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WINDOWS:
FDR/UPSTREAM provides a comprehensive data protection and business resiliency,
storage management solution, including backup, restore and disaster recovery, for all of the
Server and Workstation versions of Windows. FDR/UPSTREAM provides support for every aspect
of a Windows system, including all of the features of the NTFS file system and the Windows
system state. On systems running Windows Server 2003 and above that support the Volume
ShadowCopy Service (VSS), FDR/UPSTREAM can create complete and accurate backups based on
volume snapshots. The Automatic System Recovery (ASR) features of Windows Server 2003
and above are also supported by FDR/UPSTREAM, providing disaster recovery support that is
both fast and easy to use. Windows Failover Clustering is also fully supported, along with
comprehensive support for all versions of Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server.
FDR/UPSTREAM can run on Intel and AMD 32-bit and 64-bit processors along with 64-bit Itanium processors.
Third-party databases such as Oracle, DB/2 and Lotus Notes installed on a Windows system are also supported. |
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VMWARE:
EMC's VMware ESX server is simply a very enhanced Linux system. The FDR/UPSTREAM
client fully supports backups of VMware’s ESX server virtual machines. UPSTREAM supports
versions VMware version 2.5 through 3.x.
FDR/UPSTREAM fully supports backups of VMware’s ESX server virtual machines.
There are two methods of backups for an ESX server:
- Installing UPSTREAM on the ESX server’s console. In this case you install the
VMware/Linux version of the FDR/UPSTREAM client. This will allow you to backup the
entire ESX operating system, as well as the .vmdk and .vmx files for each virtual
machine while they are online. UPSTREAM is capable of backing up the .vmdk files
which reside on VMware’s proprietary VMFS file system. This method does not support
file level backups and restores of the virtual machines.
- Installing UPSTREAM ‘inside’ each virtual machine. This provides file level backup and
restore capabilities for your virtual machines. UPSTREAM runs in all supported VMware
virtual machine environments.
A combination of the two backup methods above may be recommended for some environments
as this will provide both complete system recovery and single file restore.
FDR/UPSTREAM runs in many supported VMware virtual machine environments and has expanded
its support for VMware’s Consolidated backup. One feature of VMware’s Consolidated backup (VCB)
is that it provides a centralized backup facility that leverages a centralized proxy server
and reduces the load on the production ESX Server hosts. This feature allows snapshots of
virtual machines to be created and mounted on the VCB Proxy server. The backup request is
then sent to the Proxy server instead of the ESX server itself.
UPSTREAM and VMware Consolidated Backup using a Proxy Server
FDR/UPSTREAM and UPSTREAM Reservoir fully and completely support VMware’s
Consolidated backup using a Proxy server. This feature allows snapshots of virtual machines to be
created and mounted on the VCB Proxy server. The backup request is then sent to the Proxy server
instead of the ESX server itself.
There are two types of VCB backups; Image level and File level. All guest VM’s
can be backed up as Image level backups.
- Image level backs up the entire guest VM as a single entity. Restores from image level backups can only put
back the entire VM guest, as it was at the time of the backup. No individual files or directories can be restored
from this type of backup. This type of backup actually creates several files, depending on the options of the
vcbMounter command. By default, the vmdk files are broken into several files approximately two GB in size. In
addition to these, the VM guest configuration file (.vmx), nvram, log files and a catalog will also be part of
the backup set.
- File level backups are only supported for guest VM’s running a Windows operating system. As the name
implies, this type of backup supports file and directory level restores.
Both types of backups are performed from the mounted snap shots that are created on the proxy server.
In many cases, it is a best practice to also install UPSTREAM ‘inside’ the guest VM and do your back
ups from there. In particular if you need file level granularity on non-Windows guests, or any of
UPSTREAM’s online database support. |
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NOVELL:
UPSTREAM provides extensive support for Novell Netware as well as
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 including OES2/Linux.
UPSTREAM provides extensive support for Novell
NetWare that includes Novell NetWare including up to version 6x
completely, and has been certified Novell tested and approved.
UPSTREAM comprehensive support for NetWare includes Storage
Management Services SMS and NetWare Directory Services (NDS), for NDS schema
and extended schema. Using Novell’s architected SMS and transporting the data
in System Independent Data Format (SIDF), UPSTREAM offers complete support of
NetWare Directory Services.
Support for Cluster Services enable automatic failover for multi node cluster environment
and also provides restart ability for failed backups/restores. Support for NSS volumes and
open files guarantees that open files are backed up even if in use. Other special NetWare
support includes name spaces, compressed data, security attributes, and special NetWare
file and directory characteristics.
UPSTREAM features an agent that performs online database support for Novell GroupWise 6 and 7.
The agent was written especially for Novell GroupWise and uses the GroupWise Target Service Agent
GWTSA, TSAFSGW or native TSAFS with GW support enabled.
The agent provides reliable online backup of a running GroupWise system by successfully backing
up open files and locked files. The easy-to-use UPSTREAM agent backs up standard GroupWise
directories and files. This support allows you to restore the entire GroupWise system, or
any component down to just a single user’s mailbox! |
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UNIX & z/OS UNIX |
UNIX & z/OS UNIX
UNIX: FDR/UPSTREAM is a native UNIX application that supports
AIX®, Sun Solaris, Intel Solaris, HP-UX, HP Tru64, x86 Linux for pSERIES,
Linux on System z and z/OS UNIX.
FDR/UPSTREAM for UNIX supports symbolic links, case sensitivity, NFS mounts,
open files, owner user and group for files and directories, access dates and
extended attributes and more are stored automatically. Logical and physical
character volumes as well as files and directories can also be backed up and
restored. The interface can be either command line full screen, or JAVA based.
Single File System support allows you to restrict your backups to the
file system specified in the backup spec using the file spec parameter
regardless of where the file system is mounted in the directory structure.
UPSTREAM supports a wide variety of file systems.
Linux: ext2, ext3, Reiser, XFS, JFS, GFS, VxFS (Veritas file system),
MapFS (Levanta), PVFS, GPFS, DevFS, VMFS (VMware), NSS, CIFS (when you specify NFS).
UPSTREAM also has an environment variable which allows the user to
specify the magic number for any new POSIX file systems.
- AIX: JFS, JFS2, GPFS, AFS
- Solaris: UFS, VxFS (Veri tas file system), SAMFS, ZFS,
LOFS (as described above)
- HPUX: HFS, VxFS (Veri tas file system)
- USS: HFS, ZFS
- Tru64: UFS, MSFS
z/OS UNIX: FDR/UPSTREAM provides extensive support for z/OS UNIX Systems Services
that provides file level granularity for the HFS and zFS files. z/OS UNIX and UNIX
Systems Services (formally OpenEdition/MVS) on z/OS is similar to the other UNIX
client versions of FDR/UPSTREAM, and supports the following UNIX Systems Services
features:
- Backup agent for Lotus Notes Domino
- External Links
- Symbolic and Hard Links
- Auditing flags
- HFS Extended Attributes
- ZFS Extended Attributes
- UNIX owners and permissions
- Case sensitivity
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LINUX:
FDR/UPSTREAM and UPSTREAM RESERVOIR provides extensive support for Linux that includes:
- x86 (Intel & AMD) Linux
- Linux for pSERIES (IBM Power systems)
- Linux on System z
UPSTREAM provides centralized storage management for Linux with automated
backup/restore, file transfer and storage management operations. UPSTREAM
offers unique data reduction techniques and online database agents for Oracle,
DB2, and Lotus Notes Domino to minimize the amount of data transmitted while
leveraging the services, security, and dependability of the Linux operating
system.
FDR/UPSTREAM’s provides extensive support for Linux including advanced UNIX file
system specific features include hard links, symbolic links, owners, extended
attributes, single file system support, support for Reiser file system as well
as ext2, ext3, XFS, JFS, GFS, MAPFS, GPFS, and remote NFS or CIFS attachments.
A powerful and unique addition to the FDR/UPSTREAM storage management tool is
the UPSTREAM Rescuer. The UPSTREAM Rescuer is a stand alone system recovery
facility for x86 Linux, SuSE zLINUX, AIX and Solaris systems.
UPSTREAM Rescuer allows administrators to completely restore a system from
data that is saved in FDR/UPSTREAM without separate system backups. UPSTREAM
Rescuer provides this essential system recovery supplement because it is
completely integrated into FDR/UPSTREAM. UPSTREAM Rescuer can recover a user’s
entire system, including their Linux system boot disk, file systems and device
drivers as well as all their application programs and data files. |
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