NetWorker PowerSnap with NetWorker 7.1 provides open architecture.

LEGATO Systems new release of NetWorker PowerSnap and NetWorker 7.1. integrates backup and recovery using third-party snapshots with NetWorker. NetWorker PowerSnap provides policy-based snapshot management, integrating and orchestrating snapshots with applications, such as Oracle and Exchange. LEGATO NetWorker 7.1 also delivers the ability to initiate Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) for backup and recovery.

LEGATO NetWorker PowerSnap's open architecture provides a unified solution for heterogeneous customer environments that simplifies snapshot management across multiple combinations of applications, servers, operating systems, and storage platforms.

Customers can utilise the benefits of:

* Comprehensive management of third-party snapshot capability from EMC CLARiiON, IBM FAST Storage Servers, Sun StorEdge Availability Suite, STK D Series, and coming soon, EMC Symmetrix DMX

* Application protection with snapshot-aware NetWorker application modules for Oracle, Exchange, and at the end of the year, SQL and SAP

* Complete lifecycle management of snapshots as part of LEGATO's approach to Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).

* In addition to offering Windows Server 2003 support, NetWorker 7.1 also extends data protection for Linux Enterprise Editions of Red Hat and SuSE on IA32 and IA64 architectures

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