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Storage:
VERITAS Simplifies, Streamlines
Disaster Recovery
VERITAS Software Corp, a leading storage software provider, announced the
availability of VERITAS Bare Metal Restore 4.7, disaster recovery software
designed to automate the rapid server recovery of heterogeneous enterprises,
providing a data "always available" value aligned with the company's utility
computing strategy. VERITAS Bare Metal Restore software automates and
simplifies the server recovery process, eliminating the need and time required
to manually reinstall operating systems or configure hardware.
New features of VERITAS Bare Metal Restore 4.7 include:
- External Procedures: The ability to create custom scripts at various
points
within the data recovery process to help automate and simplify database and
application recovery
- Expanded Platform Support: New support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2.1,
IBM AIX 5.2 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
Bare Metal Restore technology helps organizations reduce the time it takes
to
restore their information environments after a system failure by automating
the multiple, manual-intensive tasks required to restore a failed system.
VERITAS Bare Metal Restore features "dissimilar system restore," which allows
administrators to restore a Windows system to target hardware that is
completely different than the original source hardware, more cost-effectively
utilizing existing IT server investment and helping to get critical business
data back online faster.
"Organizations want to recover from planned and unplanned downtime in
swift,
simple steps that do not interfere with their daily operations," said Dianne
McAdam, senior analyst and partner at Data Mobility Group. "Software that
simplifies and automates the recovery process enables enterprises to
efficiently get systems back up and running and ensure business
continuity."
The new external procedures capability allows administrators to insert
custom
scripts within the data recovery process allowing for the automation of
database and application recovery, traditionally a separate step outside the
data restoration process and performed by separate IT staff. With the external
procedures feature, server, database and application recovery can be performed
in fewer steps through automation to reduce manual error and allow for rapid
recovery of data.
"This new version of Bare Metal Restore provides IT departments with the
technology to help ensure data availability and business continuity for their
customers by insulating end users from a simple system failure right through
to a complete site outage," said Bob Maness, senior director of product
marketing for VERITAS Software. "Bare Metal Restore allows organizations to
respond to hardware component failures quickly and efficiently, driving higher
application availability."
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