 EMC® Retrospect® for Windows is designed to deliver automated, reliable, cost-effective protection for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and the distributed enterprise. Retrospect has won numerous awards and broad industry acclaim by addressing the unique challenges faced by SMBs and distributed enterprises in these critical areas:
- Protects servers, business-critical applications, desktops, and notebooks
- Backs up Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Solaris, and NetWare computers to a Windows computer
- Easy to set up and manage
- No need for weekly full backups
- Simplified management of backup media
- Disk-to-disk-to-tape backups
- Highest level of security for backup media
- Disaster recovery
Retrospect provides powerful yet easy-to-use data protection for your servers, 24x7 applications, desktops, and notebooks. It protects your business from data loss due to user error, computer failure, or site-wide disasters. Retrospect protects millions of computers world-wide and consistently earns top awards and broad industry acclaim for its unique patented technology.
Easy to set up and manage
Robust data protection doesn’t have to be complex. Retrospect’s intuitive wizards get you up and running quickly. Backup operations are automatically adjusted to ensure that all computers are protected without requiring manual intervention. With Retrospect there is no need to write new backup scripts each day to keep backups running smoothly. And user-initiated restores enable end users to perform fast onsite recovery of their data without putting a strain on IT resources.
Avoid weekly full backups
Unlike other backup applications, Retrospect delivers fast incremental backups while still providing accurate restores. Retrospect does this by creating a list of hard drive contents during each backup. Retrospect later uses this list to select the exact data necessary to perform an accurate restore to a prior point in time. With Retrospect you get a perfect restore every time. Other software doesn’t utilize such a list and therefore can only provide an accurate restore to the day a full backup was performed.
Simplifies management of backup media
Traditional backup software requires a complex strategy to protect against failure of backup media or a site-wide disaster. Multiple sets of tapes must be created, tracked, and rotated offsite in a rigid and unforgiving manual process. Retrospect eliminates complex tape rotation strategies. Simply create two sets of tapes. Keep one set onsite for backups and restores. Send the other offsite for safety. Rotating tape sets is easy and fast.
Disk-to-disk-to-tape backups
Retrospect protects more computers in less time when utilizing disk as a backup destination. For offsite protection, create synthetic full sets of tapes by rapidly streaming data from the backup disk, eliminating the need to perform another backup over the network so applications and users remain unaffected. Establish a policy that retains a set number of backups and automatically removes older data to make room for newer backups. You never have to perform a full backup again.
Highest level of security for backup media
Retrospect delivers the strongest possible security for your backup media using U.S. government-certified 128-bit and 256-bit AES encryption. With AES encryption, unauthorized individuals cannot access information stored on backup media in the event that it is lost, stolen, or misplaced.
Disaster recovery
During the normal course of performing backups, Retrospect automatically gathers all the necessary information—including the operating system, applications, and all settings—to completely restore a computer that has failed. Simply create a disaster recovery (DR) CD from the backup media when needed. With Retrospect there is no need to go through the wasteful and timeconsuming process of periodically creating new DR CDs for every computer.
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Protect servers, 24x7 applications, desktops, and notebooks
Protect heterogeneous networked computers
Back up Windows, Mac OS X, Mac OS classic, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Solaris, and NetWare computers automatically to a central Windows backup server. Retrospect 7.5 has added support for newer versions of operating systems.
Server backup
Back up servers faster than ever. Retrospect 7.5 utilizes an improved method when collecting NTFS Security information on Windows servers, resulting in significant performance improvement. To back up networked servers, purchase Retrospect Multi-Server or additional server client licenses.
Desktop and notebook backup
Protect desktops and notebooks, which contain up to 80% of a business’s critical data. Clients are backed up when they become available on the network, rather than on a fixed schedule. This is especially useful for notebooks, which are not always connected to the network. Backup verifications can be done outside the backup windows, allowing more networked computers to be protected each day.
Protect Microsoft Exchange Server
Optional add-on protects Exchange Server while it is up and running. Easily back up and restore the entire Exchange database, Storage Groups, public folders, and individual mailboxes including messages, calendar entries, and tasks. Now supports two-node clusters and automatically includes new mailboxes for backup as they are added.
Protect Microsoft SQL Server
Optional add-on protects Microsoft SQL Server databases while in use, including new SQL Server 2005 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
Open file backups
Optional add-on protects files on Windows NTFS file systems that are open and in use. This is especially useful for Outlook protection on desktops and notebooks or for round-the-clock applications including CRM, accounting, and proprietary applications.
Protect entire computers
Back up the operating system, system configuration, device drivers, and settings in addition to user data on networked computers.
Back up large volumes
Protect up to four million files per volume.
Works with virus protection software
Compatible with your existing virus protection software, ensuring virus-free backups.
Archives data
Retrospect can perform traditional backups or, optionally, can delete files and folders from hard drives after they have been copied to tapes for long-term storage.
Single-instance storage
Retrospect recognizes identical files on desktops, notebooks, and file servers and backs up just one copy, saving time and space on the backup media.
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Easy to set up and manage
Intuitive wizards
Streamline setup, scheduling backups, performing restores, and copying files and folders.
Automated scheduling
Backups can run automatically at any time on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly schedule.
Self-adjusting backup operations
Backup operations are automatically adjusted to ensure that all computers are protected without requiring manual intervention by IT staff. With Retrospect there is no need to write new backup scripts each day to keep backups running smoothly.
Push installation of client software
Ensure new Windows computers automatically get backed up. Utilize Active Directory Group Policy or Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) to push the Retrospect client out to new Windows computers as they are added to your network.
Automatic client login
After the Retrospect client has been installed onto a networked Windows computer, Retrospect will automatically find the client computer and log it in so that it can be backed up. Existing clients can be updated as required by the Retrospect backup server.
User-initiated restores
Optional add-on allows users to restore their own data to their desktop and notebook computers using a Web browser, saving time and effort for backup administrators.
Automatic software updates
Retrospect regularly checks for software and driver updates over the Web and notifies administrators when they are available.
Automatic device detection Retrospect recognizes supported backup devices, eliminating the need to load and configure device drivers manually.
Data filters
Automatically exclude or include files by a variety of criteria such as pathname, file type, and file extension. Exclude large files such as movies or MP3s from backups to save space.
Check-point restart
If backups or restores are interrupted, Retrospect resumes where it left off. Centralized reporting across backup servers Use a standard Web browser to view backup results from anywhere in the world. Retrospect ReportsWatcher continually generates a consolidated report across all backup servers.
Remote management
Administer any backup server by logging in with Windows Remote Desktop or other
popular remote control applications.
E-mail notifications
Notifications of successful or unsuccessful backups can be mailed to a group of people.
508 compliant
Retrospect meets U.S. government section 508 requirements for the disabled and visually impaired.
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Avoid weekly full backups
No need to perform a full backup each week
With Retrospect there is no need to perform a time-consuming full backup each week. Other backup applications require weekly full backups and daily incremental or differential backups in order to prepare for an accurate restore of a computer to any prior point in time.
Unparalleled restore accuracy
Only Retrospect’s patented Smart RestoreTM technology automatically compiles a list of data on the hard drive prior to every backup. Retrospect uses this list to select the exact data needed to restore a computer to a point in time without returning unwanted files that were previously deleted, moved, or renamed.
Perform fast incremental backups
Because Retrospect delivers accurate restores without requiring weekly full backups, you can perform fast incremental backups daily, saving time by backing up only new or changed data on an ongoing basis.
Point-in-time restores
Roll back individual files, directories, entire file systems, the operating system, or the registry to any previous point in time. Powerful search capabilities Search for specific files or recover past versions of files.
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Backup to disk
Advanced disk-to-disk-to-tape backup
Use disk on a daily basis for simpler, faster, more reliable backups and restores. Copy to tape weekly for offsite storage and disaster recovery.
Automatic grooming of disk backups
Establish a policy to retain a set number of backups and automatically remove older data to make room for newer backups. Retrospect 7.5 now supports grooming of encrypted disk Backup Sets.
Synthetic full backups
Utilize existing backups on disk to create a new full backup on tapes for offsite storage without affecting systems, users, or your network.
Backup Set transfers
Transfer backup data from one Backup Set to another on demand or on a schedule. Backup Sets can be stored on different types of media. Transfer selected backups, all backups, or just newer backups created after the last transfer operation. Transfer backups via the Internet to disk at another site for tape-free offsite protection.
Advanced backup to disk
Multiple operations, such as performing a Backup Set Transfer or a User-initiated Restore can now take place simultaneously while a backup is being performed to the Disk Backup Set.
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Simplifies management of backup media
Simple onsite/offsite media rotation
Protect your data without complex tape rotation strategies. Create two sets of backup tapes and rotate them weekly. Update tapes with a quick incremental backup when they return onsite. Retire a set as an archive and replace it with a new set periodically. Retrospect keeps track of everything automatically.
Backup to disk, tape, or optical media
Back up to local disk, networked disk such as NAS or a storage array, single-tape drives, autoloaders, large tape libraries, and CD/DVD devices. Supports TapeAlert and DLTSage. Advanced tape support Optional add-on enables backups to as many as eight tape drives in parallel, including stand-alone drives and drives in libraries and autoloaders. Barcodes are supported for quick media identification.
Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Back up to Fibre Channel and iSCSI disk and tape devices. WORM support Meet compliance needs with backups or copies to SAIT WORM, SDLT WORM (DLTIce), and LTO WORM tape drives.
Easy tape management
Add, scan, erase, or move multiple tapes in one operation.
Skip to New Media
Option to back up to new media rather than append to existing backup media.
Flexible media verification
Retrospect can verify the integrity of the data on the backup media during the backup session. Or verification can take place later, freeing time for more backups to be performed during each backup session. Archived backup media can be verified periodically to ensure integrity.
Data compression
Reduce the size of backup data using software or hardware-assisted compression.
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Highest level of security for backups
AES encryption
Encrypt backups on CD/DVDs, disk, or tapes using 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption, the strongest levels of encryption available.
Other encryption
Prevent unauthorized access to backup data with SimpleCrypt™ or DES encryption.
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Disaster recovery
Bare metal restore for Windows
Optional add-on for most Retrospect editions. Simply create a DR CD from the backup media to recover a non-bootable Windows client computer. Use the DR CD to boot the client and perform a complete restore with Retrospect to any point in time that the computer was backed up.
Disaster recovery for Non-Windows clients
Restore a Linux, Mac, Solaris, or NetWare computer in three steps. Install the operating system. Install Retrospect client software. Restore applications, patches, user preferences, and data automatically with Retrospect.
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EMC Retrospect Business Editions
Select from four Retrospect editions to meet the needs of your business environment:
- Retrospect Multi Server protects an unlimited number of networked servers, desktops, and notebooks.
- Retrospect Single Server protects one server and an unlimited number of networked desktops and notebooks. Licenses can be purchased to protect additional networked servers.
- Retrospect Small Business Server protects a server running Windows Small Business Server plus an unlimited number of networked desktops and notebooks. Licenses can be purchased to protect additional networked servers.
- Retrospect Disk-to-Disk protects a single server backing up to disk, CD, or DVD only. Licenses can be purchased to protect additional networked servers, desktops, and notebooks.
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Requirements
Windows computers that run Retrospect
- Intel Pentium class processor (1.5 GHz or more recommended)
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB or more recommended)
- Network backup requires TCP/IP networking
- Hard disk with 5 GB free
- Retrospect Multi Server, Single Server, and Disk-to-Disk: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server (SP6 or greater); Windows 2000 Professional, Server, or Advanced Server (SP2 or greater); Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions (32-bit and x64); Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Small Business Server 4.5, 2000, or 2003; Windows Storage Server 2003; Windows XP (32-bit and x64)
- Retrospect Small Business Server, Standard and Premium editions: Windows Small Business Server 2000 or 2003
- Retrospect can run in a Windows environment using VMWare Workstation 5, 5.5.1 or VMWare ESX Server 2.5. Backups can be performed to disk or single tape drives.
Windows clients
- Windows XP (32-bit and x64)
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (SP6 or greater)
- Windows 95/98/98 SE/Me
- Windows Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise editions (32-bit and x64)
- Windows Server 2003 R2
- Windows Small Business Server 2000 or 2003
- Windows 2000 Server or Advanced Server (SP2 or greater)
- Windows Storage Server 2003
- Windows NT 4.0 Server (SP6 or greater)*
Macintosh clients
- Mac® OS 7.1 or later, Mac OS X 10.1.5 or later
Linux clients
- Red Hat Linux 7.3, 8.x, 9.x; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4
- SUSE LINUX 8.0, 9.2, 9.3
- Novell Linux Desktop 9
Solaris clients
NetWare clients*
VMWare Clients
- Supported client operating systems running in VMWare Workstation 5 and 5.5.1, and VMWare ESX Server 2.5 environments.
Supported backup devices
- SCSI/Fibre Channel/iSCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 tape drives, tape autoloaders, and tape library systems including AIT, DAT, DLT, LTO, Travan, and VXA (Disk-to-Disk edition does not back up to tape.)
- Local hard disks, remote servers, and NAS devices
- SCSI/ATAPI/USB/IEEE 1394 Writable CD/DVD drives
- Removable disks including REV, Zip, DVD-RAM, MO, and SuperDisk (LS-120)
- Search our storage device compatibility database for specific device support
* Retrospect Single Server, Small Business Server, and Disk-to-Disk editions require the purchase of a server client license in order to back up a server client.
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