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Symantec Backup Exec™ 2012 OEM FAQ
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1. What is Backup Exec™ 2012?
Only Symantec Backup Exec™ with patented V-Ray technology offers one product that unifies physical and virtual
backups, and includes integrated disaster recovery, data deduplication and replication technology while offering a
choice among on-premise, appliance, or cloud based solutions. The new, modern and innovative range of Backup
Exec solutions are designed to adapt for any business, large or small, to easily protect increasing amounts of data,
in either virtual, physical, or combined environments and rapidly recover complete Virtual Machines, systems,
applications, file/folders and even granular objects in minutes – all from a single pass backup.
2. What’s new in Backup Exec™ 2012?
 One Product! Any Recovery! - Complete data, application, VM and system level recovery for physical and virtual
environments.
 Integrated bare metal disaster recovery - Integrated disaster recovery is built in to Backup Exec 2012 so you
can perform backups and restore a complete system to entirely different hardware with a single solution.
 Convert backups to virtual machines for instant recovery - If a server fails, you can get that server back up and
running in a VMware or Hyper-V environment in the time it takes to turn on a virtual machine through virtual
to physical conversion technology.
 Innovative and modern administration console – The new user interface makes it easier than ever to set up
backups, manage backup policies and perform disaster recoveries.
 Client/Source deduplication for Linux servers - enables significant LAN/WAN bandwidth and backup storage
savings while protecting Linux servers.
 Discover data to back up - Easily configure Backup Exec™ 2012 to browse the network and discover
unprotected servers and application data so that you can be sure your entire environment is protected.
 Virtual Machine Validator - Ensure your Virtual Machine backups are recoverable with the Backup Exec Virtual
Machine Validator. The Virtual Machine Validator enables VMware and Backup Exec administrators with the
ability to easily validate the recoverability of full virtual machine backups via the vSphere client console.
3. When will Backup Exec™ 2012 OEM be available on Dell servers?
OEM Software will be available for purchase with Dell Servers on April 3, 2012.
4. Is Backup Exec™ 2012 designed to protect virtual environments?
Absolutely. Backup Exec 2012 provides complete protection of VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments in addition
to protection for physical environments. In fact, Backup Exec was one of the first backup solutions to feature new
backup capabilities (e.g., agentless backup designed for virtual environments).
5. What is V-Ray and how does V-Ray improve my organization’s data protection strategy?
Symantec V-Ray technology allows organizations to see inside their virtual environments with the same level of
clarity and depth as they have in their physical environments. What this means is that organizations can leverage
all the benefits of lower IT costs and increased agility afforded by virtualization without absorbing the added risk
and potential costs associated with disparate products, multiple consoles, and virtual machine protection. This
level of visibility into virtual machines is a crucial step in virtualizing mission-critical applications and databases
that must run at the highest service levels. Without this level of visibility, your ability to expand into mission-critical
virtualization is severely hampered.
Symantec Backup Exec™ 2012 OEM FAQ