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CA Storage Newsletter
Version 08.01
January 10, 2008

In This Newsletter

Product News
> New Security Update for CA ARCserve® Backup for Laptops and Desktops
> New Security Update for CA ARCserve® Backup for Windows

Product Updates
> CA ARCserve® Backup r11.5 for Windows
> CA ARCserve® Backup r11.5 for UNIX and Linux
> BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup r11.1 for Windows
> BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup r11.1 for UNIX and Linux
> BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup r11.1 for NetWare
> BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.1
> BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup v9.01 for Windows

General Information
> CA ARCserve® Backup for Windows r11.5: Setting up Alerts for Data Migration Jobs
> CA ARCserve® Backup for Linux/UNIX r11.5: Configuring Incremental Oracle DB Backups

Special Events
> CA WORLD® 2008
Product News

CA ARCserve® Backup r12 is Now Available!
On behalf of CA, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide high-quality, innovative software and services. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. We are pleased to announce that CA ARCserve Backup r12 is now available.

The new release includes a wide range of enhancements that simplify management of data, tighten security and speed recovery of data. Some of the new key features included in this release are:

  • Simplified management with a new Centralized Management Architecture for protecting data across multiple servers and locations. This capability delivers greater operational efficiency for managing both local and remote backup though a single console.
  • Integration with the latest replication, failover, continuous data protection (CDP) and server virtualization technologies for comprehensive data protection.
  • Enhancements to VMware & SharePoint integration provide increased levels of data protection and backup efficiency.
  • Enhanced FIPS Certified AES 256 bit encryption provides three (3) locations to perform encryption and now lets you meet your data security requirements with confidence. This enhancement fortifies security against data security breaches thus reducing your business risk.
  • Remote Office/Branch Office (ROBO) Protection with tape-Less backup support for data consolidation and risk avoidance associated with data transport.

We encourage you to visit the CA ARCserve Backup product information page at ca.com/storage and our product support page at ca.com/support for further information.

If you are on active maintenance or have purchased CA ARCserve Backup 11.5 with no maintenance within 60 days prior to this announcement, you are eligible to receive a free upgrade. If you do not have an active maintenance contract and are running a previous version of CA ARCserve Backup, you are eligible to purchase an upgrade.

To obtain your copy of CA ARCserve Backup r12 in North America, please call
1-800-Call-CAI (1-800-225-5224) or contact your local account representative. If you are outside of North America, please call your local account representative or the local CA office.


Thank you again for your business.

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CA XOsoft Replication and CA XOsoft High Availability r12 are Coming Soon!
We are excited to also announce that a new release of CA XOsoft products will be available soon. As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. We appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide high-quality, innovative software and services.

This new release of CA XOsoft Replication r12 (formerly CA XOsoft WANSync) and CA XOsoft High Availability r12 (formerly CA XOsoft WANSyncHA) will include a wide range of enhancements that simplify management and speed recovery of data. Some of the key features include are:

  • A new web-based centralized management architecture with enhanced reporting capabilities provides you with simplified management and greater operational control of replication scenarios across multiple deployments from a single location.
  • The new CDP Repository option with full text index searching, allows end-user access to deleted MS Exchange items including messages, attachments, notes, tasks, etc. and recovery without administrative involvement.
  • No reboot upgrades, installations and new scenario deployments, eliminate the burden of disruptions for routine maintenance activities.
  • Our unique disaster recovery testing feature, CA XOsoft Assured Recovery, has been enhanced to extend non-disruptive disaster recovery (DR) validation and VSS snapshot management to speed data recovery and provide a longer history with more recovery points.

We encourage you to visit the product information page for these products at ca.com/storage and our product support page at ca.com/support for further information.

If you are on active maintenance running v4 of CA XOsoft WANSync or CA XOsoft WANSyncHA, you are eligible to receive a free upgrade. You can download your free r12 upgrade from either the CA XOsoft site www.caxosoft.com directly or from CA's ca.com/support site. Simply click on the existing customer link and follow the download instructions.

If you are running any previous version of CA XOsoft WANSync or CA XOsoft WANSyncHA and are not on active maintenance, you are eligible to purchase an upgrade to r12.

For more information on r12 or other CA Recovery Management products, in North America, please call 1-800-Call-CAI (1-800-225-5224) or contact your local account representative. If you are outside of North America, please call your local account representative or the local CA office.

Thank you again for your business.

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Product Updates
CA ARCserve® Backup r11.5 for Windows
QO93906 – Fix for job engine failing to start properly on some systems that have QO91387 and Device Patch 12 (QO92951) applied.
This is available for download at:
supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=QO93906.

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CA ARCserve® Backup r11.5 for UNIX and Linux
QO94106 - Update to add DST time change support for New Zealand on the Tru64 platform.
This is available for download at:
supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=QO94106.

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CA ARCserve® Backup for Laptops and Desktops r11.1
QO94018 - This patch corrects a problem which can result in unchanged files being backed up, if the path selected for backup has a \\ following the drive name (for example, e:\\).
This is available for download at:
supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=QO94018.

QO94019 - Fixes a problem that can result in the LGserver crashing.
This is available for download at:
supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=QO94019.

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General Information
CA ARCserve® Backup for Windows r11.5: What is Global Scratch Set and How to
Enable it?

Description:
The global scratch set treats all of the scratch tapes in all media pools as one large scratch set.

The job which uses media pools can use a tape from the Global Scratch Set.

Solution:
The global scratch set treats all of the scratch tapes in all media pools as one large scratch set. This ensures that any backup job which uses media pools can use a tape which is a part of the Global Scratch Set.

To enable Global Scratch Set:

Go to Quick Start->Server Admin->Admin->Configuration->Tape Engine and select "Use Global Scratch Set."

This article can also be found at the CA support site at:
supportconnect.ca.com/sc/redir.jsp?reqPage=search&searchID=TEC443233.

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Special Events
CA WORLD® 2008
Our annual conference is scheduled to take place November 16-20, 2008, and once again, Las Vegas, NV, will be our host, this time at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.

In our continuing efforts to provide CA WORLD participants with presentations on innovative technology and successful customer implementations that unify and simplify IT management, we are looking for the best speakers who are willing to share their experience and skills. Your contribution in volunteering to be a CA WORLD speaker is important to the success of the conference. We hope that you take advantage of this opportunity to share your expertise with a highly motivated, professional audience. If your submission is selected, as a thank you, your CA WORLD 2008 conference registration will be waived.

Please submit your proposed sessions by February 28, 2008.

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