Backup Resource Monitor™ software provides the ability to have a proactive, centralized, single view into your entire backup infrastructure – including backup applications, libraries and backup SAN fabric. You will be able to identify failure reasons, analyze, tune and more effectively manage their backup operations from end-to-end.
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Complete Backup and restore monitoring Backup Resource Monitor software supports seamless data protection and successful backup operations by identifying exposed and vulnerable backup clients and reporting on backup success rates and failure points across the entire backup infrastructure, as well as facilitating informed backup capacity planning. Backup Resource Monitor software enables administrators to visualize and monitor all associated tape automation resources, storage networking components and backup applications for comprehensive, end-to-end analysis and reporting.
Backup Resource Monitor software provides IT managers with an extensive selection of views and summary reports, including back up/restore summaries, detailed job logs, backup schedules, media usage trend analysis and forecasting and library/drive status and statistics reports.
Features and IT Benefits
Simplified backup resources monitoring Helps the user quickly identify vulnerable backup clients, reducing the likelihood of backup failures. Optimizes system administrator's time by reducing manual backup resource tracking.
Centralized backup resource monitoring Provides a single view for multiple backup clients, libraries and SAN fabric utilization.
Trend tape media usage and forecasting Allows administrators to monitor the tape usage and informed capacity planning thus optimizing the use of existing tape media and saving cost.
Provides real time reporting Provides simple to understand reports of backup failure and success, comprehensive trend analysis and SAN fabric utilization.
Free Elite Services For a limited time, StorageTek will provide 12 month FREE phone support of Backup Resource Monitor software.
Pricing
Pricing can vary based on the server quantity, storage capacity or options. Pricing is for software only. Contact the "How to Buy" help desk at 1-800-275-4785 (01-303-673-2800) for more information.
Specifications
Operating Environment
Server - software requirements:
Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 2+ Microsoft IIS 5.0+ Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE Backup Resource Monitor software requires an MS-SQL Server 2000 database. If no database is detected, Backup Resource Monitor software will install a database during installation
Client server - software requirements :
Windows NT, 2000, XP
Server - hardware requirements :
2 x 850 MHz CPU 1 GB RAM 18 GB available disk space StorageTek recommends installing Backup Resource Monitor software on a dedicated server for maximum performance Hardware requirements may vary depending on the size of the backup environment
Softare prerequisites: VERITAS :
Ethernet connectivity from Backup Resource Monitor software server to master server Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, 9 or Windows 2000 on master server
Software prerequisites: Legato:
Ethernet connectivity from Backup Resource Monitor software server to TSM server TSM ODBC Driver Version 05.05.05 on Backup Resource Monitor software server Configured ODBC data source (system DSN) on Backup Resource Monitor software Login/password with analyst (query) privileges or higher for each TSM database connection
Switch prerequisites: Brocade:
Connection from Backup Resource Monitor software server to switch management port Fabric Operating System 2.2 - 4.x Web tools license
Switch prerequisites: McDATA:
Connection from Backup Resource Monitor software server to EFCM server If no EFCM server is available, Backup Resource Monitor software support requires Fibre Alliance MIB 2.2 or 3.1 loaded and enabled on switch and/or service processor SNMP agent enabled on EFCM server
Tape library prerequisites:
Connection from Backup Resource Monitor software server to library Version 2.0 _ of SNMP MIB SNMP services enabled on the library
Default configuration :
1 backup application 2 fabrics
Maximum configuration :
3 tape libraries and 1 ACSLS Manager software server
Maximum backup environment:
2 backup servers 250 backup clients
Retention period - event history :
30 days
Retention period - operation history :
6 months
Retention period - configuration information :
1 year
Supported backup applications :
VERITAS NetBackup 3.4 or 4.5 Legato NetWorker 6.1 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.1
Supported switches :
Brocade SilkWorm 2x00, 3x00, 6400 fabric switches and 12000 director McDATA models managed by Enterprise Fabric Connectivity Monitor (EFCM) v2.x+
ACSLS Manager software v6.1 Connection from Backup Resource Monitor software server to separate Solaris server running ACSLS Manager software ACSAPI v6.1 or 7.0
Software distribution media :
CD-ROM
Management
Installation:
Backup Resource Monitor software is customer installable. Typical installation time is less than one hour. Support for heterogeneous servers, HBAs, databases, logical volume managers, file systems, file-specifications.
Options
Backup Resource Monitor software Each Backup Resource Monitor license allows customers to monitor a single library, a backup application and up to two SAN switches. Backup Resource Monitor pricing varies depending on library size and whether it is purchased standalone vs. bundled with a new library. You can also purchase Backup Resource Monitor to monitor an existing library.
Global Storage Manager software To monitor more than 3 libraries, purchase Global Storage Manager software (GSM). It provides centralized storage resource management across the enterprise with support for heterogeneous multi-vendor storage, database applications, fabric switches, backup applications and tape libraries.
(2) Requires ACSLS Manager 6.1 or 7.0 software and a connection from the Backup Resource Monitor software server to a separate Solaris running ACSLS Manager software ACSAPI v6.1
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