Altaro Hyper-V Backup An Introduction info@altaro.com www.altaro.com
An Introduction Contents What we'll be covering... Product Overview Installation Configuring and Managing your Backups Backing up VMs ReverseDelta Restoring VMs Different Editions & Licensing Q&A w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015
An Introduction Product Overview Altaro Hyper-V Backup Backup & Restore VMs quickly and easily from Microsoft Hyper-V Simple, quick and easy to setup and use - backup in 5 clicks Instant granular restores at File level and Exchange level Works with Windows Server 2012 R2 / 2012 / 2008 R2 / Core Very low resource requirements Fully Hyper-V Aware - Does all the complex configuration connections for you Fully Hyper-V Cluster and CSV compatible - full support for CSVs and SMB3 Clusters w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015
Installation & Deployment Terminology Altaro Hyper-V Backup is made up of 4 different installation packages : The main application - Altaro Hyper-V Backup The Hyper-V Host Agent The Remote Management Tools The offsite copy utility - Altaro Backup Server w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
Centralized Management of Multiple Hosts What do I install where? Altaro Hyper-V Backup installed on the Hyper-V Host itself - Installation on the Hyper-V host itself, Hyper-V Host Agent deployed automatically to that host. - Nothing to be installed on the VMs. - Additional hosts can be added and managed from this one host (Hyper-v Host agent deployed remotely) Altaro Hyper-V Backup installed on a Dedicated Machine - Installation on a dedicated machine - Hyper-V Host agents deployed remotely to one or more Hyper-V Servers - Nothing to be installed on the VMs. Here are some example scenarios... w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
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An Introduction Backup Destinations What media can I backup to? USB External Drives esata External Drives USB Flash Drives File Server Network Shares using UNC Paths NAS devices (Network Attached Storage) using UNC Paths Internal Hard Drives (recommended only for evaluation purposes) RDX Cartridges Offsite Altaro Backup Server via Internet / WAN Note: Altaro Hyper-V Backup does not support backing up to any Tape devices w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015
An Introduction Backup Destinations Local & Offsite backup locations Backup Locations - Can be a Local drive / USB Drive / NAS / Network Share via UNC Always connected Offsite Locations - Can be a Local drive / USB Drive / NAS / Network Share via UNC Multiple Drive Rotation or Offsite (WAN) Altaro Backup Server w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
Backup Destinations Multiple Local & Offsite backup locations w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
Backup Schedules How to group and schedule backups Create custom schedule group, or use the default Click and drag the desired VMs into the group w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
Backup Retention Deleting older backup versions automatically Create custom Retention Policies, or use the defaults Click and drag the desired VMs into the Retention Policy Local Backups & Offsite Copies can have different retention policies w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
Backing Up your VMs Hot / Live backups - zero downtime by using Microsoft's VSS Hyper-V Writer Backup of Exchange, AD and SQL VMs Backup of all guest Operating Systems - Linux, Unix, Old Windows versions etc Incremental backups (ReverseDelta) - Deduplicated data Backup Compression Backup Encryption - Military grade 128-Bit AES Offsite (WAN) Backups & Seeding w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
An Introduction ReverseDelta How we do incremental backups Latest version is always the full version, changes are pushed out into older versions Older files can be safely deleted without affecting newer versions Only transfers changes at block level, while performing on-the-fly deduplication w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015
Restoring your VMs Restore clone Restore different versions Fast OnePass Restores File level restore Exchange item level restore Restore to different host Sandbox Restore & Verification w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2 0 1 5
An Introduction Granular Restore Restoring granular information from your Backups Altaro Hyper-v Backup offers two methods of retrieving granular information from your backups, without restoring the entire VM: File Level Restore Instantly browse the contents of the VHD(X) files of the VM, choose which files/folders you would like, and restore just these files/folders to a specified location on disk. Exchange Item Level Restore (only available with the Unlimited Edition) Instantly browse the contents of a Microsoft Exchange database inside the VM you have backed up, and restore individual items from the Microsoft Exchange Database to a PST. w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015
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An Introduction Licensing Altaro Hyper-V Backup Very competitively priced Priced per server, not per socket 1 Year SMA free with your purchase - Includes free upgrades and support Subsequent years are 25% of the cost price per year w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015
An Introduction Questions? Email - support@altaro.com Knowledgebase & FAQ - http://support.altaro.com Live Chat - http://support.altaro.com Phone - UK: +44 (0) 203 397 6280 US: +1 (919) 251 6279 w w w. a l t a r o. c o m A L T A R O 2015