Backup Exec 2014 delivers powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use backup and recovery to protect your entire infrastructure whether built upon virtual, physical, or a combination of both. Using modern technology, Backup Exec backs up local and remote data to virtually any storage device including tape, disk and cloud. Recovery is fast and efficient. With a few simple clicks, you can quickly search and restore granular file or application objects, applications, VMs, and servers directly from backup storage. Additionally, easily protect more data while reducing storage costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology. Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL The Amazon Storage Gateway – virtual tape library (VTL) offers a durable, cost-effective solution to offline data archiving. The VTL interface lets you use Backup Exec 2014 to store data on virtual tape cartridges, which you create on your gateway-VTL. Each gateway-VTL is preconfigured with a media changer and tape drives, which are available to Backup Exec™ 2014 as Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) devices. You add virtual tape cartridges as you need to archive your data.

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Backup Exec™ 2014 and the Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL
Backup Exec™ 2014 Product Family
Symantec Backup Exec™ 2014 delivers powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use backup and recovery to protect your
entire infrastructure whether built upon virtual, physical, or a combination of both. Using modern technology,
Backup Exec backs up local and remote data to virtually any storage device including tape, disk and cloud.
Recovery is fast and efficient. With a few simple clicks, you can quickly search and restore granular file or
application objects, applications, VMs, and servers directly from backup storage. Additionally, easily protect
more data while reducing storage costs through integrated deduplication and archiving technology.
Backup Exec saves time and money and helps protect and recover your critical information in the event of a
disaster or data loss. Backup Exec™ 2014 Key Features include the following:
• Single solution for virtual and physical environments simplifies backup and reduces cost and complexity
associated with multiple point products.
• Fast virtual machine snapshots through deep integration with Microsoft® Volume Shadow Copy Service
(VSS) and VMware’s vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) minimizes CPU, memory, and I/O load
performance impacts on the virtual host.
• Protect more data while minimizing the disk space required for storing backup files with integrated
deduplication, change block tracking and archiving technology.
• Backup to virtually any storage device including disk, tape and cloud.
• Fast, efficient, and versatile recovery easily restores virtual machines, servers, applications, databases, file/ folders and granular objects.
• Minimize downtime and disruption with integrated bare-metal, physical to virtual (P2V) and virtual to physical (V2P) recovery.
Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL
The Amazon Storage Gateway – virtual tape library (VTL) offers a durable, cost-effective solution to offline data archiving. The VTL interface lets you
use Backup Exec™ 2014 to store data on virtual tape cartridges, which you create on your gateway-VTL. Each gateway-VTL is preconfigured with a
media changer and tape drives, which are available to Backup Exec™ 2014 as Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) devices. You add
virtual tape cartridges as you need to archive your data.
Using Backup Exec™ 2014 with the Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL
Business Value
Customers and partners that take advantage of the powerful combination of Backup Exec™ 2014 and the Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL solution
enjoy many powerful benefits, such as the following:
 Seamless gateway to AWS cloud storage
 Data stored in the VTL is backed by the Amazon S3 cloud in the form of virtual tape media
 Virtual tape media can be archived to Amazon Glacier to further reduce storage costs
 VTL implementation streamlines transition for tape-based infrastructures
 Power and reliability of Backup Exec 2014
Data Flow
Backup Exec protects and manages physical and virtual machine client backup data using normal processes. Client backup data is stored to the
Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL through an iSCSI interface using virtual tapes backed by the Amazon S3 cloud. Virtual tapes can be archived to the
Virtual Tape Shelf (VTS) backed by Amazon Glacier for cost-effective long term cloud storage.
Note: Cloud storage providers will be individually certified for use with Backup Exec™ 2014. Please refer to the Backup Exec compatibility lists
for current and authoritative information on supported platforms and cloud providers.
Key Benefits
 Seamless gateway to AWS
cloud storage
 Data stored in the VTL is
backed by the Amazon S3
cloud in the form of virtual
tape media
 Virtual tape media can be
archived to Amazon Glacier
to further reduce storage
costs
 VTL implementation
streamlines transition for
tape-based infrastructures
 Power and reliability of
Backup Exec 2014

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Figure 1: Backup Exec™ 2014 and Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL process diagram
From an administrative perspective, Backup Exec™ 2014 interacts with the Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL in the same way as other virtual or
physical tape devices; backup job, tape device, and tape media management tasks remain the same.
Licensing Considerations
The first drive in a tape library or VTL is free when a Backup Exec server is licensed. For additional drives, up to the maximum of 10 drives that are
available on the AWS Storage Gateway – VTL, customers can purchase the Backup Exec VTL Unlimited Drive Option (VUDO) or one or more Library
Expansion Option (LEO) licenses. Multiple drives are required for concurrent operations such as simultaneous backup and restore.
Summary
The combination of Backup Exec™ 2014 and the Amazon Storage Gateway – VTL technology allows customers and partners, even those currently
using tape-based backup infrastructures, to seamlessly transition to cloud storage as an effective way to protect their critical IT assets against
disaster.
For More Information
Link Description
http://www.backupexec.com Backup Exec web page
http://www.backupexec.com/licensing Backup Exec licensing information
http://www.backupexec.com/compatibility Backup Exec compatibility
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/userguide/WhatIsStorageGateway.html AWS Storage Gateway
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/userguide/storage-gateway-vtl-concepts.html Gateway-VTL Architecture