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Symantec white papers cover a broad range of topics related to information security and availability. Click on a link below to download a white paper in PDF format.
Using Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) with NetBackup
For backup and storage administrators considering whether or not to use a VTL with NetBackup, this whitepaper not only explains how they work, but how they differ from traditional disk media.
IT Leaders Handbook -- Optimizing In Today's Economy
This WP offers 5 recommendations for how IT Managers can weather these tough economic times, it includes ways to reduce operational costs, eliminate redundancy, reduce storage costs, create efficiency, stretch current assets, etc.
NetBackup 6.5 for VMware 3.x Best Practices (Rev.2/2009)
An updated paper that covers best practices for protecting and recovering data from VMware virtual machines.
NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Solutions
Examines challenges and various solutions for protecting and recovering Microsoft Exchange Server installations. It looks at available data protection solutions for Microsoft Exchange as provided by Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server agent, and the NetBackup Snapshot Client.
NetBackup Architecture Overview
The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the requirements for basic NetBackup architecture to help customers understand which components are required in a data protection solution.
Backup & Recovery of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Systems
In this partner whitepaper from CYA Technologies, you will learn why protecting ECM environments requires additional planning and how NetBackup and CYA Technolgoeis can help you implement a successful plan.
Maximize Disk Backup & Recovery with NetBackup 6.5 Disk Options (Updated)
This paper gives an overview of the disk based data protection technologies included with Veritas NetBackup 6.5 as well as recommendations on when to use the different disk based options.
NetBackup Operations Manager: Monitoring, Alerting and Reporting for Veritas NetBackup
Introduced with Veritas NetBackup 6.0, NetBackup Operations Manager is a core component of NetBackup providing advanced operational monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting and operational reporting.
Implementing Highly Available Data Protection with Veritas NetBackup
Outlines design considerations for effective disaster recovery with Veritas NetBackup 6.5. Includes good, better, and best deployment scenarios.
Continous Data Protection for Desktops & Laptops with NetBackup
The NetBackup Desktop Laptop Option provides continuous protection for laptops and desktops regardless of network connection. This technical whitepaper provides a high-level overview of key features and discusses how easily this can be deployed into an environment.
NetBackup 6.5: Enabling Next-Generation Disk-Based Data Protection
Laura DuBois from IDC details the latest release of Symantec's established market-leading enterprise backup and recovery solution.
Veritas NetBackup 6.5: Implementing Storage Lifecycle Policies
Veritas NetBackup 6.5 introduces two new features, Data Classifications and Storage Lifecycle Policies. This paper looks at how these features relate to recovery service levels and how they can be deployed to help ensure that backup storage is used cost-effectively while still maintaining appropriate levels of recoverability.
The Veritas NetBackup Platform: Delivering Next-Generation Data Protection and an Introduction to Veritas NetBackup 6.5
Outlines how the Veritas NetBackup Platform addresses critical data protection challenges by delivering next-generation data protection with centralized, end-to-end management for heterogeneous protection services.
Veritas NetBackup Operations Manager and Veritas Backup Reporter
Outlines the importance of real-time operational management for monitoring, alerting and troubleshooting complemented by business-focused reporting for historical trending and analysis.
IDC: The Data Protection Imperative in the Enterprise Remote Office
Laura DuBois examines the geography of offices and the challenges that enterprises face in protecting remote office data and provides recommendations on how to best address these challenges. This paper includes commentary on NetBackup PureDisk.
Enterprise Vault Integration with NetBackup
Learn how Enterprise Vault and NetBackup work together to simplify the management of archived data on secondary media. Enterprise Vault helps customers archive primary data sources such as Exchange or Windows file systems. By reducing the size of primary data sources, customer can improve the performance of backups and recoveries and reduce related storage consumption.