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which enables Backup Exec to automatically restore a failed virtual machine in order to recover lost application services
once ApplicationHA has exhausted the steps to remediate the failure.
One product, any recovery
• With single-pass, host-level backups, the Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition gives administrators a wealth of recovery options
from that single, host-level backup. Administrators can recover at the virtual machine, virtual disk, application, and file/
folder level.
• Granular recovery for virtualized applications eliminates redundant backups for Exchange, Active Directory, SharePoint, and
SQL Servers in virtual environments. From a single, host-level backup of VMware or Hyper-V guest application servers,
administrators can restore individual emails, SharePoint documents, Active Directory objects, and SQL Server databases.
With Backup Exec 2012, there is no need for recovery environments, additional virtual machines, or other additional
resources to recover granular data.
• Many customers aren't 100 percent virtualized. Or, they have management infrastructure running on physical servers. For
those customers who still have some physical systems, backup and recovery for physical environments can be added to the
Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition, giving you recovery across your entire environment.
Deduplication everywhere
• Reduce storage by up to 90 percent with deduplication, lowering storage costs associated with your backup infrastructure.
Shrink your backup storage requirements while making wide area network (WAN) friendly remote office backup a reality.
Deduplicate across all data—virtual hard disks (VHDs), virtual machine disks (VMDKs), and virtualized application
data—protected by Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition, not just on a per-job basis. Additionally, deduplication offers
significantly greater levels of storage savings versus compression or single-instance storage.
• Included block optimization technologies—white space removal and similar technologies—ensure you are protecting only
what needs protecting, not backing up empty space in VMDKs or VHDs.
Victory over complexity
• Per-socket licensing makes it simple to purchase and install Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition. When you purchase the
Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition, you get the ability to protect supported virtualized applications, deduplicate your data
with integrated deduplication, and the ability to do host-level, single-pass backups of unlimited guests running in either
VMware or Hyper-V virtualization systems.
• Includes intelligent defaults for backup and recovery. The Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition automatically configures backup
and restore operations with intelligent defaults, drawn from both Symantec's expertise in data protection and from the most
successful policies and settings from the Backup Exec community. These defaults take the guesswork out of comprehensive
protection, so you can quickly protect your data and applications with minimal effort.
• Power and simplicity combined, Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition has streamlined many aspects of backup and restore
configuration, management, and reporting. The same award-winning capabilities and level of in-depth functionality that
backup administrators expect from Backup Exec are still available in the product. The new administration console just
makes it easier and faster to manage your backup and recovery infrastructure than ever before.
Comprehensive backup and recovery
Designed to meet the needs of today's virtual environments, Backup Exec 2012 V-Ray Edition delivers disk and tape data
protection for VMware and Hyper-V environments. Sophisticated application protection is also included, with support for
Data Sheet: Backup and Disaster Recovery
Symantec Backup Exec™ 2012 V-Ray Edition
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