Like most products at this level, BrightStor supports a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. Most major platforms--including Compaq Tru64, IBM AIX, Microsoft Windows and Sun Solaris--are supported as clients and master servers. But the product doesn't support Macintosh clients or servers, and, like many other software packages, doesn't provide a master server option for Linux. The Linux client support list is extensive, though, and includes Debian, Red Flag Linux and others.
BrightStor offers several options for client installations: The Windows Server platforms allows remote installation, and the other platforms permit unattended or silent installs, though the client code must be locally available. CA's Unicenter Software Delivery tool, available separately, also permits client installations.
BrightStor supports Microsoft's VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) on Windows 2003 Server. And BrightStor offers bare-metal restore for Windows and Solaris.
BrightStor Enterprise Backup 10.51, $10,440. Computer Associates International, (631) 342-6000, (800) 225-5224. www.ca.com/brightstor
HP has done more than just change the name of its backup solution. This package, once called OmniBack, is now a true multiplatform tool. HP has made many improvements, especially in licensing. The pricing and licensing for OpenView Storage Data Protector are simple, and the basic package includes features others lack, such as bare-metal, system-level restores. Furthermore, this package is less than half the price of competing solutions.
OpenView Storage Data Protector's management interface, called Cell Manager, starts (optionally) with a window that has buttons for basic tasks, such as adding clients, adding users, configuring new devices, changing backup specifications, running a backup and running a restore. Past the wizard pop-up, on the button bar, a drop-down box lists options for specific menus on the dual panes below. The dual panes contain the familiar Explorer-style tree menu and information/action window. The interface is not as attractive as those for BrightStor, NetBackup or Tivoli StorageManager, but it's much better than anything on Legato NetWorker.
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