Veritas Software defines additional data availability solutions for Exchange Environments

VERITAS Software has announced it has expanded its VERITAS Solutions for Microsoft Exchange program by incorporating the capabilities of VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS ClusterX for MSCS. The VERITAS Solutions for Microsoft Exchange program, introduced in July 2000, preliminarily focused on backup and data protection. This new phase of the program addresses the need for improved online and clustered exchange environments with 24 x forever accessibility.

Together, the first phase data protection solutions and the new capabilities announced offer a complete solution for enhanced reliability in both single-node and clustered Exchange environments.

"VERITAS Software recognises the increasing demands being placed on Exchange Servers within organisations today. The VERITAS Solutions for Microsoft Exchange are intended to raise the availability of a customer`s Exchange environment to the highest level possible," says Nick van Noordwyk, regional director, Middle East and Africa at VERITAS Software.

With a light version of the product, Logical Disk Manager, selected by Microsoft to be included in Windows 2000, VERITAS Volume Manager builds upon this foundation to deliver advanced online disk management, further ensuring non-disruptive Exchange Server availability. With the capabilities of VERITAS Volume Manager, Exchange volumes can be dynamically reconfigured online, allowing for the addition of disk space without interruption of the accessibility of Exchange. Mirroring and striping technology not only increases the performance of Exchange databases, but also provides fault tolerance. Additionally, administrators can back up their Exchange servers at their convenience without affecting the availability of Exchange by making a copy of the Exchange database and transferring it to another disk device, either locally or on a SAN.

VERITAS ClusterX for MSCS reduces complexity by making it easy to manage multiple Exchange clusters from a single console and simplifies the management of MSCS/Exchange clustered installations. Monitoring all MSCS and Exchange resources, VERITAS ClusterX for MSCS also provides installation wizards for successful setup of Exchange in a clustered environment. Auto logging and event notification features alert administrators when events occur while multiple options provide reporting on the status of the clustered Exchange environment.

VERITAS Solutions for Microsoft Exchange

VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS ClusterX for MSCS expand upon the initial phase of the program, which includes data protection solutions VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows NT and Windows 2000 and VERITAS Remote Storage for Microsoft Exchange. The VERITAS Solutions for Microsoft Exchange program is part of VERITAS Software`s strategy to make additional investments in delivering solutions for Windows NT and Windows 2000 environments. The program focuses on the key areas of data management including backup/recovery, online disk management, clustering, replication, and storage area network (SAN) management.