Symantec offers Symantec ApplicationHA and Symantec VirtualStore solutions

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announced that it will offer
Symantec ApplicationHA and Symantec VirtualStore, two solutions that
will provide customers the ability to confidently virtualize their
business critical applications and minimize storage costs on the
VMware platform. ApplicationHA and VirtualStore are the result of
extensive collaboration between Symantec and VMware, as the companies
work closely to help customers accelerate the adoption of
virtualization to mainstream applications.

Symantec ApplicationHA, based on
industry-leading Veritas Cluster Server technology, will provide high
availability for business critical applications through application
level visibility and control in VMware environments. Symantec
VirtualStore, based on Veritas Storage Foundation technology, is a
software-based storage management solution for VMware virtual
machines that will provide rapid provisioning of servers and virtual
desktops, efficient cloning and accelerated boot up of virtual
machines. Both ApplicationHA and VirtualStore are seamlessly
integrated with VMware management tools such as VMware vCenter
Server, enabling customers to deploy these tools without impact to
their operational model.

Customers have been aggressively
virtualizing non-critical applications, and now that they are
starting to move business critical applications like SAP and MS SQL
Server databases to virtual platforms they require high availability
of the applications inside VMware virtual machines. Symantec
ApplicationHA, for the first time, will ensure application high
availability by providing visibility, control and integration with
VMware vCenter Server and VMware High Availability (HA).

Administrators can fully manage all
operations of Symantec ApplicationHA through VMware vCenter Server,
avoiding the need for additional tools and associated training. Deep
discovery and auto-configuration allows administrators to easily
install, configure and administer Symantec ApplicationHA with a few
clicks.

Built on the industry-leading Veritas
Cluster Server technology, ApplicationHA supports a wide range of
applications including MS SQL Server, Exchange, IIS, Oracle and SAP.
It provides consistent functionality and usability across both
Windows and Linux operating systems and is fully compatible with
VMware vMotion and VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).

Like ApplicationHA, VirtualStore fully
integrates with VMware vCenter Server. Based on Symantec's industry
leading Veritas Storage Foundation technology, VirtualStore can also
be managed more efficiently. VirtualStore's 'FileSnap' feature
lets administrators easily and rapidly clone and provision thousands
of virtual machines in minutes through its VMware vCenter Server
integration. Through innovative page caching, VirtualStore also
eliminates the performance bottlenecks created when multiple users
boot up their virtual machines.