In computing, Veritas NetBackup (called Symantec NetBackup prior to Symantec's divestiture of Veritas) is an enterprise-

levelheterogeneous backup and recovery suite. It provides cross-platform backup functionality to a large variety of Windows, UNIXand Linux operating
systems.

NetBackup features a central master server which manages both media servers (containing the backup media) and clients. Core server platforms
include Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Tru64, Linux and Windows.

NetBackup OpsCenter, which comes bundled with the NetBackup 7.0 distribution and replaces the NetBackup Operations Manager [1] (NOM)
component used in previous versions, can manage multiple NetBackup environments. NetBackup comes with support for many hardware devices
like tape drives, tape libraries, disk units. It supports, among many[quantify] other features, hot backups[2] for major database products like Oracle; it can
natively backup and restore the virtual machines of major virtualization products like VMware Infrastructure, can use Network Data Management
Protocol (NDMP), and has tape vaulting. NetBackup also enables LAN-free and server-free backups in SAN fabric environments.

Contents

 1History
 2Main features
 3Major releases
 4See also
 5References
 6External links

History[edit]
 In 1987, Chrysler Corporation engaged Control Data Corporation to write a backup software solution.[3] A small group of engineers (Rick Barrer,
Rosemary Bayer, Paul Tuckfield and Craig Wilson) wrote the software. Other Control Data customers later adopted it for their own needs.
 In 1990, Control Data formed the Automated Workstation Backup System business unit.[4] The first version of AWBUS supported two tape drives
in a single robotic carousel with the SGI IRIX operating system.[3]
 In 1993, Control Data renamed the product to BackupPlus 1.0 (this is why many NetBackup commands have a 'bp' prefix). Software
improvements included support for media Volume Management and Server Migration/Hierarchical Storage Management.
 In late 1993, OpenVision Technologies acquired the product and Control Data’s Storage Management 12-person team. This is why, on UNIX
platforms, NetBackup installs into /usr/openv. During this time, OpenVision renamed Backup Plus to NetBackup. [3]
 On May 6, 1997 Veritas acquired OpenVision Technologies, including absorption of the NetBackup product line.[5]
 In 2005 Symantec acquired Veritas and NetBackup became a Symantec product.[6] Also at that time, Symantec released NetBackup 6.0, the 30th
version of the software.
 In 2015 Symantec announced they would be splitting off the Information Management Business which contains NetBackup, into a new public
company named Veritas Technologies Corporation.[7]

Main features[edit]
 NetBackup Accelerator
 "Instant" scanning technology to provide faster full backups by eliminating the need to read the entire file system[8]
 Intelligent Data Deduplication and Auto Image Replication (AIR)
 Client or server-side deduplication via data deduplication engine that can see into the backup streams[9]
 AIR supports backup image replication to other netbackup domain (datacenter) [10]
 NetBackup Replication Director
 Managing snapshots[11] and replications from NetBackup and providing the ability move them to secondary storage. Snapshots and replicas
act as recovery points and get cataloged[12]
 NetBackup Search and Operational Restore
 Built-in indexing and the ability to restore files through search. Operational restores let operators or application owners self-serve their
restore needs.[13]
 Security
 Data Encryption
 Access Control
 Secure communications
 Performance
 Synthetic Backups[14]
 Disk Staging[12]
 Checkpoint restart[15]
 Multiplexed Backup[16]
 Multi-streamed Backup[16]
 Inline Copy
 Online NetBackup catalog backup
 Instant Recovery for vmware[17]
 Management and Reporting
 Java administration console and activity monitor[18]
 Web-based management reporting (VERITAS NetBackup Operations Manager)[19]
 Tape volume, drive and library viewing
 Error message identification, categorization and troubleshooting[19]
 NetBackup vCenter plugin
 Add-in for Microsoft SCVMM Console
 Localization/Language packs
 NetBackup RestAPI
 Media Management
 Enterprise Media Manager
 Automatic robotic/tape drive configuration
 Broad tape device support
 Heterogeneous Support
 Broad platform support
 Bare-metal restore, supports P2V as an option.
 Support for leading networking topologies
 Advanced software and hardware snapshot support
 NetBackup RealTime
 OpenStorage (OST) support[20]
 Backup as a Service (BAAS)
 Limited IPv6 support
 Cloud storage/connector, as well Amazon AMI (running in Amazon EC2 cloud)
 Virtual Appliance - Deploy into existing virtual environments, including data centers and remote offices

Major releases[edit]
 8.1 was released on September 26, 2017
 8.0 was released in December, 2016 [21][22]
 7.7 was released in July 2015 [23]
 7.6 was released in October, 2013 [24]
 7.5 was released in March, 2012
 7.1 was released in February, 2011
 7.0 was released in February, 2010
 6.5 was released in August, 2007
 6.0 was released in October, 2005 (30th release)
 5.0 was released in December, 2003
 4.5 was released in 2002
 3.4 was released in June, 2000
 3.0 was released in November, 1997
 2.0 was released in June, 1996 (12th release)
 1994: OpenVision coined the name NetBackup and released release 1.6