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Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery
Symantec Backup Exec™ 12 for Windows® Servers
Confidence in a connected world.
• Enhanced! Agent for Windows Systems—This agent
now includes the Remote Agent for Windows Servers,
Continuous Data Protection, Advanced Open File
Option to protect open files, and the Intelligent Disaster
Recovery Option for basic, tape-based disaster recovery.
The agent expands Windows based data protection
and optimizes data transfers for 32- and 64-bit remote
Windows servers, including local registry and system
state information.
• Enhanced! Backup Exec for Windows Servers System
Recovery Option—The Symantec Backup Exec for
Windows System Recovery Option delivers advanced
disk-based system recovery that now supports Microsoft
Windows Server 2008. The Windows System Recovery
Option provides fast, easy-to-use system restoration or
full bare-metal recovery to dissimilar hardware and even
virtual environments for servers, desktops, or laptops,
allowing businesses and IT to recover from system loss or
disaster in minutes, not hours or days.
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Option captures
a recovery point of the entire live Windows system—
including operating system, applications, system settings,
configurations, and files—without affecting productivity.
This recovery point can be conveniently saved to various
media or disk storage devices, including SAN, NAS, direct-
attached storage, RAID, and CD/DVD. When a system
fails, it can be quickly restored without the need for
manual, lengthy, and error-prone processes, helping IT
administrators meet recovery time objectives,
For simplified administration and centralized
management for larger organizations, as well as
enhanced Exchange and SharePoint protection, consider
using Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 Server
Edition.
• Enhanced! NDMP Option (now supports IBM N series)—
The enhanced NDMP Option supports the backup and
restore of NDMP NetApp, EMC Celerra, and IBM N series
filers with tape devices attached. Support for NDMP
devices greatly expands the number of disk targets that
can be selected for disk-based data protection.
• Enhanced! Agent for Lotus Domino® (now supports
Lotus Domino)—The Agent for Lotus Domino integrates
comprehensive data protection of vital Lotus Domino 6.x,
7.x, and 8 messaging and collaboration databases within
daily backup activities. Backup and restore of partitioned
and clustered Lotus Domino servers are also supported.
Additional, flexible restore options include database
redirection and point-in-time “rollback” recovery of
databases or transaction logs.
• Enhanced! Agent for Mac® system (now supports
Macintosh® OS X 10.5)—This agent supports online non-
disruptive backup of Macintosh OS X 10.3,10.4, and 10.5
operating systems. This 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.