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Symantec Backup Exec 2010

Symantec have recently released Backup Exec 2010 with some nice new features, with more systems going virtual can save a lot of time with backups and restores of virtual hard drives -

  • Support for Exchange 2010
  • Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
  • Enhanced support for Microsoft Hyper-v R2
  • Continuous Data Protection for Exchange, File and SQL Servers

Hyper-V R2 support

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.

Continuous data protection for Exchange

Integrated Exchange 2010 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.

Of course everything with Backup Exec is optional, you will need to buy the agent for each extra part you want to use.

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