Compaq ProLiant 8000 Veritas Backup Exec - Page 3

Enterprise Backup Solution for VERITAS Backup Exec™ 3 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. ProLiant NT Servers Storage Hub 7/12 FCTC-II and/or and/or TL895 DLT MiniLibrary TL891 DLT Library 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. 11NH-0100A-WWEN