The data protection environment is constantly changing. New devices and software are added, retention periods for data are often revised, and the amount of data is growing more than 50% each year in most enterprises. That’s why a single snapshot of failed backups is not enough. APTARE StorageConsole provides real-time reporting on all stages of the data protection lifecycle. It gives you centralized reporting and management of VERITAS NetBackup, Tivoli Storage Manager, EMC Legato, and VERITAS Backup Exec.

Exposure Analysis

The best way to strengthen your data protection environment is to identify and fix vulnerable areas in your storage environment. APTARE StorageConsole lets you easily identify your areas of exposure. APTARE StorageConsole helps you answer:

• Which backups were partial or failed backups?
• Were there any “false positives” or failed backups that report as successful.
• Are there “orphan clients” that are not covered under a backup policy and not being backed up?

Capacity Planning

As data continues to grow being able to maximize current data protection resources and accurately plan for the future is a daunting task. APTARE StorageConsole shows you exactly how your resources are being used today. Plus you can accurate plan for the future using APTARE StorageConsole predictive analysis algorithm.

The result is reduced costs from not purchasing additional resources and better performance from load balancing the resources in your environment. APTARE StorageConsole shows you.

• What’s the current capacity and availability of my disk-based backups?
• How many tapes will I need to buy based on my current data growth and historical usage?
• If I change my retention policy for my data how will that affect my current tape consumption rates?

Performance Optimization

Fine tuning a data protection environment is difficult. Success is predicated on different resources working together to achieve a successful performance level. One stalled backup can quickly cascade into hundreds of backups missing the backup window. APTARE StorageConsole gives you the intelligence to identify those areas in the data protection data path that are barriers to your environment performing at its peak.  APTARE StorageConsole can illuminate

• Where are the bottlenecks in my backup recovery environment? Is it at the management server, media server, client, tape library, or tape drive?
• What is the actual performance of my tapes and are they being utilized to their maximum spec? 
• Are my backups evenly balance within my backup window? Which jobs can be revised to shorten my backup window?

Compliance

As a service organization IT is now more accountable than ever before. Internal organizations demand that service levels are met. External auditing bodies like Sarbanes-Oxley require proof of performance in the data protection environment. APTARE StorageConsole provides out-of-the-box reports that let storage administrators provide proof of compliance both internally and externally. APTARE StorageConsole shows:

• How am I performing against established SLA’s with my internal organizations?
• How can I show compliance with government mandated audits like Sarbanes-Oxley?
• How can I reply to requests for legal discovery of my data?