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aviltauro
Level 4
9 years ago

BackupExec & SSR

Just curious, is backup exec and ssr are merged into a single product?   Previously for folder backup I was using backupexec using backup agent and for image recover SSR using another agent. ...
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  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    9 years ago

    No, Backup Exec (BE) and System Recovery (SSR) still remain different products.

    Latest version of BE is BE 15 - https://www.veritas.com/product/backup-and-recovery/backup-exec

    And latest version of SSR is SSR 2013 R2 - https://www.veritas.com/product/backup-and-recovery/system-recovery

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VJware
Level 6
9 years ago

The selection criteria depends mainly on the type of environment and what are the RTO, RPO objectives.

See this post - http://www.techsoup.org/support/articles-and-how-tos/guide-to-symantec-backup-and-recovery

If you have a large environment with physical, virtual systems running various OS and applications such as Sharepoint, SQL, Lotus Domino and have the need to backup to various types of storage media such as Disk, Tape, Cloud, DedDupe and/or have the need to centrally administer, centrally restore (any many more options), then BE is the recommended choice.

SSR backs up only to Disk. It doesn't offer the variety of Agents and Options which BE offers. As an example -

Enterprise Server Option - Offers centralized management, centralized restores. Offers synthetic backups.

BE offers more options in terms of recovery such as full machine recovery, recovery of files & folders at a granular level.