Acronis vmProtect 7
Acronis uses VMware's vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP) to allow agentless backup and recovery of virtual machines at one or several ESX(i) hosts remotely. No agents need to be installed in your virtual machines.
Acronis vmProtect 7 provides multiple recovery options:
- Recover an entire virtual machine over existing VM or as new VM to any ESX/ESXi host
- Recover individual files or folders for supported guest's file systems
- Mount backup storage to ESX/ESXi host as NFS share and run virtual machine directly from the backup providing nearly instantaneous recovery.
Flexible
Acronis vmProtect 7 offers unprecedented ease and flexibility of deployment, and provides you two options for where you install the application
- vmProtect 6 Virtual Appliance runs on ESX or ESXi host and does not require any addition hardware or Windows license.
- vmProtect 6 Windows Agent installs on a dedicated Windows machine and offloads backup and recovery tasks from production ESX(i) hosts.
Intuitive
All management is performed remotely though an intuitive web-based management interface accessed from any supported web browser.
Faster and Smaller Backups
Acronis vmProtect 6 is designed to support always-incremental approach, where older incremental backups can be removed to free up space for new backups without requiring a resource-intensive consolidation, and the use of VMware Change Block Tracking (CBT) technology makes incremental backups faster than ever.
For shared storage such as SAN, vmProtect 6 reads data directly though the storage network, making the backup LAN-free.
Additionally, instead of copying entire virtual disk (.vmdk) files, Acronis vmProtect 6 looks inside disks and volumes to analyze file system and takes only blocks that are actually occupied by data. This allows vmProtect 6 to create backups much faster and smaller compared to what most competing products can, and even to exclude individual files and folders from a VM image backup.
Built-in data deduplication finds identical blocks and ensures that each of them is saved only once. Combined with compression it reduces storage requirements and traffic, especially in environments with large number of similar virtual machines.
Secure
Acronis vmProtect 7 automatically validates backups to ensure that all data is recoverable. Unlike competing products, vmProtect 7 reads and verifies every block of a backup ensuring that no data is corrupt.
All backups can be optionally encrypted with an industry-standard 256 bit AES encryption.
Additionally with Acronis vmProtect Online subscription backups can be securely stored offsite in a cloud-based storage.
What makes Acronis vmProtect 7 better?
- Installs in minutes so you can quickly begin backing up your virtual machines. Deploy as a virtual appliance or install on any server or PC running Windows
- Extremely easy to use. An intuitive web interface guides you through the backup process and makes recovery of whole systems or individual files as easy as clicking a mouse
- Agent-less backup dramatically lowers ongoing administration costs
- Compression and built-in deduplication removes unnecessary data and reduces the size of the backup
- Secure Backup and Data Verification. Government-grade 256-bit data encryption ensures that only you can access your data, and verification confirms the integrity of the backup
- Instant Recovery of VM by simply running its backup image – no need to run a full restore process
- Seamless integration with the cloud. Optional vmProtect Online storage subscription available from Acronis can back up your data offsite for guaranteed access in case of a site-level disaster
- Unlimited migrations of physical server to VMware VMs help accelerate your virtualisation initiatives
- One flat price per processor (or per CPU) makes it really affordable to get started
- Certification by VMware for ESX/vSphere™ is pending.
Acronis Advantage
This product comes with Acronis Advantage Premier Support
- Acronis Advantage Premier – Offers 24 x 7 support services available via phone, chat, and email. Acronis Advantage Premier customers receive priority support in the event of a business-critical system error (severity A), customers will receive the initial response within one hour. The first year of service is included with the Acronis line of corporate products.
