Symantec
Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option
Centralized Management of Multiple Backup Exec Media Servers
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| Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option - 1 Year Basic Maintenance -BAND-S: Price Per Server. Standard License Express |
#20056943 Our Price: $2,236.40 |
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| Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option - 1 Year Essential Support -BAND-S: Price Per Server. Standard License Express |
#20056919 Our Price: $2,331.16 |
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Simplifies management by providing concise information and centralized management of multiple Backup Exec media servers across the network:
- Robust and scalable solution, enabling centrally managed operations, load balancing, distributed catalogs, bandwidth throttling, fault tolerance, and monitoring and reporting for many Backup Exec media servers in a Windows data center, distributed throughout the network or at remote offices.
- The Central Admin Server Option makes Backup Exec simple to grow and effortless to manage. Operations can continue uninterrupted on the managed media server even when there is a non-persistent network connection to the central administration server.
The Value of Central Admin Server Option Deployment
Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option allows users to remotely administer individual Backup Exec media servers from a centralized Backup Exec console. Any Backup Exec server can be configured to be a Central Admin Server by simply entering a CASO license key. This eliminates the need to install and learn a completely separate management console from the familiar Backup Exec UI. CASO simply extends the existing Backup Exec console with new functionality. After configuring a CASO server, almost all Backup Exec operations can be managed at the CASO server including:
- Centralized Backup Policy Creation and Scheduling
- Centralized Backup and Restore Job Creation and Scheduling
- Centralized Monitoring of All Backup Exec Operations
- Centralized Catalog View of All Protected Data
- Centralized Tape and Disk Backup Device Configuration and Management
- Centralized Media Management of Both Onsite and Off-Site Tape and Disk Media
- Centralized Reports and Notifications for Auditing and Compliance Needs
- Centralized Fault Tolerance and Load Balancing Across Backup Devices and Backup Exec Servers
- Enabled Device and Catalog sharing, an integral part of Backup Exec's Optimzed Duplication process
How CASO Works
CASO unifies multiple, independent Backup Exec servers, providing one central point of administration and control. In a CASO-enabled Backup Exec environment, a group of standard stand-alone Backup Exec media servers are managed and monitored from one Backup Exec media server, referred to as the Central Admin Server (CAS).
CASO also enables Device Sharing between Media Servers. Each Backup Exec Media Server in a CASO environment can be configured so that Media Servers can target backups and set copies at devices attached to other Media Servers. Optimized Duplication requires this function.
Download the Symantec Central Admin Server Option Datasheet (PDF).
