Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec™ System Recovery The Gold Standard in Complete Windows® System Recovery Overview New centralized management Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 is a complete, • Provides simple, at-a-glance management of all backup disk-based system recovery solution for Microsoft® Windows® and recovery processes based servers, desktops, and laptops that allows businesses • Delivers reporting functionality and trend analysis views to recover from system loss or disasters in minutes, not • Scales from small businesses to larger Windows hours or days—even to dissimilar hardware platforms, environments virtual environments, or in remote, unattended locations. Features From small businesses to larger Windows environments, Powerful Windows recovery capabilities Backup Exec System Recovery is the gold standard in (Server Edition, Desktop Edition, and Windows Small complete Windows system recovery. Business Server Edition) • Captures and protects the entire Windows system including Key benefits the operating system, applications, databases, all files, Recovers complete Windows systems in minutes, device drivers, profiles, settings, and registry in one not hours or days easy-to-manage recovery point—without disrupting user • Recovers server, desktop, and laptop systems, even from productivity or application usage. a bare-metal state • Perform a full system restoration, even to bare-metal • Recovers to dissimilar hardware or virtual environments systems, in minutes—without the need to manually with Symantec Restore Anyware™ technology reinstall and reconfigure operating systems, applications, • Supports Microsoft Windows Vista™ and Extended 64-bit system settings, and preferences. (EM64T, AMD64) environments • Symantec Recovery Disk auto-detects hardware and loads Enhanced Microsoft Exchange, virtual and data the appropriate drivers to boot the system, eliminating recovery capabilities the need to manually build recovery floppy disks. • Recovers individual Exchange messages, folders, • New! Customizable Symantec Recovery Disk automatically and mailboxes harvests system drivers not already included on the • Supports VMware ESX Server and Microsoft Virtual Server Symantec Recovery Disk and also allows administrators • Enables end user file recovery via Google™ Desktop or to add additional drivers for a customized recovery envi- Backup Exec Retrieve ronment tailored to meet your unique hardware needs. • New! Calendar View shows past, present and future recovery points for each volume on the system and the protection level of each. Page 1 of 6 Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery • New! Google™ Desktop integration allows for familiar • Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) integration rapid search and retrieval of files and folders using a automatically sets databases that are VSS-aware into the common web-browser interface. “quiet” state so that recovery points can be captured • New! Dynamic CPU-based performance throttling improves without taking the databases offline. performance on desktops and servers to utilize resources • Pre- and post-command processing allows administrators more efficiently while capturing a recovery point. Also to customize additional actions they wish to take prior includes support for Dual- and Quad-Core systems. to capturing a recovery point, or after a recovery has • Scheduled recovery points help ensure systems are been captured. automatically backed up while allowing administrators • Mount recovery points in Windows Explorer for immediate to focus on other tasks. search, file recovery or virus scanning. • New! File/Folder Backup and Recovery allows administrators • Support for Microsoft Active Directory® allows a to backup selective files and folders on a separate schedule restored domain controller to be re-synchronized with from full system or volume recovery points. Users can its originating domain. also search and retrieve files from file/folder backups. • SNMP traps enable administrators to use existing • Improved! Recovery point granularity means you can network management consoles to report on the status schedule incremental recovery points as often as 15 of scheduled recovery points. minutes, thus saving time and reducing disk storage Flexible restoration options (Restore Anyware technology) requirements by capturing only the changes that were • Rapid recovery of entire systems to dissimilar hardware made since the last recovery point. (breaking the barrier of incompatible storage controllers • New! Automated best practice scheduling based on system and hardware abstraction layers) reduces recovery times configuration and storage availability. • New! Customizable Event Driven Recovery Points allow users and saves significant hardware investments. to specify which executable(s) or .com files they wish to • Hot imaging combines with the ability to restore to trigger a new recovery point. This expands on the existing different hardware platforms on the fly. set of event triggers (prior to application installation, user • New! NIC driver retargeting supports hardware-independent log on or off, and configurable storage utilization changes). NIC drivers. • New! Manage backup destinations to optimize the hard • Users can migrate their system to a new computer without drive space being used for storing backups. requiring a new installation. This is key when upgrading • Save recovery points to virtually any disk storage device, hardware or repurposing systems to serve a different role. including direct attached storage, NAS, SAN, USB drive, Enhanced Virtual Support FireWire drive, CD, DVD, and so on. • New! Support for both VMware ESX and Microsoft • Network bandwidth throttling enables administrators to Virtual Server. generate recovery points to network locations without • Leverages the power of virtualization, enabling seamless overloading the network. physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to physical (V2P) Page 2 of 6 Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery conversions to VMware® ESX Server, VMware Server IP address, and examine errors to troubleshoot any (formerly GSX Server), VMware Workstation, and problems identified. Microsoft® Virtual Server disk formats. • Centralized access to computer details including volume • New! Easy-to-use, intuitive virtual conversion wizards name, size, amount and percentage of space used, file simplify the conversion process. system type, and last recovery point time and location. • Simplifies Testing and Migrations—Perform preflight • Enable end user recovery of files and folders without testing of patches, application installations, configuration IT intervention with intuitive, web-based search using changes, or driver updates in the virtual environment Backup Exec Retrieve. before applying changes to production systems. • Search and recover data in Backup Exec for Windows Servers Continuous Protection Server environments as Easy remote recovery (LightsOut Restore capabilities) well as Backup Exec System Recovery environments with • Recover systems in remote or inaccessible locations. Universal Backup Exec Retrieve. • Eliminate in-person visits to perform a full bare-metal • Define recovery point policies for groups of servers or recovery by booting the system from its baseboard desktops with similar requirements, then simply drag management controller (note that remote out-of-band and drop to deploy the policies. power management capabilities are not provided with • Generate predefined reports or build custom reports and LightsOut Restore). export to .csv, .html, Excel spreadsheet, or .xml formats • The Symantec Recovery Disk is placed on the system hard for easy distribution to IT management. drive, eliminating the need to access it from the CD. • Enable role-based administration for varying levels of • Drivers can be manually added directly to the Symantec administration. Recovery Disk files located in the boot volume subdirectory. • Set default configuration settings for an individual system Scalable centralized management (Symantec Backup Exec or groups of systems, including performance throttling, System Recovery Manager) network bandwidth utilization, and notifications via email • Manage the installations of Symantec Backup Exec or SNMP traps. System Recovery across your entire organization to • Jump-start the creation of recovery points on remote simplify administration. systems when jobs are missed. • Monitor the current protection status of all managed • Supports centralized administration of pre-existing systems with the at-a-glance consolidated “Home Page” Backup Exec System Recovery 6.5 installations. view. You can also access “Hot Spots” for quick problem • Includes the Backup Exec System Recovery Download analysis and view historical trends. Center, an automated Web site for client download and • View real-time status of backup jobs with the ability distribution. to filter on computer name, job type, job name, and Page 3 of 6 Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Enhanced Exchange recovery (Symantec Backup Exec System requirements System Recovery Exchange Retrieve Option) Backup Exec System Recovery • Protects entire Exchange server quickly and easily Operating system enabling granular and full system recovery without the Microsoft Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems: need for multiple backups. • Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, • Locates the Exchange database file (.edb) automatically