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One of the more important aspects of VERITAS® NetBackup™ is providing the
capability to schedule backups with a great deal of flexibility and control.
While NetBackup's internal scheduler does an adequate job of managing its
own processes, it is not optimized for all enterprise scheduling
requirements. A significant limitation includes managing dependencies across
multiple applications and platforms—a critical functionality for
streamlining operations. Custom-made by Tidal Consulting Services for the
unique needs of any organization, Tidal Enterprise Adapter™ for VERITAS
NetBackup is the interface between Tidal Enterprise Scheduler™ and
NetBackup. Together, they provide organizations with robust scheduling
functionality including cross-platform, cross-application dependency
support, real-time interaction and centralized control.
Bring It All Under One Roof
With the Enterprise Adapter for VERITAS NetBackup, Tidal Software provides a
consolidated, enterprise-wide scheduling solution for your corporate
datacenter that includes your backup technology. Instead of multiple
applications and machines with their own schedulers or scripts, Enterprise
Adapter for VERITAS NetBackup brings all scheduling policies and jobs under
one umbrella. With the addition of Tidal Enterprise Scheduler to your
NetBackup infrastructure, you can easily manage your backup schedules and
maintain a centralized level of control over your data protection needs.
Key Benefits
- Leverages existing technology and expands NetBackup investments
to create a complete enterprise solution
- Consolidates VERITAS application automation under one
corporate-wide console with one staff and one set of internal
procedures
- Connects VERITAS to other platforms, other business applications
and other VERITAS instances with unlimited dependencies for broader,
integrated workflows
- Reduces training and operational support to one application
automation environment
Provides richer, more advanced scheduling features than the native
VERITAS job scheduler for greater efficiency and productivity
Key Features
- View and interact with NetBackup processes in real-time
- Schedule a single occurrence or recurring process within
NetBackup
- Set a dependency between a NetBackup process and a process
running on another operating system such as Unix®, Windows® NT/2000,
Linux®, z/OS® and MPE/iX®
- Set a dependency between a NetBackup process and a process
running in another application such as SAP® R/3, PeopleSoft® and
Oracle® E-Business Suite
- Schedule a NetBackup process based on multiple types of business
calendars
- View the NetBackup flow graphically
- Display and manage NetBackup output from a central console
- Ability to view reports and alert personnel based on various
NetBackup job statuses
- Monitor any files that are used as events to trigger a NetBackup
process
- Manage queues for all NetBackup processes
- Centralize security administration for all NetBackup processes
- Capture additional logging information on NetBackup jobs
- Support for multiple VERITAS master server connections
- Preparing NetBackup processes based on business calendars such
as daily incremental and weekly full backup
- Scheduling of backup processes on specific hosts or group of
hosts
Users have a common way to define NetBackup processes within Tidal
Enterprise Scheduler. Each job can also be easily updated to meet your
changing business and process requirements..
How it Works
The Enterprise Adapter for VERITAS NetBackup is installed on the VERITAS
NetBackup server in the data center along with a Tidal Enterprise Scheduler
agent. The Enterprise Adapter can then be used to launch and monitor
NetBackup requests on a VERITAS master server. The internal policies,
schedules and host information defined within NetBackup are used to identify
the specifics of each backup request initiated from Tidal Enterprise
Scheduler. Upon submission of each backup request, Tidal Software monitors
the execution of each request and continuously updates users with real-time
status information
The Enterprise Adapter enforces the existing security policies, user
names and passwords that control the NetBackup jobs. The logging information
produced during and after the NetBackup job is available for display or file
printing from within Tidal Enterprise Scheduler. Tidal Software can now
monitor and manage all NetBackup requests and provide centralized scheduling
control over every NetBackup master server on the enterprise.
The Enterprise Adapter for VERITAS NetBackup allows you to centrally
manage VERITAS processing from a single point-of-control. With this
technology, a scheduled backup can execute based on the completion status of
other jobs running on any platform or applications supported by Tidal
Software. For example, users can ensure that the right data will be
correctly backed up once a critical UNIX or SAP process has completed.
Current Tidal Enterprise Scheduler customers can leverage existing NetBackup
data backup processes by incorporating them into a true enterprise-wide
scheduling solution and managing them from a single console. Additionally,
the VERITAS NetBackup application can share data with all the other
strategic systems and applications in your environment.
Call Tidal Software for more information or to see a demo.
1-877-55-Tidal
sales@tidalsoftware.com
