Three Steps to Protect Your Virtual Systems

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1 SOLUTION BRIEF: THREE STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR VIRTUAL SYSTEMS Three Steps to Protect Your Virtual Systems Who should read this paper Businesses who are looking for guidance on a backup solution for virtual environments.

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3 Content Three steps to protect your virtual systems Protect your virtual data

4 Three steps to protect your virtual systems Virtualization offers a variety of benefits for small and medium businesses (SMBs). But don t forget that the data on your virtual system is very real. There s no better time than the present to give your virtual systems top-of-the-line backup and restore protection. Virtualization isn t just for large enterprises. Small businesses are using it effectively, making themselves more agile, more efficient, and more competitive. Virtual systems are more cost-effective than physical servers and can be deployed quickly to meet demand and keep up with your company s growth. It s important, though, to remember that the data on a virtual server needs the same level of protection as a physical server. Here are three simple steps you can take to protect the data in your virtual environment. Automate your backups Virtual environments grow quickly, and it s easy to leave a new virtual machine unprotected. Make sure you have a tool in place that recognizes new virtual machines immediately and backs them up automatically. Protect data on both physical and virtual systems Data is data whether it is stored on a physical or a virtual system. Managing separate backup solutions is a burden, and you can t afford not to back up the data on your virtual systems. You need a backup solution that can handle both systems from a single console for efficient management. Make sure you can easily restore your data Keeping your data backed up only has value if you can quickly and easily restore the data when it is needed. Your backup solution must enable you to recover individual files and objects even within virtual environments so you can restore just what you need rather than the entire backup set. And be sure to test the restore function before you assume you re protected. 1

5 Protect your virtual data Symantec has the tools you need to experience the benefits of virtualization without sacrificing data protection. Symantec Backup Exec 2012 with V-Ray technology is a powerful, comprehensive solution built to protect data on both physical and virtual systems. Millions of businesses trust their data to Backup Exec. It s optimized to perform speedy backups for virtual environments and designed to work seamlessly with both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual environments to back up data on online and offline virtual systems. What s more, it automatically recognizes and performs backups on new virtual machines as soon as they come online. That way, virtual data backups are integrated into the overall backup schedule, ensuring that all of their data is protected and can be recovered as needed. You can take advantage of auto-inclusion of virtual machines to seamlessly and automatically back up new guest machines in seconds. This feature ensures that you always have the most recent data backed up and available to restore in the event of a data disaster. While you want to make sure all of your data is backed up, you also want to avoid redundancy. You have enough unique data to manage without backing up the same files across different systems. The integrated deduplication feature of Backup Exec weeds out redundant data across virtual and physical systems to streamline your backup process, conserving storage space and storage cost. When the time comes to restore your data, Backup Exec gives you the tools you need to recover just the files you want and get back to business as soon as possible. If an entire server crashes, you can restore the whole thing. Often you just need to recover a crucial file or message; Backup Exec gives you the ability to find and restore data and applications at a granular level in minutes. Go ahead and take advantage of what virtualization has to offer. Get Backup Exec to ensure that your virtual systems have a backup solution designed to optimize your VMware and Hyper-V systems. It s a decision you won t regret. 2

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7 About Symantec Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage, and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Symantec has operations in 40 countries. More information is available at For specific country offices and contact numbers, please visit our website. Symantec World Headquarters 350 Ellis St. Mountain View, CA USA +1 (650) (800) Copyright 2012 Symantec Corporation. All rights reserved. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, and the Checkmark Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. 5/