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SOLUTION BRIEF:CAPACITY LICENSE EDITION.Symantec Backup Exec 2012 CapacityLicense EditionWho should read this paperThis is targeted to organisations who have larger IT environmentsSYMANTEC PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL—INTERNAL & CUSTOMERS UNDER NDA USE ONLY.This document contains confidential and privileged information. It is intended for use by SymantecCustomers to help evaluate Symantec solutions provided such Customers have signed an agreementwith the appropriate confidentiality provisions.
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License EditionContentThe Backup Exec Product Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Backup Exec 2012 Capacity Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1New Backup Exec 2012 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Simplified Disaster Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Backup to Virtual (B2V) and Convert to Virtual (P2V) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License EditionThe Backup Exec Product FamilyThe Symantec Backup Exec product family offers market-leading backup and disaster recoverysolutions for critical customer IT resources. This includes Backup Exec 2012, Symantec SystemRecovery 2011, the Backup Exec 3600 Appliance, a virtual only V-Ray Edition, Capacity licensing,Key Benefits A single License protects an entire site Includes all Backup Exec 2012 AgentsBE.Cloud, and Backup Exec 2012 Small Business Edition.and Options - unlimited integratedvirtualization, deduplication, archivingBackup Exec 2012and management technology Symantec Backup Exec 2012 has dramatically re-engineered its range of offerings and userinterface to deliver even more comprehensive and reliable backup and recovery for any ITenvironment. The new, modern range of Backup Exec solutions are designed to adapt for anyNew user interface, enhanced Virtualcapabilities, together with B2V and P2VConversions New integrated disaster recoverytechnologies enable offsite disasterbusiness.recovery protection and Bare MetalRecovery to dissimilar hardwareOrganizations can easily protect increasing amounts of data, in either virtual or physical, administration of backups and increasedenvironments with integrated VMware and Hyper-V protection, while reducing storage andmanagement costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology; reduce customerreliability business downtime through integrated bare metal and dissimilar hardware recovery features andbackup to virtual (B2V) and convert to virtual (P2V) capabilities, and ensure critical informationon virtual or physical systems is always protected and can be restored in seconds.Key Features Market-leading data and application protection for physical and virtual server environmentsInstant ROI through reducedIntegration with 3rd Party plug-insprovide a view of the backup status of allservers Comprehensive customizable reports onbackup status and volume growth Utilizing the market-leading Backup Execfamily of products provides highconfidence in backup and recovery A redesigned administration console eliminate complexity and reduce time managing backups Support for the latest virtual platforms, such as Hyper-V 2008 R2 and vSphere 5.0 First-to-market granular recovery for virtual applications from a single-pass backup Block-level data deduplication reduces the storage costs associated with backup processes Integrated bare metal and dissimilar hardware recovery make disaster recovery painless B2V and P2V features leverage virtual technology for migration and virtual fail over Backup Exec 3600 Appliance offers the reliability of Backup Exec software on optimized hardwareThese powerful capabilities in Backup Exec 2012 allow businesses to protect more customer data while reducing storage and managementcosts, optimize network utilization across physical and virtual environments, automate storage management savings with efficient archivingand backup, and enable all types of recovery for both virtual and physical resources, all through a single product and console.Backup Exec 2012 Capacity EditionIn the last few years a number of organizations are finding traditional methods of software licensing based upon the total numbers ofapplications, CPUs, servers or some combination thereof, more difficult to manage. Instead they are looking for capacity based softwarelicensing models where they get all the backup software agents, options and features available for a fixed fee based upon the total amount ofstorage capacity consumed.Fueled by more organizations looking at disk-based backup, subscription models, and virtualization, capacity-based licensing is beingconsidered by larger IT environments. This licensing approach offers an "all you can eat" model for licensing backup components. For a1
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License Editionnumber of organizations this means results in licensing of backup components that couldn't be afforded in the Backup Exec "a la carte" mode– picking and choosing agents and options as appropriate to their environment.The Backup Exec family now offers a new capacity based licensing model for Backup Exec 2012 aimed at organizations with complexenvironments who require easier purchasing and maintenance by capacity as an alternative to existing "a la carte" pricing. The new capacitymodel includes access to an unlimited number of Backup Exec agents and options with a single license.Customers may now choose to license Backup Exec based upon a traditional model or a capacity based model. Traditional model licenses areessentially component based (i.e., based upon the O/S type and the number of assets and functionality required to protect the environment).The capacity model simplifies how customers manage their backup environment by basing licenses on the amount of data to be protected(front-end data). This approach provides customers with more flexibility by allowing them to focus on how to best protect data regardless ofthe type of machine or method of protection used (e.g., tape, disk) and where the data is stored (e.g., multiple sites).Backup Exec 2012 Capacity Edition licensing is based on the aggregate amount of uncompressed data residing on the ("front end")production systems to be protected. The advantage of working from the "Front End" capacity is that it is easier to predict requirements,rather than trying to understand or determine reduction ratios of deduplication and compression technologies. Depending on your situation,a capacity based licensing model, instead of an “a la carte” agent and option based model, may be a dramatically easier and cheaper.Traditionally, organizations buy per-server licenses, per-agent licenses, and per-option licenses.With one single product, or one single unit, priced per Terabyte (initial pricing starts at 2TB), the new capacity based model gives youunlimited numbers of agents and options, and it is just the total amount of data you want to be backed up that needs to be licensed. BackupExec users can expand the feature rich capabilities of Backup Exec (without increasing costs) via the capacity model due to the all-inclusivebenefits. Backup Exec continues to offer flexibility with multiple licensing strategies. Single license protects an entire site Metered Per TB Includes:⁃ Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Media Server License – Includes: New User Interface Simplified Disaster Recovery P2V and B2V⁃ Unlimited Agent for Windows ⁃ Unlimited Agent for Linux ⁃ Deduplication Option⁃ Unlimited Agent for Applications and Databases,⁃ Unlimited Agent for VMware and Hyper-V ⁃ Agent for Mac ⁃ Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers⁃ VTL Unlimited Drive Option⁃ NDMP Option⁃ Library Expansion Option⁃ File System Archiving Option2
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License Edition⁃ Exchange Mailbox Archiving 1 to 10 Clients⁃ Enterprise Server OptionNote: DLO is not includedNew Backup Exec 2012 User InterfaceThe new user interface has been designed with simplicity in mind. It conveys the information required more simply and concisely by providingusers with just the things they need with reduced and consolidated options and choices. The aim was to create a user experience that is moreintuitive so that anyone should be able to be productive within a short time.Figure1: New Backup Exec 2012 User InterfaceThe management of your data protection requirements has been changed to focus on the resources to be protected and the elimination ofbackup policies and complexity. Getting systems protected by simply adding stages and just showing relevant options enable almost anyoneto set Backup Exec 2012 Small Business Edition.Simplified Disaster RecoveryTo help businesses prepare for and overcome the problem of server failure and downtime, Symantec has introduced Backup Exec 2012 withintegrated bare metal recovery and dissimilar hardware recovery – also known as hardware discovery - capabilities. These new features makefull server recovery easy, and offer it as a built-in element of Backup Exec 2012 data and application protection practices.Now, using Backup Exec 2012, a single protection policy for server can protect it against all types of disaster or failure, and enable all of thefollowing types of recovery:3
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License Edition Server Recovery Bare Metal Recovery Dissimilar Hardware Recovery Application Recovery Granular Application Object Recovery Granular File and Folder Recovery Full Virtual Machine RecoveryThe core technology that enables the bare metal and dissimilar hardware restore capabilities within Backup Exec 2012 is called SimplifiedDisaster Recovery. This technology ensures that key system-level elements of a server are captured and stored as part of a backup operation.When a bare metal or dissimilar hardware restore operation is performed, this system-level information is used to rebuild the failed serverand restore it to a functional state. Some of these critical system components include System volume, Boot volume, Services volumes, andSystem state components.In Backup Exec 2012, the Simplified Disaster Recovery feature is enabled by default for every new backup policy that is created. It isrepresented within the Backup Exec 2012 user interface as a part of the backup selections screen through a ribbon titled “Simplified DisasterRecovery”Rapid Recovery for what you need when you need it: Makes applications, files, and server recovery easy Avoid costly downtime with fast, easy recovery Microsoft Applications and Hyper-V restoreBackup to Virtual (B2V) and Convert to Virtual (P2V)Modern businesses are based upon servers – powerful computing systems that host and manage business-critical applications and data.Servers are the lifeblood of business today, without which businesses could not function at a very basic level in our modern industry. Someexamples of critical applications found on these servers are Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Active Directory. Because servers host businesscritical applications and priceless customer and corporate data assets, managing and protecting servers is the primary concern of ITprofessionals across the globe.Backup Exec 2012 continues to invest in virtualization technology. Two key new features introduced in Backup Exec 2012 help administratorssolve the problem of moving physical servers to a virtual environment and also give administrators unique tools for leveraging virtualizationtechnology for disaster recovery.These features are the ability to perform automated conversions of physical servers to a virtual machine replica (P2V), perform automatedconversions of physical servers – using existing backup sets – to a virtual machine replica (B2V), and perform “ad hoc” or on demandconversions of physical server backups to a virtual machine replica.Convert from physical to Virtual (P2V) - The new Backup Exec 2012 P2V feature allows administrators to configure protection policies forphysical servers that protect the server by:4
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License Edition1. Storing backup data to the Backup Exec server2. Creating a virtual machine replica of the server on an available VMware or Hyper-V hostFor protection policies configured with a P2V task, the backup operation and the virtual machine replica operation occur in parallel, or at thesame time.Backup to Virtual (B2V) - A Backup Exec 2012 protection policy configured with a B2V task is similar to a protection policy configured with aP2V task. However, B2V policies run the backup and virtual machine replica operations serially, meaning the backup operation runs first, andthe virtual replica portion runs immediately afterwards or on a different schedule.Figure 2: Convert Physical to Virtual and Figure 3: Backup to VirtualSummaryThe New Backup Exec Capacity Edition can be more cost effective if you have a lot of servers and a complex environment. Per-applicationagent or functionality option can get complex in larger environments. If you have a small number of servers with huge data stores, then a perserver/agent method still could be more cost effective. So you need to understand your production server capacity. This is generally verysimple. If your server has 4TB of storage but you've only written 500GB of data, 500GB would count towards your capacity license. Theremaining 3.5TB is 'free', until you start to physically use it. As Backup Exec takes a host-based capacity licensing approach and calculatesthe total capacity based upon the total amount of data under management that resides on production storage, Capacity licensing makes iteasier and more cost effective both in terms of software costs and to manage.5
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License EditionFor More InformationLinkDescriptionwww.backupexec.comBackup Exec Web Sitewww.backupexec/beguideBackup Exec Guidehttp://support.veritas.com/docs/304175Backup Exec in LargeEnvironmentswww.backupexec.com/newWhat’s New in Backup Exec 2012www.backupexec.com/wpapersBackup Exec 2012 White lBackup Exec Datasheets, SolutionBriefs and FAQswww.backupexec/compatibilityBackup Exec Hardware andSoftware ry.comSymantec System Recovery WebSite6
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Capacity License EditionAbout SymantecSymantec is a global leader in providing security,storage, and systems management solutions to helpconsumers and organizations secure and managetheir information-driven world. Our software andservices protect against more risks at more points,more completely and efficiently, enablingconfidence wherever information is used or stored.Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Symantechas operations in 40 countries. More information isavailable at www.symantec.com.For specific country officesSymantec World Headquartersand contact numbers, please350 Ellis St.visit our website.Mountain View, CA 94043 USA 1 (650) 527 80001 (800) 721 3934www.symantec.comSymantec helps organizations secure and manage theirinformation-driven world with data backup andrecovery software.Copyright 2012 Symantec Corporation. All rightsreserved. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, and theCheckmark Logo are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates inthe U.S. and other countries. Other names may betrademarks of their respective owners.5/2012 21225205
Recovery 2011, the Backup Exec 3600 Appliance, a virtual only V-Ray Edition, Capacity licensing, BE.Cloud, and Backup Exec 2012 Small Business Edition. Backup Exec 2012 Symantec Backup Exec 2012 has dramatically re-engineered its range of offerings and user interface to deliver even more comprehensive and reliable backup and recovery for any IT
