NEW FEATURES

NEW Integrated Deduplication (using Veritas NetBackup PureDisk technology)
Backup Exec's NEW Deduplication Option provides an integrated and customizable depulication 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 (deduplicate data from remote offices to headquarters).

• Save time and storage costs
• Minimize your Backup Windows
• Operational Simplicity Fully Integrated info Backup Exec
• Easily Adaptable to Your Environment

NEW Unified Archiving (powered by Symantec Enterprise Vault)
Backup Exec NEW File System Archive Option uniquely archives 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 Files server 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 File Server Performance
• Keep storage at predictable levels

Enhanced VMware vSphere 4.0 support and new virtual server application support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and vSphere 4.0 - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Administrators will also experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications from a single-pass backup. 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

NEW Hyper-V 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
• Deduplicate Virtual Server Backups
• Reduce and consolidate storage

NEW Windows 7, Exchange 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support
Comprehensive protection for the latest Windows desktop, email and server environmentsWindows 7 and Server 2008 support for new 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 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

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

• New 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.

Data Sheet

Operating Systems Supported

• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2000 (only supported by the Agent for Windows Systems- no media server support)
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 (SP1) (SP1 is min for support of SQLExpress 2005)
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008

Internet Browser

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later

Note that SQL Express 2005 requires I.E. 6.0 SP1

Processor

• Intel Pentium, Xeon, AMD, or compatible

Memory

Backup Exec Media Server

• Required: 512 MB RAM
• Recommended: 1 GB RAM (or more for better performance)

Virtual Memory Recommendations

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

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

NEW Deduplication Environments (optional)

• x64-bit Media Server
• One Quad-core or 2x dual-core processors
• 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

NEW 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

Installation 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.

Other Hardware

• Network interface card or a virtual network adapter card
• DVD-ROM drive
• (Recommended) A mouse
• (Optional for pager notification) Modem supported by Microsoft Windows
• (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. Removable storage devices and non-removable hard drives can also be targeted for backups. Refer to the Backup Exec hardware compatibility list (http://support.veritas.com/menu_ddProduct_BEWNT_view_CL.htm) for a complete list of devices that are supported. Note: Support for a single robotic library drive is available when you purchase Backup Exec. To enable support for additional roboticlibrary drives, you must purchase Backup Exec Library Expansion Option.

Virtual Enviroments

• VMware Workstation 4, 5, and 6
• VMware ESX 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0
• VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0
• VMware Server 1
• VMware GSX Server 3.x (replaced by VMware Server)
• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and later
• Microsoft Hyper-V 1.0 and 2.0

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