Virus Scanning; Open File Management; Intelligent Disaster Recovery (Idr) - VERITAS NetBackup White Paper

Virus Scanning

The Network Associates (McAfee) Viruscan technology is bundled in the NetBackup for Windows NT/2000 client. It scans for
viruses during backups and restores or both (configurable). It is integrated via the Viruscan APIs. Virus scanning is an optional
capability, and by default is enabled in NetBackup. McAfee virus software is now available for backup and restore for
Windows NT/95/98/2000.
Options for virus scanning during backup include:
• Perform virus scanning — Files are scanned, but infected files are neither cleaned nor backed up.
• Clean infected files — Files are scanned, and infected files are cleaned and backed up. Infected files that could not be
cleaned are not backed up.
• Backup infected files — Files are scanned, and infected files are cleaned and backed up. Infected files that could not
be cleaned are also backed up.
Options for virus scanning during restore include:
• Perform virus scanning — Files are scanned, but infected files are neither cleaned nor restored.
• Clean infected files — Files are scanned, and infected files are cleaned and restored. Infected files that could not be
cleaned are not restored.

Open File Management

Open file management functionality via the Open Transaction Manager (OTM) is bundled in the NetBackup for Windows
NT/2000 and NetWare clients at no additional charge with DataCenter and as a chargeable option with BusinesServer. OTM
presents a stable, coherent, point-in-time snapshot view of one or more volumes or physical drives for NetBackup to access
during a backup. This is an optionally installed and configured feature.

Intelligent Disaster Recovery (IDR)

For Windows NT/2000 environments, the Intelligent Disaster Recovery (IDR) option provides a means to perform a "bare
metal" restore of a crashed system without first restoring the Windows operating system. The process works via four floppy
disks that NetBackup creates along with the Windows NT/2000 CD. They are used to rebuild the Windows system and
initiate a remote (over the network) recovery of the entire server. The NetBackup client is contained on one of the prepared
floppy disks or the prepared CD from which the whole system can be restored from the boot media and the backup image.
It is a simple three-step process for administrators to restore a Windows NT/2000 system using IDR:
• Boot the NT/2000 system from the four NT/2000 boot disks (this will partition and format the drives, followed by a
reboot).
• Use the NBU agent and network drivers contained on the fourth floppy to restore the rest of the system from an
existing NetBackup server over the network.
• Reboot the system.
Boot of non-networked systems (i.e. locally attached drive support) is not currently supported. Bare metal restore from
directly attached tape devices is planned for a future release.
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