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Quest Netvault Backup™
Stable release	8.5.3 / December 2010
Operating system	cross-platform
Type	Backup
License	Proprietary
Website	www.quest.com

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Quest NetVault Backup™ is a heterogeneous backup software product. It is available for a multitude of platforms, including Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems.

Product details

Netvault Backup™ is based on a client-server architecture, with a central server that maintains a database of media, job schedule etc. It supports tape drives, tape libraries and other backup devices attached to the server itself or to so-called SmartClients that can be located anywhere on the network. Additionally, devices can be controlled through NDMP if they are attached to a supported filer.

NetVault Backup™ 8.5.3 is supported on Windows Server, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, FreeBSD, AIX, HP-UX and NetWare (using a Thin Client). ^[1]

Plugins

Netvault Backup™ can backup a variety of databases, mailbox servers etc. using so-called Plugins. The list includes MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, DB2 and Sybase among others.

Disk targets

Originally, Netvault Backup™ was intended to backup to physical tapes in tape drives. However, the product was soon extended to support backup to a so-called Virtual Disk Library or VDL, which was later renamed Virtual Tape Library or VTL in line with common terminology. This technology is still supported and allows writing backup data to disk for permanent storage or later duplication to tape.

This was later expanded upon with Shared Virtual Tape Library or SVTL functionality. Using this, LAN-free backups can write to a raw disk target that is shared between multiple machines using Fibre Channel or iSCSI.

The latest development is the release of the Netvault Backup™ product, which, while a stand-alone installation, is intended to integrate with NVvault™: Backup. It represents a contiguous storage pool on disk without being subdivided into virtual tapes or slots for easier management and allows for post-processing deduplication of data.

History

The Netvault™ product was originally a product developed by AT&T for internal use. In 1992 AT&T contracted a UK company Willow Ltd to provide tape library support through a deal negotiated by Bob Burns (AT&T) and Andrew Unsworth (Willow Ltd). At that time Netvault Backup™ was at version 2.0. Willow Ltd added Tape Library management, a Graphical User Interface and heterogeneous platform support. The product however had scalability issues and in 1996 the development manager and product architect Fabrice Helliker proposed a new architecture ; what was to become NetVault 6.

During this period, AT&T Department that the NetVault product belonged in AT&T spun out into a separate private company CommVault through a management buyout. At the time CommVault’s Galaxy product was primarily an optical archiving product and used some of NetVault tape library support within it. CommVault and Willow Ltd could not agree the term for the buyout of NetVault. They eventually agreed a deal whereby CommVault would no longer be committed to the development contract with Willow Ltd , CommVault would have the right to license the NetVault media/device manager and Willow Ltd would have full ownership of the NetVault source code.

In 1997 Fabrice Helliker headed the re-architecture of NetVault 6. This was to be a complete code re-write. The first release of NetVault was in early 1999. In parallel the old architecture was being maintained until version 5.0.4.

During the period between 1997-2000 the UK company was renamed to NetVault Ltd. It was then bought out through a reverse merger by BakBone in 2000. NetVault 6 had some first to market features including:

Common Graphical User Interface between Windows, Unix and Linux
Support for shared tape libraries on SANs
In-built Virtual Tape Library
Plug-in architecture for extending application and device support

NetVault 7, released in 2003, added:

User Level Access
Reporting infrastructure

In 2011, Quest Software completed the acquisition of BakBone Software and made the NetVault product line the core component of their data protection strategy.

References

^ "NVvault™: Backup Compatibility Guide" (PDF). BakBone. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

External links

BakBone product page on NetVault: Backup

[1] "NVvault™: Backup Compatibility Guide" (PDF). BakBone. 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-23.

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-  name = BakBone NVvault™: Backup |
+  name = Quest Netvault Backup™ |
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   caption = |
-  developer = [[BakBone Software]] |
   latest_release_version = 8.5.3 |
   latest_release_date = December 2010 |
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   genre = [[Backup]] |
   license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] |
-  website = [http://www.bakbone.com/netvault_backup.php www.bakbone.com] |
+  website = [http://www.quest.com/netvault/ www.quest.com] |
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-[[BakBone Software|BakBone]] '''NVvault™: Backup''' is a [[heterogeneous]] [[backup]] software product. It is available for a multitude of platforms, including [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[UNIX]] and [[Linux]] operating systems.
+[[Quest Software|Quest]] '''NetVault Backup™''' is a [[heterogeneous]] [[backup]] software product. It is available for a multitude of platforms, including [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[UNIX]] and [[Linux]] operating systems.
-'''NVvault™: Backup''' was previously known as simply ''NVvault™'' until a rebranding in 2008 when additional products were added to BakBone's product offerings. NVvault™: Backup remains the most important product in its portfolio.
 == Product details ==
-NVvault™: Backup is based on a client-server architecture, with a central server that maintains a database of media, job schedule etc. It supports tape drives, tape libraries and other backup devices attached to the server itself or to so-called '''SmartClients''' that can be located anywhere on the network. Additionally, devices can be controlled through NDMP if they are attached to a supported filer.
+Netvault Backup™ is based on a client-server architecture, with a central server that maintains a database of media, job schedule etc. It supports tape drives, tape libraries and other backup devices attached to the server itself or to so-called '''SmartClients''' that can be located anywhere on the network. Additionally, devices can be controlled through NDMP if they are attached to a supported filer.
-NVvault™: Backup 8.5.3 is supported on [[Windows Server]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[FreeBSD]], [[AIX]], [[HP-UX]] and [[NetWare]] (using a Thin Client). <ref>{{cite web |url=http://docs.bakbone.com/docs/NetVault_Backup_Compatibility_Guide.pdf |title=NVvault™: Backup Compatibility Guide |accessdate=2010-11-23 |publisher=BakBone |date=2010-11-03 }}</ref>
+NetVault Backup™ 8.5.3 is supported on [[Windows Server]], [[Linux]], [[Mac OS]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[FreeBSD]], [[AIX]], [[HP-UX]] and [[NetWare]] (using a Thin Client). <ref>{{cite web |url=http://docs.bakbone.com/docs/NetVault_Backup_Compatibility_Guide.pdf |title=NVvault™: Backup Compatibility Guide |accessdate=2010-11-23 |publisher=BakBone |date=2010-11-03 }}</ref>
-== Plug-ins ==
+== Plugins ==
-NVvault™: Backup can back up a variety of databases, mailbox servers etc. using so-called ''Application Plugin Modules'' (APMs). The list includes MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, DB2 and Sybase, among others.
+Netvault Backup™ can backup a variety of databases, mailbox servers etc. using so-called ''Plugins''. The list includes MS SQL, Oracle, MS Exchange, Lotus Notes, DB2 and Sybase among others.
 == Disk targets ==
-Originally, NVvault™: Backup was intended to backup to physical tapes in tape drives. However, the product was soon extended to support backup to a so-called ''Virtual Disk Library'' or ''VDL'', which was later renamed ''Virtual Tape Library'' or ''VTL'' in line with common terminology. This technology is still supported and allows writing backup data to disk for permanent storage or later duplication to tape.
+Originally, Netvault Backup™  was intended to backup to physical tapes in tape drives. However, the product was soon extended to support backup to a so-called ''Virtual Disk Library'' or ''VDL'', which was later renamed ''Virtual Tape Library'' or ''VTL'' in line with common terminology. This technology is still supported and allows writing backup data to disk for permanent storage or later duplication to tape.
 This was later expanded upon with ''Shared Virtual Tape Library'' or ''SVTL'' functionality. Using this, LAN-free backups can write to a raw disk target that is shared between multiple machines using Fibre Channel or iSCSI.
-The latest development is the release of the NVvault™: SmartDisk product, which, while a stand-alone installation, is intended to integrate with NVvault™: Backup. It represents a contiguous storage pool on disk without being subdivided into virtual tapes or slots for easier management and allows for post-processing [[Data_deduplication|deduplication]] of data.
+The latest development is the release of the Netvault Backup™  product, which, while a stand-alone installation, is intended to integrate with NVvault™: Backup. It represents a contiguous storage pool on disk without being subdivided into virtual tapes or slots for easier management and allows for post-processing [[Data_deduplication|deduplication]] of data.
 == History ==
-The NVvault™ product was originally a product developed by AT&T for internal use.  In 1992 AT&T contracted a UK company Willow Ltd to provide tape library support through a deal negotiated by Bob Burns (AT&T) and Andrew Unsworth (Willow Ltd).  At that time NVvault™ was at version 2.0.   Willow Ltd added Tape Library management,  a Graphical User Interface and heterogeneous platform support.  The product however had scalability issues and in 1996 the development manager and product architect Fabrice Helliker proposed a new architecture ; what was to become NetVault 6.
+The Netvault™ product was originally a product developed by AT&T for internal use.  In 1992 AT&T contracted a UK company Willow Ltd to provide tape library support through a deal negotiated by Bob Burns (AT&T) and Andrew Unsworth (Willow Ltd).  At that time Netvault Backup™ was at version 2.0.   Willow Ltd added Tape Library management,  a Graphical User Interface and heterogeneous platform support.  The product however had scalability issues and in 1996 the development manager and product architect Fabrice Helliker proposed a new architecture ; what was to become NetVault 6.
-During this period, AT&T Department that the NetVault product belonged in AT&T spun out into a separate private company CommVault through a management buyout.    At the time CommVault’s Galaxy product was primarily an optical archiving product and used some of NetVault tape library support within it.  CommVault and Willow Ltd could not agree the term for the buyout of NetVault.   They eventually agreed a deal whereby CommVault would no longer be committed to the development contract with Willow Ltd , CommVault would have the right to license the NetVault media/device manager and Willow Ltd would have full ownership of the NetVault source code.
+During this period, AT&T Department that the NetVault product belonged in AT&T spun out into a separate private company CommVault through a management buyout. At the time CommVault’s Galaxy product was primarily an optical archiving product and used some of NetVault tape library support within it.  CommVault and Willow Ltd could not agree the term for the buyout of NetVault.   They eventually agreed a deal whereby CommVault would no longer be committed to the development contract with Willow Ltd , CommVault would have the right to license the NetVault media/device manager and Willow Ltd would have full ownership of the NetVault source code.
-In 1997 Fabrice Helliker headed the re-architecture of NetVault 6.  This was to be a complete code re-write.   The first release of NetVault was in early 1999.    In parallel the old architecture was being maintained until version 5.0.4.
+In 1997 Fabrice Helliker headed the re-architecture of NetVault 6.  This was to be a complete code re-write. The first release of NetVault was in early 1999. In parallel the old architecture was being maintained until version 5.0.4.
-During the period between 1997-2000 the UK company was renamed to NetVault Ltd.  It was then bought out through a reverse merger by BakBone in 2000.
+During the period between 1997-2000 the UK company was renamed to NetVault Ltd. It was then bought out through a reverse merger by BakBone in 2000.
-NetVault 6  had some first to market features including:
+NetVault 6 had some first to market features including:
 *	Common Graphical User Interface between Windows, Unix and Linux
@@ Line 49: / Line 46: @@
 *	User Level Access
 *	Reporting infrastructure
+In 2011, [[Quest Software]] completed the acquisition of BakBone Software and made the NetVault product line the core component of their data protection strategy.
 == See also ==