1. High Availability 2001 Press Briefing

2. Agenda What we’re announcing today…a new vision for High Availability New HA software products VERITAS Cluster Server QuickStart 2.0 VERITAS Cluster Server Traffic Director 2.0 VERITAS Global Cluster Manager 1.1

3. Key Messages for Business Press

4. VERITAS is the Leader in High Availability Software High Availability solutions enable server applications to quickly regain access to mission critical data after a failure or disaster in order of minutes or seconds VERITAS is recognized by IDC, Gartner, and Meta as the leading multi-platform provider of HA software Estimated ½ to 2/3 market share on Solaris VERITAS High Availability software is used by virtually all major financial institutions, telco’s, and xSPs worldwide on UNIX and Windows Today…VERITAS reveals pervasive High Availability strategy that simplifies the deployment of higher levels of availability in the internet data center

5. The Internet Data Center Requires a More Availability with Less Staff e-business and the web have created a higher level of expectation for data availability Now must deliver continuous data availability as perceived by employees, business partners, or external customers In the old IT model, High Availability was deployed only on a few high end database servers In the new environment, IT must… Deliver on high levels of availability on every server in the data center Ensure a high quality end user experience regardless of systems crashes, internet avalanches, or network failures Deploy an inherently heterogeneous, multi-layered environment from the Web server to Applications like CRM to Databases to Storage ……with same or fewer IT staff!

6. VERITAS Unveals Vision of Enabling Pervasive Deployment of HA Extend deployment of High Availability beyond the “back-end” database server New software based load balancer that re-directs traffic requests based on context –Prevents system crashes due to “internet avalanches” –Cheaper and more flexible than hardware specific solutions Expanding partnerships with ISV partners for B2B and CRM applications –Simple API enables ISV’s to collaborate on VCS deployments for more than just databases Simplified Management of HA lowers barrier to adoption Enable quick deployment and easy maintenance without specialized training or service to enable HA on every server Provides integrated tools to monitor and manage High Availability across all levels of the data center and multiple data center locations

7. VERITAS Announces Products for Pervasive Deployment of HA Extend deployment of High Availability beyond the “back-end” database server VERITAS Cluster Server Traffic Director –Software solution integrated with industry leading HA software that is used to load balance across web and application (CRM, B2B) servers Simplified Management of HA VERITAS Cluster Server Quickstart –Simple fixed configuration version for a pair of servers –Emphasis on simplified functionality and easy installation allows any IT admin to deploy HA without months of specialized training or consulting help Enhanced Global Cluster Manager for Unix and NT –Integrated management of all layers of the internet data center e.g. VCS for database servers, VCS Traffic Director for web and application servers, and VCS Quickstart for workgroup servers –Enables multi-site High Availability & Disaster Recovery by integrating management data replication solutions from VERITAS or leading array vendors such as EMC and Hitachi.

8. Contrast VERITAS HA vs EMC EMC High Availability Utilities for EMC arrays only Solutions are complex and require significant consulting Embedded, proprietary data replication (SRDF) doesn’t scale to long distances or multiple sites No application recovery solutions…EMC references VERITAS to implement this No solution to manage HA across multiple web, application, and database server layers VERITAS HA HA for any application, any array, any server Focus on simplified installation and management Host-based replication works well over any distance and with mixed storage arrays VCS provides tunable recovery times for any application HA management across all layers of internet data center and multiple sites.

9. Re-cap of Recent VERITAS HA Product Announcements VERITAS Cluster Server to support Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) for 8i… 1 st ISV to partner with Oracle for very fast database recovery IBM announces DB2 Agent for VCS…delivers fast DB2 recovery VERITAS Announces SANPoint Foundation Suite…data sharing solution provides very fast recovery for scalable file/web servers VERITAS announces support for SUN Fire series servers and SUN T3 storage array support…co- operative qualification and support with SUN on HA solutions

10. Availability is Perception

11. Transaction Layer UNIX or Windows Internal Storage Perceived Availability Supporting a Single User Experience Application Layer UNIX or Windows External SCSI Storage Database Layer Typically UNIX External SAN Storage The Internet Datacenter Heterogeneous by nature Applications Operating Systems LAN, WAN & SAN Interconnect Storage Specialized administration Scalability at the speed of the Internet Manage an end-to-end user experience through a more holistic approach Guarantee levels of service (QoS) between layers Under NDA until June 4 th 2001

12. Perceived Availability Regardless of Location TokyoLondonTorontoSan Francisco A Global Presence Actual service location is transparent 24x7 customer service No disruption due to site failure Eliminate “3rd shift” administrators Requires worldwide visibility and management Positive customer perception requires achieving required availability levels at every layer in the internet data center, and around the world. Under NDA until June 4 th 2001

13. VERITAS Delivers Solutions to Overcome the Barriers Make Availability Pervasive Fitting out the data center to meet two key requirements at every layer –Define and maintain recovery profiles –Scale infrastructure based on demand without impacting the recovery profile Contain costs: platform- and hardware-independent software provides leveraging/re-purposing of existing, heterogeneous resources at every layer Unify Availability Management Unified management across multiple layers and sites allows quick response to changes/failures worldwide Standardizes site-wide availability policies and procedures Contain costs: centralized management tools increase the server-to-administrator ratio Under NDA until June 4 th 2001

14. Simplifying HA VERITAS Cluster Server QuickStart 2.0 HA is perceived to be complex/costly to deploy Typically high touch Reserved for large backend servers Limited Application Layer Support No longer…. Solaris HA for the masses Based on industry standard VCS 2.0 engine (license upgrade) No training required Scales to 2 nodes Four step GUI-driven Install & Configuration Simplified Web Admin Interface Abstracted Command Line Heterogeneous Storage Support VERITAS Cluster Server QuickStart 2.0 – Simplified HA for the masses Under NDA until June 4 th 2001

15. Extending HA across the Data Center VERITAS Cluster Server Traffic Director 2.0 Application Availability for 10’s machines UNIX & Windows Application Availability Horizontal Scalability for a few machines UNIX Horizontal Scalability across 10’s-100’s systems UNIX, Windows & Linux VERITAS Traffic Director Under NDA until June 4 th 2001

16. Consolidated Availability Management Console Centrally managing thousands of resources across hundreds of systems in multiple locations Consolidated management of Solaris, HP-UX and Windows NT VCS Cluster’s Tight integration of GCM, VCS and VVR Web based GUI’s Drill down navigation from Site View, through Application view’s to Storage Level –In-context launch of VERITAS Cluster Server from VERITAS Global Cluster Manager –Management of VVR replication process through GCM GUI Extending this “snap-in” concept to: VERITAS Cluster Server Traffic Director VERITAS SANPoint Control VERITAS File Replicator GCM VCS VVR Global Cluster Manager 1.1 Now Available Under NDA until June 4 th 2001

17. Summary VERITAS…. dispels myths about HA with new products and HA management vision provides strategic software platform that is hardware, application and platform independent reduces costs –dramatically simplifies HA implementation and increases the server-to-administrator ratio –using an ISV allows leveraging and re-purposing of hardware Availability is Perception: VERITAS provides pervasive availability