Symantec Backup Exec Small Business Edition
Comprehensive Backup and Recovery Designed for Your Growing Small Business

Features:

Simplified Disaster Recovery

To help businesses prepare for and overcome the problem of server failure and downtime, Symantec has introduced Backup Exec 2012 with integrated bare metal recovery and dissimilar hardware recovery – also known as hardware discovery - capabilities. These new features make full 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 servers can protect it against all types of disaster or failure, and enable all of the following types of recovery:

• Server Recovery
• Bare metal recovery
• Dissimilar hardware recovery
• Application Recovery (agent for Microsoft Applications and Databases included)
• Granular Application Recovery (agent for Microsoft Applications and Databases included)
• Granular File and Folder Recovery
• Granular object recovery
• Full Virtual Machine Recovery (Hyper-V only)

The core technology that enables the bare metal and dissimilar hardware restore capabilities within Backup Exec 2012 is called Simplified Disaster 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 server and restore it to a functional state. Some of these critical system components include: System volume, Boot volume, Services volumes, and System state components.

In Backup Exec 2012, the Simplified Disaster Recovery feature is enabled by default for every new backup policy that is created. It is represented within the Backup Exec 2012 user interface as a part of the backup selections screen through a ribbon titled "Simplified Disaster Recovery"

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 restore

Microsoft Application Support

Included in BE 2012 SBE is support for Microsoft Applications: Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint and Active Directory. Powerful Granular Recovery Technology enables users to restore individual messages from Exchange, individual documents from SharePoint, quick restores of SQL. Server as well as individual Active Directory user accounts, organizational units, even individuals from a single pass backup. Fast and flexible technology reduces the backup and recovery time as well as storage needed on disk or tape media while protecting vital Microsoft Applications.

BE 2012 SBE dramatically reduces the time to recover from small disasters, helping to improve employee productivity, reduce the potential for greater issues, and alleviate the aggravation associated with traditional Active Directory protection and recovery. Only BE 2012 SBE can leverage the innovative Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) which helps IT Administrators save time and money by giving them the ability to restore critical data while applications remain online.

Backup 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. Some critical applications and priceless customer and corporate data sheets, managing and protecting servers is the primary concern of IT professionals across the globe.

Backup Exec 2012 continues to invest in virtualization technology and to further enhance our virtualization offering two new key features are included in Backup Exec 2012 SBE product designed to help administrators solve the problem of moving physical servers to a virtual environment and also give administrators unique tools for leveraging virtualization technology for disaster recovery. These features have the ability to perform:

• Automated conversions of physical servers to a virtual machine replica (P2V)
• Automated conversions of physical servers – using existing backup sets – to a full functioning virtual machine replica (B2V)
• "Ad hoc" or on demand conversions of physical server backups to a full functioning virtual machine replica.

Convert from physical to Virtual (P2V) - The new Backup Exec 2012 P2V feature allows administrators to configure protection policies for physical servers that protect the server by:

1. Storing backup data to the Backup Exec server
2. Creating a virtual machine replica of the server on an available VMware or Hyper-V host

For protection policies configured with a P2V task, the backup operation and the virtual machine replica operation occur in parallel, or at the same time.

Backup to Virtual (B2V) - A Backup Exec 2012 protection policy configured with a B2V task is similar to a protection policy configured with a P2V task. However, B2V policies run the backup and virtual machine replica operations serially, meaning the backup operation runs first, and the virtual replica portion runs immediately afterwards or on a different schedule.

Both P2V and B2V functionality provide you with the flexibility to convert your physical machines to virtual machines quickly and easily anytime and from any location.

Benefits

• In less than 10 minutes and with three simple steps, Backup Exec replaces confusion with confidence: your business critical data is covered.
• A complete solution for both system recovery and data retrieval, from any individual file to a full server. In the event of disaster or delay, Backup Exec means total control, quick and complete.
• Bundles Symantec’s leading technology for backup and recovery into an affordable solution that’s designed specifically for up to 3 servers/applications whether physical or virtual.

Key Benefits

• Utilizing the market-leading Backup Exec family of products means users can have high confidence in their backup and recovery services
• Protects up to three servers whether in a physical or virtual environment or combination of both
• Can manage multiple instances of Backup Exec Small Business Edition
• Fully upgradeable to Backup Exec as your needs evolve – expand as you grow
• Supports Microsoft, Linux and Mac O/S, Microsoft Applications, SQL, Exchange SharePoint, Active Directory, and Hyper-V
• New integrated disaster recovery technologies enable offsite disaster recovery protection and Bare Metal Recovery to dissimilar hardware
• Virtual, B2V, P2V (Hyper-V only) Conversions Disk (B2D)/Local Tape
• Uses the new modern Backup Exec interface providing a simple, easy to use solution for Small Businesses

Agents:

Backup Exec Agent for Windows for Small Business Server Edition

The agent expands network-wide data protection and optimizes data transfers for 32-bit and 64-bit remote Windows servers running Microsoft applications (Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, SharePoint). Exclusive Agent Accelerator technology helps optimize backup and recovery performance by providing source-level compression and distributed processing at the client.

This complete recovery solution quickly recovers granular objects directly into the application without a reboot, or to another location; while also enabling restores of full systems (physical or virtual), quickly getting your business back on track.

Backup Exec Agent for Linux Servers

Provides high-performance network wide data protection and recovery for 32-bit and 64-bit remote Linux and Solaris servers, including support for Intel Xeon EMT64, Intel Pentium EMT64, AMD Athlon, and AMD Opteron processors.

The agent extends Backup Exec Small Business Edition’s advanced agent technology beyond Windows to meet the needs of the emerging business applications on Linux operating systems.

Backup Exec Agent for Macintosh Servers

The Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Macintosh Servers provides support for on-line non-disruptive backup of Macintosh operating systems.

The expanded Macintosh platform support broadens the data protection offering for Backup Exec customers and further ensures up to date backup and recovery for heterogeneous platforms.

Backup Exec Agent for Windows

The Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Windows provides support for on-line non-disruptive backup of Windows operating systems.

This agent data protection offering for Backup Exec customers and further ensures high-performance data protection for remote Windows servers and includes Open File protection and Simplified Disaster Recovery. This Agent optimizes data transfers for 32-bit and 64-bit remote Windows servers with exclusive Agent Accelerator technology that provides source-level compression and distributed processing at the client. Open files are protected with the Advanced Open File capability built into the Agent for Windows. This capability integrates with VSS to protect open files in multiple volumes and ensures files on local or remote servers are protected while in use.

System Requirements:

Server Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Family
• Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 R2 Family
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Family
• Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Family
• Microsoft Windows 2008 Family
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Family SP2 or later
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Family SP2 or later
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2003 (SP1) (SP1 is min for support of SQLExpress 2005)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 Family SP2 or later
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Family SP2 or later

Virtual Environments

• Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 (R2)
• VMware ESX, ESXi 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (Guest machine, agent-based backup only)

Client Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 7 (Supported by Agent for Windows Systems)
• Microsoft Windows Vista (Ultimate, Business & Enterprise) (Supported by Agent for Windows Systems)
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 (Supported by Agent for Windows Systems)

Internet Browser

• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later (SQL Express 2005 requires Internet Explorer

Installation Disk Space

• 1.75 GB (includes all options)

Note: Disk space requirements may vary depending on operations performed, the options installed, and the specific system configuration. Backup Exec Database and Catalogs will require additional space

Memory - Backup Exec Media Server

• Minimum Required: 512 MB RAM
• Recommended: 1 GB RAM (or more for better performance)
  Note: RAM Requirements may vary depending on the operations performed, the options installed, and the specific computer configuration
• Symantec Recovery Disk: 1 GB minimum (dedicated) for the multilingual version

Virtual Memory Recommendations

20 MB above the Windows recommended size for total paging file size (total for all disk volumes)

Processor

• Intel Pentium, Xeon, AMD, or compatible

Other Hardware

• Network interface card or a virtual network adapter card
• DVD-ROM drive
• (Recommended) A mouse
• (Optional for printer notification) Printer supported by Microsoft Windows

Storage Hardware

Backup Exec requires at least one storage media drive and/or single-drive robotic library. 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

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.

Documentation:

Download the Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Small Business Edition Datasheet (PDF).