cost-effective and simple enough for the • Reduces operational cost in Microsoft® Windows novice user to install and administer, yet flexible enough environments to protect large Windows environments, departmental • Increases Windows application availability workgroups, and remote offices. It can protect a single • Offers simple, scalable, centralized management server or multiple servers, a storage area network (SAN), • Provides certified compatibility across Microsoft Windows or scale into large enterprises. It helps Windows based busi- 2000 and Windows Server® 2003 environments nesses back up more data with less hardware, in less time, with fewer resources—and is easy to manage centrally. Introduction Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers is the Complete protection: Just add data industry-leading Microsoft Windows data protection and Symantec Backup Exec 11d offers a comprehensive data recovery solution designed for disk and tape, providing protection and recovery solution in one product suite and comprehensive, cost-effective, and certified backup and removes the complexity of dealing with backing up and recovery—now including continuous data protection for recovering your company’s most valuable asset—its data. Microsoft Exchange, file servers, and desktop and laptop Whether that data resides on a Windows file server; on a workstations. Symantec Backup Exec 11d revolutionizes data desktop or laptop; or on an Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, or protection by eliminating backup windows and recovering other application server, Backup Exec 11d has the capability data in seconds. Enhancing data security with encryption and compatibility to offer full protection and recovery. and protecting both 32-bit and 64-bit systems, Backup Exec is the perfect fit for today’s Windows based businesses. Designed to meet the growing needs of today’s businesses, Symantec Backup Exec 11d delivers complete disk-to-disk- Centralized administration provides scalable management to-tape data protection and recovery for Windows environments. of distributed backup and remote servers. An intuitive The Backup Exec solution provides traditional tape-based data interface and wizards simplify data protection and recovery protection, as well as disk-based data protection, eliminating Page 1 of 8 Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers backup windows altogether, speeding data recovery, and Microsoft applications. Protection is also provided for Oracle® enabling end users to recover their own files—without IT (including RMAN and Real Application Clusters [RAC]), DB2®, intervention. Symantec Backup Exec 11d lets businesses SAP applications, and even NetApp® and the EMC NS family recover data in seconds, including business-critical of Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) devices. information like individual email messages or folders and other business data or files. An optional centralized administration console provides scalable management of distributed backup and remote Disk or NAS Tape Drives or Libraries Backup to disk, storage Back up data to tape for servers. Sophisticated database and groupware agents arrays, or network attached long-term protection, disaster storage (NAS), or NetApp Filer recovery, or archival purposes. for faster backups and provide online protection and granular recovery. Even recoveries. Archive to tape for longer-term data protection. entry-level system recovery is integrated into the Symantec Backup Exec solution. Symantec Backup Exec 11d delivers Designed for Windows Certified for Windows Protecting business-critical data on Proven, innovative architecture fully a comprehensive disk- and tape-based solution from a servers as well as desktops and incorporates Microsoft’s design laptops, Symantec Backup Exec 11d standards, helping ensure 100 percent for Windows Servers is designed compatibility with Microsoft single vendor. to meet the needs of today’s Windows Server operating systems. Windows based businesses. Symantec Backup Exec supports Symantec Backup Exec can protect traditional tape-based backup a single server or department, or as well as disk-based data scale up to meet the needs of protection to deliver maximum large, distributed organizations. performance and reliability. Continuous protection—recovery in seconds Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers continues to deliver reliable, fast, and efficient data protection. Symantec Backup Exec Media Server (Includes Symantec Backup Exec Expanding continuous protection beyond Windows based Continuous Protection Server) file servers, desktops, and laptops, Backup Exec 11d now provides continuous data protection for Microsoft Exchange and SQL servers. This eliminates the need for daily backup Application Servers Desktop and Laptops and enables businesses to recover data in seconds or (Local or Remote) (Local or Remote) Protect business-critical Protect the more than 60 percent application and database servers of business-critical information minutes. And, with Backup Exec Retrieve, the industry’s such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL, outside the data center and not Oracle, DB2, SAP, or Lotus®. on corporate servers. Enable first Web-based file recovery solution, end users can Symantec Backup Exec continuous data protection and offers a line of high- let users restore their own performance Agents that workstation files without retrieve their own files—without IT intervention. help ensure data is contacting IT. protected while improving application availability. Significant enhancements to the Backup Exec Agents and File Servers (Local or Remote) Protect business-critical data on Options mean faster backup and the ability to recover file servers, Web servers, or network shares, including open files. Enable continuous data protection on critical data in seconds for Exchange, SQL, SharePoint these servers and reduce administration costs by letting Server, and Active Directory® environments. Innovative users restore their own files without contacting IT. Granular Recovery Technology in Backup Exec 11d provides Please refer to the Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers Agents and Options the ability to recover individual documents from these key data sheet for a complete list of Agents and Options that protect business-critical information and improve overall management and performance. Page 2 of 8 Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers Product highlights standard in complete Windows system recovery, allowing • NEW! Continuous protection and granular recovery for businesses and IT to recover from system loss or disasters Exchange, including Exchange 2007—Eliminates daily in minutes, not hours or days. Helping IT administrators backup window for Exchange backup jobs while allowing meet recovery time objectives, Backup Exec System recovery of individual mailboxes, messages, and folders— Recovery Option provides fast, easy-to-use system in seconds. No more multiple jobs to protect the Exchange restoration or full bare metal recovery to dissimilar data store and individual mailboxes or use of slower “MAPI” hardware and even virtual environments for servers, based backups—significantly reducing the number of desktops, or laptops. backups and time required to protect and recover Exchange. Backup Exec System Recovery captures a recovery point • NEW! Document-level recovery for SharePoint Server— of the entire live Windows system—including operating Recover individual documents, databases, or the server system, applications, system settings, configurations, farm when protecting SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and files—without affecting productivity. This recovery without rebuilding an entire SharePoint environment. point can be conveniently saved to various media or disk storage devices including SAN, NAS, Direct Attached • Enhanced! Agent for SQL—Includes flexible recovery of Storage, RAID, and CD/DVD. When systems fail, you can SQL databases with redirection of restores to alternate quickly restore them without the need for manual, locations, and integration of the SQL 2005 snapshots lengthy, and error-prone processes. into the Backup Exec catalog for a consolidated look at all data copies available for quick restore. For simplified administration and centralized manage- • NEW! Encryption—Enhances data security with encryption ment for larger organizations, as well as enhanced for data being backed up over the network and when Exchange protection, consider utilizing Symantec Backup stored to tape. Exec System Recovery 7.0. • NEW! Support for 64-bit systems—Backup Exec • NEW! Agent for Oracle RMAN and RAC—With support and protected servers are both supported on 64-bit for Oracle Database 8i, 9i, or 10g