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Data Sheet: Backup and Recovery
Symantec Backup Exec™ 12 for Windows® Small Business Server—Premium and Standard Editions
Desktop and Laptop Option
Most businesses rely on users to manually copy business-
critical data to a server. When users do not comply, the
majority of business-critical information residing on
employee workstations, desktops, and laptops does not
get protected. Now including up to seventy-five licenses at
no additional charge and with support for Windows Vista®,
the Desktop and Laptop Option delivers continuous data
protection and recovery to desktops and laptops whether
in the office or on the road. In addition to 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. This version also allows the use of expanded
Global Exclude options to specify the attributes of files that
you want to exclude from backups or that you do not want
to compress, encrypt, or back up with delta file transfer.
You can also exclude attachments to emails or specific
email folders from backup jobs.
Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option
This basic system recovery solution saves recovery time by
automating the traditional manual, error-prone process.
The Backup Exec Intelligent Disaster Recovery (IDR) Option
automates server recovery, reducing the time to recover,
and gets you back into business quickly. Implement a
server recovery solution for both local and remote Windows
servers, eliminating the need to first reload the entire
operating system of crashed servers. Using either diskette-
based, CD-R/CD-RW, or bootable tape, the IDR Option
quickly recovers downed servers and workstations, enabling
restores from the last complete backup set, including
full, differential, incremental, and working set backups.
It integrates directly with Microsoft Automated System
Recovery (ASR) functionality in Windows Server 2003 and
Windows XP to provide complete disaster recovery on
Windows servers. With Offline Protection functionality, even
when a computer crashes before administrators create
disaster recovery media, IDR can still recover the computer
using a full backup made prior to the crash that includes
information needed to restore the system.
For customers requiring advanced disk-based disaster
recovery, we recommend you learn more about Backup
Exec System Recovery for Windows Small Business Server
highlighted on (page 7).
Featured Small Business Server agents and options sold
separately
Library Expansion Option
Scale the media storage system by leveraging additional
drives within multidrive tape or optical autoloader/
library storage systems. This option leverages Backup
Exec Advanced Device and Media Management (ADAMM)
technology to provide extensive configuration and
management capabilities, including “lights-out” backup
and restore operations, bar code reader, and portal support
for both SCSI and fiber-attached devices. You can partition
slots within libraries to target backup jobs to a specific slot.
Confidence in a connected world.