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Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 for Windows Servers

Symantec Backup Exec™ 12.5 for Windows Servers delivers growing revenue opportunities with optimized support for the latest Microsoft Windows Server 2008 portfolio and new comprehensive virtual agents for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V. Backup Exec customers can easily ensure optimized data protection of critical servers by purchasing version upgrades, new licenses or adding the latest agents and options to protect critical Microsoft applications, heterogeneous platforms and virtual server environments.

Backup Exec 12.5 Granular Recovery Technology provides unmatched competitive advantages for restoring individual emails, documents and user preferences quickly and easily from a single-pass backup. Plus innovative multi-product integration with Symantec ThreatCon™ security response, Enterprise Vault™, Backup Exec™ System Recovery and Symantec Online Storage™ provides new cross-sell and up-sell opportunities to increase a customer total Symantec portfolio and maximize their return on investment.

What is new in version 12.5

New! Complete Protection of VMware Environments and Guest Virtual Machines with the Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
New! Complete Protection of Microsoft Hyper-V Servers and Guest Virtual Machines with the Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers
Enhanced! Granular Recovery of Most SharePoint Individual Components Including Site, Sub-site, List, Calendar Items, Wiki Discussions, and More
Enhanced! NDMP Support for Remote and SAN Shared NDMP Configurations
New! Linux Support for Direct Attach of Tape and Disk Backup Devices to Linux Servers with Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers
New! Support for Microsoft SQL 2008 Including Support for SQL 2008 Filestream Data Types and SQL 2008 Enterprise Edition Compression
New! Integrated Support for Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008
New! Support for Microsoft Small Business Server 2008
New! Support for Oracle 11g on Windows and Linux (32/64-bit)
New! Support for Lotus Domino 8 (64-bit) on Windows

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Hardware and application support

Storage Hardware

Backup Exec requires at least one storage media drive and/or single-drive robotic library and the appropriate controller card. Removable storage devices and non-removable hard drives can also be targeted for backups. Refer to the Backup Exec hardware compatibility list for a complete list of devices that are supported. Click here to access the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).

Note: Support for a single robotic library drive is available when you purchase Backup Exec. To enable support for additional robotic library drives, you must purchase Backup Exec Library Expansion Option.

Application Support

Backup Exec Agents and Options support most major applications. Refer to the Backup Exec Software Compatibility List for a complete application support list. Click here to access the Software Compatibility List (SCL).

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