UniSolutions Associates - UNISOL BART
UNISOL BART
UNISOL BART is an unattended network backup system, which includes
archive, restore, and tape management functions.
UNISOL BART's point and click interface makes backups effortless by allowing the easy scheduling of
filesystem backups for the entire network, keeping track of backup tapes,
and by allowing users to schedule file restores using the on-line tape
database.
- The backup method is independent of the scheduler in order to allow
the use of vendor-specific backup applications. Default backup methods
include cpio and dump backups and allow for compression and encryption of
the backup files. The administrator can define additional backup methods to
be used by the schedule in order to support databases and other special needs.
- The backup schedule can be set up
once and can continue to operate until the administrator makes a change
(without having to reset it the next year). The schedule allows the user to
set up when, where, how, and at what level the different filesystems will be
backed up, while individual files and directories can be excluded using
regular expressions. Staggered backups can maximize the amount of data
backed up to each tape.
- Tapes are tracked by the tape library management database,
which contains the exact contents of the tape, enforces tape expiration
dates, and allows tapes to contain scheduling and expiration information. A
database with the status (and output) of each scheduled backup is also kept
for up-to-date reports or for later viewing by the administrator.
- Files to be restored are selected with a restore tool that queries the
on-line database and displays all versions of a particular file, and, files
selected for restoration can be placed in a staging area specified by the
user, or in their original location. Restores specified by the user are
queued for later execution. If the tapes are currently online (e.g. the
tapes are in a supported jukebox device) the restores will be done
automatically without any operator intervention; otherwise, an operator is
paged to view the database of requests and initiate the restore. A
notification is sent to the user via e-mail with the status of completion of
his restore request.
- BART can also perform an immediate online archive as well as a scheduled
archive that moves files with old access times to more economical media
(e.g. tape) for long term storage. Users can mark their own files for
archival.
UNISOL BART solves large system needs by supporting selected Jukeboxes in
order to provide automatic network-wide unattended backups, restores and
archives.
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UniSolutions Associates
33586 Via Lagos
Dana Point, CA 92629
Phone: 714-488-3960
Fax: 714-443-5354
E-mail: mailto:info@unisol.com
WWW: http://www.unisol.com