Backup solution for Citrix Xen Hypervisor
Organisations are adopting virtualization and are increasingly migrating to Virtual data centers. Xen Hypervisor is an open source virtual platform provided by Citrix to integrate, manage and automate a virtual datacenter. Xen hypervisor is used to virtualize operating systems like Windows, Linux and Solaris. To alleviate the risks around the virtual machines (VM) running on the Xen hypervisor, it is required to have a backup and disaster recovery solution. Vembu provides VM-level and Guest level backups to protect the VM’s running in the Xen Hypervisor environment.
VM-level Backup Solution
Vembu offers ImageBackup agent for the Windows VMs running on Xen Hypervisor and the agent needs to be installed on each VM to backup the entire VM including OS, application and data.
Full VM Backup – Backs up the entire virtual machine which includes operating system, applications and data in it.
Changed Block Tracking (CBT) -Vembu uses proprietary CBT Driver to track the changed blocks since the previous full backup.
Automated Backup Verification – The backed up VMs will be automatically booted and the screenshot of the boot screen will be captured and emailed to the administrator.
Retention Policies – Basic and GFS retention policies helps to merge the multiple recovery points and remove the older backup data to save storage space.
Application-aware VM Backups – Uses application specific VSS writers to take consistent snapshots during the backup of highly transactional applications (Microsoft Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Active Directory) and the log files can be truncated at the end of backup.
Offsite Backup Copy – A redundant copy of the backed up data in the BDR server can be replicated to users own data center or to the Vembu cloud for disaster recovery purpose.
Instant Boot VM – Restore the backed up physical or virtual machines instantly on VMware, Hyper-V or KVM
File Level Recovery – Individual files can be restored from the backed up VM without restoring the entire data
Full VM Recovery – Recover the backed up Virtual Machines permanently to the same or different hypervisor.
Granular Application Recovery – Instantly recover individual application items from Microsoft applications such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Active Directory.
VM Migration (P2V and V2V) – Vembu helps to migrate the VMs from other hypervisors to VMware, Hyper-V or KVM and vice versa
What Our Customers Say
We have been using Vembu for years and the BDR suite is an example of the excellent software we have come to expect from Vembu. It has the features we are looking for, but most important of all, it is stable. We tried multiple vendors through the years until we finally came across his company. We stayed with them because when we need to do a restore and when we do our routine check, the backups of run in the data is there.
We have used other backup/DR tools in the past which have always failed when you need them most, we ended up doing the backups manually which became too much. We then found and tested Vembu and It’s so easy to use, we can connect remotely to keep an eye on the tasks and the whole setup is a joy to use. Support is also fantastic, they are quick at responding and very helpful and informative.
All companies are looking to keep their data safe and secure, with Vembu ensuring that our data was protected with an efficient backup solution. Vembu is an ally with regard to backup security. The tool is very practical and easy to access the settings. A good application and reference in backup software. Meets the needs of diverse IT environments, thus ensuring business continuity.
Guest-level Backup Solution
Vembu offers BDR clients to backup individual files, folders and applications from Windows, Linux, Mac VM’s running on Xen hypervisor.
File-level Backup – Supports file backup on all flavors of Windows, Linux and Mac machines. Also, supports preconfigured folders, such as My Documents, My Photos, Desktop, Browsers, etc.
Microsoft Exchange Server Backup – In case of critical situations, for complete recovery of mailboxes and system data, Exchange server backups are done. Vembu uses Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) API for consistent backup of all Microsoft applications.
Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Backup – Vembu Exchange Mailbox Plugin backs up the user’s mailboxes. It can perform backups at a folder level. You can backup all the data of a particular user (mailbox) or just a folder (like for example the inbox of a user) or a sub-folder (like for example, a sub-folder in the inbox).
Microsoft SharePoint Backup – Vembu provides backup for MS Sharepoint server and allows restore in the form of entire or individual site level, documents, lists, contacts. Vembu provides backup for MS Sharepoint server and allows the restore of the entire SharePoint sites or individual documents, lists and contacts.
Microsoft SQL Server Backup – Vembu SQL Server backup is a flexible and an efficient option to backup Microsoft SQL servers. Vembu uses VDI API to backup database(s) and then uploads the locally dumped file to the BDR backup server.
Microsoft Outlook Backup – Vembu backups the emails configured in the Outlook profile. All the emails and rules at folder level are backed up to the BDR backup server.
MySQL Database Backups – Vembu supports backup of MySQL database(s) from Windows and Linux machines.
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