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EMC Retrospect 7.5 for Windows

EMC Retrospect delivers automated, reliable data protection for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and branch ofices of distributed enterprises.

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Features

Protects servers, 24x7 applications, desktops, and notebooks
EMC Retrospect delivers powerful yet easy-to-use data protection for your servers, 24x7 applications, desktops, and notebooks. It protects your business from data loss due to user error, computer failure, or site-wide disasters. Retrospect protects millions of computers world-wide and consistently earns top awards and broad industry acclaim for its patented technology.

• Protect heterogeneous networked computers
  Back up Windows, Mac OS X, Mac OS classic, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Solaris, and NetWare computers automatically to a central Windows backup server. Retrospect 7.5 has added support for newer versions of operating systems.
• Server backup
  Back up servers faster than ever. Retrospect 7.5 utilizes an improved method when collecting NTFS Security information on Windows servers, resulting in signiicant performance improvement. To back up networked servers, purchase Retrospect Multi Server or additional server client licenses.
• Desktop and notebook backup
  Protect desktops and notebooks, which contain up to 80% of a business’s critical data. Clients are backed up when they become available on the network, rather than on a ixed schedule. This is especially useful for notebooks, which are not always connected to the network. Backup veriications can be done outside the backup windows, allowing more networked computers to be protected each day.
• Protect Microsoft Exchange Server
  Optional add-on protects Exchange Server while it is up and running. Easily back up and restore the entire Exchange database, Storage Groups, public folders, and individual mailboxes including messages, calendar entries, and tasks. Now supports two-node clusters and automatically includes new mailboxes for backup as they are added.
• Protect Microsoft SQL Server
  Optional add-on protects Microsoft SQL Server databases while in use, including new SQL Server 2005 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
• Open file backups
  Optional add-on protects iles on Windows NTFS file systems that are open and in use. This is especially useful for Outlook protection on desktops and notebooks or for round- the-clock applications including CRM, accounting, and proprietary applications.
• Protect entire computers
  Back up the operating system, system coniguration, device drivers, and settings in addition to user data on networked computers.
• Back up large volumes
  Protect up to four million files per volume.
• Works with virus protection software
  Compatible with your existing virus protection software, ensuring virus-free backups.
• Archives data
  Retrospect can perform traditional backups or, optionally, can delete iles and folders from hard drives after they have been copied to tapes for long-term storage.
• Single-instance storage
  Retrospect recognizes identical files on desktops, notebooks, and ile servers and backs up just one copy, saving time and space on the backup media.

Easy to set up and manage
Robust data protection doesn’t have to be complex. Retrospect’s intuitive wizards get you up and running quickly. Backup operations are automatical adjusted to ensure that all computers are protected without requiring manual intervention. With Retrospect there is no need to write new backu scripts each day to keep backups running smoothly. And user-initiated restores enable end users to perform fast onsite recovery of their data without putting a strain on IT resources.

• Intuitive wizards
  Streamline setup, scheduling backups, performing restores, and copying files and folders.
• Automated scheduling
  Backups can run automatically at any time on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly schedule.
• Self-adjusting backup operations
  Backup operations are automatically adjusted to ensure that all computers are protected without requiring manual intervention by IT staff. With Retrospect there is no need to write new backup scripts each day to keep backups running smoothly.
• Push installation of client software
  Ensure new Windows computers automatically get backed up. Utilize Active Directory Group Policy or Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) to push the Retrospect client out to new Windows computers as they are added to your network.
• Automatic client login
  After the Retrospect client has been installed onto a networked Windows computer, Retrospect will automatically find the client computer and log it in so that it can be backed up. Existing clients can be updated as required by the Retrospect backup server.
• User-initiated restores
  Optional add-on allows users to restore their own data to their desktop and notebook computers using a Web browser, saving time and effort for backup administrators.
• Automatic software updates
  Retrospect regularly checks for software and driver updates over the Web and notifies administrators when they are available.
• Automatic device detection
  Retrospect recognizes supported backup devices, eliminating the need to load and configure device drivers manually.
• Data filters
  Automatically exclude or include files by a variety of criteria such as pathname, file type, and file extension. Exclude large files such as movies or MP3s from backups to save space.
• Check-point restart
  If backups or restores are interrupted, Retrospect resumes where it left off.
• Centralized reporting across backup servers
  Use a standard Web browser to view backup results from anywhere in the world. Retrospect ReportsWatcher continually generates a consolidated report across all backup servers.
• Remote management
  Administer any backup server by logging in with Windows Remote Desktop or other popular remote control applications.
• E-mail notifications
  Notifications of successful or unsuccessful backups can be mailed to a group of people.
• 508 compliant
  Retrospect meets U.S. government section 508 requirements for the disabled and visually impaired.

Avoid weekly full backups
Unlike other backup applications, Retrospect delivers fast incremental backups while still providing accurate restores. Retrospect does this by creating a list of hard drive contents during each backup. Retrospect later uses this list to select the exact data necessary to perform an accurate restore to a prior point in time. With Retrospect you get a perfect restore every time. Other software doesn’t utilize such a list and therefore can only provide an accurate restore to the day a full backup was performed.

• No need to perform a full backup each week
  With Retrospect there is no need to perform a time-consuming full backup each week. Other backup applications require weekly full backups and daily incremental or differential backups in order to prepare for an accurate restore of a computer to any prior point in time.
• Unparalleled restore accuracy
  Retrospect’s patented Smart Restore technology automatically compiles a list of data on the hard drive prior to every backup. Retrospect uses this list to select the exact data needed to restore a computer to a point in time without returning unwanted files that were previously deleted, moved, or renamed.
• Perform fast incremental backups
  Because Retrospect delivers accurate restores without requiring weekly full backups, you can perform fast incremental backups daily, saving time by backing up only new or changed data on an ongoing basis.
• Point-in-time restores
  Roll back individual files, directories, entire file systems, the operating system, or the registry to any previous point in time.
• Powerful search capabilities
  Search for specific files or recover past versions of files.

Simplifies management of backup media
Traditional backup software requires a complex strategy to protect against failure of backup media or a site-wide disaster. Multiple sets of tapes must be created, tracked, and rotated offsite in a rigid and unforgiving manual process. Retrospect eliminates complex tape rotation strategies. Simply create two sets of tapes. Keep one set onsite for backups and restores. Send the other offsite for safety. Rotating tape sets is easy and fast.

• Simple onsite/offsite media rotation
  Protect your data without complex tape rotation strategies. Create two sets of backup tapes and rotate them weekly. Update tapes with a quick incremental backup when they return onsite. Retire a set as an archive and replace it with a new set periodically. Retrospect keeps track of everything automatically.
• Backup to disk, tape, or optical media
  Back up to local disk, networked disk such as NAS or a storage array, single-tape drives, autoloaders, large tape libraries, and CD/DVD devices. Supports TapeAlert and DLTSage.
• Advanced tape support
  Optional add-on enables backups to as many as eight tape drives in parallel, including stand-alone drives and drives in libraries and autoloaders. Barcodes are supported for quick media identification.
• Fibre Channel, iSCSI
  Back up to Fibre Channel and iSCSI disk and tape devices.
• WORM support
  Meet compliance needs with backups or copies to SAIT WORM, SDLT WORM (DLTIce), and LTO WORM tape drives.
• Easy tape management
  Add, scan, erase, or move multiple tapes in one operation. Skip to New Media Option to back up to new media rather than append to existing backup media.
• Flexible media verification
  Retrospect can verify the integrity of the data on the backup media during the backup session. Or verification can take place later, freeing time for more backups to be performed during each backup session. Archived backup media can be verified periodically to ensure integrity.
• Data compression
  Reduce the size of backup data using software or hardware-assisted compression.

Disk-to-disk-to-tape backups
Retrospect protects more computers in less time when utilizing disk as a backup destination. For offsite protection, create synthetic full sets of tapes by rapidly streaming data from the backup disk, eliminating the need to perform another backup over the network so applications and users remain unaffected. Establish a policy that retains a set number of backups and automatically removes older data to make room for newer backups. You never have to perform a full backup again.

• Advanced disk-to-disk-to-tape backup
  Use disk on a daily basis for simpler, faster, more reliable backups and restores. Copy to tape weekly for offsite storage and disaster recovery.
• Automatic grooming of disk backups
  Establish a policy to retain a set number of backups and automatically remove older data to make room for newer backups. Retrospect 7.5 now supports grooming of encrypted disk Backup Sets.
• Synthetic full backups
  Utilize existing backups on disk to create a new full backup on tapes for offsite storage without affecting systems, users, or your network.
• Backup Set transfers
  Transfer backup data from one Backup Set to another on demand or on a schedule. Backup Sets can be stored on different types of media. Transfer selected backups, all backups, or just newer backups created after the last transfer operation. Transfer backups via the Internet to disk at another site for tape-free offsite protection.
• Advanced backup to disk
  Multiple operations, such as performing a Backup Set Transfer or a User-initiated Restore can now take place simultaneously while a backup is being performed to the Disk Backup Set.

Highest level of security for backup media
Retrospect delivers the strongest possible security for your backup media using U.S. government-certified 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption. With AES encryption, unauthorized individuals cannot access information stored on backup media in the event that it is lost, stolen, or misplaced.

• AES encryption
  Encrypt backups on CD/DVDs, disk, or tapes using 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption, the strongest levels of encryption available.
• Other encryption
  Prevent unauthorized access to backup data with SimpleCrypt or DES encryption.

Disaster recovery
During the normal course of performing backups, Retrospect automatically gathers all the necessary information - including the operating system, applications, and all settings - to completely restore a computer that has failed. Simply create a disaster recovery (DR) CD from the backup media when needed. With Retrospect there is no need to go through the wasteful and time-consuming process of periodically creating new DR CDs for every computer.

• Bare metal restore for Windows
  Optional add-on for most Retrospect editions. Simply create a DR CD from the backup media to recover a non-bootable Windows client computer. Use the DR CD to boot the client and perform a complete restore with Retrospect to any point in time that the computer was backed up.
• Disaster recovery for Non-Windows clients
  Restore a Linux, Mac, Solaris, or NetWare computer in three steps. Install the operating system. Install Retrospect client software. Restore applications, patches, user preferences, and data automatically with Retrospect.

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