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Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 Service Pack3 delivers superior backup and disaster recovery for desktops and laptops that enable businesses to recover from downtime or disasters in minutes. With patented Restore Anyware™ technology, IT administrators or users can rapidly restore exactly what they need, when and where they need it–including entire machines to the same or dissimilar hardware as well as files, folders, and granular application objects.

Key Features:
    Support for Windows 8.1
    Restore desktops and laptops from local or off-site destinations in minutes, even to bare metal or dissimilar hardware.
    Recover files, folders and granular objects in seconds.
    Backup to almost any disk storage device including USB, FireWire, NAS, SAN and Blu-ray.
    Capture and protect the entire system, including the OS, applications, all files, device drivers, etc. in one easy-to-manage recovery point with image-based technology.
    Schedule backups to run automatically, including event triggered backups, without disrupting user productivity.
    Built-in AES encryption ensures the security of critical business data in flight and at rest.

Features/Functionality added to this version.
The x64 version of Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 Service Pack 3 supports ESXi 6.0, 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0.
The x86 version of Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 Service Pack 3 supports ESXi 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0.

Key Benefits:
    Dramatically minimize downtime and avoid disruption and employee productivity losses.
    Replace time-consuming, manual and error-prone desktop/laptop recovery processes with fast, reliable, automated backup and disaster recovery.
    Recover what you need, when and where you need it, including individual files, folders or completesystems in minutes.
    Eliminate the need to have duplicate hardware on standby for recovery purposes and save on hardware costs.
    Easily perform hardware refreshes and migrations.
    Simplify IT administration by centrally managing backup and recovery tasks for multiple desktops and laptops across your entire organization with Symantec System Recovery Management Solution or Symantec System Recovery Monitor Solution (included at no charge)

System requirements:
Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems:
    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Windows 7 Enterprise
    Windows 7 Professional
    Windows 8 Professional
    Windows 8 Enterprise
    Windows 8.1

Virtual platforms (for converted recovery points):
    VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5
    Microsoft Hyper-V 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0
    Citrix XenServer 5.0, 5.5, 5.6 FP1, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2

RAM:
The following are the memory requirements for each component of Symantec System Recovery:
    Symantec System Recovery Agent: 1 GB
    Symantec System Recovery user interface and Recovery Point Browser: 1 GB
    Symantec System Recovery Disk: 1.5 GB minimum (dedicated)
    LightsOut Restore: 1.5 GB

Available Hard Disk Space:
The following are hard disk space requirements for Symantec System Recovery and other areas:
    When you install the entire product: Up to 2 GB is required for a full install, depending on the language of the product you select.
    Recovery points: Sufficient hard disk space on a local hard disk or network server for storing recovery points. The size of recovery points depends on the amount of data you have backed up and the type of recovery point that is stored.
    LightsOut Restore: 2 GB

Symantec System Recovery Monitor 2013 R2 SP3:
The following Microsoft Windows 32-bit or 64-bit operating systems are supported:
    Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or R2
    Microsoft Windows 7 (All Editions)
    Microsoft Windows 8 (Desktop Edition)
    Microsoft Windows 8.1
    Microsoft Windows Server 2012
    Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

The minimum system requirements to run the Symantec System Recovery 2013 R2 SP3 Monitor application:
    Microsoft.NET Framework 4.5
    Note: Microsoft.NET Framework 4.0 is only required for Windows 2003.

Prerequisites for the Host Computer:
The following are the requirements to run this version of the Symantec System Recovery 2013 Monitor:
    25-MB installation disk space
    Microsoft Windows display resolution set to 1024 x 768

To enable the View Console link, ensure that one of the following versions is installed:
    Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 9.0.5
    Symantec System Recovery 10.0.2 or higher

To enable communication with remote computers, add the DCOM port [Default: TCP port 135] and the Symantec System Recovery service [default location: C:\Program Files\Symantec \Symantec System Recovery\Agent\vprosvc.exe] to the firewall exceptions list.