Save the Date - Best Practices for VMware Protection [VM backup that doesn’t...
Virtualization isn’t new. For many years now organizations have been taking advantage of the increased flexibility and cost savings virtualizing servers and applications offers. However, when it...
View ArticleVirtual Vision: Key Vision Sessions as Google+ Hangouts On Air
Didn't get to attend a session at Vision 2013 that you wanted to? Or maybe this year you didn't get to attend Vision at all? We've decided to take some of our top non-security Vision sessions and make...
View ArticleMonitor Appliance Health & Performance 24x7
Today’s businesses require access to their information on a 24x7 basis, not to mention the ability to protect that data in the event of unplanned interruptions which leads to complexities in their IT...
View ArticleBetter Backup for SAP HANA coming June 24th!
Symantec is excited to announce that our certified integration with SAP HANA will be available to our customers Monday,June 24th as this is the official release date for the new NetBackup 7.5.0.6!SAP...
View ArticleRequest for discussion: The NetBackup Common Topics page
Have you ever visited the Common Topics page for NetBackup Enterprise Server? (I hope you have - its URL is in the signature of every reply I've left on the NetBackup forum!) If you HAVEN'T, go ahead...
View ArticleNetBackup 7.5.0.6 (NetBackup 7.5 Maintenance Release 6) is now available!
I'm very pleased to announce that the next Maintenance Release for NetBackup 7.5 is now available!NetBackup 7.5.0.6 is the sixth maintenance release for NetBackup 7.5. It is a cumulative release...
View ArticleAnnouncing Better Backup for Microsoft with NetBackup 7.5.0.6!
Symantec announces the general availability of NetBackup 7.5.0.6 on June 24, 2013. This release introduces a number of Microsoft advancements including enhanced support for Windows Server 2012,...
View ArticleIntegrated PBBAs: The Times are a Changing
My how things change in only 3 months since I wrote “Are we witnessing the transformation from Target to Integrated PBBAs?” The local Blockbuster was closing down, and now there is no evidence of its...
View ArticleYou’re invited – NetBackup usability feedback sessions coming up!
We would love to invite you for the upcoming usability sessions where you will share your feedback and inputs with the product team. Your comments will be very important for the projects since you have...
View ArticleAnnouncing the SORT 3.9 Release
The Symantec Operations Readiness Tools (SORT) team is pleased to announce the latest version of the SORT tool, now in production. This release keeps pace with the latest NetBackup family...
View ArticleNetBackup Appliances 1.4.4 and 2.5.3 are now available!
I'm very pleased to announce that the next Release Updates for NetBackup Appliances is now available!NetBackup 5000/5020/5030 Deduplication Appliances 1.4.4 is the equivalent Appliance patch release to...
View ArticleSave the Date: Google+ Hangout on Step-By-Step DR Blueprint & Best Practices...
Did you miss the technical session on disaster recovery strategies with NetBackup appliances at Symantec Vision 2013? You’re in luck because Symantec experts will tackle this topic on an On Air Google+...
View ArticleVirtual Vision: Join the Conversation
The Virtual Vision Google+ Hangout Series has been going strong for four weeks with Hangouts from NetBackup, Clearwell and Enterprise Vault and Backup Exec.Couldn’t attend one of the previous Hangouts?...
View ArticleNetBackup for SAP HANA Technical White Paper
In case anyone missed the news, with the recent release of NetBackup 7.5.0.6, one of the new features included was certified backup support for SAP HANA. We've done a lot to promote this functionality...
View ArticleSave the Date: Backing up vCloud Director Google+ Hangout
Is your data protection solution vCloud Director AWARE? The introduction of VMware's vCloud Director included a new IaaS offering that layers on top of the existing vSphere product suite. This means...
View ArticleDefying Convention at VMworld 2013: Designing VMware backups that work!
VMworld 2013 is just a week away. Perhaps this is the one of the biggest technology events where I get to see experts who really get their hands dirty (functional IT staff like system administrators,...
View ArticleNetBackup Snapshot Client Terminology Explained
Recently one of the fans of NetBackup on Facebook asked a question. Although his questions were specific to the difference between Snapshot client backup and regular backups, I thought it might be...
View ArticleNetBackup 7.6 First Availability (FA) Program announced for October
Recently, a letter was sent out announcing the NetBackup 7.6 First Availability (FA). If you didn't receive it, here is a crossposting. (Note that I personally have no information beyond what's in...
View ArticleHandy Links - VMware Backup with NetBackup
I was speaking to a customer earlier this week who wanted to get up to speed on our VMware capabilities and needed some basics as well. While I know there have been some great posts in the forums, I...
View ArticleRegister now for Webcast: Get your weekends back with NetBackup Appliances
Register now for a Webcast on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 10:00am PST to learn how to get your weekends back with NetBackup Appliances!
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