- What is VERITAS
Enterprise Vault?
- What Email and
Application Servers can be archived by Enterprise Vault?
- What are the key
features and benefits of VERITAS Enterprise Vault V6.0?
- What are the overall
business benefits of Enterprise Vault?
- When will VERITAS
Enterprise Vault V 6.0 be generally available?
- Can archiving help
streamline my Exchange 2003 Upgrade/Migration?
- Can Enterprise Vault
archive PST files in Exchange?
- How is Enterprise Vault
managed by administrators?
- How do I archive offline
or laptop users?
- What type of secondary
storage does Enterprise Vault utilize?
1. Q: What is VERITAS
Enterprise Vault?
A: VERITAS Enterprise Vault™ provides a flexible archiving
framework to enable the discovery of content held within email, file
system and collaborative environments, while reducing storage costs and
simplifying management. Enterprise Vault manages content via automated,
policy-controlled archiving to online stores for active retention and
seamless retrieval of information. The built-in powerful search and
discovery capabilities of Enterprise Vault are complemented by
specialized client applications for corporate governance, risk
management and legal protection. Implementing Enterprise Vault helps you
reduce your business and IT risks surrounding: Application Storage
Management; Compliance Retention & Discovery; Operational Excellence;
Knowledge Utilization; and Upgrade, Migration & Consolidation.
2. Q: What Email and
Application Servers can be archived by Enterprise Vault?
A: Enterprise Vault archives
information from Microsoft Exchange (v5.5 – 2003); NTFS File Systems;
SharePoint Portal Server V1 and 2003; Lotus Notes/Domino Journaling;
SMTP; IM and Custom Applications.
3. Q: What are the key
features and benefits of VERITAS Enterprise Vault V6.0?
A: Key new features in VERITAS
Enterprise Vault 6.0 include:
Support for additional sources of archived content:
Lotus Notes Journal Email
New SMTP archiving for SMTP messages
Microsoft SharePoint™ Portal Server 2003
Automated discovery, management and migration of PST files
Improved manageability:
Performance and Scalability improvements
Administration enhancements, including support for Microsoft Operations
Manager (MoM) and enhanced system logging features
Archive segmentation and enhanced security policies – useful for both
external Managed Services and Hosting customers or Enterprise internal
department separation
Ability to better leverage the archived content:
Controlled Archiving through filtering and categorization
Support for additional media and platforms
Migrating archived data to VERITAS NetBackup using NetBackup 6.0 Media
Manager
Enhanced EMC Centera support with retention classes and privileged
delete
Adding IBM TotalStorage DR550 compliant hardware
Strong ecosystem of Partners integration through new SDK
4. Q: What are the
overall business benefits of Enterprise Vault?
A: Lifetime Management of
Information – Automatically manage email or other content lifecycle from
cradle to grave. Protect corporate intellectual property, retain access
and enable rapid discovery of content based on corporate defined
policies.
Reduce Cost of Content Retrieval, Recovery and Admin – Save time and
money spent retrieving and recovering old or lost email or other
content. Provide immediate recovery of key individual mailboxes and
information stores.
Easy End-user Access and Comprehensive Search Functionality – Seamless
integration with Outlook, Exchange and other frontline systems for quick
and easy search and retrieval of archived items. Shortcuts and web-based
search functions keep users instantly in touch with all email and
content.
Optimize Storage and Utilize Cost-effective Options – Reduce
message/information store by 50% or more. Supports any Windows NTFS
compliant storage solution including magnetic or optical disks, Storage
Area Network (SAN) or Network Attached Storage (NAS). Single-instance
storage of identical items is maintained.
Compliance and Discovery – Enterprise Vault offers highly efficient,
secure solutions for organizations required to produce discovery of
content in response to litigation or a similar event (Discovery
Accelerator) and regulatory supervision in-line with finance regulations
(Compliance Accelerator) .
5. Q: When will VERITAS
Enterprise Vault V 6.0 be generally available?
A: Enterprise Vault V 6.0 -
Available Q3 2005. For more information please contact your Enterprise
Vault Sales Representative.
6. Q: Can archiving help
streamline my Exchange 2003 Upgrade/Migration?
A: Using Enterprise Vault software
to archive historical email provides major benefits to ease Exchange
2003 migration tasks, including:
Server consolidation
Reducing the size of Exchange 5.5 - 2003 message stores by up to 80%
Significantly reduce existence of multiple versions during migration by
reducing the amount of email to be transitioned
Help organize and enable smooth upgrades
Provide instant, seamless accessibility to archived email in the new
Exchange environment
Reduce total cost of migration via faster messaging consolidation and
reduced man-hours
7. Q: Can Enterprise
Vault archive PST files in Exchange?
A: Yes. Enterprise Vault software
allows organizations to migrate all existing PST file data into the
archive repository. Restoring user search and accessibility to this data
enables the organization to effectively achieve PST eradication.
8. Q: How is Enterprise
Vault managed by administrators?
A: No programming is required to
implement the Enterprise Vault. Configuring the entire system is simple,
with intuitive UI and wizards saving time and effort in setting it up
and defining policies. Administration is integrated with Microsoft
Management Console (MMC).
9. Q: How do I archive
offline or laptop users?
A: Requiring low bandwidth,
Enterprise Vault can be configured to provide users with a local vault
stored on their PC hard drive. When a disconnected user tries to access
an archived item via a shortcut, this item will be retrieved from the
local vault ensuring that they have access to important content wherever
they are located. At the same time the user’s email is still archived to
the corporate archive, so it is not vulnerable to loss or damage.
10. Q: What type of
secondary storage does Enterprise Vault utilize?
A: Enterprise Vault Open Storage
Layer offers flexible storage options (including magnetic disk, optical,
tape, SAN, NAS and CAS) and open APIs to enable indefinite archiving of
Enterprise Vault content to virtually any secondary storage media you
choose.
Enterprise Vault V 6.0 supports additional media and platforms:
Migrating archived data to VERITAS NetBackup using NetBackup 6.0 Media
Manager
Enhanced EMC Centera support with retention classes and privileged
delete
Adding IBM TotalStorage DR550 compliant hardware
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