Veritas Backup Exec

Enterprise Backup Solution for VERITAS Backup Exec™ 3
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Introduction
Note:
This paper includes the terms
fibre
and
fiber
. Fibre is the international spelling that refers
to the Fibre Channel Standards that include optical and copper media. Fiber refers to the optical
media used to implement Fibre Channel.
Backup Exec™ from VERITAS is a storage management software package that focuses on data
backup and restore. The goal of backup and restore can be accomplished with many different tape
devices and in various configurations and using a variety of different transport methods like the
corporate communication network, a server’s SCSI bus, or using a Fibre Channel infrastructure.
Compaq has partnered with VERITAS to provide an enterprise backup solution (EBS) using the
speed and scalability of Fibre Channel technology. Compaq supports the backup and restore of
homogeneous/heterogeneous operating systems using VERITAS Backup Exec™ software. The
EBS with VERITAS Backup Exec™ uses a storage area network (SAN) that provides dedicated
bandwidth independent of the local area network (LAN). This independence allows single or
multiple backup or restore jobs to run without the network traffic that is caused by traditional data
protection environments.
This white paper explains how data backup and restore is provided with Backup Exec™ using an
automated digital linear tape (DLT) library and Fibre Channel technology. Backup Exec™
incorporates database protection and storage management agents and options for storage area
network (SAN) environments. These agents and options are specifically designed for:
•
Complex messaging
•
Transaction intensive databases
•
Storage system management and server recovery options that can be installed from any
centralized backup server
This solution includes Compaq ProLiant servers sharing DLT libraries interconnected through a
StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Hub 7 or StorageWorks Fibre Channel Storage Hub 12 and
Fibre Channel tape controllers. The servers can be running either Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or
Novell NetWare in a homogeneous or heterogeneous environment.
DLT MiniLibraryTL895
TL891 DLT Library
FCTC-II
Storage Hub 7/12
ProLiant NT Servers
and/or and/or
Figure 1: Example of Enterprise Backup Solution for VERITAS Backup Exec™
The Backup Exec™ application will manage backup operations across the enterprise from any
location.