Easily protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. With this Windows server backup software, you can reduce business downtime, and ensure critical information on virtual or physical systems is always protected and restored in seconds. Key Features - Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
- Integrated and adaptable deduplication
- Unified archiving
- First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
- Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
- Centralized 3-tier set-up, reporting and patch management
- Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options.
- Continuous data protection for Exchange, file Servers, SQL servers and desktop data
- Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies
Key Benefits - Protect more data while you reduce storage and management costs
- Optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments with integrated deduplication technology
- Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
- Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection
- Restore individual Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active
- Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup
- Easily manage a local or distributed backup environment through a single console
- Eliminate your backup window and help ensure recovery point objectives are easily met with continuous backup protection
New Features Whats New in Backup Exec 2010 R3
The latest version of Backup Exec, Backup Exec 2010 R3 was made available in May of 2011 and includes substantial improvements to virtualization, archiving, security and reliability. Virtualization – even faster backups and better compression in virtualized environments and integrated backup management for VMware, now as part of standard download via Backup Exec Management Plug-in for VMware.
Archiving - Backup, recovery and migration for Enterprise Vault 10 installations via the Enterprise Vault Agent. Archive Exchange 2010 SP1 email systems via Backup Exec Archive Option for Exchange. Access archived emails directly from within Outlook via Backup Exec Archive Option for Exchange and new Virtual Vault support.
Enhanced Security – Enhanced network security architecture using SSL for secure connection between hosts and clients.
Reliability – Backup Exec has been the gold standard in backup and is trusted by more than 1.5 million companies. The latest release includes extensive fixes and optimizations to ensure that Backup Exec continues to be the most stable and reliable backup software on the market. New Features for Backup Exec 2010
Integrated Deduplication
Backup Execs Deduplication Option provides an integrated and customizable depulication offerings to optimize any backup strategy: client deduplication (deduplicates data at source or remote server), media server deduplication (deduplicates data at media server), appliance deduplication (integrates with OpenStorage deduplication appliances) or a deduplicated backup set copy (deduplicate data from remote offices to headquarters). - Save time and storage costs
- Minimize backup Windows
- Operational simplicity fully integrated into Backup Exec
- Easily adaptable to your environment
Unified Archiving
Backup Exec Archive Options provide unified backup and archiving for File and Exchange environments by uniquely archiving data from the backup copy rather than separately pulling data from the source. The archive option will provide administrators with the ability reduce redundant data from the Exchange or Files server source to free up storage space. Overall administrators will be able to easily index data and set retention periods to efficiently manage data lifecycles. - Easily automate savings
- Consolidate your data
- Reduce backup management resources
- Improves backup & recovery times
- Optimize Exchange and file server performance
- Keep storage at predictable levels
VMware vSphere 4.x Support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 and vSphere 4.x - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will also experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items or individual Active Directory user accounts or objects - First-to-market granular recovery for applications
- Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
- Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
- Protect the latest VMware vSphere environments
- Deduplicate virtual server backups
- Reduce and consolidate storage
Enhanced Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 Support
Integrated backup and deduplication support for both online and offline Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 and Hyper-V 2008 R2 environments - plus new first-to-market virtual application protection for Microsoft Exchange, SQL, and Active Directory. Now from a single-pass backup, administrators will experience automated Log Truncation of a virtual machine applications. From that single backup, administrators can then easily recover either the virtual machine or granular application data such as Exchange mailboxes, messages, calendar items, and individual Active Directory user accounts or objects. - First-to-market granular recovery for applications
- Rapid Exchange and Active Directory backup and recovery
- Eliminate redundant backups and recover data in minutes
- Protect the latest Hyper-V and Hyper-V R2 environments including LiveMigration
- Deduplicate guest machine backups
- Reduce and consolidate storage
Windows 7, Exchange 2010 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Support
Comprehensive protection for the latest Windows desktop, email and server environments. Get the latest backup support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 including VSS Express Writers, plus redirected restore support to .VHD files for simple protection of virtual disk data alongside of traditional physical disk data. Integrated Exchange 2010 SP1 support for the new Database Availability Group (DAG) in Exchange 2010 and enhanced granular recovery support provides fast recovery of individual email and mailboxes while eliminating the need to perform an additional mailbox-level backup. - Backup the latest Windows desktop and server and email application environments with ease
- Easily meet your recovery point objectives for Exchange with unmatched backup technology
- Reduce your Exchange 2010 backup requirements
- Manage your desktop and server backups through a single console
Enhanced Agent for Enterprise Vault
Automated backup and recovery of Enterprise Vault 8 SP2 and 9 infrastructures with the ability to configure a single job to protect the entire Enterprise Vault infrastructure and easily recover an Enterprise Vault Site or individual indexes. The Agent for Enterprise Vault will also Integrate with the Enterprise Vault Migrator to provide archived data migration to Backup Exec tapes which is easily managed and controlled via the Enterprise Vault administration interface. - Simple and flexible backup protection for some or all of an Enterprise Vault infrastructure
- Recover all aspects of the Enterprise Vault infrastructure, from entire installations to individual index files
- New migration simplicity for migrating Enterprise Vault data to tape or a B2D folder for long-term retention
- Automatically recover data that has been migrated to tape
Lotus Domino 8.5.x Support
Support for the latest Lotus Domino 8.5 email environments including support for :
Domino Attachment and Object Store (DAOS)
Ability to restore individual Domino NLO (DAOS attachments) from a database-level backup
32-bit Domino installations running in a 64-bit Windows environment in order to allow for more flexible Domino environments - Plus an improved restore browse view including new Lotus Domino specific nodes which simplifies the backup selection process.
- Protection for the latest shipping version of Lotus Domino
- Provides backup and recovery of the DAOS store and associated NLO files
- Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Lotus Domino
Enhanced Virtual Tape Library (VTL) Support and Licensing
New VTL enhancements that integrates each VTL storage environment as a unique devices and shows only tape functions that are valid for VTLs (i.e. no retention). VTL media can also be modified to erase data that has reached its expiration data to reclaim storage space for more crucial data. In addition Backup Exec introduces a new VTL Unlimited Drive Option with provides unlimited Library Expansion Options per VTL devices. - Enhanced protection for virtual tape libraries
- Simple, cost efficient pricing for VTL devices
System Requirements
For a complete list of supported environments, refer to the Backup Exec hardware and software compatibility list. Server Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (R2) family
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Standard and Premium) R2
Microsoft Windows 2008 Storage Server R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 family
Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Standard and Premium)
Microsoft Windows 2008 Storage Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family (SP1)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 family
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 (SP1)
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family (only supported by the Agent for Windows Systems - no media server support) Virtual Environments
VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 2 and later and vSphere 4.0 and later
Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 (R2) Client Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 7 (Supported by Desktop and Laptop Option and Agent for Windows Systems)
Microsoft Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business & Enterprise) (Supported by Desktop and Laptop Option and Agent for Windows Systems)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional (SP2) (SP2 is min for support for SQL Express 2005) (Supported by Desktop and Laptop Option and Agent for Windows Systems)
Note: for Mini-filter drivers (needed for Exchange granular support) Only certain versions of Windows Server 2003 support minifilters. Note: Storage Provisioning will require Window 2003 R2 or Windows 2008. It will also depend on VDS 1.1
Internet Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Service Pack 1 is required for SQL Server 2005 Express Memory—Backup Exec Media Server
Recommended: 1 GB RAM (or more for better performance)
Note: RAM Requirements may vary depending on the operations performed, the options installed, and the specific computer configuration.
Backup Exec CASO Server
Recommended: 1 GB RAM
Note: RAM requirements may vary depending on the number of media servers being supported. Virtual Memory Recommendations
20 MB above the Windows recommended size for total paging file size (total for all disk volumes) Processor
Intel Pentium, Xeon, AMD, or compatible Disk Space
1.44 GB (Typical Installation)
2.32 GB (includes all options)
Note: Disk space requirements may vary depending on operations performed, the options installed, and the specific system configuration. Backup Exec database and catalogs require additional space.
Deduplication Environments (optional) | 
