DATA BACKUP AND RESTORE SOLUTIONS
Every successful business knows the importance of protecting critical data with backup and restore software. However, today's storage landscapes are changing rapidly. While some IT departments are adding and SAN into their system environments, others are busy down-sizing and centralizing IT services to a smaller number of high performance, low cost systems - deploying Linux, for example. and recovery products used until now are either too poor in functionality to adhere to the growth and performance, or too expensive to provide a flexible, high performance solution. Meeting the Requirements for New Storage Management Software The amount of data stored by enterprises continues to grow, and due to the distributed model of computing, critical data is often stored in a decentralized manner, increasing the cost of data management. Current market trends show a movement to centralize this data. Today 70% of data still resides on storage directly attached to the systems that use it. By the year 2006, however it is predicted that 70% of data will reside on centralized and SAN-based storage systems. IT departments are burdened with the task of trying to put increasing amounts of data on lower cost servers: i.e., down-sizing. Without proper tools, however, this task becomes an unreachable goal. Previously purchased backup and restore tools were effective for system landscapes that existed 5 years ago. Today's computing environments are more demanding on storage software, requiring new methods of managing data storage. keeps pace with change via modular architecture Complying with IT's request for a flexible solution which also protects a shrinking budget, BakBone developed with a modular design. Unique to the market in this respect, no longer has a monolithic architecture and introduces the concept of "plugins" to backup software. Through the plugin design concept, developers can more rapidly deploy new solutions and new features to a rapidly changing market. on-line - reducing down time or the need to re-install the entire backup software package. Licensing is also simplified. With 's modular architecture, IT staff are free to do other important system administration tasks. Reduction of Management / Cost-of- Ownership Simply put, 's deployment time is not recorded in numbers of days, but rather numbers of minutes. Costly implementation consulting services are unnecessary, further reducing the total cost of ownership of. When new devices are added to the backup system, administrators can easily add and configure them within minutes, without the need to call up or rely on third party consultants to schedule time on-site. Solaris Linux With a modular architecture, can be modified to support a wide variety of new database versions, new operating system releases, new tape library devices, and other applications: all independently of the core. The modular architecture dramatically reduces the time it takes to port and release a new plugin: increasing the lifespan of 's use in IT departments. This in turn reduces IT costs, reducing the need to seek out new solutions as IT environments change. When a new plugin is needed for an application upgrade, it is done with Windows Multi-platform support: Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, NetWare, Mac OS, etc. - covering nearly every major computing platform. Common GUI across all platforms: Be it Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, or Windows, has the same user interface across all platforms - reducing re-education time & money when moving across different platforms. Centralized Management: Several s with disparate client backup scheduling and devices can be managed from a single Domain Management terminal.
architecture is a software package that can support a wide variety of operating systems: Unix, Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, NetWare, Mac OS, and more, all with complete cross-platform support. A single with a number of s managed by that server comprises a Domain. Domain management can not only be done by accessing the Domain's directly, but can also be done via a Domain Management Terminal located elsewhere on the network. operations can be completely automated via scheduling and utilizing both disk and tape as storage systems. Device Remote Management Terminal Smart Device SAN Smart Smart Disk to Disk Virtual Shared Device Disk to Disk Shared Virtual GUI Module Application Plugin Module Device Module Dynamic Shared Drive Module Module Module Core Module Shared Memory: Improving performance, 's shared memory feature allows the administrator to determine how much I/O buffer cache to use while backing up or restoring data, allowing the backup process to be fine tuned. Network Compression: For networks with low data bandwidth, s can compress data blocks before sending them over the network, increasing throughput. True Image Restore: When restoring data that has been changed, deleted, added, or updated, will correctly restore a file system to the image as seen on disk at the point of backup. Even if the backup set includes incremental data, will carefully re-create the file system to its original state. Compliance with standard tape formats: When using Unix or Linux, data is written in CPIO format; with Window's, data is written in the standard Microsoft tape format (MTF). Even if is not installed, data can still be restored using standard OS utilities, guaranteeing data restorability.
increase your storage options A wide variety of Storage Options: DAS/SAN/ Coverage: supports nearly all tape drives, auto-loaders, and libraries on the market today, including the latest LTO2 and SDLT tape drives. s can be performed whether the tape drives are connected to servers via, SAN, or i. For units that support NDMP (EMC,, and so on), backup data is sent via NDMP, optimizing data transfer. Dynamically Sharing Drives on a SAN: 's DSD TM module (Dynamic Shared Drive) allows more than one system to utilize a tape storage device connected to a SAN or shared- chain. data transfers are optimized and the number of Single-Points-of-Failure is reduced. Support for -side backup: Smart TM With 's Smart option, backup data no longer needs to pass through the and to get to a storage device. Smart is an optimal solution for multiple clients with large amounts of data or for remotely controlling backup operations of branch offices. While the Smart performs local backups to a directly attached storage device (virtual tape library, tape drive, or tape library), all the scheduling and ondisk indexing information is stored on the, lowering the Smart system resource requirements. Free : Combining Dynamic Shared Drive (DSD) and Smart components, the administrator can create -Free backups. data does not need to traverse the to be written to locally attached storage devices (via or SAN). This keeps the free for other application usage. Smart Disk-to-disk Virtual (VTL): Creating a virtual tape library inside a disk file system, can backup data to this virtual pool of tape storage. Regardless of whether a real, physical tape drive or tape library exists, Virtual can operate as a standalone backup storage device. When creating a Virtual, the user is free to select an arbitrary number of virtual tape drives, tape slots, and to specify the size of each tape. Each Virtual can be constructed within minutes to "right size" the necessary backup volume and workload capacity. Virtual may be created to handle any number of concurrent backups, vastly improving on the out-dated multi-plexing methods offered by other vendors' solutions. Taking advantage of hard disk's low-cost and high-performance random access features, backup windows can be shortened and backup operations can commence with or without the presence of a physical tape storage device. s can be kept online in a Virtual and either migrated or duplicated to physical tape later (during off-peak hours, for example) for off-site storage. Recently, many customers have been choosing this method to keep SLA restore times to a minimum, keeping the most recent set of backups on Virtual while moving older backup sets off to tape for offline, long-term storage. Shared Virtual (SVTL): A variety of disparate operating systems can share a Virtual residing on a SAN-attached disk system with 's newly released Shared Virtual option. A and several Smarts can simultaneously access backup and restore data from a Shared Virtual. Mixed Media support: supports tape libraries capable of containing different types of media and drives. Virtual (VTL) Disk to Disk Virtual (VTL) Smart Disk to Disk Shared Virtual (SVTL) Smart Disk to Copy is also available Smart Virtual (VTL) Shared Virtual (SVTL) Smart Disk to Copy is also available SAN Smart
enhanced management Remote Management: Network Controllable Function With 's Network Controllable, a backup administrator can remotely administer any on the network. Installing the GUI on a home office PC or laptop, a administrator with proper login rights can administer functions remotely. User Level Access: and so on. Historical reports, showing backup performance or tape drive failures over a period of time for example, can also give an administrator unique views. Reports can be scheduled to run at a specified time, and displayed on-screen or sent out via Email. 's reports are completely customizable---from field selection to field length, size, and ordering. Policy-based Job Management: Administrators can easily create a backup job template that can be replicated to any number of like s with 's Policy Editor. A well-designed backup strategy can be pulled up and applied to other clients with 's Policy Editor; small modifications can be easily made to customize a policy for each if necessary. 's policy management cuts down on administration overhead and human error, freeing users to perform other tasks. Remote Management Terminal Network Controllable Unique in the market, administrators can delegate backup and restore responsibilities to other users. A user can be assigned a set of roles and functions to administer. After entering a login name and password, a user can only access those areas of for which he or she has been granted privileges. For example, certain IT staff may only be permitted to schedule backups and restores for a group of sales machines, blocking access to other departments' servers. Normal users can be given the right to schedule backups with volume restrictions---protecting backup resources for mission-critical systems. Enhanced Reporting: 's reporting functionality includes the ability to generate reports in several formats: HTML, Text, and spreadsheet / database usable comma-separated output. comes with 29 pre-defined reports on topics such as backup job completion status, tape drive status, tape storage utilization, backup performance, Domain Event Notification: Pre-defined and user-defined events may be enabled to give administrators an early warning when failures or successes occur. can notify via pop-up message or email, or execute a report or other backup. BakBone Time: s and s can synchronize time schedules with the use of 'BakBone Time'. For IT departments trying to manage backup jobs for a large number of systems spread across different time zones, BakBone Time can help. Automated Log Management: will automatically purge old log files, preventing logs from filling up disk space. A range of log sizes, page numbers, or dates may be defined. Database (NVDB) leads the market with the smallest on-disk index footprint. Old backup index information can be automatically compressed or even removed to save space without deleting restore information. Database auditing can be performed on a user's actions to easily locate user errors or attempts at illegal access. Job Retry: If a backup job fails to complete for Remote Management Network Controllable Domain whatever reason, an option may be enabled to allow to retry the same backup job at regular interval up to ten times before giving up.
powerful solutions Consolidation (Incremental Consolidation): In a tape-to-tape copy operation, the last Incremental backup is parlayed with the most recent Full backup or previous Consolidated Full backup, resulting in a new Consolidated Full backup from which full or partial restores may be performed. Previous incremental backups may be retired and tape space re-used. With Consolidation, a administrator only needs to perform an initial Full of a large departmental file server or Exchange database; from that point on, only incremental backups are needed. Afterwards, in an operation that does not affect the server from which the data came, consolidation synthetically creates a new full backup. Not only reducing the backup window, backup consolidation also preserves the ability to perform quick, full restores. Full backups may be created as often as incremental backups are taken. Consolidate Incremental s Usual Operation Consolidated Operation A First Full Full Full B C 1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Week End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Week End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Week End Full Full Full Consolidate Consolidate Consolidate Create Full Create Full Create Full plugin modules Incrementals of A Incrementals of B Incrementals of C Full Data Flow actually transfered over network. Data created in server s across firewalls: * For system landscapes that employ packetfiltering firewalls, can bind data transfer to a specified port range. Firewall administrators need only to open up a small number of arbitrary ports, maintaining a high-level of security for DMZ and non-dmz system data without sacrificing performance. Clustering: * In a cluster environment, can backup each node with a, using the cluster's real IP address. has also been proven to operate in Oracle 9i RAC (Real Application Clusters) environment and cluster packages such as - LifeKeeper and Microsoft Cluster. NetWare : 's NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) supports the backup of NetWare via 's Thin Application Plugin Module (APM) installed on a. Using 's NLM, NetWare servers may be backed up over the to storage devices (Virtual or physical tape) connected to s or Smarts. With the addition of the NetWare Smart option, can backup data directly to locally attached tape devices on a NetWare for -less backups. Online : supports APMs (Application Plugin Modules) for online backups for a wide variety of database and message applications---db2, Informix, Lotus Notes, MS Exchange, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SAP, Sybase, among others. With APMs, s and s can be enhanced to perform application specific backups. Interfacing with native APIs, draws data from the applications and catalogs backup data according to application type: all in a simple, point-and-click manner within 's GUI. * Please contact BakBone Software for more detailed information. NetWare Clustering NetWare Thin Oracle RMAN GUI Normal Path Path when Standby is started. Active Node Shared Disk Standby Node NetWare NetWare NLM NLM NLM NetWare Smart Microsoft SQL GUI
plugin modules Disaster Recovery Option: VaultDR VaultDR is 's solution to keep disaster recovery images both complete and simple to manage---saving on administration overhead and additional hardware requirements. A VaultDR floppy disk or CD-R contains a self-booting operating system (VaultOS) and a disaster recovery-specific. All pertinent system information is kept in the backup itself. VaultDR creates complete system copies - including operating system and application data all in one backup image. VaultDR backup data can be kept in the same storage pool as regular backup data, eliminating the need to keep a separate set of tapes for backups and CD-R images for disaster recovery. Since the operating system is offline during the backup, not only is a complete recovery of both O.S. and application data guaranteed, but it also means can perform disaster recovery for any operating system that operates on standard (Intel*) VaultOS supported hardware - including: BSD, Linux, NetWare, UnixWare, MS Windows, and Solaris x86. For Windows NT / 2000, also offers "VaultDR Online" to perform online backups without the need to reboot the system. *VaultDR for UNIX is due to be released in 2004. *A list of VaultOS supported hardware can be referenced at: http://www.bakbone.com/docs/vaultdr_supported Drivers.pdf http://www.bakbone.com/docs/vaultdr_supported_nic_drivers.pdf Open File for Windows & NetWare (OFM): For Windows NT/2000 and NetWare servers, offers an option to backup files in use by other processes (which would otherwise be locked and inaccessible to the backup process). Before a backup with OFM commences, 's OFM plugin synchronizes the disk write cache and creates a block-level image copy of all open files on the system. Encryption Option: For systems with sensitive data, offers a 128-bit Encryption plugin that encodes backup data before it leaves the system and traverses the or SAN. Each using the Encryption plugin maintains its own individual key (not stored on the ), ensuring the backups are only restorable to machines with the proper key. The encryption algorithm starts at the client disk (data source), and is maintained over the network and through to the tape device (target). VaultDR Disaster Recovery Restore Windows NDMP Plugin 1 3 Linux Snapshot Manager Plugin Unixware Disaster Recovery VaultDR SCO For DR boot, Disposable VaultOS Floppy/CD-R NDMP Option: NDMP (Network Domain Management Protocol) was designed to efficiently transfer large blocks of data across a or SAN to a storage device. For devices utilizing NDMP, backups are performed via this secure, highperformance protocol, rather than less efficient and less secure methods of NFS or CIFS. can send NDMP data directly to a or SAN attached storage device (tape or virtual tape library) or to a storage device elsewhere on the. offers full support for NDMP versions 2, 3, and 4. 2 4 SnapMirror to Plugin with SnapMirror to Plugin with Option, SnapMirror NDMP Plugin: NDMP data can be backed up in a variety of ways: 1 from the box directly to or SAN-attached storage; 2 from one to another with direct-attached storage; 3 data from s and s can be backed up via through the box to direct-attached storage; 4 data from any number of boxes may be sent over the to storage devices connected to s or Smarts on the network; and, 5 in a / SAN environment, backup data from both open systems (Windows, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, etc.) and NDMP data from boxes may share the same NDMP storage devices (tapes and tape drives). NDMP Snapshot Manager Plugin: For Filers with Snapshot licensing, offers a graphical interface and centralized scheduling capabilities to OnTap administrators. usurps OnTap's snapshot schedule and enhances snapshot scheduling. NDMP SnapMirror-to- Plugin: For Filers with a SnapMirror license, offers the ability to record a SnapMirror snapshot directly to tape for offline storage and disaster recovery purposes. SnapMirror images may be restored to other Filers for assisting with hardware upgrades or other disaster recovery tasks. NDMP SnapVault Manager Plugin: Snapshots of Filers containing SnapVault licensing and open systems (Linux / UNIX / Windows, via OSSV licensing) can be monitored and scheduled with 's GUI. Snapshot data movement can be easily administered from a centralized location, greatly reducing system administration workloads. SnapVault Manager Plugin 5 UNIX with SnapVault Manager Plugin Linux Windows SAN with Option, OSSV (Open System SnapVault)
Packages Packages NVSE NV WorkGroup NV DataCenter NV Enterprise NV 1 1 1 1 NV s (any OS) 0 (up to 5) 5 (up to 10) 10 (up to 50) 25 (Unlimited) Heterogeneous Support Drives 1 (up to 2) 4 20 Unlimited Slots 16 (up to 32) (up to 60) (up to 350) (Unlimited) VTL Capacity 0 (up to 500GB) 100GB (up to 1.1TB) 250GB (up to 5.25TB) 500 (Unlimited) Shared VTL N/A Consolidation User-Level Access Policy Management Reporting Utilities Smart License Dynamic Shared Drive (DSD) NDMP (Data Mover Only) VaultDR * (Maximum Separately Purchasable Options) Minimum System Requirements Supported List Sufficient disk space to hold the software and Database index. 64MB RAM or more TCP/IP network Monitor display capable of 800x600 or better resolution and 256 or more colors (for the GUI) For Windows NT4.0 systems: Windows NT Service Pack 5 or later Internet Explorer 3.02 or later (for the GUI) Supported Drives AIT 1/2/3, S-AIT, DDS2/3/4, DAT72, DLT1, DLT VS80, DLT 4000/7000/8000, SDLT220/320, DTF/DTF2, LTO/LTO2, M2, StorageTek 9840, SLR7/60/100, VXA/VXA2 Supported Devices ADIC, Dell, Exabyte, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lynx, NEC, Overland Storage, Panasonic, Plasmon, Qualstar, Quantum, Seagate, SONY, Spectra Logic, StorageTek plus ACSLS Sun, Tandberg Data Supported SAN/ Devices Ancor, Brocade, Chaparral, Cisco, Crossroads, EMC, Gadzoox, IBM, Iomega, IEI, Network Appliance, Qlogic, Vixel, Windows-Powered, others Supported / OS Alpha Tru64, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux, 64-bit Linux Itanium), NCR MP- RAS, SCO Open, SCO UnixWare, SGI IRIX, Solaris (SPARC), Solaris (Intel), Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Supported OS Mac OS X, Novell NetWare, Windows 95/98/ME/XP Professional Supported Online Modules (APMs) DB2, Informix, Lotus Notes/Domino, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, Oracle Online/RMAN, PostgreSQL, SAP, Sybase, Teradata nformation contained within this document is subject to change without notice or prior notification. Please consult Bakbone's website for a complete up-to-date information and supported device lists: www.bakbone.com 2003 BakBone Software, K.K. BakBone Software, the BakBone logo and are the trademarks or registered trademarks of BakBone Software, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Pacific Rim Headquarters Pacific Rim Offices BakBone Software K.K. Greater China Korea South East Asia & India South Pacific Dai-ichi Seimei Bldg. 11F B2 13/F,China Merchants Tower B243 ShinYoung Bldg. Level 36, Menara Citibank Level 21, 201 Miller Street Nishi Shinjuku 2-7-1 No.118 JianGuo Street, 68-5, Chungdam-dong 165 Jalan Ampang, 50450 North Sydney NSW 2060 Shinjuku, Tokyo, JAPAN ChaoYang District Gangnam-gu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Australia 163-0711 Beijing, China, 100022 Seoul 135-100, Korea Phone: +603-2169-6106 Phone: +612-9959-2454 Tel: +81-3-5908-3511 Phone: +86-10-65673331 Phone: +82-2-515-1385 Fax: +603-2169-6168 Fax: +612-9959-2244 Fax: +81-3-5908-3512 Fax: +86-10-65673337 Fax: +82-2-515-1395 aseansales@bakbone.com anzsales@bakbone.com asiansales@bakbone.com chinasales@bakbone.com koreasales@bakbone.com indiasales@bakbone.com www.bakbone.com www.bakbone.com www.bakbone.com.cn www.bakbone.co.kr www.bakbone.com