THE NEW NETBACKUP 7
As the established market leader in data protection, Symantec NetBackup 7 offers unparalleled data protection for Next Generation Data Centers. The NetBackup 7 Platform provides your agency the ability to protect completely, store efficiently, recover anywhere, find easily and manage centrally.
Should I upgrade?
Not sure if you should upgrade? Take a look at 7 reasons why you should upgrade to NetBackup 7 
- Get backup storage growth under control with NEW integrated deduplication
- Simplify backup operations with the new OpsCenter console
- Eliminate the pain of virtual server backup and recovery
- Gain more advanced Microsoft application support and recovery
- Recover more reliably from disaster with integrated backup replication
- Get better recovery for business-critical applications
- Upgrade easily, directly from NetBackup 6.x or higher
Key Features and Benefits of Symantec NetBackup 7:
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Features:
- Integrated source and target based deduplication.
- Award winning , comprehensive data protection for virtual environments.
- Advanced monitoring and reporting across domains.
- Faster disaster recovery for the global environments.
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Benefits:
- Reduce costs and complexity by deploying native, integrated deduplication, at the source, target or on deduplication appliances.
- Enabling more efficient backups and faster restores of virtual environments through deep hypervisor integration.
- Manage both physical and virtual servers and multiple backup and recovery products through one console.
- Ensure rapid and easy recovery of critical applications and backup data.
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Symantec NetBackup 7: New Features
Integrated Deduplication
Symantec NetBackup 7 includes native deduplication within the NetBackup client and allows customers to increase the speed of backups in remote offices, the data center, and virtual environments.
- Built-in client-side deduplication improves physical & virtual backups speeds by up to 10x
- Software-based deduplication reduces costs by up to 70% versus appliance approaches
- Integrated client and target-side deduplication provides more coverage with fewer tools
- Manage and improve the performance of 3rd party deduplication appliances using OpenStorage
Simple & Comprehensive Data Protection for Virtual Environments
Symantec NetBackup 7 simplifies virtual server data protection by standardizing backup of Hyper-V and VMware.
- New VMware data protection improves speed by 50% and reduces storage by up to 40%
- Only NetBackup offers instant file recovery from any type of VMware or Hyper-V backup
- Complete deduplication across all virtual and physical systems regardless of backup method
- No backup or recovery compromises for customers who backup directly to tape
Faster Disaster Recovery with Global Data Protection
Symantec NetBackup 7 ensures rapid and easy recovery of critical applications and backup data at other sites with integrated replication features.
- Recover terabytes of application data in seconds from anywhere at any point-in-time
- Efficiently manage and move up to 80% less data between different sites with optimized replication
- Unified analytics and reporting reduces recovery risk across locations and backup products
Improved Management Console and Usability
Symantec NetBackup 7 provides centralized console for integrated reporting, monitoring, alerting and management for multiple backup and archive domains.
- Better predict backup and archiving storage consumption
- Analyze risk and quantify exposure and assess the recoverability of clients and applications
- Easily track backup success rates by backup application across the entire organization
Expanded Support for Windows Server and Applications
- NetBackup 7 fully supports Windows 2008 R2, Vista/XP/Windows 7, and Storage Server 2008
- NetBackup 7 offers full backup and recovery support for Exchange 2010 DAG environments and Exchange 2003
Frequently Asked Questions
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