NetVault Daten-Backup und Restore Lösungen
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NetVault Data Backup and Restore Solutions
Every successful company knows
how important it is critical
Data with programs for data backup
and recovery to
. protect Today's storage environment
changed quickly, however. Some
IT departments extend their system environments
with NAS and SAN, other
in turn seek to down -
sizing and centralize its IT ser -
vices on a smaller number of
Systems with high performance and
low cost - by using
Linux for instance. The functional
of products for backup and
Restore that were previously used,
is too low for growth
and performance, or the products
are too expensive to be a flexible high -
be suitable for high resolution.
Meet the requirements for new
Storage Management Software
The amount of data generated by the company
stored is growing all the time,
and due to the distributed computing
Model are business-critical data
often stored decentralized, which
the cost of data management increase.
Current market trends show a
Tendency to centralize this data.
Today there are 70% of the data after
remains on storage systems that directly
connected to the computers are of
which they are used. According to forecasts
are, however, by the year
2006 70% of the data on centralized
NAS and SAN-based storage systems
. are
IT departments are faced with the difficult
Task of increasing amounts of data
To save on low cost servers (downsizing).
Without proper tools
However, this task to an unreachable
Target. In the past, purchased
Backup and restore tools for system environments were
sense, the five
Years prevailed. Today's computing
Environment places greater demands on
Storage software, the new methods for
the management of data storage systems offer
needs.
NetVault holds via modular architecture
with the changes
To the demand for a flexible IT
Solution to meet a tight budget,
BakBone NetVault has developed a
modular design. NetVault, in this respect
unique, has not a monolithic
Architecture and introduces the concept
of "plugins" in backup software. About
The plug-in design concept, the Net-
Vault developers of new solutions and capabilities
quickly to the rapidly changing
Bring market.
The modular architecture allows
NetVault to modify it so that a variety
new database versions
Operating temversionen, tape library
devices and other applications
are supported -
regardless of the NetVault Core.
The modular architecture
the time required for the adaptation
and publication of a
new plugins drastically reduced
and thus the entire
Life cycle time in NetVault
IT departments increased.
This in turn lowers IT costs
and reduces the need
for new solutions, while
the IT environment
. change If a new plug-in required
is made to update online -
which reduces downtime and
the installation of backup software -
package is not necessary. The license was
also simplified. The modular architecture
NetVault saves the IT staff -
ees time when you have other important
Perform system administration tasks
can.
Reduced administration /
Lower Cost of Ownership
Simply put, NetVault can thus be
easy to implement, to make your time
The backup and restore concept especially
can not pay and the basic installation.
This is the total cost of
Ownership significantly reduced. If the
Backup system updated with new appliances
is that administrators can
simply add in a few minutes
be configured.
Supported platforms:
Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, Mac
OS, etc. - Supports virtually all
major computing platforms.
A GUI for all platforms:
Be it Unix, Linux, FreeBSD or
Windows, NetVault offers on all
Platforms using the same user -
put cut, so time and money
will be saved for training,
if NetVault on different
Platforms will be implemented
should.
Centralized management:
Several NetVault server with different
Client backup schedules
and different devices can
with a single NetVault
Manages terminal domain management
be.
Architecture:
BakBone NetVault is a software that supports a variety of operating systems, etc. Unix,
Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, NetWare, Mac OS, cross-platform with full support.
A NetVault domain consists of a central server with multiple NetVault NetVault Clients
managed by this server. The NetVault domain
Management not only through direct access to the
NetVault NetVault Server be the domain, but also
remotely from other locations in the network.
Backup operations can complete via the schedule
be automated, with both hard drives and
Tapes can be used as storage systems.
Shared memory:
The NetVault feature in common
shared memory improves
the performance and allows the
Administrator to determine how much
I / O buffer cache to be used
should, thus allowing the precise adjustment
the backup process.
Network compression:
For networks with low data bandwidth
to the NetVault
Clients compress data blocks,
before sending them over the network,
and thus increase the throughput.
Exact Image Recovery:
When data is restored,
The modified, deleted, added
or have been updated
NetVault in securing the
existing file on the disk -
system image accurate restores.
Even if the incremental backup
Containing data is the
Original state of the filesystem
carefully restored.
Compatibility with standard tape formats:
If using Unix or Linux,
The data in CPIO format written
Windows is the
Standard Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)
used. Although not NetVault
installed, the data can
the default service programs
Operating systems restored
be. The recoverability of the
Data is ensured hereby.
Expand your storage options
Wide variety of storage options:
Support for DAS / SAN / NAS:
NetVault supports almost all tape drives,
Autoloaders and libraries
now on the market, including
the latest LTO2 and SDLT tape drives.
Backups can be performed
regardless of whether the tape drives
Servers via SCSI, or iSCSI SAN connected
are. For NAS devices, the NDMP
(EMC, NetApp u.s.w.) support, are
Data backup via NDMP sent
whereby the data transfer improved
is.
Dynamic disk using the SAN:
NetVault ™ module DSD (Dynamic Shared
Drive) allows the use of a tape storage device,
this with a SAN or a
Shared SCSI chain is connected,
by several computers. The transmission
the backup data is optimized and the
Number of single points of failure reduced.
Supports backup on the client side:
-SmartClientTM
With the option of NetVault SmartClient
no longer have the backup data, the
LAN Server and the NetVault happen
to access the storage device.
Smart Client is the optimal solution for
multiple clients with large amounts of data
or for the control of backup operations
of branches from a distance.
The smart client backs up data locally on a
direct-attached storage device
(Virtual tape library, tape drive or
Tape library), all planning and indexing data
However on the
NetVault Server stored, making the
Administration costs are reduced.
LAN Free Backup
By combining dynamic shared
Drive (DSD) and Smart Client Components
, the NetVault Administrator LANfree
Backups. Data Backup
must not pass the LAN to access
locally attached storage devices (via
Be written SCSI or SAN) to. So
is the LAN for use by
other applications on hold.
Disk-to-disk backup
- Virtual Disk Library (VDL):
By creating a virtual tape library
within a disk file system
can NetVault data in its
virtual tape storage pool backup. The
Virtual Disk Library can be used as standalone
Backup storage device to be used,
regardless of whether a real, physical
Tape drive or tape library exists
or not. When creating a virtual
Disk Library allows the user to any
Number of virtual tape drives and
Media sites and choose the
Specify size of each band. Each Virtual
Disk Library can in a few minutes
the "right size" according to the
required backup volumes and the
Working load capacity will be created. The
Virtual Disk Library can also for
any number of simultaneous
Backups are configured, what
compared to the outdated multiplexing
Methods of other solutions have a large
Advantage.
By using the VDL, it becomes possible
to reduce the backup window and
Backup operations can be started even
be, if not a physical
Tape storage device is present. Backups
can be online in a Virtual Tape Library
be stored and later to a
moved or copied to physical tape
be (for example, after the rush hour),
the data outside the company
to store. Lately, many customers choose
this method to the SLA recovery time
minimize, the
latest backup stored on the Virtual Disk
, while older backups
Band can be transferred to the offline
long-term storage.
Shared Virtual Disk Library (SVDL):
A Virtual Tape Library to a SAN via
connected with the drive system can
new NetVault Virtual Disk option Shared
Library of a plurality of different
Operating systems, shared
be. A NetVault Server and
multiple NetVault Smart clients can access
backup and restore data
a Virtual Tape Library at the same time
accessed.
Support of different
Media:
NetVault supports tape libraries
different types of media and drives
can contain.
Remote Management:
Controllable Network Server feature
With the NetVault Feature Network Controllable
Server, a backup administrator
any NetVault server in a
Network remotely manage. Net
Vault administrators can use the Net
Vault GUI on a PC in their home office
or on a laptop and
so long as they have the
required registration rights, the functions
the NetVault server remotely
. manage
Policy-based job management:
Administrators can easily create a
Backup job template, with the
NetVault Policy Editor on any number of
NetVault Clients will be replicated. A good
Designed backup strategy can develop -
developed and the policy editor of Net-
Vault will be replicated to other clients;
small changes are easily made,
if a policy on the individual
Vote NetVault Client. The
Policy Management NetVault reduced
administration costs, the user
thus obtained can be used in the other time
Making tasks.
User-level access:
New to the market is the option for Net-
Vault administrators, backup and
Restore obligations to other users
. delegate A NetVault user can
multiple roles and functions
Administration of NetVault are assigned.
After entering a login name
and password, the NetVault user
only access the areas of NetVault,
for which he or she have rights
has received. Certain IT staff
can for example the exclusive rights
be granted, for backups and restores
to schedule multiple computer sales,
while access to other departmental servers
is locked. Ordinary users
the right to receive, with backups
Carry out quantitative restrictions to
the backup resources for critical systems
to protect.
Enhanced Reporting:
The functionality for reporting of
NetVault provides the ability to generate reports in
to create several formats: HTML,
Text and comma-separated output for the
Use of Spreadsheets /
Databases. NetVault is with 29 pre-defined
Reports on topics such as e.g.
Backup job completion status, tape data storage allocation,
Backup power u.s.w.
delivered. Historical reports, for example
the backup tape drive or power outages
record in a given period,
The administrator can also
provide insightful information.
The reports to run at
a particular time scheduled
and the screen or via
E-mail can be sent. The reports of
NetVault is fully customizable - from
Selection box to the field length, field size
and arrangement.
Event Notification:
Predefined and user-defined
Events can be activated to the
Administrators informed in time,
when errors occur or processes successfully
were performed. NetVault can
the user via pop-up message or
E-mail notice, report, or
another backup run.
BakBone Time:
NetVault servers and clients can schedule
synchronize via "BakBone Time."
BakBone Time is useful for IT departments
the backup jobs for a large number
of systems in different time zones
need to manage.
Automated log management:
NetVault will automatically delete old log files
and thus prevents the logs
take up too much disk space. The
Users can log various sizes,
Page numbers or dates
. define
NetVault Database (NVDB)
The NetVault database is one of the smallest
Backupindexierungsdatenbanknen on
the world. To save disk space,
can older backup index information
automatically compressed or even eliminated
be without the information
whatsoever for the recovery.
The user actions can also
via database auditing traced easily
are errors or unauthorized
Attempts to determine access.
Job Retry:
When a backup job for some
Reason is not completed successfully
is, it is possible, an option
To activate, the same with the NetVault
Jobs at regular intervals up to
10 times trying again.
Backup Consolidation
(Incremental consolidation):
An incremental backup is a
existing full backup was made
and from this a new Volsicherung
created with the complete and partial
Restores can be made. With
Backup consolidation needs of NetVault
Administrator only a first complete
Backup of a large department file server
or create an Exchange database;
are as of this date only
incremental backups required. Subsequently
in the consolidation
an operation on the server,
from which the data were not affected,
synthesized a new full
Backup created. The backup consolidation
not only reduces the backup window,
but also provides for the conditions
for rapid and full recovery.
Full backups can so often
as incremental backups created
be.
Backups through firewalls: *
In environments where packet -
filter firewalls are used, can
NetVault data transfer to a
specific port range limit. The
Firewall administrators need only one
small number of arbitrarily selectable ports
open and thus ensure high
Security for DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
and other system data, without any
Performance degradation noticeable.
Backup clustering: *
In a clustered environment, NetVault
each node with a NetVault backup client
while the real IP address of the
Cluster use. NetVault supports
a variety of cluster environments
Microsoft clusters on Linux and UNIX
Clusters to Oracle Real Application
Clusters.
Plug-in Modules
NetWare backup:
NetVault's NetWare Loadable Module (NLM)
supports the backup of NetWare via
NetVault Application Plugin Thin client
Modules (APM), which on a NetVault
Server is installed. With the help of NLM
to NetWare servers over the LAN to
Storage devices (Virtual Tape Library or
physical tape is backed up), with the
NetVault NetVault server or smart
Clients are connected. By supplementing
can with the NetWare SmartClient option
NetVault data directly to locally attached
Tape devices on a NetWare
Server for LAN-less backups secure.
Online Backup:
NetVault supports APM (Application
Plugin Modules) for online backup
a large number of database and
Messaging applications - and a DB2
Informix, Lotus Notes, MS Exchange, MS
SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL,
SAP, Sybase. With NetVault APMs can
Servers and clients for the execution of
application-specific backup extended
be. NetVault calls through interfaces
native APIs to backup data from the
From applications and catalogs
according to the type of application, and
all via simple "Point-and-click" in
the NetVault GUI
Disaster Recovery Option:
VaultDR
VaultDR's NetVault solution for creating
complete and easily manageable
Disaster recovery images, which help
Administration costs and additional
Hardware superfluous.
A VaultDR CD includes an automatic
start operating system (VaultOS) and
a NetVault client for the recovery
in an emergency. All important system information
are stored in the backup itself.
VaultDR create complete
Copies of the system, including operating system
and application data, in a
single backup image. VaultDR backup data
to the same storage pool
as regular backup data is stored,
thus, it is no longer necessary to
separate tapes for backups and
CD-R images for the recovery
To use an emergency. Since the operating system
while the backup is offline,
is not only the full recovery
both of operating system as
also ensures application data, but
This also means that the NetVault
Disaster recovery under a
can run any operating system,
on the standard (Intel *) VaultOS
supported hardware - including
BSD, Linux, NetWare, UnixWare,
MS Windows and Solaris x86. For Windows
NT / 2000 also provides NetVault
"VaultDR Online" to make online backups
to run, without the system
must be restarted.
Open File Backup for Windows &
NetWare (OFM):
For Windows NT/2000 and NetWare servers
NetVault offers an option for securing
of data used by other processes
be (i.e., the otherwise locked
and for the backup process does not con -
fügbar would). Before a backup with OFM
starts to synchronizes the OFM Plugin by
NetVault the disk write cache and
creates a block-level image copy of all
open files in the system. In Windows
2003 environment NetVault supports the snap-
Shot with a functionality of Windows
APM own.
Encryption option:
Provides for systems with sensitive data
NetVault is a 128-bit encryption
Plug-in that backup data is encrypted
before they leave the system and the
LAN or SAN to happen. Each NetVault
Client that uses the encryption plugin
uses its own individual
Key (which is not on the NetVault Server
is stored), thus ensuring
is that the backups only on computers
restored with the correct key
can be. The data is
on the data source with the encryption algorithm
encrypted. The encryption
is on the way over the
Network and on the tape drive (target)
maintained.
NDMP option:
NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol)
was for the efficient transfer
large block data over a LAN
or SAN developed into a storage device.
Use of NAS devices, the NDMP
Backups are secure with this high-performance
Protocol executed instead
the less efficient and less safe
Methods NFS or CIFS. NetVault
may NDMP data directly via a
SCSI or SAN attached storage device
(Tape or virtual tape library)
or to a storage device other
Place on the LAN. NetVault provides complete
Support for NDMP versions
2, 3 and 4
NDMP Plugin:
NDMP data with a plurality of
Methods to back up: [1] directly from
NAS to computer via SCSI or SAN attached
Memory, [2] from a NAS to
another NAS with directly connected
Memory, [3] data NetVault servers
and clients via LAN through the NASComputer
in direct-attached storage
be secured; [4] data from an arbitrary
Number of NAS computers can
the LAN are sent to storage devices,
directly with the NetVault server or smart
Clients are connected in the network; and [5]
can be used in a NAS / SAN environment, both
Data from open systems (Windows, Unix,
Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) and NDMP data
NAS computers the same NDMP storage devices
(Tapes and tape drives) together
. use
NDMP Snapshot Manager Plug-in:
For NetApp Filers with Snapshot licensing
NetVault offers administrators a OnTap
graphical interface and functionality for
centralized planning. NetVault uses
the snapshot schedule from OnTap and expanded
the snapshot scheduling.
NDMP SnapMirror to Tape Plugin:
Provides for NetApp Filer SnapMirror license
NetVault the possibility of a SnapMirror
Snapshot for offline storage and recovery
when disaster strikes directly at
Tape to secure. SnapMirror can be images
restored to another NetApp Filer Systems
are to hardware upgrades or
other processes in restoring the
To support disaster response.
NDMP SnapVault Manager Plug-in:
Snapshots of NetApp filer systems
SnapVault licensing and open systems
(Linux / UNIX / Windows, via OSSV Licensing)
can be monitored with the NetVault GUI
and timed
be. The shift of
Snapshot data can easily
from a centralized
Site is managed from, which
the workload
System administration
is greatly reduced.
Every successful company knows
how important it is critical
Data with programs for data backup
and recovery to
. protect Today's storage environment
changed quickly, however. Some
IT departments extend their system environments
with NAS and SAN, other
in turn seek to down -
sizing and centralize its IT ser -
vices on a smaller number of
Systems with high performance and
low cost - by using
Linux for instance. The functional
of products for backup and
Restore that were previously used,
is too low for growth
and performance, or the products
are too expensive to be a flexible high -
be suitable for high resolution.
Meet the requirements for new
Storage Management Software
The amount of data generated by the company
stored is growing all the time,
and due to the distributed computing
Model are business-critical data
often stored decentralized, which
the cost of data management increase.
Current market trends show a
Tendency to centralize this data.
Today there are 70% of the data after
remains on storage systems that directly
connected to the computers are of
which they are used. According to forecasts
are, however, by the year
2006 70% of the data on centralized
NAS and SAN-based storage systems
. are
IT departments are faced with the difficult
Task of increasing amounts of data
To save on low cost servers (downsizing).
Without proper tools
However, this task to an unreachable
Target. In the past, purchased
Backup and restore tools for system environments were
sense, the five
Years prevailed. Today's computing
Environment places greater demands on
Storage software, the new methods for
the management of data storage systems offer
needs.
NetVault holds via modular architecture
with the changes
To the demand for a flexible IT
Solution to meet a tight budget,
BakBone NetVault has developed a
modular design. NetVault, in this respect
unique, has not a monolithic
Architecture and introduces the concept
of "plugins" in backup software. About
The plug-in design concept, the Net-
Vault developers of new solutions and capabilities
quickly to the rapidly changing
Bring market.
The modular architecture allows
NetVault to modify it so that a variety
new database versions
Operating temversionen, tape library
devices and other applications
are supported -
regardless of the NetVault Core.
The modular architecture
the time required for the adaptation
and publication of a
new plugins drastically reduced
and thus the entire
Life cycle time in NetVault
IT departments increased.
This in turn lowers IT costs
and reduces the need
for new solutions, while
the IT environment
. change If a new plug-in required
is made to update online -
which reduces downtime and
the installation of backup software -
package is not necessary. The license was
also simplified. The modular architecture
NetVault saves the IT staff -
ees time when you have other important
Perform system administration tasks
can.
Reduced administration /
Lower Cost of Ownership
Simply put, NetVault can thus be
easy to implement, to make your time
The backup and restore concept especially
can not pay and the basic installation.
This is the total cost of
Ownership significantly reduced. If the
Backup system updated with new appliances
is that administrators can
simply add in a few minutes
be configured.
Supported platforms:
Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, Mac
OS, etc. - Supports virtually all
major computing platforms.
A GUI for all platforms:
Be it Unix, Linux, FreeBSD or
Windows, NetVault offers on all
Platforms using the same user -
put cut, so time and money
will be saved for training,
if NetVault on different
Platforms will be implemented
should.
Centralized management:
Several NetVault server with different
Client backup schedules
and different devices can
with a single NetVault
Manages terminal domain management
be.
Architecture:
BakBone NetVault is a software that supports a variety of operating systems, etc. Unix,
Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, NetWare, Mac OS, cross-platform with full support.
A NetVault domain consists of a central server with multiple NetVault NetVault Clients
managed by this server. The NetVault domain
Management not only through direct access to the
NetVault NetVault Server be the domain, but also
remotely from other locations in the network.
Backup operations can complete via the schedule
be automated, with both hard drives and
Tapes can be used as storage systems.
Shared memory:
The NetVault feature in common
shared memory improves
the performance and allows the
Administrator to determine how much
I / O buffer cache to be used
should, thus allowing the precise adjustment
the backup process.
Network compression:
For networks with low data bandwidth
to the NetVault
Clients compress data blocks,
before sending them over the network,
and thus increase the throughput.
Exact Image Recovery:
When data is restored,
The modified, deleted, added
or have been updated
NetVault in securing the
existing file on the disk -
system image accurate restores.
Even if the incremental backup
Containing data is the
Original state of the filesystem
carefully restored.
Compatibility with standard tape formats:
If using Unix or Linux,
The data in CPIO format written
Windows is the
Standard Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)
used. Although not NetVault
installed, the data can
the default service programs
Operating systems restored
be. The recoverability of the
Data is ensured hereby.
Expand your storage options
Wide variety of storage options:
Support for DAS / SAN / NAS:
NetVault supports almost all tape drives,
Autoloaders and libraries
now on the market, including
the latest LTO2 and SDLT tape drives.
Backups can be performed
regardless of whether the tape drives
Servers via SCSI, or iSCSI SAN connected
are. For NAS devices, the NDMP
(EMC, NetApp u.s.w.) support, are
Data backup via NDMP sent
whereby the data transfer improved
is.
Dynamic disk using the SAN:
NetVault ™ module DSD (Dynamic Shared
Drive) allows the use of a tape storage device,
this with a SAN or a
Shared SCSI chain is connected,
by several computers. The transmission
the backup data is optimized and the
Number of single points of failure reduced.
Supports backup on the client side:
-SmartClientTM
With the option of NetVault SmartClient
no longer have the backup data, the
LAN Server and the NetVault happen
to access the storage device.
Smart Client is the optimal solution for
multiple clients with large amounts of data
or for the control of backup operations
of branches from a distance.
The smart client backs up data locally on a
direct-attached storage device
(Virtual tape library, tape drive or
Tape library), all planning and indexing data
However on the
NetVault Server stored, making the
Administration costs are reduced.
LAN Free Backup
By combining dynamic shared
Drive (DSD) and Smart Client Components
, the NetVault Administrator LANfree
Backups. Data Backup
must not pass the LAN to access
locally attached storage devices (via
Be written SCSI or SAN) to. So
is the LAN for use by
other applications on hold.
Disk-to-disk backup
- Virtual Disk Library (VDL):
By creating a virtual tape library
within a disk file system
can NetVault data in its
virtual tape storage pool backup. The
Virtual Disk Library can be used as standalone
Backup storage device to be used,
regardless of whether a real, physical
Tape drive or tape library exists
or not. When creating a virtual
Disk Library allows the user to any
Number of virtual tape drives and
Media sites and choose the
Specify size of each band. Each Virtual
Disk Library can in a few minutes
the "right size" according to the
required backup volumes and the
Working load capacity will be created. The
Virtual Disk Library can also for
any number of simultaneous
Backups are configured, what
compared to the outdated multiplexing
Methods of other solutions have a large
Advantage.
By using the VDL, it becomes possible
to reduce the backup window and
Backup operations can be started even
be, if not a physical
Tape storage device is present. Backups
can be online in a Virtual Tape Library
be stored and later to a
moved or copied to physical tape
be (for example, after the rush hour),
the data outside the company
to store. Lately, many customers choose
this method to the SLA recovery time
minimize, the
latest backup stored on the Virtual Disk
, while older backups
Band can be transferred to the offline
long-term storage.
Shared Virtual Disk Library (SVDL):
A Virtual Tape Library to a SAN via
connected with the drive system can
new NetVault Virtual Disk option Shared
Library of a plurality of different
Operating systems, shared
be. A NetVault Server and
multiple NetVault Smart clients can access
backup and restore data
a Virtual Tape Library at the same time
accessed.
Support of different
Media:
NetVault supports tape libraries
different types of media and drives
can contain.
Remote Management:
Controllable Network Server feature
With the NetVault Feature Network Controllable
Server, a backup administrator
any NetVault server in a
Network remotely manage. Net
Vault administrators can use the Net
Vault GUI on a PC in their home office
or on a laptop and
so long as they have the
required registration rights, the functions
the NetVault server remotely
. manage
Policy-based job management:
Administrators can easily create a
Backup job template, with the
NetVault Policy Editor on any number of
NetVault Clients will be replicated. A good
Designed backup strategy can develop -
developed and the policy editor of Net-
Vault will be replicated to other clients;
small changes are easily made,
if a policy on the individual
Vote NetVault Client. The
Policy Management NetVault reduced
administration costs, the user
thus obtained can be used in the other time
Making tasks.
User-level access:
New to the market is the option for Net-
Vault administrators, backup and
Restore obligations to other users
. delegate A NetVault user can
multiple roles and functions
Administration of NetVault are assigned.
After entering a login name
and password, the NetVault user
only access the areas of NetVault,
for which he or she have rights
has received. Certain IT staff
can for example the exclusive rights
be granted, for backups and restores
to schedule multiple computer sales,
while access to other departmental servers
is locked. Ordinary users
the right to receive, with backups
Carry out quantitative restrictions to
the backup resources for critical systems
to protect.
Enhanced Reporting:
The functionality for reporting of
NetVault provides the ability to generate reports in
to create several formats: HTML,
Text and comma-separated output for the
Use of Spreadsheets /
Databases. NetVault is with 29 pre-defined
Reports on topics such as e.g.
Backup job completion status, tape data storage allocation,
Backup power u.s.w.
delivered. Historical reports, for example
the backup tape drive or power outages
record in a given period,
The administrator can also
provide insightful information.
The reports to run at
a particular time scheduled
and the screen or via
E-mail can be sent. The reports of
NetVault is fully customizable - from
Selection box to the field length, field size
and arrangement.
Event Notification:
Predefined and user-defined
Events can be activated to the
Administrators informed in time,
when errors occur or processes successfully
were performed. NetVault can
the user via pop-up message or
E-mail notice, report, or
another backup run.
BakBone Time:
NetVault servers and clients can schedule
synchronize via "BakBone Time."
BakBone Time is useful for IT departments
the backup jobs for a large number
of systems in different time zones
need to manage.
Automated log management:
NetVault will automatically delete old log files
and thus prevents the logs
take up too much disk space. The
Users can log various sizes,
Page numbers or dates
. define
NetVault Database (NVDB)
The NetVault database is one of the smallest
Backupindexierungsdatenbanknen on
the world. To save disk space,
can older backup index information
automatically compressed or even eliminated
be without the information
whatsoever for the recovery.
The user actions can also
via database auditing traced easily
are errors or unauthorized
Attempts to determine access.
Job Retry:
When a backup job for some
Reason is not completed successfully
is, it is possible, an option
To activate, the same with the NetVault
Jobs at regular intervals up to
10 times trying again.
Backup Consolidation
(Incremental consolidation):
An incremental backup is a
existing full backup was made
and from this a new Volsicherung
created with the complete and partial
Restores can be made. With
Backup consolidation needs of NetVault
Administrator only a first complete
Backup of a large department file server
or create an Exchange database;
are as of this date only
incremental backups required. Subsequently
in the consolidation
an operation on the server,
from which the data were not affected,
synthesized a new full
Backup created. The backup consolidation
not only reduces the backup window,
but also provides for the conditions
for rapid and full recovery.
Full backups can so often
as incremental backups created
be.
Backups through firewalls: *
In environments where packet -
filter firewalls are used, can
NetVault data transfer to a
specific port range limit. The
Firewall administrators need only one
small number of arbitrarily selectable ports
open and thus ensure high
Security for DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
and other system data, without any
Performance degradation noticeable.
Backup clustering: *
In a clustered environment, NetVault
each node with a NetVault backup client
while the real IP address of the
Cluster use. NetVault supports
a variety of cluster environments
Microsoft clusters on Linux and UNIX
Clusters to Oracle Real Application
Clusters.
Plug-in Modules
NetWare backup:
NetVault's NetWare Loadable Module (NLM)
supports the backup of NetWare via
NetVault Application Plugin Thin client
Modules (APM), which on a NetVault
Server is installed. With the help of NLM
to NetWare servers over the LAN to
Storage devices (Virtual Tape Library or
physical tape is backed up), with the
NetVault NetVault server or smart
Clients are connected. By supplementing
can with the NetWare SmartClient option
NetVault data directly to locally attached
Tape devices on a NetWare
Server for LAN-less backups secure.
Online Backup:
NetVault supports APM (Application
Plugin Modules) for online backup
a large number of database and
Messaging applications - and a DB2
Informix, Lotus Notes, MS Exchange, MS
SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL,
SAP, Sybase. With NetVault APMs can
Servers and clients for the execution of
application-specific backup extended
be. NetVault calls through interfaces
native APIs to backup data from the
From applications and catalogs
according to the type of application, and
all via simple "Point-and-click" in
the NetVault GUI
Disaster Recovery Option:
VaultDR
VaultDR's NetVault solution for creating
complete and easily manageable
Disaster recovery images, which help
Administration costs and additional
Hardware superfluous.
A VaultDR CD includes an automatic
start operating system (VaultOS) and
a NetVault client for the recovery
in an emergency. All important system information
are stored in the backup itself.
VaultDR create complete
Copies of the system, including operating system
and application data, in a
single backup image. VaultDR backup data
to the same storage pool
as regular backup data is stored,
thus, it is no longer necessary to
separate tapes for backups and
CD-R images for the recovery
To use an emergency. Since the operating system
while the backup is offline,
is not only the full recovery
both of operating system as
also ensures application data, but
This also means that the NetVault
Disaster recovery under a
can run any operating system,
on the standard (Intel *) VaultOS
supported hardware - including
BSD, Linux, NetWare, UnixWare,
MS Windows and Solaris x86. For Windows
NT / 2000 also provides NetVault
"VaultDR Online" to make online backups
to run, without the system
must be restarted.
Open File Backup for Windows &
NetWare (OFM):
For Windows NT/2000 and NetWare servers
NetVault offers an option for securing
of data used by other processes
be (i.e., the otherwise locked
and for the backup process does not con -
fügbar would). Before a backup with OFM
starts to synchronizes the OFM Plugin by
NetVault the disk write cache and
creates a block-level image copy of all
open files in the system. In Windows
2003 environment NetVault supports the snap-
Shot with a functionality of Windows
APM own.
Encryption option:
Provides for systems with sensitive data
NetVault is a 128-bit encryption
Plug-in that backup data is encrypted
before they leave the system and the
LAN or SAN to happen. Each NetVault
Client that uses the encryption plugin
uses its own individual
Key (which is not on the NetVault Server
is stored), thus ensuring
is that the backups only on computers
restored with the correct key
can be. The data is
on the data source with the encryption algorithm
encrypted. The encryption
is on the way over the
Network and on the tape drive (target)
maintained.
NDMP option:
NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol)
was for the efficient transfer
large block data over a LAN
or SAN developed into a storage device.
Use of NAS devices, the NDMP
Backups are secure with this high-performance
Protocol executed instead
the less efficient and less safe
Methods NFS or CIFS. NetVault
may NDMP data directly via a
SCSI or SAN attached storage device
(Tape or virtual tape library)
or to a storage device other
Place on the LAN. NetVault provides complete
Support for NDMP versions
2, 3 and 4
NDMP Plugin:
NDMP data with a plurality of
Methods to back up: [1] directly from
NAS to computer via SCSI or SAN attached
Memory, [2] from a NAS to
another NAS with directly connected
Memory, [3] data NetVault servers
and clients via LAN through the NASComputer
in direct-attached storage
be secured; [4] data from an arbitrary
Number of NAS computers can
the LAN are sent to storage devices,
directly with the NetVault server or smart
Clients are connected in the network; and [5]
can be used in a NAS / SAN environment, both
Data from open systems (Windows, Unix,
Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) and NDMP data
NAS computers the same NDMP storage devices
(Tapes and tape drives) together
. use
NDMP Snapshot Manager Plug-in:
For NetApp Filers with Snapshot licensing
NetVault offers administrators a OnTap
graphical interface and functionality for
centralized planning. NetVault uses
the snapshot schedule from OnTap and expanded
the snapshot scheduling.
NDMP SnapMirror to Tape Plugin:
Provides for NetApp Filer SnapMirror license
NetVault the possibility of a SnapMirror
Snapshot for offline storage and recovery
when disaster strikes directly at
Tape to secure. SnapMirror can be images
restored to another NetApp Filer Systems
are to hardware upgrades or
other processes in restoring the
To support disaster response.
NDMP SnapVault Manager Plug-in:
Snapshots of NetApp filer systems
SnapVault licensing and open systems
(Linux / UNIX / Windows, via OSSV Licensing)
can be monitored with the NetVault GUI
and timed
be. The shift of
Snapshot data can easily
from a centralized
Site is managed from, which
the workload
System administration
is greatly reduced.
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