Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 14173162 Data Sheet

Data Sheet: Backup & Recovery
Symantec Backup Exec™ System Recovery

Confidence in a connected world.

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uniquely communicates to USB drives and will run

backup jobs to the given device even if the drive letter

changes.

• Network bandwidth throttling enables administrators

to generate recovery points to network locations

without overloading the network.

• Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)

integration automatically sets databases that are

VSS-aware into the “quiet” state so that recovery

points can be captured without taking the databases

offline.

• Pre- and post-command processing allows

administrators to customize additional actions they

wish to take prior to capturing a recovery point or after

a recovery point has been captured.

• Mount recovery points in Windows Explorer for

immediate search, file recovery, or virus scanning.

• Support for Microsoft Active Directory® allows a

restored domain controller to be resynchronized with

its originating domain.

• SNMP traps enable administrators to use existing

network management consoles to report on the status

of scheduled recovery points.

(Symantec Restore Anyware™ technology)

• Quickly and easily restore entire systems to dissimilar

hardware to dramatically reduce recovery times and

save on significant hardware investments.

• Hot imaging combines with the ability to restore to

different hardware platforms on the fly and breaks the

barrier of incompatible storage controllers and

hardware abstraction layers.

• Restore Anyware also supports network interface

controllers (NICs), ensuring that your NIC will function

properly after a recovery point has been restored to

dissimilar hardware.

• Users can migrate their system to a new computer

without requiring a new installation. This is key when

upgrading hardware or repurposing systems to serve a

different role.

• Leverages the power of virtualization for seamless

physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-physical (V2P)

conversions to VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server

disk formats, now including support for VMware ESX

3.5, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer 4.x.

• An easy-to-use virtual conversion wizard allows for

quick conversion directly to VMDK or VHD files.

Additionally, IT administrators can now set a schedule

for having physical recovery points (backups)

converted to virtual systems, enabling immediate

recovery.

• Simplifies testing and migrations—Perform preflight

testing of patches, application installations,

configuration changes, or driver updates in a virtual

environment before applying changes to production

systems.

(LightsOut Restore capabilities)

• Eliminate in-person visits to perform a full bare-metal