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How Client Agents Work

Agent Features

Push Technology

(For use with BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows and
BrightStor ARCserve Backup for NetWare only) BrightStor
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ARCserve
Backup Client Agent for Mac OS X
(For use with BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Windows only)
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BrightStor ARCserve
See the readme file on the installation CD for additional hardware and
software requirements for installing and running client agents. For online
technical assistance and a complete list of locations, primary service hours,
and telephone numbers, contact Customer Support at http://ca.com/support.
BrightStor ARCserve Backup and the client agents are designed to support
data storage activities for companies and organizations with networked
computers. In these scenarios, Computer Associates customers use the
BrightStor ARCserve Backup base product and its client agents (and any
required options). The client agents allow you to back up and restore mission-
critical data on your network. They help to:
Facilitate backup of applications or file systems
Facilitate monitoring of the backup progress
Facilitate monitoring for backup log activities
With client agents installed on your network computers, a single BrightStor
ARCserve Backup server can perform data backup and restore operations on
multiple computers and operating systems.
This section discusses the features and functionality offered by the various
BrightStor ARCserve Backup client agents.
All client agents use push technology, which automates the backup and restore
process. The client agent contains separate internal client engines that help
reduce the resource-intensive backup processes for the BrightStor ARCserve
Backup server. With this feature, the client agent filters and packages its
archive data for reception by the server. This data preparation and
transmission method provides real-time directory browsing, offloading system
resources from the backup server, improves data transfer through use of
packet technology, provides network security, and monitors backup and
restore jobs.
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Backup Enterprise Option for OpenVMS
How Client Agents Work
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Introducing the Client Agents 9