Redstor Online Backup Plus Beta Features For use with Redstor Online Backup Plus v15 β
Table of Contents 1. Supported Platforms...... 2. Introduction to the Beta Functionality. 3. Redstor Online Backup Plus Beta Functionality... a. Individual File Restores for VMware and Hyper-V backups from within the Backup Client.. b. Virtual Disaster Recovery for Linux c. Bare Metal Recovery to Dissimilar Disk Hardware.. d. Dynamic Disk Support for Standby Image Backups e. Dynamic Disk Support for Virtual Disaster Recovery.. 4. Useful Information. 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 2
Supported Platforms Please find below a list of all supported Operating Systems for Redstor Online Backup Plus. Please note: Beta functionality may not be available for all Operating Systems. Operating Systems Windows XP Vista 7 8 8.1 10 Server 2003 Server 2008 Server 2008 R2 SBS 2011 Server 2012 Server 2012 R2 (including Core) Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) 10.7 (Lion) 10.8 (Mountain Lion) 10.9 (Mavericks) 10.10 (Yosemite) 10.11 (El Capitan) Linux & Unix* Debian Ubuntu CentOS Redhat FreeBSD OpenSUSE *Although the software runs practically on any GNU/Linux x86 and x86_64/amd64 distribution with GLIBC 2.3.2 or higher (with NPTL enabled), officially supported are those listed below. Applications Exchange 2003 2007 2010 2013 SQL 2005 2008 2008 R2 2012 2014 SharePoint 2007 2010 2013 VMware 4.1 5.0 5.1 5.5 6.0 Hyper-V 2 (2008 R2) 3 (2012 and R2) Oracle 11g MySQL 5.0 5.1 5.6 SIMS 3
Introduction to Redstor Online Backup Plus Beta Functionality In version 15, there are multiple beta and preview features that are available for you to use and test depending on the release that you are currently on. It is important to remember that these beta and preview features may contain bugs, may not be supported on your operating system/application, and may not work as expected at this stage. For this reason, we do not recommend that you use these features on your critical systems and to expect bugs and performance related issues before the functionality enters the GA release. Please also bear in mind that these features could be pulled at any time and may not necessarily make the final GA release. Redstor may be able to provide an estimated release date for individual beta features but these dates can be subject to change. As these features are still in beta, please bear in mind that fixes may not be possible in a short period of time. If you have any questions or encounter any issues with the beta software, please do log a support ticket as normal and we will help you as best as we can. Beta Features Currently Available (some features may only be available on specific releases) 1. Individual File Restores for VMware and Hyper-V backups from within the Backup Client 2. Virtual Disaster Recovery for Linux 3. Bare Metal Recovery to Dissimilar Disk Hardware 4. Dynamic Disk Support for Standby Image Backups 5. Dynamic Disk Support for Virtual Disaster Recovery 4
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1. Individual File Restores for VMware and Hyper-V backups from within the Backup Client Current Status: Beta Releases Supported: v15.6.0+ Prerequisites: Virtual Drive must be installed. You must have performed a backup using either the Hyper- V Plugin or the VMware Plugin. Description: The contents of a protected virtual machine can be Expanded with a single click of the expand (beta) button to show a directory structure of the VM and select individual items to restore. Known Issues: Cannot restore files with >256 characters in path Cannot explore VM with unicode characters in file name VM path with long file names truncated on restore dialog display Error exploring nonformatted, tagged, Linux File System disks Virtual Drive could appear to hang over slow connection 6
2. Virtual Disaster Recovery for Linux Current Status: Beta Releases Supported: v15.7.0+ Prerequisites: You just run a System State Backup for Linux (beta) as well as a Files and Folder backup of the whole root directory. Supported Systems: CentOS 5 (x86/x64) CentOS 6 (x86/x64) MBR Partition Formats Description: As with other Virtual Disaster Recovery features, go to Restore->Virtual Disaster Recovery within the Backup Client to perform your restore. Known Issues: Backup/restore of encrypted partitions is not supported Backup/restore of partition labels is not supported Swap partition may not be functional after the VDR 7
3. Bare Metal Recovery to Dissimilar Disk Hardware Current Status: Beta Releases Supported: v15.9.0+ Prerequisites: Same as current BMR functionality Description: Beta support for dissimilar disk hardware, includes the ability to recovery to an environment with a different number of disks or different disk sizes. Known Limitation: When more than one source hard drive has a boot partition, bootmgr (Windows Boot Manager) may not be restored properly. This condition could be seen on systems configured for dual boot or systems build with OEM recovery partitions. 4. Dynamic Disk support for Standby Image Backup Current Status: Beta Releases Supported: v15.10.0+ Prerequisites: Select the whole of the System State data source, the whole critical drive within Files and Folders, and any other data/plugins that you wish to have in your standby image. Description: Beta support added in 15.10 for creating local Standby Image Backups of physical Windows systems configured with GPT or MBR dynamic disks. 5. Dynamic Disk support for Virtual Disaster Recovery Current Status: Beta Releases Supported: v15.10.0+ Prerequisites: Select the whole of the System State data source, the whole critical drive within Files and Folders, and any other data/plugins that you wish to have in your standby image. Description: Beta support added in 15.10 for Virtual Disaster Recovery to Hyper-V/.VHD/.VHDX for physical Windows systems configured with GPT or MBR dynamic disks. Known Issues: Support for VMware/.VMDK currently supports systems with non-bootable dynamic disks 8
Website: www.redstor.com Useful Information Knowledgebase Site: kb.redstor.com Redstor Address: Redstor Ltd St James Wharf 99-105 Kings Road Reading Berkshire RG1 3DD UK Redstor Support Email: support@redstor.com Redstor Support Number: 0845 30 30 909 Redstor Support Hours: 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday Please note: The Support Team can be reached on the same number out of hours, but this is for Emergency Severity 1 issues only. Redstor Sales Number: 0118 951 5200 Redstor Sales Email: sales@redstor.com Redstor Orders Email: orders@redstor.com Redstor Accounts Email: accounts@redstor.com For any issues or queries with this user guide, please contact userguides@redstor.com 9
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