Backup Exec’s latest incarnation has been released, which offers enhanced storage flexibility for heterogeneous environments, allowing organisations to protect their data and systems as they grow.

Backup Exec 12.5 allows organisations to protect their data and systems in a physical and virtual environment through one, simplified solution. Backup Exec leverages award-winning technology for virtual environments to provide data protection for VMware Infrastructure, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and conventional physical systems from a single console.

Backup Exec adds Symantec’s patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology to provide individual file-level and image-level recovery from a single pass backup. Unlike other backup solutions that require multiple backups to allow for granular recovery of files and folders, as well as entire virtual machines, this software allows users to recover data on a granular or image-level via one backup to reduce the recovery time and the footprint of the backup on storage resources.  

Backup Exec also offers tight integration with VMware and Microsoft virtual management framework allowing backup administrators to have a global view of their virtual environment within the Backup Exec administration interface. 

Users will also benefit from automated configuration and setup of VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) without the need to create manual scripts.  Backup Exec provides flexible whole guest virtual system recovery including the ability to rename a virtual machine, change LAN configuration and optionally power-up guest machines following restore.

RRP
BE 12.5 per server, standard license with 12 month maintenance and support
$1,794.98 excl. GST