VERITAS Software Provides Unprecedented Reliability and Efficient Disaster Recovery
With the Release of VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare

"Once again, VERITAS Software has demonstrated its dedication to providing NetWare customers with an innovative storage management solution for Novell NetWare," said Michael Bryant, director of NetWare product marketing, Novell, Inc. "NetWare customers demand superior level data protection services for their directory-enabled, mission-critical systems, and the new VERITAS Software product allows our customers to continue to leverage their investments in the directory space."

As a leading backup solution for NetWare 5 and Novell Storage Services (NSS), VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare provides reliable, high-performance and easy-to-use backups for NetWare users. Reliability is enhanced with VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare’s new Tape Mirror feature, which provides users the ability to target a single backup job to multiple tape drives simultaneously. Users can keep one tape on-site and send the duplicate to an off-site storage location for safekeeping. Additionally, Tape Mirror provides full redundancy. In the event a tape drive fails, the backup completes successfully on the other drives. VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare’s new Quick Check feature offers an automated periodic check to ensure the data is reliably put on the tape and available for restore. Quick Check also validates that the customer’s hardware is working correctly.

"Backing up is no longer viewed as optional in companies today. It is well recognized that lost data exacts an expensive toll in lost production time and inexcusable amounts of lost revenue," said Richard L. Ptak, Vice President, Systems and Applications Management, Hurwitz Group, Inc. "The first vendor to offer a data protection solution that offers customers support for NetWare 5 will enjoy significant success as it provides a key component to protecting critical data in this growing market."

"VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare is a comprehensive data protection solution providing the latest backup and restore technology for quickly, reliably and simply protecting NetWare server data," said Michael Colemere, vice president of product management, VERITAS Software. "The integration with VERITAS Global Data Manager is yet another integration point between the backup product lines, ensuring business without interruption from the data center to the desktop."

VERITAS Global Data Manager (GDM) was originally created to allow enterprises to manage VERITAS NetBackup™ instances located anywhere in the world. When integrated with VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare, GDM allows centralized monitoring of multiple VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare, VERITAS Backup Exec for Windows NT and VERITAS NetBackup servers. Through GDM’s Activity Monitor feature, users may view active, scheduled and completed backup, restore and file-grooming jobs, as well as abort active VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare jobs. With GDM’s Device Monitor feature, users have the ability to manage VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare devices and alerts associated with those devices.

Improving upon the only Novell ‘Yes Tested and Approved’ disaster recovery solution for NetWare 5, the VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option now includes support for system recovery using diskettes, CD-ROM or Hewlett-Packard’s One Button Disaster Recoveryä (OBDR). Using OBDR, an administrator simply boots the server directly from the HP tape drive and restores the data. With OBDR or CD-ROM based disaster recovery, users can insert a single piece of media to perform the complete disaster recovery. Additionally, VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option now supports Novell Storage Services (NSS) providing administrators with the capability to quickly and reliably recreate and recover entire NSS volumes.

VERITAS Backup Exec for NetWare version 8.5 is available in English through VERITAS Software’s network of authorized Team VERITAS Advantage VARs for a U.S. suggested retail price of $695 for Single Server and $1,395 for Multi Server. Family upgrades for existing VERITAS Backup Exec customers and upgrades from competitor’s products are also available. The Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option is sold separately for a U.S. suggested retail price of $595, while the Open File Option agent is available for a U.S. suggested retail price of $695. In addition, VERITAS Software offers options to protect Oracle databases and to support automated tape libraries.

For enterprise customers who demand the continuous availability of business-critical information, VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS), the industry’s leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, ensures information availability from business-critical applications by delivering integrated, cross-platform storage management software solutions. The Company’s products enable Business Without Interruption™ and are designed to protect, access and manage business-critical application information. VERITAS Software products are delivered through a global end user sales force and a worldwide network of enterprise VARs, resellers and OEM partners. The Company’s corporate headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone: (650) 335-8000. Fax: (650) 335-8050. Email:

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Jan Jahosky, Public Relations Manager, VERITAS Software (407) 531-7908, jan.jahosky@veritas.com

Stacey Ruscette, Public Relations Representative, VERITAS Software (407) 531-7360, stacey.ruscette@veritas.com

Dave Galiotto, Vice President Finance/Investor Relations, VERITAS Software, (650) 318-4047, dave.galiotto@veritas.com

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