Backup Exec

Veritas Backup Exec is a data protection software product designed for customers with mixed physical and virtual environments, and who are moving to public cloud services. Supported platforms include <a href="/facts/VMware/lKHGULx3">VMware</a> and Hyper-V <a href="/facts/X86_virtualization/utQwmdY3">virtualization</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> and <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>, <a href="/facts/Amazon_S3/bqAXYCxq">Amazon S3</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Azure/CCnIHTHd">Microsoft Azure</a> and <a href="/facts/Google_Storage/UkHqfH2l">Google Cloud Storage</a>, among others. All management and configuration operations are performed with a single user interface. Backup Exec also provides integrated <a href="/facts/Data_deduplication/sHuJ8zya">deduplication</a>, <a href="/facts/Replication_(computing)/QIaooMjL">replication</a>, and disaster recovery capabilities and helps to manage multiple backup servers or multi-drive tape loaders.
Backup Exec employs an automated installation process. Installing Backup Exec 15 on a <a href="/facts/Windows_Server_2012_R2/488UvxPM">Windows Server 2012 R2</a> system takes around 30 minutes, according to reviews. The installation wizard can be started from the Backup Exec Installation Media or the management console to push agents out to the physical servers, Hyper-V/VMware virtual machines, application/database systems hosting Active Directory, Exchange, <a href="/facts/Oracle_Database/FHv5g732">Oracle database</a>, <a href="/facts/SQL/UjQLJcYm">SQL</a>, and other supported platforms.
With its <a href="/facts/Enterprise_client-server_backup/ldV72CkU">client/server</a> design, Backup Exec provides backup and restore capabilities for servers, applications and workstations across the network. Backup Exec recovers data, applications, databases, or systems from an individual file, mailbox item, table object, or entire server. Current versions of the software support <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>, <a href="/facts/VMware/lKHGULx3">VMware</a>, and <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, among others.
When used with tape drives, Backup Exec uses the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Tape_Format/2SfTFW7E">Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)</a>, which is also used by Windows <a href="/facts/NTBackup/WaUTwWws">NTBackup</a>, backup utilities included in <a href="/facts/Microsoft_SQL_Server/eCdt2JBL">Microsoft SQL Server</a>, and many other backup vendors and is compatible with <a href="/facts/BKF_(file_format)/WaUTwWws">BKF</a>. <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Tape_Format/2SfTFW7E">Microsoft Tape Format (MTF)</a> was originally <a href="/facts/Maynard_Electronics/kRSJQstW">Maynard's</a> (Backup Exec's first authors) proprietary backup Tape Format (MTF) and was later licensed by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> as Windows standard tape format. In addition, Microsoft also licensed and incorporated Backup Exec's backup engine into Windows NT, the server version of Windows.
In addition, Backup Exec's family of agents and options offer features for scaling the Backup Exec environment and extending platform and feature support. Backup Exec 21.3 is the latest version of Veritas' backup and recovery software, released on September 6, 2021.

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