As I recounted in the first two blog posts in our series this week, we’re counting down a list of pitfalls IT often makes when attempting to back up data in virtual environments. We’ve already covered the first three – failing to back up virtual machines, installing a backup agent on every guest, and running two backup infrastructures. 
 
So, on to the next two. 
 
Mistake #4: Failing to Protect Your Applications
Failing to protect key applications is the most straightforward mistake and the easiest to solve, and yet is oddly still a common issue.  Backup is not just for files, but also key applications.  Let’s use the example of ‘Sean’ the hypothetical...

With VMworld this week, much of the news and attention is focused on all-things-virtualization.  Virtualization is truly a game-changing technology and one that most IT pros are already neck deep in.  The benefits are obvious: increased utilization rates, increased business flexibility, lower hardware costs, better utilization of computing resources, reduced space requirements, power and cooling requirements and improved IT staff productivity.
 
But, like any game-changer, virtualization can also bring new challenges to IT.  This is especially true when it comes to protecting data.  So I thought this week would be a good time to explore some of the common pitfalls IT often makes when attempting to back up data in virtual environments.  I’ve identified the ten most common mistakes, but as I discuss through a series of posts this week, I would appreciate your input on anything I missed. 
 
Mistake #1:...

This release of Backup Exec includes the following new features and capabilities:

• Improved Backup-to-Disk support on removable hard disk devices such as USB and Firewire
• Microsoft SharePoint 2010 support
• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 support
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 support
• Exchange 2010 SP1 support
• Mac OSX 10.6 “Snow Leopard”  support
• A new, simpler wizard for installation designed for small or uncomplicated environments.
• View and add Backup Exec and Symantec RSS feeds in the Home view on the Backup Exec Administration Console to keep up with the latest release information on Backup Exec within the Backup Exec console
• An enhanced Backup Wizard to help make creating backup jobs easier than ever.
• New NDMP NAS device support from leading NAS vendors
• Deduplication Option now allows direct restores of granular data from a...

Here is a list of free Backup Exec 2010 modules made availble for the Connect users. Hope you'll find them handy!!