…And Backup & Recovery for VMware vCloud

Acronis International GmbH announced its Backup & Recovery for vCloud, enabling enterprises of various sizes and service providers to complement VMware vCloud Director with self-service backup and recovery.

It allows tenants and administrators to eliminate downtime and protect their VMs in public, private and hybrid clouds. Using Acronis’ innovative technology, service providers can now build a complete infrastructure-as-a-service offering using vCloud.
 
Co-founder and new CEO Serguei Beloussov brings his knowledge of service provider business, from more than ten years as the CEO of Parallels, to Acronis’ expertise in backup. With more than 50 advanced backup technologies released to date, Acronis is now enabling backup-as-a-service with Backup & Recovery for vCloud. While VMware vCloud Director allows tenants to control their VMs directly, Acronis’ solution provides them with additional full self-service backup of their VMs.
 
Backup & Recovery for vCloud Features:

• Self-service Web console forusers to control backup and recovery of their VM’s;
• Integration with vCloud Director simplifying backup and recovery of entire machines, including vCloud configuration and other metadata;
• Fast and reliable agentless backup technology for VMs behind Acronis vmProtect and Acronis Backup & Recovery; and
• Seamless on-premise-to-cloud migration and DR to the cloud.

"Buy-in to our private cloud was hindered by the lack of a suitable backup solution," said Adrian Parks, senior systems specialist, the University of Oxford. "We were using in-guest agents, but this was not ideal and not our preferred option. The Acronis solution solves this challenge by providing a VM backup solution that interfaces directly with the vCloud Director APIs."
 
"Acronis knows backup, and if you want to deliver infrastructure-as-a-service, you need effective backup," said Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov. "Before this breakthrough, self-service technology from Acronis, protecting vCloud VM’s was difficult and time consuming.  Now, Acronis has applied its expertise in backup and knowledge of service providers to build the only self-servicebackup solution designed specifically for VMware vCloud, making it easier and safer for enterprises and service providers to run critical applications in the cloud."