BrightStor ARCserve Backup 12 for Windows Agent Microsoft SQL Server

ARCserve Backup Agent for Microsoft SQL provides efficient backup and restore of SQL Server 2005 databases, while they're in use, by enabling CA ARCserve Backup to send and retrieve data to and from the SQL Server.

The Agent for Microsoft SQL Server lets you perform high performance backup and recovery for active Microsoft SQL Server 2005 databases, with granular protection to the individual database or file group. The agent ensures complete data and transactional integrity by performing consistency checks on all physical and logical links before and after each backup and restore operation.

It remotely manages backups of SQL Server databases and performs online database backups using the SQL Server dynamic dump utility. BrightStor ARCserve Backup Agent for Microsoft SQL provides flexible scheduling capabilities and is compatible with a wide range of tape storage devices.

BrightStor ARCserve Backup provides several key benefits, including:
ARCserve Backup ensures the protection and availability of critical business data for all size companies. It offers:

• Backs up multiple Microsoft SQL servers to the same server, saving resources
• Supports Microsoft Cluster Service and protects cluster databases
• Same look and feel as the native Microsoft SQL administration user interface for backup
• Online database backups using the Microsoft SQL Server backup API (VDI)
• Compatibility with a wide range of tape storage devices
• Protection for your Microsoft SQL Server database
• High-performing Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 and 2000 backup and recovery with granular protection down to the individual database or file group
• Consistency checks performed on all physical and logical links before and after each backup and restore

KEY DIFFERENTIATORS:

• Centralized management capabilities allow you to organize, monitor and configure your backup environment through a single interface resulting in greater manageability and helping save time and resources
• Disaster recovery (DR) testing validates the recoverability from the DR site to ensure you are able to recover successfully
• Simplified pricing reduces the complexity of procurement, installation, and the management of software product licensing keys, thereby saving time and money

NEW FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITIES:

• Centralized Management and Administration - Allows administrators to manage, modify and control backup and restore jobs, media devices, activity logs, alerts, catalogs, product licensing and reports from a single point including local, remote servers and remote offices
• High Performance Backup and Restore - Leverages multiple methods, including backup to disk, backup to tape, disk to disk to tape, VTL Support, VSS Snapshot support, Hardware Snapshot support, multiplexing and multi-streaming among others, to provide highperformance, non-disruptive backup and restore operations to mission-critical information and data assets
• Improved Disaster Recovery Security - Supports FIPS certified AES 256 Bit encryption and hardware-based tape drive encryption to provide you with a safe and secure method to protect the information that will reside outside the company for disaster recovery purposes.
• VMware Esx Support - With a new agent for VMware, backups can be managed efficiently by selecting a combination of VCB Proxy, ESX Server, Virtual Machine and Volumes
• Enhanced Disaster Recovery Option - An enhanced graphical user interface allows you to easily customize server and hardware parameters before performing disaster recovery. It also supports 64-bit Windows platforms
• New Reports for Proactive Management - Provides you with actionable information allowing you to optimize your current backup jobs, as well as discover issues before they occur
• New Licensing Management Console - Automatically detects all licenses in your environment and allows you to perform a central licensing implementation of all CA ARCserve Backup components from a single console. Additionally, you can add, change or remove components in your environment
• Remote Branch Office Protection - Integrates with CA XOsoft Replication enabling you to consolidate your backups from multiple remote branch office locations onto a secure central backup server. This capability allows for tape-less remote branch offices and helps customers mitigate risk of data loss during transport and associated cost

System Requirements:

• Windows 2000 with SP2 or SP3, Windows XP Professional Edition SP2, Windows Server 2003
• 600 MHz Pentium III-compatible or faster processor
• 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor recommended
• 512 MB, 1 GB or more recommended
• 800 MB

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