Data protection vendors bolster support for VMware

Storage in the Enterprise This newsletter is sponsored by Microsoft Manage Skyrocketing Storage The data on your network is growing at a rapid pace that's only going to increase. Download Network World's latest Executive Guide and get the practical, real-world advice and insider information you need to best manage and meet your storage demands and industry regulations. Click here to download. Network World's Storage in the Enterprise Newsletter, 06/21/07 Data protection vendors bolster support for VMware By Deni Connor Nearly every data protection vendor is stepping up with support for virtualized server environments and vendors making recent announcements in this area include EVault, Symantec, EMC and Commvault. EVault provides managed backup services and was acquired last year by Seagate Technology. The company this week announced EVault VMware Plug-in for customers of its EVault Protect Software-as-a-Service and EVault InfoStage software. Symantec this week added VMware support to its NetBackup 6.5 software. The IDC Enterprise Panel: Join IDC's panel of IT influencers and decision-makers. Your contributions will be compiled and distributed to technology and telecommunications vendors all over the world. As a thank you for joining, you will receive select free IDC research, and discounted IDC conference passes. Click here to learn more EMC announced that Version 3.7 of its EMC Avamar software now supports VMware Consolidated Backup. Avamar’s backup and recovery software features deduplication technology, which eliminates the backing up of redundant data across the network. Commvault is supporting VMware Server and ESX Server. Commvault’s Galaxy enables the replication of data and applications from physical to virtual servers. Galaxy iDataAgents installed on virtual machines allow data to be backed up from the virtual machine just as if it were a physical server. According to a compatibility matrix released by VMware, ESX Server implementations can also be backed up by Symantec’s Veritas Backup Exec, Tivoli Storage Manager, Legato Networker, CA BrightStor ARCServe and HP Data Protector. It seems that when picking backup software for your enterprise, making VMware support a checklist item is recommended, especially if you have virtual machines in your network.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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