Veeam Software, innovative provider of VMware data protection, disaster recovery and VMware management solutions for virtual datacenter
environments, today unveiled major enhancements in Veeam Backup & Replication v6. With this new release,
Veeam becomes the first vendor to deliver capabilities for image-based data
protection that organizations have come to expect with traditional file-based
backups, taking virtual data protection to the next level. The new functionality
includes:
- Enterprise scalability: Enhanced distributed
architecture streamlines deployment and maintenance of remote office/branch
office (ROBO) and large installations. Also speeds up backup, replication and
restore over WANs.
- Advanced replication: Accelerates replication
by 10X, streamlines failover and provides real failback with delta sync.
- Multi-hypervisor support: Reduces the cost and
complexity of managing multi-hypervisor environments with new support for
Windows Server Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server within Veeam’s existing data
protection infrastructure (one install and one console).
- Numerous enhancements, including 1-Click File
Restore: Extends Veeam’s existing file-level recovery with delegated,
web-based restore directly to the original virtual machine (VM), without
requiring a direct network connection or in-guest agent.
“With these enhancements, customers no longer have to choose between Veeam
innovation and the features they have come to expect with file-level backups,”
said Ratmir Timashev, President and CEO of Veeam Software. “Now they can get
both from Veeam.”
Key among Veeam innovation is vPower — the technology introduced in Veeam Backup &
Replication v5 that runs a VM directly from a compressed and deduplicated backup
file in production or in an isolated lab, enabling these five industry firsts:
- Instant VM Recovery: Recover an entire VM from
a backup file in minutes.
- U-AIR™ (Universal Application-Item
Recovery): Recover individual items from any virtualized application, on any
operating system, without additional backups, agents or software tools.
- SureBackup™: Automatically verify the
recoverability of every backup, of every VM, every time.
- On-Demand Sandbox: Create test VMs from any
point in time to troubleshoot problems or test workarounds, software patches and
new application code.
- Instant File-Level Recovery for any OS and file
system: Recover an entire VM or an individual file from the same image-level
backup.
“Veeam Backup & Replication v5 has performed brilliantly for us, and
we’re really looking forward to v6,” said Stephen Whiting, IT Manager at
Adolfson & Peterson Construction. “We took advantage of Instant VM Recovery
in v5 when our Lotus Notes Domino Server went down, halting email to more than
100 job sites around the country. With Instant VM Recovery, we had users back
online in just a few minutes, and business continued as usual.
“We didn’t think Veeam could get any better, but they continue to listen to
their customers and once again outdid themselves with the new release. We’re
especially eager to take advantage of the enhanced distributed architecture in
v6, which will fully automate maintenance of the backup infrastructure in our
seven regional offices.”
Pricing and Availability
Veeam Software will demonstrate Veeam Backup & Replication v6 in its
booth (#813) at VMworld 2011 next week in Las Vegas. v6 will also be presented
during session SPO3981; pre-registration is required. General availability of v6 is
expected in Q4 2011. For more information and updates prior to GA, go to http://go.veeam.com/v6-backup-replication.