Virtualization technology has increased the challenge of backing up server environments. IT administrators have to choose from among a variety of virtual server backup options, including agent-based ...

As the number of servers being virtualized grows, backing up and protecting them becomes more of a problem. It’s not enough for IT administrators to simply back up each virtual server and its data.

Sean Gallagher, who began his career as an IT project manager for the Navy, has spent two decades as a technology writer and reviewer. CA ARCserve Backup Agent for Virtual Machines Most IT ...

Virtual machine backup can be done using a traditional backup product with agents in each virtual server's file store but can also be carried out via snapshot or by backing up the virtual machine and ...

Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary and ...

In addition, CommVault's new software also became one of the first applications to allow deduplication of data that is backed up to tape. Backing up data from virtual servers has become an important ...

Acronis recently launched vmProtect 7, a backup and disaster recovery product that targets the VMware vSphere environment that is being managed by vCenter. This product simply fits right into that ...

Symantec Monday introduced Backup Exec 2010, which now integrates optional deduplication technology and adds support for VMware and Microsoft virtualization technologies. Symantec also introduced ...