<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
data	O
protection	O
software	O
developed	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
Quest	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
recovery	I-Protocol
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
many	O
servers	O
,	O
application	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
VMware	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Hyper-V	O
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
NDMP	B-Device
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
ACSLS	O
,	O
IBM	O
DAS/ACI	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
DB2	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Teradata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quest	O
Software	O
offers	O
data	B-General_Concept
deduplication	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
protection	O
for	O
NAS	O
filers	O
(	O
NDMP	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
client-server	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
central	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
Server	O
provides	O
the	O
job	O
management	O
,	O
media	O
management	O
,	O
device	O
management	O
,	O
client	O
management	O
,	O
reporting	O
,	O
notifications	O
,	O
and	O
logging	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
Server	O
maintains	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
backups	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
database	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
object(s )	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
restore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Clients	O
are	O
“	O
agents	O
”	O
that	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
Server	O
to	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
and	O
recover	O
the	O
respective	O
servers	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
WebUI	O
enables	O
centralized	O
administration	O
of	O
a	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
Server	O
from	O
any	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
supports	O
tape	O
drives	O
,	O
tape	O
libraries	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
backup	B-Protocol
devices	I-Protocol
attached	O
to	O
the	O
central	O
server	O
itself	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
a	O
protected	O
machine	O
located	O
anywhere	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
enabling	O
LAN-free	O
backups	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
devices	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
through	O
NDMP	B-Device
if	O
they	O
are	O
attached	O
to	O
a	O
supported	O
filer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
Server	O
(	O
the	O
master	O
backup	B-Protocol
server	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
or	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
can	O
protect	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
Hyper-V	O
,	O
and	O
VMware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
can	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
a	O
variety	O
of	O
applications	O
and	O
NAS	O
devices	O
(	O
NDMP	B-Device
)	O
using	O
so-called	O
Plug-ins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
list	O
includes	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
,	O
Lotus	B-Operating_System
Notes	I-Operating_System
,	O
IBM	B-Application
Db2	I-Application
,	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
options	O
within	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
suite	O
,	O
enabling	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
recovery	I-Protocol
to	O
disk	O
or	O
tape	O
,	O
bare	O
metal	O
recovery	O
(	O
BMR	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
deduplication	I-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
backup	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
recovery	I-Protocol
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
and	O
recover	O
data	O
and	O
applications	O
in	O
physical	O
and	O
virtual	O
environments	O
from	O
one	O
central	O
management	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
eWEEK	O
wrote	O
that	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
's	O
broad	O
platform	O
support	O
is	O
its	O
“	O
primary	O
strength.	O
”	O
For	O
example	O
,	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
SmartDisk	I-General_Concept
Data	B-General_Concept
Deduplication	I-General_Concept
offers	O
disk-based	O
backup	B-Protocol
,	O
data	O
compression	O
,	O
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
deduplication	I-General_Concept
to	O
reduce	O
the	O
backend	O
storage	O
footprint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Bare	O
Metal	O
Recovery	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
restore	O
a	O
computer	O
from	O
its	O
"	O
bare	O
metal	O
"	O
state	O
—	O
including	O
the	O
necessary	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
network	O
settings	O
,	O
system	O
settings	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
disk	O
partitions	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapMirror	O
to	O
Tape	O
–	O
Working	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
NetApp	O
’s	O
SnapMirror	O
technology	O
,	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
SnapMirror	O
to	O
Tape	O
enables	O
full	O
volumes	O
on	O
filers	O
to	O
be	O
mirrored	O
and	O
backed	O
up	O
to	O
tape	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
offsite	O
for	O
disaster	O
recovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapVault	O
Manager	O
–	O
SnapVault	O
Manager	O
provides	O
a	O
graphical	O
interface	O
that	O
is	O
integrated	O
with	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
to	O
provide	O
a	O
single	O
point	O
of	O
enterprise-wide	O
control	O
of	O
NetApp	O
’s	O
SnapVault	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
organizations	O
to	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
changed	O
data	O
from	O
multiple	O
storage	O
platforms	O
to	O
a	O
common	O
Snapshot	O
target	O
on	O
NetApp	O
appliances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snapshot	O
Manager	O
–	O
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
NDMP	B-Device
Snapshot	O
Manager	O
allows	O
organizations	O
to	O
generate	O
,	O
automatically	O
schedule	O
and	O
recover	O
snapshots	O
through	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
’s	O
GUI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
was	O
intended	O
to	O
back	B-Protocol
up	I-Protocol
to	O
physical	O
tapes	O
in	O
tape	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
soon	O
extended	O
to	O
support	O
backup	B-Protocol
to	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
data	B-General_Concept
deduplication	I-General_Concept
,	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
supports	O
Quest	O
's	O
DR	O
appliance	O
and	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
SmartDisk	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
and	O
Ocarina	O
engineering	O
teams	O
worked	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
two	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
SmartDisk	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
disk	O
storage	O
repository	O
and	O
deduplication	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
SmartDisk	I-General_Concept
can	O
perform	O
post-process	O
data	B-General_Concept
deduplication	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
supports	O
EMC	O
Data	O
Domain	O
via	O
DD	O
Boost	O
and	O
Quantum	O
DXi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
LAN-free	O
backups	B-Protocol
,	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
can	O
write	O
to	O
a	O
physical	O
tape	O
drive	O
or	O
VTL	O
that	O
is	O
shared	O
between	O
multiple	O
machines	O
using	O
Fibre	O
Channel	O
or	O
iSCSI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1989	O
:	O
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
product	O
was	O
originally	O
a	O
product	O
developed	O
by	O
AT&T	O
for	O
internal	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
was	O
at	O
version	O
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1996	O
:	O
AT&T	O
spun	O
off	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
product	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
private	O
company	O
,	O
CommVault	B-General_Concept
,	O
through	O
a	O
management	O
buyout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
CommVault	B-General_Concept
’s	O
Galaxy	O
product	O
was	O
primarily	O
an	O
optical	O
archiving	O
product	O
and	O
used	O
some	O
of	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
's	O
tape	O
library	O
support	O
within	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommVault	B-General_Concept
and	O
Willow	O
Ltd	O
could	O
not	O
agree	O
the	O
term	O
for	O
the	O
buyout	O
of	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
eventually	O
agreed	O
a	O
deal	O
whereby	O
CommVault	B-General_Concept
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
committed	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
contract	O
with	O
Willow	O
Ltd	O
.	O
CommVault	B-General_Concept
would	O
have	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
media/device	O
manager	O
and	O
Willow	O
Ltd	O
would	O
have	O
full	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997	O
:	O
The	O
re-architecture	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
that	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
6	O
was	O
started	O
by	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
some	O
unique	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
common	O
Graphical	O
User	O
Interface	O
between	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
;	O
support	O
for	O
shared	O
tape	O
libraries	O
on	O
SANs	O
;	O
built-in	O
VTL	O
support	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
plug-in	O
architecture	O
for	O
extending	O
protection	O
to	O
applications	O
and	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
:	O
in	O
Japan	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
co-founders	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Willow	O
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
:	O
The	O
development	O
of	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
6	O
core	O
product	O
was	O
complete	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
:	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
bought	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Ltd	O
.	O
through	O
a	O
reverse	O
merger	O
by	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
co-founders	O
and	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2000	O
:	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
introduced	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
6.03	O
,	O
which	O
supported	O
the	O
Network	B-Device
Data	I-Device
Management	I-Device
Protocol	I-Device
(	O
NDMP	B-Device
)	O
on	O
NetApp	O
filers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
:	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
released	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
7	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
user-level	O
access	O
and	O
a	O
reporting	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
:	O
The	O
core	O
team	O
that	O
designed	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
6	O
left	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
to	O
form	O
Cofio	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009	O
:	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
acquired	O
the	O
continuous	O
data	O
protection	O
(	O
CDP	O
)	O
technology	O
from	O
Asempra	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rebranded	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
FastRecover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011	O
:	O
Quest	O
Software	O
completed	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
BakBone	B-General_Concept
Software	I-General_Concept
and	O
made	O
the	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
product	O
line	O
the	O
core	O
component	O
of	O
their	O
data	O
protection	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
product	O
line	O
was	O
now	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Dell	O
Software	O
's	O
"	O
Systems	O
Management	O
"	O
strategic	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014	O
:	O
Dell	O
releases	O
NetVault	B-General_Concept
Backup	I-General_Concept
10.0	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
Web-based	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
back-end	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
