Symantec secures VMware backups

Enterprise security firm Symantec is offering enterprises an extra layer of protection for their virtualised systems.

The firm has released a Backup Exec management plug-in for monitoring VMware vCenter Server or VMware vSphere, which it said would help firms to improve the way they carry out and monitor backups in a VMware virtualised environment.

“While the move to virtual environments promises cost savings and infrastructure flexibility, it requires new ways of approaching data protection,” said Amit Walia, vice president of product management for Backup Exec, Symantec.

The plug-in can protect up to 40,000 VMware hosts, the firm explained, as well as an estimated one million guests.

Symantec said the software would help firms to manage and monitor their backups, and alert them to any unprotected virtual machines in the system.

The release was welcomed by VMware.

Parag Patel, vice president, global strategic alliances, VMware, said: “Customers are increasingly moving production workloads into VMware environments, and Symantec Backup Exec provides a simplified way to help them protect and manage these environments.”