The business world depends on mission-critical data more than ever. As a result, organizations are placing a premium on protecting their IT assets from data loss and computer failure. If you are responsible for providing this protection for your data center environment, this white paper is for you. Offering detailed guidance based on the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system platform, this guide examines the major challenges of creating and deploying backup strategies and discusses how to address these challenges. Proper administration is essential to your solution's success, so the guide includes instructions for all necessary day-to-day maintenance procedures as well as data recovery procedures. It also covers many extended features of the CommVault Galaxy solution to enable easier and more effective administration.