Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Desktop Edition

Innovative technologies in Backup Exec System Recovery enable you to recover complete Windows systems in minutes, not hours or days, making Backup Exec System Recovery the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery

Offsite Backup Copy

Automatically copy recovery points (backups) to a remote server using FTP or to an external hard drive or network share to enhance your disaster recovery efforts

Pre-boot, Agentless Protection for Windows Systems

Enables IT Administrators to capture a backup of a system in a pre-boot state and without having to install any software on the system

• Backup non-bootable or corrupt file systems
• Enhanced forensics support for eDiscovery or post-mortem system analysis
• Backup and recover systems in secure or locked-down configurations

Schedule physical to virtual system conversions

IT Administrators can now set a schedule for having their physical recovery points (backups) converted to virtual systems through an easy to use, wizard driven interface.

• Enables Immediate System Recovery through Scheduled P2V Conversions
• Converted virtual disks can be stored directly to ESX and Hyper-V servers
• Enables local or site-to-site 'warm failover'

Symantec ThreatCon Integration

Easily configure Backup Exec System Recovery to automatically run a backup when the Symantec ThreatCon level reaches or exceeds the level specified. This feature ties directly into Symantec's global DeepSite ThreatCon infrastructure.

Flexible Data Recovery Capabilities

Backup Exec System Recovery Desktop Edition delivers many data recovery capabilities, simplifying the recovery of individual files and folders. Features include:

• Recovers individual files and folders in seconds from either recovery points or file/folder backups
• Enables end-user recovery of files and folders via Google Desktop or Backup Exec Retrieve using a common web-browser interface for fast and simple recovery, without IT intervention

Revolutionary, Simple User Interface

Calendar view shows past, present and future recovery points and the protection level for each volume on the system, including backed up, attention needed or at risk.

• Simple, Easy-To-Use
• Incorporates Automated Best Practice Decision Making and Reporting

USB Drive Identification

Backup Exec System Recovery intelligently and uniquely communicates to USB drives, running backup jobs to the given device even if the drive letter changes.

Dissimilar Hardware Restoration with Restore Anyware

Rapid recovery of entire systems to dissimilar hardware breaks the barrier of incompatible storage controllers and hardware abstraction layers, thereby reducing recovery times and saving significant hardware investments. Combines hot-imaging with the ability to restore to different hardware platforms on the fly.

• NIC driver retargeting supports hardware-independent NIC drivers
• Perform complete hardware migrations with ease using Restore Anyware

Customizable Symantec Recovery Disk

Simplifies and speeds system recovery by allowing IT administrators to build their own recovery environment with drivers unique to their hardware needs. It automatically harvests system drivers from the system on which the customizable SRD is being created. It also allows for manual inclusion of additional 3rd party drivers with the ability to burn to CD or .iso format.

Customizable Event Driven Recovery Points

Allows users to specify executable(s) or .com files for which recovery points should be triggered. Users can also select to automatically capture recovery points prior to application installation, user logon or logoff, and configurable storage utilization changes.