Symantec Introduces Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0

Symantec Corp. says the release of the Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 is the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery.

 

Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 is designed to enable businesses to recover complete Windows systems in minutes and introduces enhanced Microsoft Exchange, virtual, and data recovery capabilities as well as new centralized management to give IT administrators added flexibility and simplified management in protecting their valuable IT assets.

 

Brian Wistisen, senior product marketing manager, Backup Exec System Recovery, at Symantec, said 85 per cent of all systems are not backed up. Customers don’t need a major disaster to incur system loss, he said.

 

“It could be anything from a power outage, to a failed system patch, to human error,” he said. “When a system goes down, it’s not always an easy process for the IT department to quickly restore it, particularly if they do so by way of the old school model . . . it’s not a minute proposition in this regard, it can take days or weeks to bring a system back online.”

 

Wistisen said what customers and channel partners want first and foremost in a backup and recovery solution is a simple, quick, and affordable, means of data retrieval.

 

“Our channel partners have told us that the existing version of Backup Exec is the number one solution that they want on their tool belts,” he said. “IT guys’ necks are on the line in these situations and they need to be able to restore a system as quickly as possible.

 

“Especially for those channel partners servicing small to mid-sized businesses. In the SMB world, each minute is precious. When a system goes down it has a tremendous impact on that SMB’s viability.”

 

Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 adds performance improvements and support for Microsoft Vista, x64-bit platforms, VMware ESX Server and Microsoft Virtual Server. A part of the Backup Exec product line, Backup Exec System Recovery is a standalone solution for Windows Servers and may be purchased and installed separately, or together with the entire compliment of Backup Exec product offerings.

 

The solution provides protection from servers to desktops to notebooks. Wistisen assured the solution makes data recovery easy and quick, whether to similar or dissimilar hardware.

 

A disk-based solution, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery overcomes manual system recovery processes by capturing an exact copy of a system, including operating system, applications, system settings, user settings and data, in a single recovery point. When systems fail, IT administrators simply select the recovery point to restore from and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery restores the complete system in a fraction of the time of traditional methods.

 

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 also speeds the recovery of individual emails, files, and folders. A new Exchange Retrieve Option simplifies Exchange recovery, providing fast and easy recovery not only of the entire Exchange server but also individual messages, attachments, folders, and mailboxes.

 

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 also provides a familiar “Google-like” search experience called “Backup Exec Retrieve” to make it easy for users to recover their own files and folders without IT intervention. A similar search and retrieve capability is also available via integration with Google Desktop.

 

In addition, end users looking to protect only select files and folders can now choose to run a local file and folder protection schema in addition to the volume-based recovery point process. This includes support for versioning so customers can keep multiple versions of the same file containing the various changes in time that they wish to restore.

 

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 delivers seamless conversion of physical recovery points to virtual formats (P2V) as well as conversion of virtual systems back to physical environments (V2P) for VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, and Microsoft Virtual Server. Administrators can choose to convert entire systems at once or selective volumes at a time.

 

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 also introduces centralized management, providing an at-a-glance view of all system backup and recovery activity across multiple systems from a central location. This new Backup Exec System Recovery Manager component simplifies backup and recovery administration for organizations with more than a single system, enabling administrators to centrally create backup jobs, view real-time status, run reports, quickly resolve any problems identified and add new systems quickly and easily as required.

 

“For our channel partners, this product also allows them to add value services to it,” he added. “Partners can build on this product as they see fit.”

 

Existing Backup Exec for Windows Servers customers looking for a streamlined, lower-priced version of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery can leverage the new Backup Exec for Windows Servers System Recovery Option. This new option offers just the core business-critical system recovery capabilities offered in the stand-alone editions of Backup Exec System Recovery, including dissimilar hardware recovery and physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversion, among other features, where data protection is already ensured with Backup Exec.

 

Estimated pricing for Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 is $1,095 (U.S.) per server and $69 per workstation. Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers customers may purchase the new Backup Exec for Windows Servers System Recovery Option for $695.
All product components are available April 25th, officials said.

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