UltraBac Delivers Agentless Data Protection and System Recovery Software for Hyper-V

UltraBac
Software, announced UltraBac
Version 9.3.5, UBDR Gold Version 8.0, and a Hyper-V
Agent.

The host-based (agentless) data
protection and system recovery software for Hyper-V allows users to
perform two-way conversions from VHD to VHDX and vice versa. The
launch also introduces four other Hyper-V features.

It is a backup product with the
ability to choose the target disk format (VHD or VHDX). This also
means two-way conversions can be performed. A user can backup in VHD
disk format and restore in VHDX format with just a click, meaning
that VMs from Microsoft Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012 can be
interchanged. Users have the option to switch between fixed size
(thick) and dynamically expanding (thin) disk types on the fly during
restore. No extra time is needed during the restore process to
perform these different types of conversions.

The agent provides unlimited VM
protection for Hyper-V 2012 and 2008 R2 Servers, and has the ability
to backup only used space, even for fixed disks. Since empty space is
not backed up, backups of less than full disks can be faster with
corresponding savings in storage space. The agent also skips backing
up pagefile.sys and hiberfil.sys files, another time and space
saving feature.

"UltraBac Software is proud to
be first-to-market with these exciting new backup and DR features for
the Hyper-V virtual platform," said Morgan Edwards,
president, UltraBac. "We are pleased to provide our
customers with these time and cost saving abilities."

UBDR Gold Version 8.0 features

express and advanced modes.
The express mode simplifies the restore
process so all the steps needed for restore are done at once. For
example, to restore a system to the same hardware configuration, a
user boots into UBDR, selects the image backup, and then clicks the
express option to perform a complete restore. No additional steps or
knowledge of how to operate the software is required. Express mode
has been designed to be intuitive and easy.

The advanced mode is for advanced users
who wish to customize the restore process. This includes the ability
to restore to different partitions, or even completely different
(dissimilar) hardware.

Availability
The two products are available.
The introductory list price for the Hyper-V
Agent is $495 per socket. This price also includes first
year maintenance coverage with technical support.