Category Archives: Data Protection

NetBackup Replication Director for VMware

NetBackup Replication Director Overview

Replication Director is the implementation of NetBackup OpenStorage-managed snapshots and snapshot replication, where the snapshots are stored on the storage systems of partnering companies. Replication Director has been introduced in NetBackup 7.5. Main features of Replication Director in NetBackup 7.6: Enables NetBackup to manage NetApp hardware snapshots (currently only this vendor) Leverages OpenStorage technology Replicate… Read More »

EMC RecoverPoint for virtual machines 4.2: Architecture Overview

In November, EMC released RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 4.2 (RP4VM) which allows replicating virtual machines with virtual machine level granularity. Recover Point for virtual machines is a new competitor of VMware Site Recovery Manager and Zerto Virtual Replication. Some main features: Recovery Point Objective (RPO) - zero or seconds. (Sync or async replication available) RecoverPoint… Read More »

NetApp Virtual Storage Console 5 for VMware vSphere - Overview.

Virtual Storage Console 5 for VMware vSphere software is a single vCenter Server plug-in that enables you to manage complete virtual machine end-to-end lifecycles in VMware environments using NetApp storage systems. VSC integrates  with the VMware vSphere Web Client and enables you to use single sign-on (SSO) services. In addition, the VSC Summary page enables… Read More »