FDR/UPSTREAM client v3.1.1 release is now available.
Windows 2000
Upstream now offers support for Microsoft Windows 2000 and Active Directory.
FDR/UPSTREAM provides a complete backup, restore and disaster recovery solution for Windows 2000 Servers and Workstations. FDR/Upstream for Windows 2000 has the capability of backing up the critical system information in a Windows 2000 system and can be run as an Application or Service. This critical system information consists of:
Long file and directory names File and directory Access Control Lists (ACLs) Extended Attributes (EAs) and alternate data streams for files The Windows NT Registry Active Directory The Windows NT Event Logs Posix Hard Links- detach and re-establishment of mount points
UNC (Universal Naming Convention) names can be used to back up network attached systems including Microsoft Cluster Server. FDR/UPSTREAM can be configured as a service and, due to FDR/UPSTREAM’s preexisting capability to restart failed backups, is a perfect candidate to be run on a Cluster Server installation
FDR/UPSTREAM is capable of backing up files which names contain Unicode characters.
Windows 2000 most significant features is the Active Directory, a hierarchical, extensible network directory service. Domain controllers now use Active Directory in addition to the registry to hold their security and configuration information. One of its significant features is online backup and FDR/UPSTREAM now contains an agent, which supports Active Directory fully.
Starting with the client version 3.1.1, UPSTREAM now has the capability of backing up and restoring a Windows Active Directory database. This capability is made possible through the use of an FDR/UPSTREAM feature called PlugIns and a PlugIn module named WinAD.dll. The WinAD PlugIn (WinAD.dll) uses the NT Directory Services (NTDS) Backup API to perform online backups and offline restores of the Windows Active Directory.
UPSTREAM running on this machine can use the WinAD PlugIn to backup any number of Windows Active Directory servers as long as they reside in the same site as the machine on which US.exe is run. The Windows Active Directory servers do not need to be members of the same Active Directory domain, only the same Active Directory site. You will probably need to backup only one Active Directory server within each domain since the Active Directory database is replicated among all of the Active Directory servers (domain controllers) within the domain.
FDR/UPSTREAM has been certified to work with St. Bernard Software’s Open File Manager (OFM). For more information on St Bernard Software http://www.stbernard.com/partners.asp
FDR/Upstream V 3.1 has been certified by Novell as Tested and Approved for
Netware 5.0 and 5.1 for NDS (Novell Directory Services)
 
NLM Version of FDR/UPSTREAM
FDR/Upstream adds support for Tru64 UNIX.
FDR/Upstream and Upstream/SOS extends its platform support to include Tru64 operating system. FDR/Upstream support for Compaq Tru64 UNIX delivers data availability and data protection for critical enterprise applications. Compaq Tru64 UNIX (Formerly Digital UNIX) operating system delivers significant features that bring Tru64 UNIX to the highest level of performance, scalability and availability, yet make it simple to manage and operate. The combined strength of Alpha-powered systems and the Tru64 UNIX operating system is the safe choice for mainframe-level reliability and data integration in mission-critical applications. Tru64 minimum supported version is v4.0 and above.
FDR/Upstream now offers Stand Alone Restore (SAR) capability
SAR (Stand-Alone Restore) is a new feature of FDR/UPSTREAM where you can use a Windows NT SCSI attached tape drive to perform disaster recovery restores without UPSTREAM/MVS. Some of its features include:
Restore of backups from any system supported by Upstream including UNIX systems. File-by-file or physical disk restores. Support of virtually all SCSI tape drives. No tape driver is required. Browser based interface allows remote administration. No tape preparation required. Request the restore from your UPSTREAM client, pop in your host tape and your restore immediately begins. Support of all UPSTREAM/MVS tapes generated including vault tapes. Restores in locations where you do not have mainframe access . Tape drive-speed restores. For Windows NT there is no network overhead. Multi-tasking if you have multiple tape drives you can run multiple simultaneous restores.
Similar to UPSTREAM/MVS, UPSTREAM SAR runs as a single task on your Windows NT machine servicing a web-browser based console as well as multiple inquiries and restores.
Upstream UNIX Systems Services support
Leverage the strengths of the OS390 with Upstream USS by using applications that operate under USS, such as using the mainframe as a WEB server, Websphere, or Lotus Domino
UPSTREAM USS can now operate as a client in the UNIX Systems Services space (formally OpenEdition/MVS) on MVS. Similar to the other UNIX client versions of FDR/UPSTREAM, it supports the following UNIX Systems Services features:
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