Nakivo Backup & Replication v7 Software Supports Hyper-V Backup

Nakivo Inc. released Backup & Replication v7.

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Key features include:

• Support for Hyper-V 2016 and 2012 (R2): While Backup & Replication already supported VMware, Inc. and AWS EC2, this version extends the hypervisor support to Hyper-V and provides image-based, application-aware, and forever-incremental backup and replication for Hyper-V 2016 and 2012 (R2) VMs. Hyper-V VM support also inherits features previously available for VMware and AWS EC2 such as backup copy offsite and to Azure/AWS clouds, LAN-free data transfer, network acceleration, global data deduplication and compression, instant recovery for files, Exchange objects and Active Directory objects.

• Support for vSphere 6.5: The software stays up to date with industry releases and provides support for vSphere v6.5 out of the box. This version enables VM backup, replication, and recovery for vSphere v6.5 environments.

• Skip swap files and partitions: Swap files on Windows OS and swap partitions on Linux OS serve as a ‘virtual memory’ and store temporary run time data that is not in use by RAM. The swap contents change constantly, so swap data is included in every VM backup and VM replica. Since the swap size can automatically grow up to 3X the size of RAM, this means that gigabytes of unnecessary data are processed, transferred, and stored for every VM. The impact of swap files and partitions on the backup and replication is significant in small environments. For example, a backup of just ten VMs during a month can contain 1.2TB of unnecessary swap data. The software automatically skips swap files and partitions in VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, and AWS EC2 instances, which results in faster and smaller backups and replicas.

• Active Directory integration: Microsoft Active Directory is a popular directory services and enables organizations to improve security, manageability, and scalability. It enables mapping Active Directory groups to Backup & Replication user roles, which allows domain users to log in to the software with their domain credentials. Integration with Active Directory enables organizations to align the software with their security policy and simplify user access to Backup & Replication.

“Nakivo Backup & Replication v7 is a single pane of glass for protecting VMware, Hyper-V, and AWS EC2 environments more efficiently and cost-effectively,” said Bruce Talley, CEO and co-founder, Nakivo. “We are excited to bring v7 to the market and already see a great demand for Hyper-V backup from our partners and customers, which will further accelerate our amazing growth.“