Backup Exec – VSE+ Training

Linux and Oracle Support

 Backup Exec

Linux Support

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Agent for Linux Servers
• Provides high-performance protection for remote Linux servers
32-bit Intel

• Support for both Intel and AMD 32-bit and 64-bit processors
64-bit AMD

• Supports full, incremental, and differential backups

• Client-side deduplication for supported distributions of Linux Flexible backup methods

• Open File protection for supported versions can backup files locked Full Incremental Incremental Differential

or in use by either the OS or other applications

Support for

• Snapshots of Linux are available Snapshots

backups

• Supports all major flavors and latest versions of Linux platforms

– Asianux, Ubuntu, XenServer, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Linux, Red
Hat Enterprise Linux
Data Deduplication
– See www.backupexec.com/compatibility for details

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Client Deduplication on Linux

Agent for Linux provides Client-side deduplication

Linux Server Backup Exec Server

Agent for Deduplicated Data Stream

Linux
A C B A
A B
D C A B
C D
B D D C

• Deduplication calculations happen at the Linux server (client-side)

• Agent for Linux only transmits deduplicated data to the Backup Exec server
• Reduces LAN traffic, increases backup job performance

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Using the Agent for Linux
Virtualized Linux Server Backup Exec Server Physical Linux Servers

Backup Data Backup Data

VM VM VM Virtual Machines Physical Clients

Agent for
Linux Agent for Agent for Agent for
Linux Linux Linux

• The Agent for Linux must be installed to perform backup and restore
operations
• Uses advanced open file and image technologies that are designed to back up
files that are in use
• Supports Simple, Logical Volume Manager (LVM), and RAID volume
configurations

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Linux Backup and Restore

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Remote Media Agent for Linux (RMAL)
• Backup data can be written directly to your Linux-attached storage BE
Client
devices Server

Storage
• Provides added flexibility and reduced bandwidth requirements for
backup jobs
• Especially helpful for larger backups (for instance, file server or Faster backups

Oracle on Linux backups)

• Centralized management and configuration of the Remote Media Centralized
Agent from the Windows-based Backup Exec server Management
Support

• Requires Gold edition or Remote Media Agent for Linux license

– Each Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers license includes the Agent for Includes the
Remote
Linux, so the local Linux server can be protected Agent for
Linux

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 Backup Exec

Oracle Protection

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Agent for Applications and Databases Oracle Support
• Integrated with Oracle RMAN
• All supported versions of Oracle are supported on all supported
Windows and Linux versions
Oracle

• Support for multiple Oracle backup methods RMAN RMAN

Integration

• Provides centralized, graphical administration of Oracle backups Windows

and Linux
• Full Oracle RMAN Support OR Oracle RAC support (2 in one) Support

• Multi-streaming can be configured using RMAN

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Oracle Support
• Provides data protection of both individual table spaces as well
as complete Oracle databases
• Data encryption and compression database

• DBA and Backup Exec Server Initiated Operations

• Significantly Faster Performance
Fast backups
• Supports Oracle RAC and MSCS Clusters
• Support RMAN interfaces - streamlined syntax
Oracle RAC
• Oracle 10g, 11g, and 12c & MSCS
Clusters

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Restoring Oracle

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