AppAssure's Replay, now owned by Dell. I have been using it for years. Works fantastic, backup failures are rare. Backup directly to standyVM, dedup, compression and encrypted replication to another Replay Core server. Doesn't do Linux though.
Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FL 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax -----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 8:56 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup software Seconded. It replaced NetBackup for us here, and it's been a positive move for the most part. -sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, August 3, 2012 5:28 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Backup software > > FWIW I would thoroughly recommend Commvault. I have no experience of > their AIX stuff (we do backup a Linux box) but with everything else we do, it > has its quirks as all backup software does, but I don't walk in of a morning with > that wonderful "How many will have failed last night then?" feeling. > > Any questions yell. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] > Sent: 03 August 2012 10:21 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Backup software > > Hi > Ok point noted :-) > Thanks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > Sent: 03 August 2012 09:47 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Backup software > > Keep your licensing options in mind - a lot of vendors (I know Commvault > do) now license either on traditional agents or off capacity - depending > on quantity of data it can make a difference which way you go. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] > Sent: 03 August 2012 09:23 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Backup software > > Hi > Ok thanks for the suggestions > So I will investigate Commvault and EMC > > I thinks the Microsoft solution would only support Microsoft clients As > a lot of vendors do and that would be no use to use her :-( The problem > for us is the old version of AIX that we HAVE to use one is a warehouse > package and doesn't run on newer versions and of course would cost to > upgrade it the other is an ERP system that wont work on a newer version > and is about 60k to upgrade > > Thanks > For the suggestions > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > Sent: 02 August 2012 15:59 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Backup software > > At (very) face value Commvault will cover all of that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nigel Parker [mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk] > Sent: 02 August 2012 09:07 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Backup software > > Hi > Looking to change our backup software and are open to recommendations > > Our servers are a range of Windows 2000 2003 with Exchange 2003 and a > couple of version of Microsoft Sql server 2000 and 2005 We were looking > at Symantec backup exec These machine will have a dedicated backup > server and an lto5 tape drive > > We will backup to disk and then to tape (we have a requirement for an > off site tape backup so this must remain) > > The backup will easily fit on 1 lto 5 tape and with data volumes this > should be ok for 2-3 years > > HOWEVER > We also have 2 IBM AIX servers running version 4.3.3 and version 5.1 > These will backup again to a dedicated server with an ultrium 5 tape > drive The IBM servers cant be upgraded! > > Looking for a "supported" solution > > We looked at backupexec and netbackup however only Older an now none > supported version will work with our Aix versions the new version "may" > work but would be unsupported! 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