Backup software is computer software that makes backups of important information and keeps a catalogue of these backups so that they can be used to restore information in the future.

Backups can be written to any storage media, but are usually written to disk, tape or virtual tape.

Examples of backup software are:

• Veritas NetBackup.
• Veritas BackupExec.
• CommVault Simpana.
• IBM Spectrum Protect (Previously ADSM and Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)).
• EMC Networker.