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Safeguarding Desktops/Laptops
Protecting distributed data is a challenge for small to medium-sized organizations. While data residing on
servers is usually protected, data residing on desktops and laptops is often at risk. Users are often required to
copy their files to a network share to ensure that their data is included in scheduled server backups. This
manual, ad-hoc process leaves data vulnerable to loss. It also increases the burden on IT, as employees need
to seek technical help when a recovery is required.
An increasingly mobile workforce is also compounding this problem. Traveling or telecommuting executives
cannot be relied upon to comply with the manual copying of files, especially if they are infrequently connected to
the company network. Considering the types of information carried in a typical laptop
—proposals, contracts,
customer data, budgets, internal memos, etc. —protecting data against accidental deletion, corruption from
viruses, hardware failure, and theft can no longer be ignored. For most travelling executives, the laptop has
become the briefcase
—everything that matters is in it.
Symantec‘s Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option delivers continuous data protection of desktops and
laptops
—whether users are in the office, working from home, or traveling on the road. The desktop agent
enables end-users to perform self-service restores and maintain synchronization between multiple desktops and
laptops, ensuring that all up-to-
date file versions are available on all of a user‘s computers. Search and retrieval
of a user‘s data can be performed via the Backup Exec Retrieve interfaces accessed through a web browser or a
local U/I on the user‘s computers.
Backup Exec protects computers whether they are connected to the network or offline. When the system is not
connected to the network, files are backed up to a local data folder on the desktop. When the computer
reconnects to the network, the files are automatically backed up from the local folder to the Dell PowerVault
DL2000 backup to disk appliance.
Figure 15 shows how data residing on remote and local desktops can be protected by the PowerVault DL2000
Powered by Backup Exec with the Desktop/Laptop agent
—no matter where the user is currently located.
FIGURE 15. PROTECTING DESKTOPS & LAPTOPS