ENT Magazine
by Scott Bekker
February 5, 2003
UltraBac Software has released the second installment of planned incremental upgrades to its
flagship UltraBac 7.0 backup and disaster recovery software. The new version, 7.0.3, builds in
encryption, compression, improved back-up granularity and administrative enhancements.
UltraBac completely rewrote its seven-year-old backup software for version 7.0 with a Microsoft
DCOM foundation. That version came out in April. In August, UltraBac put out version 7.0.2, which added
FTP servers and Tivoli Storage Manager as target locations for backed-up files. While the product focuses
on Windows servers and workstations, the company has agents for Unix, Linux, NetWare, Oracle, SQL Server
and Exchange Server.
The new version adds Blowfish encryption with an encryption key that can be set as high as 1016
characters. According to UltraBac, sending encrypted backup traffic will help customers comply with
information protection provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
A new feature automatically compresses backup files on remote servers and workstations before they
are sent across the network to the centralized backup machine. Compressing the files has reduced backup
times and cut network traffic, UltraBac says.
Version 7.0.3 users now have the option of turning on a feature called "Single File Restore." When
enabled, the feature allows users to bring back a single file from an image, which can be saved to any
UNC path or tape device.
The Remote Install feature is designed to help administrators centralize the installation or updating
of UltraBac. An administrator can select target servers and workstations from the central console and
click a setup.exe file to have the UltraBac product pushed to the remote boxes and installed.
The starting price of $495 per server includes a license to back up an unlimited number of workstations.
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Scott Bekker started covering the Microsoft enterprise environment for ENT in August 1998. He
has been editor in chief at ENT since October 1999. Before joining ENT, Scott worked for 4-1/2 years as an editor
and reporter with The Associated Press in Kansas City, MO, and Philadelphia. You can contact Scott about
"UltraBac Refreshes Backup Software" at sbekker@entmag.com.
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