FDR/UPSTREAM

FDR/UPSTREAM family of products provides comprehensive backup and storage management protection for servers and databases anywhere in the enterprise. The UPSTREAM family supports a wide variety of client platforms as well as a choice of backup servers that include open systems Windows, AIX, Sun Solaris, x86 Linux, Linux for pSERIES and zSERIES or z/OS mainframe as the backup storage server.

UPSTREAM operates directly from the Novell server it is backing up as an "NLM" with JAVA management interface providing fast backup performance and reduced network overhead. Extensive Novell awareness includes NDS, SMS, Cluster Services support, name spaces, compressed data, and security attributes are all supported. UPSTREAM provides extensive support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 including OES/Linux and NSS volumes.

FDR/UPSTREAM the premier solution for NetWare shops leads in performance, flexibility and reliability, provides archival/disk grooming with non-disruptive online database agents including GroupWise support. Designed for automated unattended lights out backup, and to help users recovery quickly from the loss of critical data, FDR/UPSTREAM's value is immeasurable at Disaster Recovery time for downed servers.

FDR/UPSTREAM supports clients that include x86 Linux, Linux for zSERIES, and Linux for pSERIES and provides centralized storage management with automated backup/restore, file transfer and storage management operations. UPSTREAM offers online database agents for GroupWise, Oracle, DB2, and Lotus Notes Domino, SQL, and Exchange. UPSTREAM supports a variety of file system features including hard links, symbolic links, owners, Reiser, ext2, ext3, GFS, XFS, NFS, MAPFS, GPFS, single file system support, etc.

UPSTREAM will also reduce the amount of data transmitted through the use of compression, a very unique consolidation process (called Full Merge Backup) using incrementals to build a full backup, and duplicate file suppression. Full Merge backups help reduce the time and resources required to create a full backup, and can leverage what resources are available; enable the use of both disk and tape technologies. This functionality provides quick access to any files or complete systems that need to be recovered.

UPSTREAM interfaces are easy to use and can provide cross-platform operation. The UPSTREAM Director GUI Browser enabled interface allows administrators on any system to be able to initiate backups, perform inquires and restore files and directories, browse job logs, run reports and more. Using the Event Notification tool UPSTREAM has the ability of sending Email and SNMP notifications that can contain logs or reports when unforeseen events occur. These notifications are extremely helpful in identifying why something failed or be assured that the action worked successfully.

Additionally z/OS storage administrators may wish to use UPSTREAMs TSO z/OS panels so that help desk staff can use the existing systems they are knowledgeable on. UPSTREAM can be set up to enforce a logon, using the Linux system's security, and run all operations under the authority of that user assuring comprehensive file protection. UPSTREAM is a complete solution as it can restore not just your application data, but the system itself. When you get to your disaster site you will know that you can boot your disaster recovery or installation services and begin to restore your data quickly.

UPSTREAMs full-featured disaster recovery product, the Rescuer works in concert with the disaster recovery services from SuSE to get your system back completely, combining data accumulated from both full and incremental backups. Using UPSTREAM will mean that your backups will run with minimum supervision and outages and that the data can be recovered for the user, quickly and easily

How Boston University is using FDR/UPSTREAM to protect their Linux for zSERIES data.