Introduction
Arcserve Unified Data Protection
The Arcserve UDP software is a comprehensive solution to protect complex IT envir-
onments. The solution protects your data residing in various types of nodes such as
Windows, Linux, and virtual machines on VMware ESX Servers or Microsoft Hyper-
V Servers. You can back up data to either a local machine or a recovery point
Server. A recovery point Server is a central Server where backups from multiple
sources are stored.
For more information about supported operating systems, see
Arcserve UDP provides the following capabilities:
Back up the data to deduplication/non-deduplication data stores on recovery
point Servers
Back up recovery points to tape, using integration with Arcserve Backup (which
is also included within the appliance)
Create virtual standby machines from backup data
Replicate backup data to recovery point Servers and remote recovery point
Servers
Restore backup data and performs Bare Metal Recovery (BMR)
Copy selected data backup files to a secondary backup location
Configure and manage Arcserve Full System High Availability (HA) for critical
Servers in your environment
Arcserve UDP replicates backup data that is saved as recovery points from one
Server to another recovery point Server. You can also create virtual machines from
the backup data that can act as standby machines when the source node fails. The
standby virtual machine is created by converting recovery points to VMware ESX or
Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine format.
The Arcserve UDP solution provides integration with Arcserve High Availability.
After you create scenarios in Arcserve High Availability, you can then manage and
monitor your scenarios and perform operations like adding or deleting destination
machines.
For more information, see
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Chapter 2: Introducing the Arcserve Appliance 7
