The Veritas donation program at TechSoup provides enterprise backup and restoration products to eligible nonprofit organizations and public libraries throughout the United States.
You can use Veritas products to protect against data loss on multiple networked computers.
Eligibility
To find out if your organization can receive donations through this program, review the Veritas eligibility guidelines.
Available Products for Eligible Nonprofits
Veritas enables organizations to harness the power of their information with solutions designed to serve the world's largest and most complex heterogeneous environments.
Veritas is equally committed to ethical and responsible global corporate citizenship, promoting a talented, diverse, and inclusive workforce, engaging in sound environmental practices, and investing in positive social impact around the globe.
Quantity: Organizations may request one of each product per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
Budget: Organizations with annual operating budgets of $10 million USD or less are eligible for donated products in this program.
Nonprofits and libraries only: Products in this program are available only to qualifying nonprofits and to public libraries.
Organization types: The following organization types are not eligible to request donated products in this program.
Veritas Backup Exec is backup and recovery software that runs on Windows Server. With the agents and options included, it can back up Windows, Mac, and Linux computers and virtual machines.
This donation provides one license for Veritas Backup Exec 20. One Backup Exec license allows the Backup Exec server to back up any number of devices. Only one license is required per organization.
Benefits for Organisations:
Regular backups can protect your organisation against a data-loss catastrophe. With Backup Exec, you can back up data from multiple sources in a centralised interface.
Major Capabilities:
- Ease of use: An intuitive interface and wizards simplify installation, setup, backup, recovery, media management, disaster preparation, cluster installation, and agent configuration.
- Multiple-server backups: You can back up multiple servers at once, either as part of one backup definition or individually in separate definitions.
- Storage options: You can back up to nearly any storage device, including disk, tape, dedupe storage, or third-party cloud, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage Gateway VTL.
- Block-level deduplication: Backup Exec deduplicates data across all backup jobs, including physical and virtual environments.
- Versatile recovery: You can recover virtual machines, applications, databases, files, folders, and granular objects directly from backup storage.
- Simplified Disaster Recovery technology: In the event of a disaster, Backup Exec can recover an entire server to the same or dissimilar hardware in minutes, not hours or days.
Agents and Options:
Agents and options extend platform and feature support for Backup Exec environments. You can use an unlimited number of these agents within a network, allowing for multiple instances of agents to protect several servers. The version of Backup Exec available through TechSoup Asia includes all of the available agents and options. For a complete list, see Backup Exec agents and options.
Comparison with System Recovery:
This product is one oftwo Veritas enterprise-level backup applications. For a comparison of the applications offered through TechSoup Asia, see the Guide to Veritas Recovery and Backup Products.
NFR Version:
The version of this product available through TechSoup Asia is the Not for Resale (NFR) version. NFR products cannot be upgraded to new releases. If you are seeking a new release, you will need to request a new donation through TechSoup Asia. In addition, NFR products do not include telephone assistance with product issues or add-ons. However, free online technical support is available at the Veritas website through its knowledge bases and discussion forums.
Choose Carefully:
The administrative fee for this online product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.
Obtaining This Product:
Expect two emails. When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup Asia will send a message to your organisation email address with preliminary information about obtaining this product. Shortly after, the donor partner will send an email with information needed to complete the installation or activation.
The Veritas website provides basic system requirements. It also offers much more detailed PDF lists of compatible hardware and software.
Veritas System Recovery 18 is a backup and recovery solution that uses disk imaging technology to protect servers. It takes snapshots of entire hard disks that can be saved to almost any type of storage media or converted to virtual disks. When recovery is needed, these snapshots (called recovery points) can be restored to either the same hardware configuration or a different hardware setup.
This donation provides one Licence, which allows an Organisation back up any number of devices. Only one Licence is required per Organisation.
Benefits for Organisations:
Regular backups can protect your Organisation against a data-loss catastrophe. If you have experience with system administration, you can restore an entire system or individual files and folders if a disaster renders servers inoperable.
Major Capabilities:
- Flexible recovery point creation: You can create recovery points as needed or schedule them to be created automatically.
- Restoration of individual files: If only certain files need to be recovered, you can browse the recovery point to restore individual files, Exchange messages, and SharePoint documents.
- Secondary backup locations: System Recovery supports secondary backup locations, which are often essential when primary on-site backups are inaccessible or unrecoverable.
- Cloud storage options: System Recovery supports backup and recovery directly to third-party cloud storage, including Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure (64-bit operating systems only).
Free Management Console:
The System Recovery Management Solution is free for any Organisation with a valid System Recovery Licence. It provides a centralized management console for Organisations administering System Recovery on multiple computers distributed across one or more locations. Veritas recommends it for managing 20 or more servers. It must be installed on a computer running Windows Server.
Comparison with Backup Exec:
This product is one of two Veritas enterprise-level backup applications. For a comparison of the applications offered through TechSoup Asia, see the Guide to Veritas Recovery and Backup Products.
NFR Version:
The version of this product available through TechSoup Asia is the Not for Resale (NFR) version. NFR products cannot be upgraded to new releases. If you are seeking a new release, you will need to request a new donation through TechSoup Asia. In addition, NFR products do not include telephone assistance with product issues or add-ons. However, free online technical support is available at the Veritas website through its knowledge bases and discussion forums.
Choose Carefully:
The administrative fee for this online product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.
Obtaining This Product:
Expect two emails. When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup Asia will send a message to your organisation email address with preliminary information about obtaining this product. Shortly after, the donor partner will send an email with information needed to complete the installation or activation.
