Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

Introducing the Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System — a purpose-built, enterprise-grade solution that unifies backup, recovery, and data management in a single, scalable platform. Designed for dynamic data centers, it combines robust SAN storage with NetBackup software to deliver fast, reliable restores, comprehensive protection, and effortless compliance across on-premises, virtualized, and hybrid cloud environments. With its resilient architecture and intelligent automation, the NetBackup 5340 helps organizations reduce risk, accelerate recovery objectives, and streamline IT operations while controlling storage costs. This system is engineered to protect mission-critical workloads—from databases and virtual machines to file shares and cloud-native assets—so you can meet stringent service levels without sacrificing performance or governance.

• Unified data protection with NetBackup software: The NetBackup 5340 is designed to work in harmony with Veritas NetBackup, enabling policy-driven backups, centralized management, and automated verification. This integrated approach simplifies protection for complex environments, reduces administrative overhead, and accelerates recovery across physical servers, virtual machines, databases, and cloud workloads. By unifying cataloging, indexing, and policy orchestration, IT teams can quickly locate, restore, or drill down into data with confidence, improving RTOs and ensuring consistent data protection across the enterprise.
• Performance and scalability for growing data footprints: Built for scale, the 5340 supports growing data footprints without downtime. A multi-controller design provides high availability, fault tolerance, and balanced workloads, while scalable capacity lets you add storage as your needs evolve. With fast data paths and compatibility with common enterprise SAN fabrics, the system handles large backups and frequent disaster-recovery operations with minimal impact on production systems, delivering predictable performance during peak windows.
• Security, resilience, and ransomware protection: Security is foundational. The NetBackup 5340 offers encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access controls, and immutable backup capabilities to guard against tampering and ransomware. Ransomware protection features include air-gapped catalogs, tamper-evident logging, and automated backup verification to ensure recoverable copies remain pristine even after attacks. This combination helps organizations meet regulatory requirements while preserving business continuity.
• Advanced data management and cost optimization: The system includes intelligent data management features such as deduplication, compression, automated retention policies, and tiering to more economical storage tiers. This drives significant savings on storage costs and bandwidth while maintaining fast restore times. Native cloud integration supports offsite backups and DR in hybrid environments, enabling flexible strategies for long-term retention and compliance without sacrificing performance.
• Operational simplicity and best-practice deployment: Veritas designs the NetBackup 5340 for straightforward deployment and ongoing manageability. Pre-tested configurations, comprehensive documentation, and intuitive wizards streamline policy creation, device provisioning, and backup verification. IT teams gain faster time-to-protection, fewer manual steps, and consistent protection across mixed environments, helping to meet service-level agreements with reduced risk and effort.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Architecture and high availability: Multi-controller, fault-tolerant design with redundant components and hot-swappable drives to ensure continuous operation and rapid recovery in the event of component failures.
• Data protection features: Integrated with NetBackup for policy-driven backups, with built-in deduplication, compression, encryption at rest, and data immutability to safeguard backups against corruption and tampering.
• Connectivity and interfaces: Supports standard enterprise SAN connectivity, including Fibre Channel and iSCSI, enabling seamless integration into existing storage fabrics and simplifying data movement for backup and restore operations.
• Management and automation: Centralized management console with policy automation, reporting, and monitoring to streamline day-to-day protection tasks and provide visibility across all protected workloads.
• Compliance and security: Comprehensive access controls, audit trails, retention governance, and tamper-evident logging to help meet regulatory requirements and ensure auditable protection histories.

How to install Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System

• Plan and prepare: Confirm compatibility with your NetBackup domain, ensure proper licensing, and review capacity plans. Validate network connectivity to your SAN fabric and cloud targets, and have a clear DR objective set before deployment.
• Rack, power, and cabling: Install the appliance in a suitable rack, connect redundant power sources, and attach to the appropriate Fibre Channel or Ethernet fabric. Verify cabling integrity and confirm that the device receives proper network addressing.
• Initial configuration: Power up the system, access the management interface, configure network settings, storage pools, and basic security policies. Initialize drive groups, set up user roles, and verify hardware health through the built-in health checks.
• Install and register NetBackup software: Install the NetBackup client and server components or integrate with your existing NetBackup domain. Apply licenses, register the appliance in the NetBackup environment, and confirm successful policy communication with the backup servers.
• Create protection policies and run tests: Define backup policies for critical workloads, set retention and compression preferences, and perform test backups and restores to validate recovery objectives. Monitor initial runs for performance, error rates, and data integrity, then adjust settings as needed.
• Ongoing optimization and DR readiness: Establish automated reporting, enable alerting for protection events, and configure replication to a remote DR site or cloud storage. Schedule regular verification tests and perform periodic DR drills to ensure readiness under real conditions.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What workloads is the Veritas NetBackup 5340 SAN Storage System best suited for?
  A: It is designed for enterprise workloads requiring robust backup and recovery capabilities. It protects databases, virtual machines, file servers, email systems, and hybrid cloud assets with policy-driven automation and scalable capacity to meet growing data protection needs.
• Q: How does the NetBackup 5340 improve recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs)?
  A: By integrating tightly with NetBackup, it enables fast, granular restores, centralized catalog searches, and automated verification. Multi-controller HA, efficient deduplication, and WAN-optimized replication help minimize downtime and data loss while simplifying restoration workflows.
• Q: What security features protect backups from ransomware and tampering?
  A: The system includes encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access controls, immutable backups, and tamper-evident logs. Automated backup verification and air-gapped catalogs further safeguard recoverable copies against cyber threats.
• Q: Can this storage system integrate with cloud services?
  A: Yes. It supports seamless integration with hybrid cloud environments, enabling offsite backups and DR to public clouds while maintaining consistent protection policies and streamlined access to backups for recovery across on-premises and cloud resources.
• Q: What maintenance and management capabilities does it offer?
  A: Centralized management, policy-based automation, proactive health monitoring, and comprehensive reporting simplify ongoing protection. Warnings, dashboards, and analytics help administrators optimize performance, capacity planning, and compliance reporting across the entire data protection stack.