Backup Exec 12.5 for Window Servers is the gold standard in Windows data protection for physical and virtual systems, providing comprehensive disk and tape backup and recovery support for Windows-based environments. Continuous data protection and patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology for critical Microsoft applications helps to ensure that business critical data is always protected and efficiently restored in seconds.
Key Features
· Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments
· 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, SQL and file servers
· Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies
Key Benefits
· Comprehensive data protection for Windows-based businesses including optimized support for
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 portfolio and comprehensive
d data protection for VMware and Microsoft virtual server infrastructures.
· Eliminate Exchange mailbox backups, reduce recovery times, storage requirements and overall
management resources.
· Easily update and manage a growing Backup Exec infrastructure throughout a Windows data center, or
across remote offices from a single console.
· Prevent data loss on heterogeneous servers and maximize performance with supported protection
for NAS NDMP filers and devices and SAN environments
· Eliminates the backup window and ensures recovery point objectives are easily met for Exchange,
File Servers, SQL servers and desktop data.
Integrated security, backup and archive functionality, further providing complete data
protection for growing organizations
New Features
Comprehensive Data Protection for VMware Infrastructures and Microsoft Virtual Servers
Expanded virtual server data protection with two new virtual Agents! Backup Exec Agent for VMware
Virtual Infrastructures and Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers (including Hyper-V)
· Quickly restore virtual server files and folders from a single pass backup – save time and
storage costs by eliminating a redundant file level backup
· Easily backup an unlimited number of virtual guest machines to disk or tape for added flexibility
and savings
· Fast, efficient data protection for physical and virtual server environments from a single console
Market Leading Data Protection for the Comprehensive Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Portfolio
Complete data protection for the latest Windows Server 2008 portfolio including Windows Server 2008,
Windows Small Business Server 2008,
New Essential Business Server 2008 and SQL 2008 databases
· Complete data protection for Windows Small Business Server 2008
· Integrated data protection for Windows Essential Business Server 2008 through a single console.
Unique, easy easy to manage Backup Exec 12.5 configuration set-up and monitoring through the
EBS administration console
· SQL 2008 point in time recovery and integrated support for file stream and SQL database compression
Expanded Granular Recovery benefits for SharePoint Server
Backup Exec Agent for SharePoint now provides new flexibility to restore SharePoint documents,
sites and list items from a single pass backup
· Restore SharePoint server documents, sites and list items in seconds through patent pending
granular recovery technology
· Added flexibility to restore individual SharePoint web parts including: calendars, folders, contacts, etc.
Backup Exec Infrastructure Manager*
Backup Exec Infrastructure Manager is powered by market leading Altiris technology and allows
administrators to easily inventory and existing
Backup Exec environment to quickly locate both protected and unprotected systems, deploy new
Backup Exec components to unprotected systems
and easily upgrade existing Backup Exec components to the latest version.
· Reduce total cost of ownership with simplified license discovery, inventory and patch management
· Easily view and assess existing Backup Exec components and environment through an easy to
manage network map user interface
* Available late Fall 2008
Enhanced protection for NDMP enabled NAS devices
Backup Exec NDMP option now protects NDMP configurations directly attached to the media
server and in remote locations
including Storage Area Network (SAN) environments
· Added scalability and Improved NDMP backup performance
· Automated NDMP data duplication to tape, reducing backup management.
Remote Media Server Agent for Linux Servers
Enhanced Linux server data protection with new support for direct attached storage configurations
running off of remote Linux servers.
· Increase Linux server storage flexibility and backup performance with the Remote Media Agent for
Linux Servers
· Reduced bandwidth requirements for backup jobs on remote Linux servers.
Out-of-the-Box protection
Backup Exec 12.5 now comes standard with Open File protection and disaster recovery support
for every Media Server and Agent for Windows System license, providing complete data and
system protection for growing Windows environments.
· Advanced Open File Option (AOFO) included with a Media Server or Agent for Windows
System license
Intelligent Disaster Recovery (IDR) included with a Media Server or Agent for Windows System license
