LONDON, UK February 18, 2009
- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced NetApp®
SnapManager® 3.0 for use with SAP® solutions, providing
customers with enhanced backup, restore, data protection, and
clone-based system copy creation capabilities for SAP
solution-based environments.
As the amount of business-critical SAP data continues to grow,
customers require a data and storage management solution that can
provide them with the data availability and protection needed to
keep business operations running smoothly. SnapManager 3.0 has
achieved SAP certified integration with the SAP NetWeaver®
Application Server (SAP NetWeaver AS) component via the backup and
restore tools from SAP (also known as BR*Tools). This integration
enables customers to more fully automate their SAP data management
tasks for increased operational efficiencies and improved data
protection. Furthermore, integration with NetApp Protection Manager
allows storage administrators to set data protection workflow
policies to simplify and standardize SAP backups, offering improved
productivity and streamlined data protection.
SnapManager 3.0 for use with SAP solutions provides enhanced data
protection by leveraging NetApp SnapRestore® and
Snapshot™ technologies to quickly execute backups and
restores. This allows SAP customers to quickly and seamlessly
restore the database in a matter of seconds rather than hours for
improved data availability. SAP application development and testing
is enhanced through integration with NetApp FlexClone®
technology. As a result, customers are able to quickly create
system copies for development and testing directly on primary or
secondary storage in a matter of minutes, enabling faster
deployment times for new SAP solution implementations, upgrades, or
maintenance patches. SnapManager 3.0 also automates the execution
of customized scripts before or after the cloning process to
specifically suit customer requirements. This reduces the amount of
manual effort needed, saving customers valuable time that they can
apply to other areas of their IT infrastructure.
"The amount of SAP data that we need to manage is continually
growing," said Alberto Guzman, IT manager at ME Elecmetal, a NetApp
customer headquartered in Santiago, Chile. "Since we deployed
NetApp SnapManager for use with SAP solutions, we have greatly
streamlined our backup and restore process, reducing the time to
complete this task from 20 hours down to just 20 minutes."
"SnapManager 3.0 improves productivity and simplifies the
protection and management of SAP data," said Patrick Rogers, vice
president of Solutions Marketing for NetApp. "By leveraging several
unique NetApp technologies, like Snapshots, FlexClone, and
Protection Manager, customers can simplify their backup and
provisioning procedures, which substantially reduce IT costs while
speeding up time to market. These proof points exemplify our
commitment to providing customers who have SAP data with the
industry's most effective data management solutions."
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Pricing and Availability
Customer pricing for SnapManager 3.0 for use with SAP solutions is
available from NetApp sales or reseller partners. It is available
immediately.
The SAP Integration and Certification Centre (SAP ICC) has
certified that the interface software component version Backint
Interface for SnapManager 1.0 for the product version SnapManager
3.0 interoperates with SAP NetWeaver AS Release 7.0 via the
interfaces BC-BRI HPUX, BC-BRI AIX, and BC-BRI SUN with
Oracle10g™ Database. In addition, the Backint
Interface for SnapManager 3.0, also a component of SnapManager 3.0,
has been certified for integration with the BC-BRI LIUX 710 and
BC-BRI W2K3 710 interfaces.
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