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In a series of upcoming Webinar’s Matt Thompson-Moltzen from BakBone Software will cover the basics on installing and setting-up NetVault.  Each session is separate and will cover the basics such as: -

• Installing NetVault
• Creating a Virtual Tape Library
• Creating a Backup job
• Restoring Data

The schedule is as follows: -

• Thursday 3rd July at 11:30am (AEST)
• Thursday 17th July at 11:30am (AEST)
• Thursday 24th July at 11:30am (AEST)
• Thursday 31st July at 11:30am (AEST)

Session One Details: -

Topic: NetVault: Backup Demo
Date: Thursday, 3 July 2008
Time: 11:30 am, Australia Eastern Standard Time (GMT +10:00, Sydney)
Meeting Number: 339 168 093
Meeting Password: YesPlease Please click the link below to see more information, or to join the meeting.

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To join the online meeting
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1. Go to https://bakbone.webex.com/bakbone/j.php?ED=99272357&UID=0&PW=244c6209483c1f010a3c35
2. Enter your name and email address.
3. Enter the meeting password: YesPlease
4. Click “Join Now”.

Formula One Team Finds Backup Strategy Flexibility and Performance with BakBone

June 2, 2008–BakBone Software(R) , the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, has added the Honda Racing F1 Team to its customer base. The Northamptonshire-based team, which entered the world of Formula One racing in 1999, deployed BakBone NetVault(R): Backup to make its data protection strategy more flexible and cost effective while protecting 30 TB of Windows, Exchange and SQL applications data across 40 servers.

Employing over 600 people, the Honda Racing F1 Team currently stores nearly 100 TB of data on a virtualized storage area network (SAN) that supplies this information to approximately 80 file servers and 700 clients as well as a number of Linux and UNIX-based systems. Because the multi-platform environment restricted the number of available backup solutions, the IT team was previously running EMC NetWorker. However, the software eventually started showing functionality limitations that were preventing the team from moving forward. The Honda Racing F1 Team enlisted the help of NCE, a reseller with which the company already had a successful history, to identify a new solution, and they were introduced to BakBone NetVault: Backup. [read more]

BakBone’s Newest Release of NetVault: Backup Delivers Full Adoption of VMware Technology and Techniques, Providing the Industry’s Most Flexible Deployments.

May 19, 2008–BakBone Software(R) the leading provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, has taken VMware data protection to the next level by offering a solution that protects both individual and entire groups of VMware(R) ESX Servers. The newest release of BakBone’s flagship data protection solution, NetVault(R): Backup 8.1, supports individual ESX Servers as well as full virtual data centers, all integrated and managed from the NetVault: Backup GUI. Unlike many other offerings, users do not need to create and run scripts, giving BakBone customers the flexibility to deploy data protection in virtual environments and manage the solution under one umbrella. [read more]

Adding LTO-4 Half Height drives doubles performance and creates fastest 2U tape library on the market

Oslo Norway, (2 June, 2008): Tandberg Data, a global supplier of data protection solutions, today announced the availability of the fourth generation LTO Half Height tape drives (LTO-4 HH) in the StorageLibrary T24, StorageLibrary T40⁺ and StorageLibrary T80⁺. The StorageLibrary family is available with a choice of 12, 24, 40 or 77 slots, offering compressed capacities up to 123.2TB and performance up to 6.9TB/hr. The StorageLibrary family is attractively priced and provides outstanding value for IT managers that require scalable, reliable and future proof backup and data protection solution. [see more]

LTO-4 HH boosts capacity of 1U tape autoloader to 12.8TB and transfer rates to 576GB/hr

Oslo Norway, (2 June, 2008): Tandberg Data, the global supplier of data protection solutions, today announced the availability of its StorageLoader LTO with fourth generation LTO Half Height tape drives (LTO-4 HH). The StorageLoader LTO is the ideal entry-level automated backup solution, offering exceptional storage performance and capacities in a compact 1U form factor.

The StorageLoader LTO is available with a choice of LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3 and LTO-4 Half-Height drives offering compressed storage capacities up to 12.8TB, transfer rates up to 576GB/hr and is available with LVD SCSI or SAS connectivity. [see more]

We would like to remind all BakBone Customers that the End of Full Support for NetVault: Backup 7.4.x is May 30, 2008. NetVault: Backup 7.4.x will move into Sustaining Support phase. Sustaining Support will not include the following: telephone support, escalation support or response time adherence, or bug fixes and enhancements. For further details visit: www.bakbone.com/eol
Customers with current maintenance contracts are advised to upgrade to NetVault: Backup v8.0 Update 3 or v8.1 which will be available for download after May 31, 2008 at:
http://www.bakbone.com/support/product_upgrades

Top new features in NetVault: Backup v8.1 includes:
* OES 2 support
* VTL space availability checks
* nvtrigger enhancements
* Error checking to identify priority errors, chronological savesets, etc.
* Improvements to Filesystem, APM backup, media spanning, and duplication performance
* Introduction of VMware Plugin
for more information, see www.bakbone.com/supportportal

Acronis^® Offers Comprehensive Server Backup Solution to SMBs

Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server^TM
purpose-built and attractively priced

SYDNEY, May 19, 2008 — Acronis^® Inc. (http://www.acronis.com.au), a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server, an application that enables small to mid-size businesses running Microsoft SBS to backup and restore both physical and virtual servers. To offer greater value to SMBs, Acronis has bundled this Small Business Server backup application with the highly acclaimed Acronis Universal Restore, a program that allows users to restore an image to entirely different hardware.

Acronis True Image for Microsoft SBS is purpose-built to meet the needs of SMBs and designed to provide all of the capabilities offered to large enterprises. With critical features like full, incremental and differential backup, this powerful product will take a complete server disk image including operating system, application, settings, and data files. It has a wizard driven interface that allows non-IT staff to perform a backup and system recovery with little or no training. Bundled with Acronis Universal Restore, Acronis True Image for Microsoft SBS enables SMBs to migrate their systems between any virtual and physical servers quickly and easily. If a server crashes, companies can perform the entire server restore in just minutes.

“Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server is the latest addition to Acronis’ portfolio of business-class backup and recovery, migration and virtualisation product families. It provides SMBs with enterprise-level protection at a price that any small business can afford. Acronis True Image for MS SBS and Acronis Universal Restore together make a more comprehensive and flexible solution for SMBs in ANZ to protect their server operating systems and digital assets,” said Bill Taylor-Mountford, General Manager of Acronis ANZ. “Acronis is committed to offering the best-of-breed solutions to the market. As Microsoft SBS is one of the most widely used IT systems among SMBs, we expect that Acronis True Image for Microsoft SBS will bring real value to our channel partners and SMBs in Australia and New Zealand.”

John Couvaras, Managing Director of Datastor, said, “Small and medium businesses are a strategic engine of our Australian economy and comprise at least 80% of local businesses. In today’s age, the need for every business to protect their data and information grows year by year. With the new Acronis True Image for Microsoft SBS, we are now even better equipped to deliver this need through our reseller network. Our reseller partners have been asking for and it’s now here at a good price point. This is a significant show of purpose and commitment from Acronis to address our growing SBS market segment.”

Additional information about the product can be found at
http://www.acronis.com.au/smb/products/ATISBS/

Pricing and Availability

Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server with Acronis Universal Restore is currently available in Australia and New Zealand. Pricing for the server is AUD$539. Acronis Maintenance and Priority Support, which provides the user with 24×7 telephone support, free upgrades, and knowledge transfer is required for the 1^st year and based on the number of licenses purchased.

Vizioncore’s vCharterPro is the first enterprise-class, scalable performance monitoring solution for companies running large-scale deployments of virtual machines.  Powered by Foglight®, vCharter Pro has built-in awareness of VMware® Infrastructure, which provides layered views encompassing VirtualCenter, Datacenter, cluster, resource pool, ESX Server, VM and datastore levels. vCharter Pro can help administrators pinpoint resource contention issues among CPU, memory, disk or NIC.  Collected metrics are filtered via rules and customized alarms and stored in a central database for unattended monitoring and historical trending.  With just a few mouse clicks, administrators can drill from the top down through lower layers to uncover problems, and by clicking on alarms, can obtain further information through pop-up windows. 

vCharter Pro features include: -

• Single web-based “pane-of-glass” view
• Support for multiple VirtualCenters
• Built-in VMware platform awareness
• Point & click access to deeper levels of information and suggested solutions to problem areas
• Out-of-the-box usability with standard metrics, rules, alarms and reports
• Ability to customize and tailor to any companies’ unique requirements
• Database to support historical trending information
• “Migration Modeling” lets users see effects/impacts before moving VMs
• Datastore predictive modeling to help determine when more storage will be required

[Learn More]

Bakbone’s Latest Releases

Stay up-to-the minute with BakBone’s latest releases.

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Microsoft introduced Office SharePoint Server to help organizations facilitate collaboration, provide content management and implement business processes which are essential to organizational goals.  BakBone’s latest addition to the NetVault®: Backup Application Plugin Module^TM family helps you protect that investment.

Introducing NetVault: Backup APM for SharePoint v1.0

NetVault: Backup APM for SharePoint v1.0 provides protection for disaster recovery, media failure and wide ranging data corruption. Through an intuitive and easy-to-use common GUI and automated workflow, it offers users a centralized console to setup, configure and define backup and restore policies and through automatic integration with a wide range of backup devices, you can be confident that your SharePoint data is protected and safely stored to meet your disaster recovery and business continuity goals.

The combined solution of NetVault: Backup APM for SharePoint, Exchange and SQL Server provides a powerful and comprehensive solution for protecting your organization’s Microsoft applications.

Here are some of the top features provided for administrators who manage SharePoint:

* Full and differential backups while data is online and accessible
* Individual site collection backups
* Restores of complete farms, individual web applications or individual content databases

[Learn more]

Viking Series FS-1610 NAS Appliance

As backup windows continue to shrink and rapid file restore is more critical than ever, IT departments need storage solutions that meet the increasing demands of end users who need to share files in heterogeneous environments. The Tandberg Viking FS-1610 NAS is designed with this in mind, to provide a broad spectrum of file management and data protection capabilities. [more info] or download the datasheet.

Recommend Disk To Speed Data Backup And Recovery
‘To provide that disk-based solution, Australasian looked to DataStor Australia. DataStor designed a disk-based backup and recovery system that would also provide a secure method of off-site data storage for disaster recovery. DataStor sold Australasian a DataPort V Plus Carrier populated with three Seagate Barracuda 320 GB NCQ SATAII disk drives, a DataPort hard shell carrying case, a 2-DataPort Enclosure with integrated DataPort V plus SATA (serial ATA) carriers, two 2-channel SATAII RAID (redundant array of independent disks) controllers, Acronis True Image Echo Server, and Acronis True Image Universal Restore Server — at a cost of $4,257 plus approximately $500 for installation..’ [see more]

NVB APM for SharePoint v1.0

NetVault: Backup APM for SharePoint v1.0 provides protection for disaster recovery, media failure and wide ranging data corruption. Through an intuitive and easy-to-use common GUI and automated workflow, it offers users a centralized console to setup, configure and define backup and restore policies and through automatic integration with a wide range of backup devices, you can be confident that your SharePoint data is protected and safely stored to meet your disaster recovery and business continuity goals.

Vizioncore Technical Brief Webex for the ANZ Region was presented on Friday 4th of April ’08.  If you were unable to attend or had to leave early, please use the link below to view the recorded session.
https://vizioncore.webex.com/vizioncore/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=24511707&rKey=C8347EE8F83196E5

Be aware that the duration of the webex was just under 2 hours.

Vizioncore’s vCharter Pro is the first enterprise-class, scalable performance monitoring solution for companies running hundreds, if not thousands, of virtual machines.  Powered by Foglight®, vCharter Pro has built-in awareness of VMware® Infrastructure, which provides layered views encompassing VirtualCenter, Datacenter, clusters, resource pools, ESX Server, VM and datastore levels. vCharter Pro can help administrators pinpoint resource contention issues among CPU, memory, disk or NIC.  Collected metrics are filtered via rules and customized alarms and stored in a central database for unattended monitoring and historical trending.  With just a few mouse clicks, administrators can drill from the top down through lower layers to uncover problems, and by clicking on alarms, can obtain further information through pop-up windows. 

vCharter Pro features include:

• Single web-based “pane-of-glass” view
• Support for multiple VirtualCenters
• Built-in VMware platform awareness
• Point & click access to deeper levels of information and suggested solutions to problem areas
• Out-of-the-box usability with standard metrics, rules, alarms and reports
• Ability to customize and tailor to any companies’ unique requirements
• Database to support historical trending information
• “Migration Modeling” lets users see effects/impacts before moving VMs
• Datastore predictive modeling to help determine when more storage will be required

This new solution is a must-have for customers who are deploying large-scale virtualization implementations and need a robust monitoring solution to enhance the performance of their virtual environment and prevent downtime.