arcserve

Arcserve

Screenshot of Arcserve UDP Console
Original author(s) Arcserve
Initial release February 1990 (1990-02)[1]
Stable release Arcserve Unified Data Protection [2] / May 7, 2014 (2014-05-07)[2]
Development status Active
Available in Japanese,English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and Cantonese
Type Data Protection
License Commercial proprietary software
Website www.arcserve.com

Arcserve is a provider of data protection, replication and recovery software for enterprises and small to medium businesses.

Arcserve first emerged in 1990 as Cheyenne Software.[3] Software vendor CA Technologies, then known as Computer Associates, acquired Cheyenne in 1996 and continued to develop and market the Arcserve product under the same brand.[9] In August 2014, Arcserve became an independent company when Marlin Equity Partners acquired the business from CA Technologies. Today, Arcserve provides some of the largest independent software vendor (ISV) developed backup software products in the market,[4] and supports a wide variety of platforms and applications. Arcserve Unified Data Protection is offered as fully integrated software, set-and-forget virtual or physical appliances, and the Arcserve(r) Cloud.[5]

Company History

Arcserve was first developed and released by Cheyenne Software in February 1990 as a product used to back up other software programs and to ensure that data in the network could not be lost. The major function of the first release was to automatically copy all of the information in the system so that mishaps such as power failures and equipment malfunctions would not destroy or erase it. During the early nineties, Arcserve became Cheyenne's flagship product with massive[6] growth in sales. Cheyenne brought out an improved version of its core program Arcserve in 1993 and began distribution through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). During the mid-nineties, Cheyenne continued to release a series of new Arcserve products tailored specifically for different market segments such as Macintosh and Windows users.[7] Software vendor CA Technologies, which was then known as Computer Associates, acquired Cheyenne in 1996 and continued to develop and market the Arcserve product under the same brand.[8] On August 1, 2014, Arcserve became an independent company when Marlin Equity Partners acquired the business from CA Technologies [9] Since that time, the company continues to experience tremendous growth and expand into new global markets. It expanded to Asia Pacific regions and was distributed by TriTech Distribution Limited in Hong Kong.[10]

Arcserve® Unified Data Protection (2014)

Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) is a new Arcserve solution built on the foundation of mature Arcserve technology from the previous releases, offering a service provider-friendly solution from endpoint to remote archive site. Arcserve UDP delivers comprehensive Assured Recovery™ for virtual and physical environments with a new, next-generation architecture and intuitive user interface. Traditional backup scheduling policies are replaced by task-based data protection plans and deep integration with hypervisors to fully automate repetitive tasks. Arcserve UDP is the first solution to combine backup, replication, high availability and source side global deduplication technologies within one solution. The key features of arcserve UDP include:

Arcserve UDP introduces a next-generation, service-oriented architecture. This new architecture is “services” focused: data/system protection and recovery now become IT services that can be delivered internally or externally, by in-house IT professionals or service providers. The unified architecture consists of many individual elements which can reside on a single server, or be distributed or decoupled across multiple physical or virtual servers to provide a highly scalable solution.

Previous Versions[7]

Arcserve 1.0

Arcserve 1.0 was released in February 1990 to back up network data to optical drives.

Arcserve 2.0

Arcserve 2.0 ran only under NetWare 2x, Novell’s VAP OS. But Novell's VAP Operating System was quickly replaced by an NLM based Operating System. The whole product fit on a single 1.2 mb diskette.

Arcserve 2.0 ran on Novell VAP OS and fit on a 1.2 mb diskette

Arcserve 3.0

Arcserve 3.0 was released in 1991 as NLM only and came on two 1.2mb diskettes.

Arcserve 3.0b

Arcserve 3.0b was an update over the previous version of Arcserve 3.0.

Arcserve Windows 1.0

Arcserve Windows 1.0 was the first version of Arcserve that was released for the Windows Operating System platform. It worked on Windows NT 3.5 and later on Windows NT 3.51.

Arcserve Backup r11.1

Arcserve Backup r11.1 came in four packages based on the Operating System on which the Arcserve Backup Server was to be installed.

Arcserve Backup r11.5

Arcserve Backup r11.5 came in three separate packages based on the Operating Systems on which the Arcserve Backup Server was to be installed.

arcserve Backup r12

arcserve Backup r12 introduced support for VMware Virtualization technology.

Arcserve Backup r12.5

Arcserve Backup r12.5 was a release that enhanced the virtualization capabilities of the product and introduced data deduplication as a part of the base product.

New Features in Arcserve Backup r12.5:

Arcserve r15 (2010)

The Arcserve r15 release provided a varied range of enhancements to the existing Arcserve and XOsoft (renamed Arcserve Replication and High Availability r15) products and launches a new disk-based backup product called Arcserve D2D. The products are also repackaged into the Arcserve family of products providing better integration among existing products and with the new Arcserve D2D product. With the current release, Arcserve Backup r15 integrates with Arcserve D2D r15, Arcserve Replication r15 and Arcserve High Availability r15 (previously known as CA XOsoft Replication and High Availability) to incorporate enhanced disk based capabilities and protection for data in remote branch offices within Arcserve.[11]

The Arcserve r15 Family consists of the following products:

Arcserve Backup r15

With this release, Arcserve addresses the cross platform SAN environments present within its customer base, thereby also providing a migration path for customers with UNIX and Linux based environments towards a Windows backup server. Also, the Infrastructure Visualization feature that is added provides a visual representation of the entire backup environment. This coupled with enhancements in the Backup and SRM (Storage Resource Management) Reports in the Arcserve Dashboard makes for strong reporting capabilities.[12]

Supported Platforms

Operating Systems:

The Arcserve Backup r15 Base is not supported on the following Operating Systems, however the Manager Console, Client Agent for Windows, Agent for Virtual Machines and Open File Agent are Supported:

Arcserve D2D r15

Arcserve D2D r15 is an exclusive disk based backup product introduced into the Arcserve family of products as a part of the Arcserve r15 release. It takes a single full backup of the machine or a volume and subsequently only does Incremental backups indefinitely. This is done using CA's patented I^2(Infinite Incrementals) Technology which allows Block Level Infinite Incremental Backups after an initial single full backup. It thereafter provides a consolidated point in time view of the protected volume to enable multiple recovery points. Arcserve D2D allows application consistent snapshot backups and simplifies Disaster Recovery by allowing Bare Metal Recovery to dissimilar hardware.[13]

Supported Platforms

Operating Systems:

Applications:

Arcserve Replication r15.2

Arcserve Replication r15 was known as CA XOsoft in its previous release. Arcserve Replication r15 does asynchronous real time replication of file and application data. The software is a host-based replication tool that is optimized for WAN links. The production server being protected is called the Master Server in arcserve Replication terminology. The mirrored server at the disaster recovery site on a WAN or LAN is called the Replica Server. The Replica is a stand-by server that can be configured to service user requests through a manual failover.

Supported Platforms[14]

Operating Systems:

Arcserve High Availability r15.2

Arcserve High Availability r15 was known as CA XOsoft High Availability until its previous release. The product includes Arcserve Replication r15 and uses the same installed components (control server and engines), while the license key sets the different functionality between the two. High Availability serves to eliminate downtime that users experience by redirecting requests to a Replica Server when the Master Server is unavailable to service the request. The users typically are not affected and do not realize that a redirection took place. Failover and failback can be automated using Arcserve High Availability r15.2

Supported Platforms[14]

Operating Systems:

Arcserve® r16.0 (2011)

The Arcserve r16 release provided a varied range of enhancements to Arcserve Backup, Arcserve Replication and High Availability, and Arcserve D2D products and introduced the Arcserve Central Applications. With this release, Arcserve Backup r16 integrates with Arcserve D2D r16, and Arcserve Replication and High Availability r16 to incorporate enhanced disk based capabilities and protection for data in remote branch offices within Arcserve. The Arcserve r16 family consists of the following products:

Arcserve Backup r16

With this release, Arcserve Backup archives data using the new Archive Manager. Full and incremental backup sessions can be synthesized into one session. This release integrates with cloud-based storage. Arcserve Backup provides a simple interface as part of the user interface to set up cloud storage as a secondary site for Arcserve Backup storage. This release also includes enhanced integration with Arcserve D2D. This capability lets users clone D2D backup sessions to tape media, catalog with Arcserve Backup and enable recovery via the Arcserve Backup console to provide long-term, off-site storage for Arcserve D2D backups and a single point of management. Arcserve Backup r16 also uses WinPE to drive the bare-metal restore process, including support for iSCSI disks, the Windows Server 2008 cluster and x86, x64, and IA64 platforms.

Supported Platforms[14]

For a complete list of supported platforms, see the Arcserve D2D r16 Compatibility Matrix.

Arcserve D2D r16

Arcserve D2D r16 is an exclusive disk based backup product and supports the following capabilities:

Supported Platforms[14]

For a complete list of supported platforms, see the Arcserve D2D r16 Compatibility Matrix.

Arcserve Central Applications r16

Arcserve Central Applications was introduced as a part of the Arcserve r16 release. Arcserve Central Applications provides a collection of common look and feel web applications built to extend the functionality of Arcserve D2D.

Supported Platforms[14]

For a complete list of supported platforms, see the Arcserve Central Applications r16 Compatibility Matrix.

Arcserve Replication and High Availability r16

In previous releases, Arcserve Replication and High Availability was known as CA XOsoft, CA Replication, and CA High Availability. Some of the key features include:

Supported Platforms[12]

Arcserve® r16.5 (2013)

The Arcserve r16.5 release provides a varied range of enhancements to the existing Arcserve Backup, Arcserve Replication and High Availability, Arcserve D2D, and Arcserve Central Applications products. The products are also repackaged into the Arcserve family of products providing better integration among existing products and with the new Arcserve D2D product. With this release, Arcserve Backup r16.5 integrates with Arcserve D2D r16.5, Arcserve Replication and High Availability r16.5, and Arcserve Central Applications to incorporate enhanced disk based capabilities and protection for data in remote branch offices within Arcserve.[9]

Arcserve Backup r16.5

Arcserve Backup r16.5 now enables protection of the latest Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 workstation environments as part of file-based backup and disaster recovery goals.

Arcserve D2D r16.5

Arcserve D2D r16.5 now protects Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 workstation environments.

Supported Platforms[14]

For a complete list of supported platforms, see the Arcserve D2D r16.5 Compatibility Matrix.

Arcserve Replication and High Availability r16.5

Arcserve Replication and High Availability now replicates backups offsite, provides continuous data protection and high availability of Windows Server 2012 environments. This capability includes support for Linux and UNIX platforms.:

Arcserve Central Applications r16.5

Arcserve Central Applications r16.5 lets you protect Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 workstation environments. Arcserve Central Applications include the following centralized management applications:

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "Arcserve Unified Data Protection Launch Press Release Download". www.arcserve.com. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. ↑ "From tape backup leader to data protection innovator - this is our story". arcserve.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  4. ↑ Kovar, Joseph F. (2009-11-30). "arcserve #2 ISV developed Backup Software". Crn.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  5. ↑ "Data protection software that's simple, unified, and enterprise-class? It exists.". arcserve.com. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
  6. ↑ "FalconStor founder found dead". Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  7. 1 2 "History of Cheyenne". Answers.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  8. ↑ "CA Acquires Cheyenne". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  9. ↑ "Marlin Acquires arcserve". arcserve.com. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  10. ↑ "Arcserve Distributor In HK | Arcserve Hong Kong". www.ttdist.com. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  11. ↑ Baker, Adrienne. "CA Announces disk backup product and remote branch office backup within Arcserve". Information-management.com. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  12. ↑ "Ca Arcserve Backup Wakeup Call". wn.com. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
  13. ↑ "arcserve D2D r15 Wins Comparative Review Against Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 - ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/". New York: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpdocs?filePath=0/5878/5878_win15_compmatrix.html

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