Symantec Backup Exec

Symantec Backup Exec Overview

Symantec Backup Exec™ 2010 delivers market leading backup and recovery protection from server to desktop. Easily protect more data while you reduce storage costs and improve backup performance through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Reduce business downtime with unmatched technology that recovers critical Microsoft applications and VMware or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments in seconds. Meet your recovery point objectives with continuous data protection to ensure reliable recovery of an entire application and efficiently restore a granular email or individual file/folder.

Symantec Backup Exec also delivers centralized management to easily extend your backup infrastructure across a distributed environment and remote offices so your server and desktop data protection is easily managed from a central office as your business grows. Efficiently manage both Windows and non-Windows systems through a single console including UNIX, Linux, MAC, and NetWare, including remote media server support for Linux servers. Overall, Backup Exec 2010 is designed to readily optimize any Windows data protection strategy – helping you protect more data while utilizing less storage - overall saving you time and money.

Comprehensive Backup and Recovery

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 offers a comprehensive backup and recovery solution in one product suite, which reduces the complexity of protecting your company’s most valuable asset—its data. Whether that data resides on a Windows file server; on a desktop; virtual server; or on a critical application server like Exchange, SQL, or SharePoint, Symantec Backup Exec 2010 provides full protection and recovery for both data and systems.

Designed to meet the growing needs of today’s businesses, Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers comprehensive disk or tape data protection and recovery for Windows environments. Backup Exec provides integrated deduplication and archiving, plus, continuous data protection—eliminating backup windows altogether, speeding up data recovery, and enabling end users to recover their own files without IT intervention. Symantec Backup Exec 2010 also delivers patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology allowing businesses to recover data in seconds, including business-critical information such as individual email messages, folders, and documents, from a single backup.

An optional centralized administration console provides scalable management of distributed backup servers. New infrastructure management is also available for simplified inventory, deployment and upgrades of Backup Exec licenses and software patches though a single console. Overall, sophisticated database and groupware agents and storage options easily expand data protection to protect to critical applications and provide added flexibility for virtually any storage environments.

Proven and Reliable

Symantec Backup Exec is based on over two decades of proven, Microsoft certified engineering. The innovative architecture fully incorporates Microsoft design standards, helping to ensure 100 percent compatibility with the latest Microsoft Windows Server. Backup Exec also provides added security with flexible 128-bit or 265-bit AES encryption across the network or off to storage devices so critical data is secure whether in transit or at rest.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 delivers an easy to mange interface and calendar view to quickly track and monitor backup and recovery jobs. In addition, Backup Exec simplifies installation and backups with its Pre-Install Environment Checker, which highlights any potential issues before the software is installed. With its Job Test Run, Symantec Backup Exec 2010 will identify potential problems that cause job failures, and then notify the administrator so that corrective action can be taken. Realize further benefits with automatic discovery of new resources, which enables administrators to create a job for detecting new, unprotected resources that are at risk and in need of backup. All of these tools reduce the time and resources needed to install and run Backup Exec, while improving overall backup performance.

Product Highlights:

• Integrated deduplication option (using Symantec NetBackup PureDisk technology) reduces backup times and storage costs.
• Unified archiving (powered by Symantec Enterprise Vault) efficiently consolidates growing Exchange and File server data volumes and automates efficient data lifecycle management practices.
• Virtual server application support including with first-to-market Exchange, SQL and Active Directory backup and recovery for virtual environments and enhanced VMware vSphere 4.1 and Microsoft Hyper-V R2.
• Windows 7, Exchange 2010 SP1, SharePoint 2010, SQL 2008 R2, MAC OSX 10.6 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support provides comprehensive protection for the latest Windows and MAC environments.
• Enhanced Agent for Enterprise Vault automates backup and recovery of both Enterprise Vault 8 and 9 with the ability to easily recover an Enterprise Vault site or individual indexes.
• Lotus Domino 8.5.x support with simplified backup and recovery of the Domino Attachment and Object Service (DAOS) store and associated NLO files.
• Enhanced Virtual Tape Library (VTL) support and licensing, easily protect a VTL storage environment as a unique device and view valid VTL functions with new licensing per VTL environment.
• Enhanced installation and backup wizards reduce the time and complexity of setting up your backup environment.
• Backup recommendation tool identifies potential gaps in your Windows backup strategy and provides recommendations on the agent(s) required to ensure complete data protection.

Feature and Benefits:

Key Features:

• Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
• Integrated and adaptable deduplication (using NetBackup PureDisk technology)
• Unified archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
• First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
• Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
• Centralized 3-tier set-up, reporting and patch management
• Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options.
• Continuous data protection for Exchange, file Servers, SQL servers and desktop data
• Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies

Key Benefits:

• Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
• Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
• Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
• Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
• Restore individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup
• Easily manage a local or distributed backup environment through a single console
• Eliminate your backup window and help ensure recovery point objectives are easily met with continuous backup protection

New Features:

Integrated Deduplication (using Symantec NetBackup PureDisk technology)
Backup Exec’s new Deduplication Option provides an integrated and customizable depulication offerings to optimize any backup strategy: client deduplication (deduplicates data at source or remote server), media server deduplication (deduplicates data at media server), appliance deduplication (integrates with OpenStorage deduplication appliances) or a deduplicated backup set copy (deduplicate data from remote offices to headquarters).

• Save time and storage costs
• Minimize backup Windows
• Operational simplicity fully integrated into Backup Exec
• Easily adaptable to your environment

Unified Archiving (powered by Symantec Enterprise Vault)
Backup Exec Archive Options provide unified backup and archiving for File and Exchange environments by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability reduce redundant data from the Exchange or Files server source to free up storage space. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles.

• Easily automate savings
• Consolidate your data
• Reduce backup management resources
• Improves backup & recovery times
• Optimize Exchange and file server performance
• Keep storage at predictable levels

VMware vSphere 4.x Support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and vSphere 4.x - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will also experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items or individual Active Directory user accounts or objects.

• First-to-market granular recovery for applications
• Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
• Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
• Protect the latest VMware vSphere environments
• Deduplicate virtual server backups
• Reduce and consolidate storage

Enhanced Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 Support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 and Hyper-V 2008 R2 environments - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items, and individual Active Directory user accounts or objects.

• First-to-market granular recovery for applications
• Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
• Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
• Protect the latest Hyper-V and Hyper-V R2 environments including LiveMigration
• Deduplicate guest machine backups
• Reduce and consolidate storage

Windows 7, Exchange 2010 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support
Comprehensive protection for the latest Windows desktop, email and server environments. Get the latest backup support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 including VSS Express Writers, plus redirected restore support to .VHD files for simple protection of virtual disk data alongside of traditional physical disk data. Integrated Exchange 2010 SP1 support for the new Database Availability Group (DAG) in Exchange 2010 and enhanced granular recovery support provides fast recovery of individual email and mailboxes while eliminating the need to perform an additional mailbox-level backup.

• Backup the latest Windows desktop and server and email application environments with ease
• Easily meet your recovery point objectives for Exchange with unmatched backup technology
• Reduce your Exchange 2010 backup requirements
• Manage your desktop and server backups through a single console

Enhanced Agent for Enterprise Vault
Automated backup and recovery of Enterprise Vault 8 SP2 and 9 infrastructures with the ability to configure a single job to protect the entire Enterprise Vault infrastructure and easily recover an Enterprise Vault Site or individual indexes. The Agent for Enterprise Vault will also Integrate with the Enterprise Vault Migrator to provide archived data migration to Backup Exec tapes which is easily managed and controlled via the Enterprise Vault administration interface.

• Simple and flexible backup protection for some or all of an Enterprise Vault infrastructure
• Recover all aspects of the Enterprise Vault infrastructure, from entire installations to individual index files
• New migration simplicity for migrating Enterprise Vault data to tape or a B2D folder for long-term retention
• Automatically recover data that has been migrated to tape

Lotus Domino 8.5.x Support
Support for the latest Lotus Domino 8.5 email environments including support for :

• Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS)
• Ability to restore individual Domino NLO (DAOS attachments) from a database-level backup
• 32-bit Domino installations running in a 64-bit Windows environment in order to allow for more flexible Domino environments

Plus an improved restore browse view including new Lotus Domino specific nodes which simplifies the backup selection process.

• Protection for the latest shipping version of Lotus Domino
• Provides backup and recovery of the DAOS store and associated NLO files
• Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Lotus Domino

Enhanced Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Support and Licensing
New VTL enhancements that integrates each VTL storage environment as a unique devices and shows only tape functions that are valid for VTLs (i.e. no retention). VTL media can also be modified to erase data that has reached its expiration data to reclaim storage space for more crucial data. In addition Backup Exec introduces a new VTL Unlimited Drive Option with provides unlimited Library Expansion Options per VTL devices.

• Enhanced protection for virtual tape libraries
• Simple, cost efficient pricing for VTL devices

Agents:

Backup Exec Agents and Option enhance and extend platform and feature support for Backup Exec Environments. Whether you need to protect critical Microsoft applications or non-Microsoft Operating systems, Backup Exec 2010 has an expansive portfolio of high-powered Agents and Options to scale and grow a Backup Exec environment.

Backup Exec Agent for Windows Systems

The agent for Windows Systems provides many benefits including Remote Agent support, Continuous Protection Agent capabilities, Advanced Open File protection and Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option. The Remote Agent expands network-wide data protection and optimizes data transfers for 32-bit and 64-bit remote Windows servers. Exclusive Agent Accelerator technology helps optimize backup and recovery performance by providing source-level compression and distributed processing at the client. The Continuous Protection Agent enables continuous disk-based data protection for remote file servers with LAN or WAN connectivity to the Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server. Continuous protection simplifies backups by consolidating data protection into a central server, eliminates the backup window needed to protect each file server, and provides faster restores by helping to ensure business-critical data is immediately accessible. The Advanced Open File Option handles open files in multiple volumes and ensures files on local or remote servers are protected while in use and are not skipped when running a backup job. The Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option saves time by automating the traditional manual, error-prone process of system recovery. This tape-based system recovery solution quickly recovers downed servers, enabling restores from the last complete backup set, including full, differential, incremental, and working set backups. With four powerful technologies wrapped into one agent, users truly have comprehensive data and system protection for every remote Windows server.

• Optimizes data transfers for 32-bit and 64-bit remote Windows servers for faster backups
• Protects open files on local or remote servers while in use
• Automates server disaster recovery for local and remote tape-based environments to quickly get your business back on track.
• Provides continuous disk-based protection, with point-in-time snapshots, while eliminating file server backup windows

Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Exchange

This enhanced agent now includes continuous data protection for Exchange Server and revolutionizes data protection and recovery by eliminating the daily backup window for Exchange backup jobs while still allowing recovery of individual messages, folders and mailboxes—in seconds. Additionally, administrators do not need to run a mailbox (or MAPI) backup, which significantly reduces the number of backups and time required to protect Exchange. The enhanced Exchange Agent can granularly recover from a single full backup, eliminating the need for multiple Exchange backups. Fast, flexible technology protects vital Exchange Server 2003, 2007 and now 2010 SP1 data while the application is still online.

Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server

Continuous protection of SQL databases eliminates the daily backup window for SQL server and enables recovery of database transactions that have been made right up to the time of the hardware or software failure. Additionally, flexible recovery options allow IT administrators to restore SQL databases to destinations other than where they originated, directing a copy of the actual data streams being sent to media by a SQL database to a local directory for later use. The SQL Server 2008 snapshots are integrated into the Backup Exec catalog for a consolidated look at all data copies available for recovery in seconds. This agent provides SQL Server 2008 R2, 2005, and 2000 users with granular protection on 32- and 64-bit systems down to the individual database or file group.

Download the Symantec SQL Server Agent Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Active Directory

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Agent for Microsoft Active Directory dramatically reduces the time to recover from small disasters, helping to improve employee productivity, reduce the potential for greater issues, and alleviate the aggravation associated with traditional Active Directory protection and recovery. Only Backup Exec 2010 can leverage the innovative Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) which helps IT Administrators save time and money by giving them the ability to restore such critical data as individual user accounts, organizational units, even individuals from a single pass backup while Active Directory remains online - no reboots!

• Online, granular recovery of individual Active Directory objects
• Restore objects without rebooting AD Domain Controllers
• Single pass backups for complete AD or object level recovery from single backup
• Support for 2008 Active Directory Domain Services
• Centralized System State and Active Directory protection

Download the Symantec Microsoft Active Directory Agent Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructures

The enhanced Backup Exec 2010 Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructures delivers complete disk-to-disk-to-tape based data protection for growing VMware virtual environments while protecting existing physical server environments through one flexible console. Backup Exec 2010 can quickly restore individual files and folders from a single image-level backup - eliminating the time and storage requirements of a second file level backup.

• One agent delivers comprehensive data protection to an unlimited number of VMware virtual guest systems.
• Comprehensive backup application for virtual systems and legacy physical systems supporting disk and tape storage environments.
• Integration with VMware, Consolidate Backup (VCB) and vStorage to maximize backup and recovery performance
• Granular data recovery for VMware Infrastructures saves time and lowers cost

Download the Symantec VMware Virtual Infrastructures Agent Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint

Recover critical data in seconds with the Agent for Microsoft SharePoint. This agent supports Microsoft Sharepoint 2010, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003, as well as Windows SharePoint Services 2.0/3.0. Using a 32-bit or 64-bit Backup Exec 2010 media server, this agent can protect 32-bit or 64-bit SharePoint servers deployed on a single-server or within a multi-server farm. This Agent leverages the innovative Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) which helps users save time and money by providing the ability to restore individual documents, documents sets (2010), external lists (2010)sites, lists and list items quickly and easily from a single-pass database backup. GRT allows the IT Administrators to restore the documents to the original document library in the SharePoint farm or redirect the restore of documents to the file system.

Download the Symantec Microsoft SharePoint Agent Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Agent for SAP

Provides SAP certified data protection for business-critical SAP applications while the application is still online and in use—supporting both Oracle and MaxDB database. The Agent for SAP is a reliable solution that allows Backup Exec software to provide both local and remote protection of databases using the SAP (BC-BRI BACKINT) interface for efficient data management. Backup Exec is certified with SAP NetWeaver and BR*Tools 6.40. Protect and recover SAP applications running in a cluster environment. For protection of SAP that is running on Microsoft SQL database, the Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SQL Server should be used.

Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V

The new, enhanced Backup Exec 2010 Agent for Microsoft Hyper-V provides a single agent to support a unlimited number of virtual guests running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine while protecting existing physical server files and Windows applications. Backup Exec 2010 can quickly restore individual virtual files and folders from a single image-level backup - eliminating the time and storage requirements of a second file level backup.

• Single, comprehensive backup application for virtual systems and legacy physical systems
• Complete Windows data protection for new Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V systems R2 including LiveMigration
• One agent delivering affordable data protection to an unlimited number of Microsoft virtual systems
• Comprehensive backup application for virtual systems and legacy physical systems supporting disk and tape storage environments

Download the Symantec Microsoft Hyper-V Agent Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Agent for Enterprise Vault

The enhanced Backup Exec 2010 Agent for Enterprise Vault provides customers with new integrated backup protection for Symantec Enterprise Vault archives, including support for both Enterprise Vault 8 and 9. Backup Exec provides full application protection for Enterprise Vault Directory Databases, partitions or Vault Stores and indexes. Symantec Enterprise Vault customers can now backup and recover data quickly and easily with the latest Agent for Enterprise Vault archives. All backup and recovery jobs are managed though the Backup Exec console which allows users to easily select some or all of the Enterprise Vault resources they wish to backup as well as quickly browse and select the Enterprise Vault components for recovery, including individual partition files and indexes.

Backup Exec Agent for Oracle on Windows and Linux Servers

Integrate non-disruptive data protection for business-critical Oracle 11g, 10g, and 9i databases. Use advanced features, such as the granular protection of individual table spaces or a complete application/database backup and the protection of archived redo logs and control files, without ever taking them offline. Backup Exec 2010 delivers full support of Oracle's Recovery Manager (RMAN). Initiate backups and restores from the Backup Exec Media Server or from the Oracle RMAN console. Multistream support is available for increased performance during backups and restores. Supports Intel Xeon EMT64, Intel Pentium EMT64, AMD Athlon, and AMD Opteron processors. The new version also supports Red Hat and SUSE Linux.

Download the Symantec Oracle on Windows and Linux Servers Agent Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Agent for DB2 on Windows Servers

The Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Agent for DB2 supports the backup and restore of IBM DB2 on Windows servers, allowing administrators to view logical objects (databases and, table spaces) and select these entities to be recovered to a specified point in time. Initiate backups and restores from the Backup Exec media server or from the DB2 Command Line Processor.

Backup Exec Agent for Lotus Domino Server

The enhanced Agent for Lotus Domino integrates comprehensive data protection of vital Lotus Domino 7.x, 8 and 8.5.x messaging and collaboration databases within daily backup activities. Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Lotus Domino including partitioned and clustered Lotus Domino servers and new support for Domino Attachment Object Service ( DAOS) store and associated NLO files. Using the native Domino backup API, this option integrates non-disruptive data protection of the databases and transaction logs. Plus flexible restore options include database redirection and point-in-time "rollback" recovery of databases or transaction logs. Users benefit from user-controlled recycling of the transaction logs, reducing manual intervention and speeding up recovery.

Backup Exec Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers

Provides high-performance network wide data protection and recovery for 32-bit and 64-bit remote Linux and Solaris servers, including support for Intel Xeon EMT64, Intel Pentium EMT64, AMD Athlon, and AMD Opteron processors. The redesigned agent extends Backup Exec software's advanced agent technology beyond Windows and NetWare to meet the needs of the emerging business applications on Linux operating systems. This agent offers full or incremental, or differential, backup and restore for the following products:

• Red Hat
• Red Flag
• Miracle
• SUSE
• Sun Solaris (SPARC)
• VMware
• SUSE Linux
• Solaris 10 on Intel
• and more!

Backup Exec Remote Media Agent for Linux Server

The Backup Exec 2010 Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers provides new storage flexibility for Linux servers running in a Backup Exec for Windows Server environment. Now IT administrators can directly attach a storage device to a remote Linux server providing added flexibility and reduced bandwidth requirements for backup jobs on remote Linux servers. Each Remote Medias Agent for Linux Servers would include a Remote Agent for Linux Servers and all media server job configurations would be centrally managed through the primary Windows media server console.

Backup Exec Remote Agent for Macintosh Servers

The Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Remote Agent for Macintosh Servers provides support for on-line non-disruptive backup of Macintosh OS X 10.3, 10.4, 10.5.x and 10.6 operating systems. The expanded Macintosh platform support broadens the data protection offering for Backup Exec customers and further ensures up to date backup and recovery for heterogeneous platforms.

Backup Exec Remote Agent for NetWare Servers

The Remote Agent for NetWare Servers incorporates remote NetWare server data protection and recovery into daily backup and recovery activities. This agent offers 100 percent SMS compatibility and NDS bindery information for NetWare servers. Exclusive Agent Accelerator technology helps maximize backup and recovery performance by providing source-level compression and distributed processing to reduce network traffic and maximize throughput.

Options:

Backup Exec Agents and Option enhance and extend platform and feature support for Backup Exec Environments. Whether you need to protect critical Microsoft applications or non-Microsoft Operating systems, Backup Exec 2010 has an expansive portfolio of high-powered Agents and Options to scale and grow a Backup Exec environment.

Backup Exec Deduplication Suite

Save over 20% off MSRP with the latest Deduplication Suite! Experience the new benefits of integrated deduplication in Backup Exec 2010 through a special Suite offering. Included in this suite is one Backup Exec Media Server license and one Deduplication Option license which will support your entire media server environment.

• Includes one Backup Exec Media Server license and one Deduplication Option license which will support your entire media server environment.

Backup Exec Deduplication and Archiving Suite

Save over 20% off MSRP with the latest Deduplication and Archiving Suite! Experience the benefits of both integrated deduplication and Exchange archiving in Backup Exec 2010 through a special suite offering.

• Includes one Backup Exec Media Server license, one Deduplication Option license which will support your entire media server environment, one Exchange Archive Option (10 pack) and one Agent for Exchange.

Backup Exec Deduplication Option

Easily reduce backup data storage costs while optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments. Backup Exec Deduplication Option (using Netbackup Puredisk technology) provides integrated and customizable deduplication offering to optimize any backup strategy with: client deduplication (deduplicates data at source or remote server), media server deduplication (deduplicates data at media server), appliance deduplication (integrates with OpenStorage deduplication appliances) or a deduplicated backup set copy (deduplicates data from remote offices to headquarters).

Download the Symantec Deduplication Option Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Exchange Archiving Option

NEW Backup Exec Exchange Archive Option provides unified backup and archiving for growing Exchange environments by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than by separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability to reduce redundant data from the Exchange server source to free up storage space. Users can easily retrieve individual archived emails using the Backup Exec Retrieve Google-like web UI and administrators can retrieve archived data through the Backup Exec console. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles.

• Supports Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2
• Licensed per 10/100 user packs
• Requires an Exchange Agent for each Exchange Server

Download the Symantec Exchange Archiving Option Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Option

Backup Exec Advanced Disk-based Backup Option enables faster backups and restores through advanced disk-based backup and recovery, including Synthetic and Off-Host backups to perform zero impact backups. Synthetic backups reduce backup windows and network bandwidth requirements and do not impact the original client. New true image restore functionality automatically restores data sets sequentially, simplifying restores. The Off-Host backup feature enables better backup performance and frees the remote computer by processing the backup operation of the remote computer on a Backup Exec media server instead of on the remote computer or host computer.

Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option

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.

Download the Symantec Central Admin Server Option Datasheet (PDF).

 

Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option

With the majority of business-critical information residing outside the data center or off corporate servers, protection for desktops and laptops is a must. The enhanced Desktop and Laptop Option delivers continuous data protection to desktops and laptops whether in the office or on the road. Not only improving data protection and efficiency, this option enables users to restore their own files and maintains synchronization between multiple desktops and laptops so the most up-to-date file versions are available on all of a user's computers. Because the Desktop and Laptop Option does not require a dedicated stand-alone server as competing products do, it easily integrates into existing IT infrastructure and policies, helping lower the total cost of ownership.

The new push-install functionality from within Backup Exec centralizes deployment. Backup Exec 2010 includes support for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP 64-bit OS, as well as delta file transfer, reducing the total amount of data being backed up. With this release, this option is integrated with Backup Exec Retrieve (available with the Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server) for even greater simplified file recovery.

Backup Exec Library Expansion Option

The Backup Exec Library Expansion Option scales the media storage system by leveraging additional drives within multidrive tape or optical autoloader/library storage systems. This option's Advanced Device and Media Management (ADAMM) technology provides extensive configuration and management capabilities, including lights-out backup and restore operations and bar code reader and portal support for both SCSI and Fibre attached devices. Users can partition slots within a library to target backup jobs to a specific slot.

Backup Exec NDMP Option

The enhanced Symantec Backup Exec 2010 NDMP Option supports the backup and restore of NDMP NetApp (Data ONTAP 7.0/8.0 or later) EMC Celerra (with DART 5.5/6.0 or later) and IBM N-Series storage configurations with tape devices attached and new protection for NDMP devices residing in remote locations including in a Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations for added flexibility. Backup Exec 2010 NDMP option also provides automated NDMP filer data duplication to tape, reducing backup management. Overall support for NDMP devices greatly expands the number of disk targets that can be selected for disk-based data protection.

Backup Exec Open File Option for Remote NetWare Servers

Enhances file protection by helping to ensure that every file is protected even while in use (on NetWare 6.5 volumes). This option can handle open files at the volume level and is seamlessly integrated into Symantec Backup Exec software.

Backup Exec SAN Shared Storage Option

This powerful LAN-free backup solution allows multiple distributed backup servers to centralize storage devices that are connected over a switched fabric or iSCSI SAN for greater performance, efficiency, and fault tolerance.

• SAN Shared Storage Option load balances job activity across shared devices from multiple Backup Exec servers. The increased performance, backup speeds, and centralized management of media help lower the total cost of ownership.
• The SAN Shared Storage Option is a groundbreaking solution in manageability and performance for large-scale, high-end storage environments.

Backup Exec Virtual Tape Library Unlimited Drive Option

Backup Exec introduces a new VTL Unlimited Drive Option which provides simple, cost efficient pricing for VTL devices by providing unlimited Library Expansion Options per Backup Exec Media Server.

The new VTL option allows administrators to integrate a VTL storage environment as a unique device that shows only tape functions that are valid for VTLs (i.e. no retention). VTL media can also be modified to erase data that has reached its expiration data to reclaim storage space for more crucial data.

Backup Exec File System Archive Option

The NEW Backup Exec File System Archive Option provides unified backup and archiving for file systems by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability to reduce redundant data from the Files server source to free up storage space. Users can easily retrieve individual archived documents and files using the Backup Exec Retrieve Google-like web UI and administrators can retrieve archived data through the Backup Exec console. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles.

• Supports Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2
• Licensed per protected/archived server
• Requires an Agent for Windows Systems for each archived server

Download the Symantec File System Archive Option Datasheet (PDF).

System Requirements:

Server Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (R2) family
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Standard and Premium) R2
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Storage Server R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 family
• Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Standard and Premium)
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Storage Server
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 family
• Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 (SP1)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family (only supported by the Agent for Windows Systems - no media server support)

Virtual Environments

• VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 and later and vSphere 4.0 and later
• Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 (R2)

Client Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 7 (Supported by Desktop and Laptop Option and Agent for Windows Systems)
• Microsoft Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business & Enterprise) (Supported by Desktop and Laptop Option and Agent for Windows Systems)
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2) (SP2 is min for support for SQL Express 2005) (Supported by Desktop and Laptop Option and Agent for Windows Systems)

Note: for Mini-filter drivers (needed for Exchange granular support) Only certain versions of Windows Server 2003 support minifilters.
Note: Storage Provisioning will require Window 2003 R2 or Windows 2008. It will also depend on VDS 1.1

Internet Browser

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
• Service Pack 1 is required for SQL Server 2005 Express

Memory—Backup Exec Media Server

• Recommended: 1 GB RAM (or more for better performance)

Note: RAM Requirements may vary depending on the operations performed, the options installed, and the specific computer configuration.

Backup Exec CASO Server

• Recommended: 1 GB RAM

Note: RAM requirements may vary depending on the number of media servers being supported.

Virtual Memory Recommendations

• 20 MB above the Windows recommended size for total paging file size (total for all disk volumes)

Processor

• Intel Pentium, Xeon, AMD, or compatible

Disk Space

• 1.44 GB (Typical Installation)
• 2.32 GB (includes all options)

Note: Disk space requirements may vary depending on operations performed, the options installed, and the specific system configuration. Backup Exec database and catalogs require additional space.

Deduplication Environments (optional)

• x64-bit Media Server
• One Quad-core or 2x dual-core processors
• At least 1GB physical memory for each 1TB of deduplicated storage used
• If the Deduplication Option is used in conjunction with PureDisk, v6.6 of PureDisk is required.

Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option Environments (optional)

• Media Server must be part of a domain or Active Directory
• Media Server must have enough disk space to store Archived data
• Disk space for Index files must be allocated at approximately 8% of Archived data storage
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher must be installed on the Media Server
• The Media Server and the Exchange Server must be in the same domain or have a trust relationship established with other domains where the Exchange Server or Media Server resides
• The media server must be in the same time zone as the file servers and Exchange servers from which eligible data is archived.
• A mailbox must be configured for exclusive use by Backup Exec on each Exchange Server on which you want to select mailboxes for archiving.
• Only the Exchange server backups that are sent to disk and for which the Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) option is enabled are available for archiving.
• Outlook 2003 or 2007 must be installed on the Media Server for Exchange Mailbox Archiving

File System Archiving Option Environments (optional)

• Media Server must be part of a domain or Active Directory
• Media Server must have enough disk space to store Archived data
• Index space must be allocated at approximately 8% of Archived data storage
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher must be installed on the Media Server
• The Media Server and the File Server must be in the same domain or have a trust relationship established with other domains where the Exchange Server or Media Server resides
• The media server must be in the same time zone as the file servers and Exchange servers from which eligible data is archived.
• File System Archiving can be performed against backups done to disk or tape.

Other Hardware

• Network interface card or a virtual network adapter card
• DVD-ROM drive
• (Recommended) A mouse
• (Optional for printer notification) Printer supported by Microsoft Windows

Storage Hardware

Backup Exec requires at least one storage media drive and/or single-drive robotic library and the appropriate controller card. Removable storage devices and non-removable hard drives can also be targeted for backups.

Note: Support for a single robotic library drive is available when you purchase Backup Exec. To enable support for additional robotic library drives, you must purchase Backup Exec Library Expansion Option.

Documentation:

Download the Symantec Backup Exec Datasheet (PDF).