Symantec has added disk-backup capability to its NetBackup software.
The company announced a new version of its data-protection software on Tuesday that focuses on disk rather than tape backup.
The company’s Veritas NetBackup 6.5 now includes virtual tape library capability, continuous data protection, disk-based backup, data deduplication, snapshot backup and replication capabilities.
NetBackup integrates Symantec’s PureDisk Deduplication Option, a technology that ensures that redundant backup information is stored only once across the backup environment. In addition, a new Flexible Disk Option allows backup administrators to perform high-speed SAN backup to a disk pool shared by the entire backup environment, thus speeding performance and increasing use.
For customers deploying virtual tape libraries (VTL), NetBackup 6.5 now includes a Virtual Tape Option that copies data directly from the VTL to tape. The company has added the OpenStorage Option, which allows VTL appliances to integrate natively with NetBackup.
Further, NetBackup 6.5 can now back up virtual machines created with VMware. This support allows for the consolidated backup of virtual machines, granular file-level and image-level recovery from a single backup image and deduplication for VMware backups. NetBackup makes use of the VMware Consolidated Backup to guarantee consistency of data and remove the backup burden from the primary VMware server.
For Microsoft SharePoint environments, NetBackup 6.5 allows database and document-level recovery from the same backup, eliminating the need for multiple backups of the same system. For Microsoft Exchange environments, NetBackup provides an instant recovery that lets systems administrators recover from a disk-based snapshot.
Finally, Symantec has introduced new capacity-based pricing for NetBackup. Customers can now either be charged by the amount of data be protected or by the number of servers being backed up.
The software is expected to be available in the third quarter.
Article Source : www.networkworld.com
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