NetVault Backup

Dell Netvault™ Backup
Stable release 10.0 / May 2014
Operating system Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X
Type Backup
License Proprietary
Website http://software.dell.com/data-protection-solutions/

Dell NetVault is a set of data protection solutions developed and supported by Quest Software, now part of Dell. Its flagship product, NetVault Backup is a cross-platform, enterprise-level backup and recovery software solution. It can be used to protect data and software applications in physical and virtual environments from one central management interface. As an enterprise solution, it supports many servers, application platforms and protocols such as UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, NDMP, Oracle ACSLS, IBM DAS/ACI, Microsoft Exchange Server, DB2, Informix, MySQL, Lotus Domino, and Teradata.

Dell offers additional components that complement NetVault Backup. These offer bare metal recovery (BMR), granular recovery, data deduplication, and protection for NAS filers (NDMP).

In September 2012, Dell completed its acquisition of Quest Software.[1] Quest Software acquired the full line of NetVault data protection products through its purchase of BakBone Software in 2011. It was the twenty-second acquisition for Quest since 1998.[2]

Product details

NetVault Backup is based on a client-server architecture. A central NetVault Backup Server provides the job management, media management, device management, client management, reporting, notifications and logging functions. The NetVault Backup Server maintains a history of backups in the NetVault Backup database, enabling users to identify the object(s) they want to restore. NetVault Clients are “agents” that work with the NetVault Backup Server to back up and recover the respective servers, applications and data. The client software is installed on each machine to be protected. The NetVault WebUI enables centralized administration of a NetVault Backup Server from any browser.

NetVault supports tape drives, tape libraries and other backup devices attached to the central server itself or to a protected machine located anywhere on the network, enabling LAN-free backups. Additionally, devices can be controlled through NDMP if they are attached to a supported filer.

The NetVault Backup Server (the master backup server) can be deployed on Microsoft Windows or Linux.

Platform and application support

NetVault Backup can protect Windows Server, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX, Hyper-V, VMware and NetWare (using a thin client).[3] It also can back up a variety of applications and NAS devices (NDMP) using so-called Plug-ins. The list includes Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, DB2, Sybase, and others.

Components

There are three options within the NetVault suite, enabling backup and recovery to disk or tape, bare metal recovery (BMR), and data deduplication:

NetApp options

Dell supports NetApp solutions with the following NetVault technologies:

Disk targets

Originally NetVault Backup was intended to back up to physical tapes in tape drives. However, the product was soon extended to support backup to disk.

For data deduplication, NetVault Backup supports several solutions, including Dell's own DR appliance and NetVault SmartDisk.

The Dell DR appliance is a hardware-based, inline deduplication storage solution. Its deduplication engine was originally developed by Ocarina Networks. The NetVault and Ocarina engineering teams worked to integrate the two technologies.[5]

NetVault Backup can also be used with NetVault SmartDisk, which is a disk storage repository and deduplication solution. NetVault SmartDisk can perform post-process data deduplication. It represents a contiguous storage pool on disk without being subdivided into virtual tapes or slots for easier management and allows for byte-level, variable block-based software deduplication.

What's more, NetVault Backup supports EMC Data Domain via DD Boost and Quantum DXi.

For LAN-free backups, NetVault Backup can write to a physical tape drive or VTL that is shared between multiple machines using Fibre Channel or iSCSI.

History

See also

References

  1. "Dell Completes Acquisition of Quest Software". Dell. 28 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Sep 2012.
  2. "Quest Plans $55M Acquisition Of Data Protection Vendor BakBone". CRN. 10 Nov 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  3. "NetVault Backup Compatibility Guide" (PDF). Quest Software. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-07-12.
  4. "NetVault Platform Gains Backup Muscle". eWEEK. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  5. "Dell backup integration begins with NetVault, DR4100 dedupe appliance". techtarget. Retrieved 2 Oct 2013.
  6. "Bakbone Software Inc. 20-F For 5/31/01". SEC Edgar. Retrieved 13 July 2001.
  7. "AT&T back-up software builds strong Bakbone". Networkworld. Retrieved 19 June 2000. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  8. "Quest to acquire BakBone for $55 million". Infostor. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  9. "Dell Completes Acquisition of Quest Software". Dell. 28 Sep 2012. Retrieved 28 Sep 2012.

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