Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

Designed for the demands of modern data centers, the Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System combines formidable performance with scalable capacity, high availability, and resiliency to meet the most aggressive backup and recovery objectives. Built around the trusted NetBackup software, this enterprise-grade appliance protects both virtual and physical environments, delivering rapid backups, fast restores, and automated administration. It is purpose-built to reduce backup windows, simplify disaster recovery, and provide reliable data protection across heterogeneous workloads—from on-premises to virtualization platforms and cloud-enabled architectures. With robust data integrity, centralized policy management, and a future-proof growth path, the NetBackup 5340 helps organizations maintain business continuity, meet regulatory requirements, and optimize storage costs without sacrificing performance or reliability.

• High-performance backup and recovery — The NetBackup 5340 is engineered to deliver optimized throughput and low-latency data access, accelerating backup windows and enabling rapid restores for mission-critical systems, databases, and large-scale virtual environments.
• Scalable capacity and flexible growth — A modular, scale-out architecture supports seamless expansion as data volumes rise. With expandable shelves and intelligent data management, you can increase capacity without rearchitecting backup policies or disrupting ongoing workloads.
• Resilient, highly available architecture — Redundant controllers, hot-swappable drives, and durable hardware components provide continuous operation, automatic failover, and quick recovery from hardware faults to minimize downtime and protect service levels.
• Comprehensive data protection for virtual and physical environments — Integrates natively with Veritas NetBackup software to protect physical servers, virtual machines, and cloud-backed workloads through policy-based protection, centralized control, and consistent recovery options across environments.
• Security, compliance, and operational efficiency — Features encryption at rest and in transit, deduplication to reduce storage footprint, automated reporting, and replication for DR, helping meet regulatory requirements while lowering total cost of ownership.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Compliance and compatibility: integrates with Veritas NetBackup software for policy-based backup and recovery across virtualized, physical, and cloud environments.
• Storage architecture: scalable SAN storage with modular expansion; supports redundant controllers and hot-swappable components for high availability.
• Data protection features: deduplication, encryption at rest, replication for disaster recovery, and automated integration with tape or cloud options depending on configuration.
• Management and monitoring: centralized management console with real-time health monitoring, capacity planning, and comprehensive reporting dashboards.
• Performance and efficiency: optimized I/O paths, parallel processing, and caching to maximize backup throughput and minimize backup windows while sustaining low latency restores.

How to install Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

Installing the NetBackup 5340 is a carefully planned process designed to minimize downtime and establish a stable protection environment from day one. Begin with a thorough readiness assessment to align hardware, software licenses, network topology, and backup objectives. Confirm that your data center offers adequate space, climate control, redundant power, and a robust network fabric to support multipath connectivity and high availability.

Step-by-step outline:

• Prepare the data center and network design: verify rack space, power distribution, cooling capacity, and network paths for management, data, and replication traffic. Ensure time synchronization and DNS resolution for reliable management access.
• Rack and cabling: mount the appliance securely in the rack, connect redundant network interfaces to the backup network, storage fabric, and management VLANs. Label ports clearly and organize cabling for ease of maintenance.
• Initial hardware configuration: power on the system, complete the on-device setup wizard, assign management IPs, configure DNS and NTP, and verify hardware health indicators such as fans and disk status.
• Software installation and licensing: verify NetBackup software bundle presence, apply required licenses, and register the appliance with your NetBackup management server. Confirm version compatibility with existing backup infrastructure.
• Storage policy and pool configuration: create storage units, define media pools, and set retention policies. Map NetBackup storage targets to clients and establish policy-based protection aligned with RPO/RTO objectives.
• Security hardening: configure user access controls, enable encryption, and implement access auditing to meet security and compliance requirements.
• Testing and validation: run baseline backups and restores to validate performance, data integrity, and recovery workflows. Validate DR procedures and verify successful failover test scenarios.
• Monitoring and ongoing maintenance: enable health alerts, set capacity thresholds, and schedule regular health checks, deduplication efficiency reviews, and replication status audits to keep protection layers optimized.

Frequently asked questions

• What is the Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System? — An enterprise-grade storage appliance designed to work with Veritas NetBackup software, delivering high performance, scalable capacity, and resilient protection for virtual and physical environments.
• What environments does it protect? — It provides backup and recovery for physical servers, virtual machines, and can integrate with cloud-backed workloads through NetBackup policies and centralized management.
• What makes it robust for data centers? — Redundant controllers, hot-swappable components, encryption options, data deduplication, replication, and automated reporting support uptime, security, and efficiency in large-scale deployments.
• Can I scale capacity? — Yes. The architecture supports modular expansion and scalable capacity to accommodate growing data volumes without disrupting ongoing protection.
• How do I manage backup policies? — NetBackup provides centralized policy-based management that automates backups, retention, and recovery across agents, clients, and storage targets.
• Is it suitable for disaster recovery? — The system includes replication and high-availability features to support DR strategies and ensure business continuity in the event of site outages.