Veritas NetBackup 5350 SAN/NAS Storage System

The Veritas NetBackup 5350 SAN/NAS Storage System is a purpose-built appliance designed to deliver industry-leading backup performance, scalable capacity, and rock-solid resiliency for the most demanding data-center objectives. Built on the proven NetBackup software platform, the 5350 unifies storage and protection in a single, integrated solution that protects both virtual and physical environments with ease. It is engineered to streamline data protection workflows, shorten recovery times, and reduce operational complexity, making it an ideal choice for enterprises seeking reliable, scalable, and cloud-ready backup infrastructure.

• Blazing performance with scalable capacity: The NetBackup 5350 is engineered to keep pace with rapidly growing data volumes, enabling fast backups, rapid recoveries, and efficient long-term retention. Its scalable architecture allows you to start small and expand as your data footprint grows, without sacrificing protection quality or manageability.
• Unified protection across virtual and physical workloads: Designed to safeguard diverse environments, the 5350 provides comprehensive coverage for virtual machines, physical servers, databases, and workloads across multiple hypervisors. This reduces the need for multiple point solutions and simplifies policy-based protection for all assets in your data center.
• Versatile SAN/NAS integration for flexible storage: With support for both SAN and NAS configurations, the 5350 delivers flexible storage options to fit your network topology and performance requirements. Enjoy efficient data movement, streamlined deduplication workflows, and simplified retention management across block and file storage.
• Resilient architecture with automated protection: Built for high availability, the appliance includes fault-tolerant components, non-disruptive upgrades, and robust error handling to minimize downtime. Automated integrity checks, drive redundancy, and consistent backup validation help ensure recoverability when it matters most.
• Centralized management and policy-driven protection: NetBackup 5350 leverages centralized administration to simplify backup policies, scheduling, and reporting. It enables IT teams to enforce data protection best practices, monitor job status in real time, and generate actionable insights to optimize backup windows and storage utilization.

Technical Details of Veritas NetBackup 5350 SAN/NAS Storage System

• Form factor: Appliance designed for data-center deployment with integrated protection software
• Backup software: NetBackup software suite, optimized for high performance, scalability, and centralized management
• Storage interfaces: SAN and NAS options to support diverse network topologies (including block and file storage paths)
• Virtualization support: Compatible with major virtualization platforms to protect virtual workloads and integrate with virtual infrastructure management
• Data protection features: Deduplication-ready workflows, encryption options, encryption at rest capabilities, and data integrity checks to safeguard backups
• Resiliency and availability: Redundant components, hot-swappable drives, non-disruptive upgrades, and automated failover capabilities to minimize downtime
• Scalability: Modular or scalable capacity design that accommodates growing data retention requirements without sacrificing performance
• Security and access: Centralized authentication and role-based access controls to secure backup operations and protect sensitive data
• Management and analytics: Policy-driven automation, comprehensive reporting, and monitoring to optimize backup windows and storage utilization

How to install Veritas NetBackup 5350

Installing the Veritas NetBackup 5350 is a straightforward process designed to minimize downtime and accelerate time-to-protection. Begin by planning your deployment with a clear view of data sources, retention requirements, and recovery objectives. Physically rack the appliance in a suitable data-center enclosure, ensuring proper power provisioning, cooling, and network connectivity for both SAN and NAS paths. Connect the appliance to your management VLAN and attach any required storage targets according to your topology.

Next, boot the system and access the installation wizard. During setup, configure the base NetBackup software, license activation, and initial policy structures. Define backup policies that align with your data categories (production, test/dev, archives) and assign appropriate backup schedules, retention windows, and verification routines. Integrate the 5350 with virtualization platforms and storage targets to enable agentless or agent-assisted protection of virtual machines and physical servers.

Enable deduplication and compression where appropriate to optimize storage utilization, and configure encryption for data at rest or in transit to meet regulatory and security requirements. Establish offsite or cloud-tiered copies for disaster recovery objectives, and set up alerts and dashboards so your team can monitor backup health, performance, and capacity in real time. Finally, perform a test recovery to validate your recovery objectives, verify data integrity, and ensure that recovery times meet your business needs. Ongoing management should focus on policy refinement, capacity planning, and proactive monitoring to sustain peak performance as data grows.

Frequently asked questions

• Q: What environments does the Veritas NetBackup 5350 protect?
  A: The 5350 is designed to protect both virtual and physical environments. It supports a wide range of hypervisors and can protect databases, file servers, applications, and cloud-connected workloads through policy-driven backup and recovery workflows.
• Q: How does the NetBackup 5350 handle scalability?
  A: The appliance is built to scale with growing data volumes. You can expand capacity and throughput by adding storage capacity and adjusting protection policies, ensuring backup windows stay within acceptable limits while maintaining quick restorations.
• Q: Can I integrate SAN and NAS storage in a single solution?
  A: Yes. The NetBackup 5350 supports both SAN and NAS configurations, enabling flexible data placement and streamlined data movement across block and file storage paths for unified data protection.
• Q: What security features are included?
  A: The system supports encryption options for data at rest and in transit, along with centralized access controls and audit trails to help meet governance and compliance requirements.
• Q: How do I verify recovery readiness?
  A: After deployment, perform regular recovery drills and test restores from the backup catalog to verify data integrity, restore times, and policy effectiveness. Use built-in reporting to monitor health and readiness.
• Q: Is non-disruptive upgrading supported?
  A: Yes. The 5350 is designed for non-disruptive upgrades to minimize downtime, with upgrade paths that preserve ongoing protection operations and data integrity.