NetWorker® Archive™ for UNIX

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Overview

NetWorker® Archive™ is an advanced data management application that enables a NetWorker backup server to deliver data archival and retrieval services to authorized clients across the network. NetWorker Archive augments NetWorker's existing high-performance network backup and recovery capabilities by providing long-term storage for business-critical and project-related data. Using NetWorker Archive, users and administrators can create easily-retrievable and safe archives of project data, while managing storage more efficiently and conserving valuable disk space.

1. User archives data by creating a description file.
2. Next, the user sends the description file along with the data files to be archived to the NetWorker server.
3. The NetWorker server retains the description file ...
4. Then sends the data files to storage media for long-term safekeeping.

Product Highlights

Users and administrators can create "snapshots" of project data at any given point in time

Unique plain language annotation feature guarantees easy data retrieval

Bulletproof Archives

End-to-end data verification ensures reliability

Archive cloning creates and tracks multiple copies of archive set

Archive sets are tracked and retrievable from media indefinitely

Archive media is maintained and managed separately from backup media

Conserves Disk Space While Reducing Network Backup Load

Files can be groomed reliably and safely

Automatic notifications report on archive status

Simplifies Network Data Management

Users can initiate archives and retrievals from intuitive request window, saving administrator's time

Empowers users to manage on-line storage more efficiently

Leverages Investment in Backup and Recovery

Integrates seamlessly into NetWorker's backup and recovery environment

Integrates with all of NetWorker's powerful features, such as parallel backup and recover sessions, concurrent device support, hetero-geneous platform interoperability, database and application backup, and industry-leading device support

Supported clients can archive their data over a network to their NetWorker server

Archive Module System Requirements

Server Platform	Operating System	Min. RAM	NetWorker Server Software	NetWorker Client Software
Sun SPARC	SunOS 4.1.4 Solaris 2.3, 2.4, 2.5.1	16MB	NetWorker for Solaris, v. 4.2.5 or higher	ClientPak for UNIX, v. 4.2.3 or higher
HP 9000 Series 700 or 800	HP-UX 9.x, 10.x	16MB	NetWorker for HP-UX, v. 4.2 or higher	ClientPak for UNIX, v. 4.2.3 or higher
IBM RS/6000	AIX 3.2.5, 4.1.2 - 4.1.4, 4.2	16MB	NetWorker for AIX, v. 4.2.5 or higher	ClientPak for UNIX, v. 4.2.3 or higher

Archive Module Part Numbers

Platform	Part No.
Solaris	2630
HP-UX	2530
AIX	2430

Questions & Answers

Question	Answer
Is NetWorker Archive easy to use?	YES! Users can simply and quickly initiate archives and retrievals via simple request windows. Archive requests can even be reused, for data sets that are archived on a frequent basis.
What Legato software do I need to deliver archive to the network?	Your storage management server must be running NetWorker 4.2 (or higher), enabled with the TurboPak option (if applicable) and the NetWorker Archive application.
Using the Archive cloning feature, can you clone from one media type to another?	YES, source and destination volumes for archive cloning can be of different media types. You must have at least two backup storage devices attached to the NetWorker server to take advantage of archive cloning.
Can a text annotation be used to describe the archive set?	YES, the archive annotation field allows text references of up to 1,024 characters. Querying on the annotation field instead of relying on path names makes retrieval intuitive and easy.
Can backups and archives be written to the same storage device?	YES, backup files and archive sets can be written to the same storage device, but on distinct media. NetWorker automatically tracks backup and archive media separately.

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