Secure Data Management: Built-In Encryption
The Common technology engine (CTE) also builds in encryption options, to ensure that data moved across networks and data stored on devices is secure from hacking, sniffing and theft when tapes go missing.
Robust key management makes CommVault software better, because keys can be stored where and how required. Encryption is only as secure as the decryption keys. Also, the same encryption policies can be applied to replication, backup and archive data copies with comprehensive key management automated as part of the process.
Efficient Data Movement: Auxiliary Copy
Getting the best value from a tiered storage environment requires the capability to move data efficiently from one class of device to another as data ages, becomes less
frequently accessed and less valuable. The CommVault Singular approach builds efficient data movement into the process, by providing Auxiliary (Aux) Copy capabilities.
Aux Copies of backup and archive data copies can be made at any time, on-demand, and from any copy under management. Aux Copies can be made inline, at the time the initial backup or archive copy is made, such as by creating a backup copy on disk and tape at the same time. Aux Copies can be made from other copies, such as when making a copy from near-line to less expensive off-line storage after the short-term retention period expires. Aux Copy prunes the original data copy from the original disk, to free it for other use as part of the copy process.
Aux Copy capabilities are automated by CTE Storage Policies, to maximise efficiency, and span any type of disk, tape, and optical devices to maximise cost-savings options. Because the Singular approach applies to everything, automated Aux Copy makes it simple for archive pools to span disk and tape media.
Safeguarding Removable Media: Vault Tracker™ Capabilities
Tracking removable media such as tapes can be easy when it is built into the normal process of managing data. Data is only useful when it can be found and recovered.
Data stored on removable media is most often rotated to off-site locations, significantly increasing the challenge of tracking and finding the data.
CommVault Vault Tracker capabilities simplify the challenge by building in capabilities for managing rotation cycles, tracking the location of individual media and bins, and notifying administrators when media are due back. All of the bells and whistles are included, like FTP notification, foreign media tracking, barcode capabilities and easy, fast reporting.
Single Pane-of-Glass Control: CommVault® Unified Console
CommVault software gives you total management control of data management from a single, unified browser console. This console is easy to learn, efficient to use, and comprehensive in its capability.
Use the single, Unified Console to:
• Configure
• Backup
• Restore
• Monitor
• Copy
• Archive
• Search
• Retrieve
• Replicate
• Snapshot
• Report
Fast, Point-and-Click Verification: Built-In Reporting
CommVault software enables easy, fast reporting as part of the process. Selected with the touch of a button from the Unified Console, you can create reports for replication, backup and archive with point-and-click simplicity.
Schedule reports, attach them to email for easy distribution, and export them in comma-delimited format for spreadsheet analysis. Prove the value of data management with easy, comprehensive reports.
Scalable, Self-Managed Index: An Enterprise-Class Foundation
Unique self-managed, self-describing index capabilities are the foundation of the CommVault Singular approach to data management. The CommVault “master” server, called the CommServe™ storage manager, stores only the tip of the iceberg of meta-data in a SQL Server index. The vast majority of the CommVault meta-data is managed and stored by CommVault Media Agents in a dual-commit process which
reduces administrative requirements for managing the index while simultaneously raising its reliability.
The CommVault SQL Server index is relatively small. Its protection is built into the regular backup cycle by default. You can rebuild an entire CommVault data environment at a hot site, quickly and easily, using just the catalogue contained in the SQL Server index.
CommVault Media Agents manage the real work of indexing the backup and archive data copies, and use a distributed relational database to ensure fast performance and scalability. As operational loads increase and change, you can easily add and re-allocate Media Agents. The distributed index is self-managing, because it is written in chunks to storage along with managed data. In the event that the index cannot be found on the Media Agent or when tapes are being read at disaster recovery sites the index is read directly from the storage device along with the data.
In short, the normal headaches associated with index management just do not exist with the CommVault Singular Foundation: tape scanning, dedicating tape pools to index protection, and manual management of index protection are all overcome with CommVault software.
CommVault Media Agents run on your choice of UNIX, Linux, NetWare and Microsoft® Windows systems in any combination. In this way, CommVault software gives you the power of enterprise computing as the foundation for data management across your environment.
Application-Aware Capability: CommVault® Core Competency
The CommVault Singular approach of managing all copies of data for all of your key systems and applications with a single solution provides you with unmatched efficiency, control and capability for managing data across your entire environment. In this way, CommVault software provides an environment for Solving Forward™ solutions as you change and expand your systems deployment over time. |
