Symantec Backup Exec

ExaGrid Systems partners with Symantec to ensure compatibility with the latest features available in Symantec Backup Exec. As a result, customers deploying ExaGrid disk backup along with their Backup Exec software can dramatically reduce backup windows, get faster restores, and significantly ease backup management burdens. ExaGrid was the first disk-backup appliance vendor to achieve Symantec’s highest level of qualification for both basic and optimized duplication (replication) with Backup Exec 2010 via the OpenStorage Technology (OST) program.

ExaGrid’s support of Backup Exec OST allows both onsite and offsite backup data stored on the ExaGrid system to be managed from within the Backup Exec console. The backup catalog is also kept up-to-date for the replicated offsite backups. This makes it easier for users to monitor the status of their onsite and offsite backups through Backup Exec reporting, and also facilitates disaster recovery as backup data from the off-site ExaGrid system can be easily recovered directly from within the Backup Exec console. This deep level of integration provides joint ExaGrid/Backup Exec customers with a faster, more powerful, and more easily managed solution for disk backup with data deduplication.

Backup Exec 2010 with OST and ExaGrid Solution Brief

Solution Brief: Symantec OST and ExaGridBackup Exec 2010 with OST and ExaGrid Disk Backup with Data Deduplication: Benefits and Best Practices

ExaGrid’s integration with Backup Exec using Symantec’s OpenStorage API simplifies and speeds up backup and recovery. Symantec Backup Exec customers can take advantage of ExaGrid’s support of the Symantec OpenStorage API. This integration offers customers a faster, more powerful, and more easily managed solution.

Press Release

ExaGrid Simplifies and Speeds Backup and Recovery Through Integration with Symantec
Backup Exec 2010

"We are pleased to have ExaGrid as a member of the Symantec OpenStorage partner community," said Pat Hanavan, vice president of product management, Symantec Information Management Group. "We believe the collaboration between the two companies has resulted in a valuable feature-set to our mutual customers, and ExaGrid continues to prove its technology leadership position by being the first and only disk-based backup vendor to achieve optimized duplication qualification."

Partnership Data Sheet

Solution Brief: From Box to First Backup in Twenty MinutesFrom Box to First Backup in Twenty Minutes

Symantec Backup Exec™ users may be surprised how quickly they can have their first backup running on the most cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup system available on the market. Many ExaGrid customers are operating in twenty minutes. With four simple steps, a few moments are all it takes.

White Paper

Symantec Backup Exec Solution White PaperThe ExaGrid and Symantec Backup Exec Solution

Best Practices: Symantec Backup Exec™ and ExaGrid Disk-based Backup with Data Deduplication

Press Release

Symantec Customers Benefit from ExaGrid's Proven Disk-based Backup Solution and Test-Certified Compatibility

"Cost and ease-of-migration often stall a customer's move from tape to disk for their backups," said Pat Hanavan, Vice President of Product Management, Symantec. "We're pleased that companies like ExaGrid Systems are working with us to make that transition not only a good business decision but one that quickly makes the IT professional's life easier."

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