Symantec Backup Exec Agent 12.5 for Microsoft Exchange provides continuous data protection for Exchange Server and revolutionizes data protection and recovery by eliminating the daily backup window for Exchange backup jobs while still allowing recovery of individual messages, folders and mailboxes--in seconds with patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology. Additionally, administrators do not need to run a mailbox (or MAPI) backup, which significantly reduces the number of backups, time and cost required to protect Exchange. With Granular Recovery Technology the enhanced Exchange Agent can granularly recover from a single full backup, eliminating the need for multiple Exchange backups. Backup Exec 12.5 granular recovery backup jobs can now be easily stored to a remote or removable disk drive, or off to a fiber channel or iSUSI SAN environment. Fast, flexible technology protects vital Exchange Server 2000, 2003, and 2007 data while the application is still online.

Backup Exec Agents and Option enhance and extend platform and feature support for Backup Exec Environments. Whether you need to protect critical Microsoft applications or non-Microsoft Operating systems, Backup Exec 12.5 for Windows Servers has an expansive portfolio of high powered Agents and Options to scale and grow a Backup Exec environment. The Backup Exec 12.5 Media Server and Agent of Windows Systems licenses include Advanced Open File Option (AOFO) and Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option (IDRO).

The Backup Exec Agent for Exchange is the only solution to eliminate this time consuming Exchange mailbox backups by leveraging the innovative Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) inherent in Backup Exec 12.5 which helps IT Administrators save time and money by providing the ability to restore individual Exchange items including:

• Mailboxes
• Public/private folder items
• Down to individual message, contact, calendar item, journal entry, task item, etc.

from a single-pass database level backup. GRT completely eliminates the need to do slow, error-prone, and media intensive separate "brick-level" mailbox backups. GRT allows IT Administrators to restore the individual item to the original location in the Exchange server or redirect restore of items to an alternate Exchange server or mailbox.

KEY FEATURES OF BACKUP EXEC v12.5:

• Market leading data protection for physical and virtual server environments
• Patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) recovers critical Microsoft application data in seconds
• Centralized 3-Tier set-up, reporting and patch management
• Scalable heterogeneous support through remote Agents and Options
• Continuous Data Protection for Exchange, SQL and file servers
• Innovative multi-product integration with market leading technologies
• Online Storage protects data in off-site data centers

KEY BENEFITS OF BACKUP EXEC v12.5:

• Comprehensive data protection for Windows-based businesses including optimized support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 portfolio and comprehensive data protection for VMware and Microsoft virtual server infrastructures.
• Eliminate Exchange mailbox backups, reduce recovery times, storage requirements and overall management resources.
• Easily update and manage a growing Backup Exec infrastructure throughout a Windows data center, or across remote offices from a single console.
• Prevent data loss on heterogeneous servers and maximize performance with supported protection for NAS NDMP filers and devices and SAN environments
• Eliminates the backup window and ensures recovery point objectives are easily met for Exchange, File Servers, SQL servers and desktop data.
• Integrated security, backup and archive functionality, further providing complete data protection for growing organizations.

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