The concept of virtualization took centre stage when most of the IT administrators were in a dilemma on whether to give up their traditional backup strategy that involved hardware environments. But what they forget is, one malware attack or natural disaster would destroy their entire IT setup. While there are few who have understood the true potential of the virtualization concept, there is a section of them that is under a notion that revamping their hardware setup to a virtual setup alone will solve the problem. Well, that’s not all. Read this blog to know the clear picture of why should your virtual setup be equipped with the best VMware backup solution and learn how Vembu can aid you with it.
Agentless VM backups with enabled application-aware settings:
You do not have to install a software agent inside every VM that is running under the ESXi host to configure a backup. You will be able to schedule backups for the entire ESXi host through the Vembu BDR server.
Another added advantage is that at the event of a disaster you will be able to recover the entire ESXi host with all the data including the files & folders, disks, the state of the virtual machine left at that point and the entire virtual setup itself. Thus helping you to create a new VMware setup without any source infrastructure. It is to be noted that all of configured VMware backups are image-based backups and Vembu does this by interacting with the VMware vStorage API for Data Protection(VADP).
Applications like Microsoft Exchange, MSSQL, SharePoint, Active Directory and others are also backed up with consistent snapshots. The applications are made to complete their ongoing transactions and the physical log buffer is flushed so that they can be freezed for an instant to capture the snapshot. This does not harm and the system state and all the ongoing processes are resumed.
Reduce the storage space using CBT:
Vembu VMBackup uses the VMware’s CBT to track only the changed blocks from the previous backup schedule of the virtual disk for further backup and not the entire disk itself. By doing so, the storage required for data storage is efficiently managed at minimal time.
All this is done by having the initial full backup as the reference and the changed blocks are differentiated using this CBT.
Automatic backup verification:
In order to confirm the recoverability of the backed up machines, Vembu VMBackup runs a 3-tier backup verification test. This includes boot check, mount check, and integrity check.
Boot check- Backed up VMs under the ESXi will automatically be booted by reading the storage targets on any hypervisor.
Mount Check- This test ensures the mountability of the disks of every VM running under the ESXi.
Integrity Check- Windows check disk utility is used by Vembu VMBackup to check the integrity of every file of each VM that is getting backed up.
Advanced Encryption Settings:
Vembu uses the universally acclaimed AES-256 bit encryption algorithm for the VMware backup that prevents unauthorized access to the give data. Once the backup is configured from the client, the data is first compressed and then encrypted and later is transmitted over the network to the Vembu BDR. Thus when data is stored in the server as blocks, they still will remain encrypted.
Below is the option to enable protection to your configured backups through customized passwords.
Manage off-site copies through Vembu OffsiteDR:
It’s imperative to have a Disaster Recovery plan in the event of an unexpected disaster. The configured VMware backups are made instantly recoverable when the backup server is replicated to the Vembu OffsiteDR in a remote data center or to the cloud. And, it’s done effectively by making optimal usage of the storage and network resources, thus bringing out a minimum Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective of less than 15 mins. Users will be able to manage their off-site copies after getting their Vembu BDR registered to the Vembu portal.
Quick granular recovery of files & applications:
Vembu universal explorer is a forever free tool for configuring granular recovery of files and applications. The applications like Microsoft Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Active Directory in the VMware backups can actually be restored without recovering the entire VMware backup from the Vembu BDR.
Configure backups with flexible scheduling:
The scheduling options are flexible that it can be customized to the user’s requirement. Scheduling the VMware backups will assure near Continuous Data Protection (CDP) to a very minimum interval of every 15 minutes. Users can choose the /hourly/daily/weekly scheduling options as shown below.
Thoughts:
Vembu VMBackup is designed keeping in mind the best practices for VMware environment. Apart from configuring faster VMware backups and quick restores, the efficient storage of backed up data through an in-house file system called VembuHIVE makes Vembu stand unique among other backup solutions. Among other key features and practices, the data transfer happens through a LAN- free network when the SAN is integrated to the vSphere infrastructure. This decreases the load on the LAN.
Even environments with high workloads will benefit by scaling out their storage repositories by creating a storage pool of a hybrid volume manager. By adhering to the best practices & technologies of VMware, Vembu thus offers one of the most comprehensive backup solutions for protecting your modern data centers.
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