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Symantec Showcase  > Backup Exec

Backup Exec 2010

Duplicate data eating your storage? Want single-pass backup for your virtualized environment? Introducing new Symantec Backup Exec 2010, now with deduplication and backbone recovery for VMware and Hyper-V.


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Protect more, store less, save more

Integrated and adaptable deduplication
Reduce storage and management costs through integrated
deduplication and archiving technology.

Granular recovery for virtual applications
Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft applications
running on a VMware and Hyper-V environment.

Unified Archiving
Easily automate storage and management savings through efficient data lifecycle management.

Protect more data
Reduce costs while optimizing network utilization across physical and virtual environments.



KEY FEATURES

  • Market-leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments from desktop to servers
  • Unified Archiving (powered by Enterprise Vault)
  • First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications
  • Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
  • Centralized 3-tier setup, reporting, and patch management
  • Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options
  • Continuous data protection for Microsoft Exchange, file servers, SQL servers, and desktop data

KEY BENEFITS

  • Easily automate storage and management savings with efficient archiving and backup through a single console
  • Eliminate redundant backups for Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, and SQL in a virtual environment with VMware and Hyper-V protection
  • Restore Exchange messages, SharePoint site items or documents, and Active Directory user preferences from a single-pass backup
  • Easily manage a local or distributed backup environment through a
    single console
  • Eliminate your backup window and help ensure recovery point objectives are easily met with continuous backup protection

Need more information about Backup Exec 2010? Explore reasons to upgrade , or see the list of new feature enhancements vs. previous editions.

Protect against business downtime and disaster with rapid, reliable recovery

Continuous data protection
Proactive data and system protection including
support for Windows Server 2008 R2

Ultimate flexibility
Flexible off-site protection enhances disaster
recovery capabilities

Work more effectively
Recover what you need, when and where you need it,
even to different hardware or virtual environments

New features designed with you in mind
Support your recovery needs with new Linux and
Virtual Editions and central management capabilities.

 

KEY FEATURES

  • Restore physical and virtual servers from local or off-site destinations, even to bare metal, dissimilar hardware, remote locations, or virtual environments
  • Offsite Backup Copy to FTP location or secondary disk drive for enhanced disaster recovery capabilities
  • Perform seamless, automated physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to physical (V2P) conversions
  • Capture and protect the entire system, including the OS, in one easy-to-manage recovery point with image-based technology
  • Schedule backups to run automatically, including event triggered backups, without disrupting user productivity
  • Built-in AES software encryption of backups ensures the security of critical business data

KEY BENEFITS

  • Dramatically minimize downtime and avoid revenue and employee productivity losses in the event of a system failure
  • Meet strict recovery time objectives with fast, automated system recovery that takes just four simple steps
  • Recover what you need, when and where you need it, including individual files, folders or complete systems in minutes
  • Eliminate the need to have duplicate hardware on standby for recovery purposes and save on hardware costs
  • Easily perform hardware refreshes and migrations
  • Simplify IT administration by centrally managing backup and recovery tasks for multiple servers across your entire organization with Symantec System Recovery Management Solution (included at no charge)

Looking for more information about System Recovery 2011? Click here to take a Product Tour.

 

Meet Hal, I.T. Administrator

Deduplication: Copies Everywhere!
Duplicate data is clogging up Hal’s network and eating his storage space. See how Backup Exec 2010 deduplication can reduce Hal’s storage needs by 95%.

Virtualization is HUGE!
Virtualization is great, but Hal still has to back up every virtual machine...twice. Backup Exec 2010, now with single-pass backup and granular recovery, can help.

System Recovery 2011 Product Tour

Backup Exec System Recovery 2011 Tour
Simple, cost-effective solution that offers protection against downtime and disaster with rapid and reliable data recovery.

 

Backup Exec 2010—“How To”

Install Backup Exec 2010
Learn how to install a Backup Exec 2010 media server and preview the new deduplication option.

Backup Exec 2010 Deduplication
Video walkthrough shows how to set up and configure a Backup Exec 2010 Deduplication storage folder, and how to utilize deduplication.

Backup Exec 2010 Archival
With a focus on Exchange server, this video shows how to set up and configure an archival job, restore individual files, and access archived items for restoration.

New VMware Support—“How To”

VMware Incremental Backup
Learn how to protect your VMware virtual environments with incremental or differential backups with Backup Exec 2010’s new virtualization features.

VMware Normal Backup
View Backup Exec 2010’s Getting Started page and learn how to kick off a new VMware backup job.

VMware Restore
Your backups have been a breeze, but now you need to restore deleted files. See how easy it is to set up your first restore job.

 

Backup Exec 2010 Whitepapers

Backup Exec 2010: Archiving Option
Backup Exec 2010’s Archiving Option can unify content sources, apply retention policies, reduce backup windows, shorten recovery times, and optimize storage resources.

Backup Exec 2010: Addressing the Root Causes
of Inefficiency in Data Protection
Enterprise Strategy Group shares recent research on the data storage challenges faced by IT organizations, and how Symantec Backup Exec 2010 is addressing those challenges.

Meeting the Top Backup Challenges in Small and
Medium Business Environments
Taneja Group report outlines the top six challenges SMBs must consider—and address—when crafting comprehensive data and system protection solutions.

Backup Exec 2010: Deduplication Option
Backup Exec 2010’s new integrated deduplication capabilities dramatically reduce the amount of storage required for backups and more efficiently centralize backup data from multiple sites.

Addressing the Top Data Protection Challenges in
Mixed Physical and Virtual Environments
Enterprise Strategy Group outlines how Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and System Recovery 2010 provide a single-source solution for addressing heterogeneity in data protection.

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Agent for
VMware Virtual Infrastructure FAQ
Helpful FAQ guide addresses questions you have around the complete protection of your VMware Guest virtual machines.

System Recovery 2011 Whitepapers and Datasheets

Management Solution
FAQ of Symantec System Recovery 2011 management solutions.

Third-Party Encryption Solutions
Support for Symantec and third-party encryption solutions.

System Recovery Desktop Edition
Learn more about Symantec's System Recovery Desktop Edition for desktops and laptops.

System Recovery Small Business Server Edition
Learn more about Symantec's System Recovery Small Business Server Edition for Microsoft Small Business Servers.

System Recovery Server Edition for Windows
Learn more about Symantec's System Recovery Server Edition for Windows Servers.

Active Directory Domain Controllers
Protect active directory domain controllers in any environment.

Cluster and SAN Environments
Backup and restore Windows cluster and SAN configurations.

System Recovery Virtual Edition
Learn more about Symantec's System Recovery Virtual Edition for VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Citrix XenServer.

System Recovery Linux Edition
Learn more about Symantec's System Recovery Linux Edition for
Red Hat and SUSE Linux Servers.

 

Calculate, evaluate, generate

Dedupliation CalculatorDeduplication Calculator
Our interactive deduplication tool shows how you can drastically reduce storage costs and backup times across physical and virtual environments.

Virtualization CalculatorVirtualization Calculator
Backup Exec 2010 supports Microsoft Hyper-V R2 and VMware vSphere 4.0. One affordable price for an unlimited amount of virtual machines. Our calculator can show you real savings.

E-Mail Archive CalculatorE-Mail Archive Calculator
Evaluate your business reliance on e-mail and your e-mail backup risk. Generate a customized dashboard that helps outline the steps needed toward optimizing your e-mail system.

E-Mail Archive CalculatorSystem Recovery ROI tool
Want to know how much your organization can save with Symantec System Recovery?
Click here to start saving!

Symantec Volume Licensing Programs

To learn more about Symantec Volume Software Licensing, please contact your account manager or click here to submit a request for more information.


Symantec Government Program

The Symantec Government Program is for qualified government entities that need to purchase license quantities without signed contracts or financial commitments. The Government Program simplifies buying license quantities for use in the country of purchase. Government buyers are freed from formal contracts and commitments, and are eligible to earn increased discounts for purchases that grow with the size of each order. Managing your discount eligibility can help you meet the budget challenges of government entities at all levels.

  • Available for all software products
  • Low minimum requirements
  • Incentives for total volume of each order
  • No signed contact required
  • No ongoing financial commitment

 


Symantec Academic Program

Symantec Academic Program is for qualified academic institutions and charities that need to purchase license quantities without signed contracts or financial commitments.

The Academic Program simplifies buying license quantities for use in the country of purchase. Academic buyers are freed from formal contracts and commitments, and are eligible to receive discounts for purchases that grow with the size of each order. Managing your discount eligibility can help you meet the budget challenges of education and charity work.
  • Available for all software products
  • Low minimum requirements
  • Incentives for total volume of each order
  • No signed contact required
  • No ongoing financial commitment

Symantec Academic
Subscription Program

The Symantec Academic Subscription Program offers government-approved academic institutions a flexible way to purchase software licenses that are bundled with Essential Support (24x7) on a subscription basis. The program makes it easy to procure and administer and helps reduce the total cost of software licensing.
  • Low entry purchase requirements, subscription pricing
  • Simple and flexible subscription licensing with Essential Support
  • Tiered product discount bands
  • Home use rights for faculty and staff; student use option
  • Co-termination of all licensing purchased under the program

 

 

 

 
Symantec
Compare the features offered by each of the programs below: 		Available Symantec Licensing Programs
Government Academic Academic Subscription
Organization Type Government entities: National to Local Government- approved academic institutions Government- approved academic institutions
Minimum purchase requirements 1 server per transaction or 5 licenses1 1 server per transaction or 5 licenses1 250 units and $5K MSRP
Agreement Type Certificate Certificate Contract
Discounts Per transaction Per transaction Per transaction
License deployment rights Country of purchase Country of purchase Country of purchase
De-centralized purchasing (subsidiaries/ affiliates) No No No
Available support and maintenance services Yes Yes Yes
Consolidation of support and maintenance services No No No
Symantec Agreement Number (SAN) Yes Yes Yes
       

  Discount Pricing Bands
Each band represents a discount range applied to the total amount of each purchase. Government Academic Academic Subscription
S 1 1 N/A
A 5-249 5-249 250-499
B N/A N/A 500-999
C N/A N/A 1000-4000
D N/A N/A 5000-9999
E N/A N/A 10000+
F N/A N/A N/A
H 250+ 250+ N/A
Notes * Levels are calculated by product, SKU quantity, total purchase amount, region and currency rates. Discounts are provided to the entity placing the order with Symantec. For channel orders, Symantec provides the appropriate band level pricing to the channel partner, and the customer then arranges pricing the order with its reseller. * Levels are calculated by product, SKU quantity, total purchase amount, region and currency rates. Discounts are provided to the entity placing the order with Symantec. For channel orders, Symantec provides the appropriate band level pricing to the channel partner, and the customer then arranges pricing the order with its reseller. To enroll in the Academic Subscription Program a customer's initial order must be at least 250 units or total $5,000 MSRP. The number of units provided on the initial order will establish the customer's initial program band. Initial orders can be submitted once the customer has received their Welcome Letter with their Academic Subscription SAN (Symantec Agreement Number) from Symantec. An initial order, along with the Academic Subscription Program Worksheet, must be submitted within 14 calendar days of receiving the Welcome Letter.

Symantec Support & Maintenance Services

Basic Maintenance

Entry-level service offering best suited for organizations that run Symantec products on non-essential systems only.

Essential Support

Minimum recommended level of support for most enterprises, providing 24x7 access to Symantec's support experts.

Business Critical

Provides personalized, proactive support from technical experts for enterprises that require secure, uninterrupted access.

Symantec's Support & Maintenance Services help you keep your organization protected in today's connected world. Flexible, comprehensive solutions help you ensure that your installed Symantec products are fully functional, running smoothly, and delivering maximum value.


Business Critical Support
Enterprise Support Services Basic Maintenance Essential Support Advanced Access Remote Product Specialist Premier Data Center National & Global
Severity One Initial Response Time Goals 1 hour 30 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes 15 minutes
Telephone Access to Support Engineers 8am-6pm Business hours 24x7x365 24x7x365 24x7x365 24x7x365
Downloadable software upgrades, updates, and patches          
Designated Callers 2 per Product Title 6 per Product Title 6 per Product Family 6 per Product Family Unlimited
Priority Call Queuing          
Direct Access to Advanced Engineers          
Designated Single Point of Contact          
Business Critical Account Manager (BCAM)          
Business Critical Engineer (BCE)          
Onsite Visits (Fly-to-Site)          
Account Reviews          
Impact Alerts          
 
Academic Subscription Renewal Period and Use Rights

Program Requirements

An Academic Institution must be organized and operated for educational purposes, such as a public or private school, college or university, and be accredited by an appropriate government board of education or accrediting organization.

  • Government-approved Academic Institution
  • Initial order of 250 units or $5,000 MSRP

Subscription Renewal Period

On an annual basis, Symantec will notify customers of their pending Subscription Renewal Period.

The Annual Subscription Renewal Period for the Academic Subscription Program is based off the Contract Start Date. For example if the Contract Start Date is August 1, 2009, the first renewal period would be July 31, 2010.

Use Rights

Home Use Rights
During the subscription period, a customer's faculty and staff members have the right to operate one copy of the desktop-based products offered in the Academic Subscription program on their personal home computers. The faculty and staff member must maintain current employment status in order to enjoy the home use rights. No separate purchase of a home use license is required; the home use rights are included in the customer's academic subscription license fees.

Student Use Option for Campus Customers
During a subscription period, a Campus customer may order applicable student-use licenses for each full-time student to use on their student-owned computers. A Campus must order a copy for each student based on the student-use count calculation set forth , below. The student must maintain current enrolled status in order to enjoy the student use rights. Please see the current Academic Subscription price list for a list of the products available for student use.

Full Time Equivalent Calculation

Faculty/Staff Count:
Full-time Faculty (= to 1 FTE)
Part-Time Faculty (= 1/3 of a FTE)
Full-Time Staff (= to 1 FTE)
Part-Time Staff (= to ½ of a FTE)
FTE Faculty/Staff Baseline

Student Count for Student Use Option and Campus Managed
Software for Student Coverage:
Full-Time Students (= to 1 FTE)
Part-Time Students (= 1/3 of a FTE)
FTE Student Baseline

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