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Benefits of Using a Client Agent

CA ARCserve Backup client agents are designed for organizations that need to preserve network resources by offloading tasks onto centralized backup servers and media. Among other functions, the client agents serve to:

• Minimize the load on your communications network
• Increase the efficiency of your CA ARCserve Backup servers by offloading the preprocessing of archive data to the client machine
• Supply detailed file and directory information about the remote client to the CA ARCserve Backup server
• Communicate with the server and let you browse and select backup components
• Assist with monitoring the progress of backup jobs
• Maintain and monitor backup logs with the status of backup and restore activities
• Facilitate backup of applications or file systems

Client agents can also augment data protection for all client computers from a single CA ARCserve Backup server in the network.

With client agents installed on your network computers, a single CA ARCserve Backup server can perform data backup and restore operations on multiple computers and operating systems.