Backup Exec

Backup Exec is a commercial backup software product from Arctera originally released in the 1980s. It has been owned by several different companies, including Veritas, Symantec, and Seagate.

With its client/server design, Backup Exec provides backup and restore capabilities for servers, applications and workstations across the network. Backup Exec recovers data, applications, databases, or systems from an individual file, mailbox item, table object, or entire server. Current versions of the software support Microsoft, VMware, and Linux, among others. Backup Exec also provides integrated deduplication, replication, and disaster recovery capabilities and helps to manage multiple backup servers or multi-drive tape loaders. In addition, Backup Exec's family of agents and options offer features for scaling the Backup Exec environment and extending platform and feature support.