Retrospect Virtual provides comprehensive data protection for VMware and Hyper-V environments, including Microsoft Office 365, with features like instant recovery and deduplication.
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Retrospect Virtual is a robust software solution designed to protect entire VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments from a single, centralized console. It ensures business continuity by safeguarding critical data within virtual machines and applications. The software offers advanced features such as significantly faster backups and restores, and intelligent data deduplication, allowing organizations to protect larger volumes of data while optimizing storage space. Beyond hypervisor support, Retrospect Virtual extends its protection to Microsoft Office 365, covering Teams, email, SharePoint, and OneDrive data. It also provides granular application protection for key databases and servers like Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Lotus Domino, and Lotus Notes. With capabilities like Instant Recovery (Run Direct) for rapid VM restoration and optional file-level granular restore, IT administrators can quickly get systems back online or extract specific files without restoring entire virtual machines. The solution supports flexible backup destinations, including local disk, network shares, and major cloud storage providers such as Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and Dropbox. Its Management Console offers real-time status monitoring for all installations, jobs, errors, and warnings, providing administrators with immediate insights into system health. The console itself can be deployed on common cloud platforms, enabling quick and economical setup. Security is built-in with AES-256 encryption, and centralized user administration with Active Directory integration simplifies management of user access and policies. Retrospect Virtual offers flexible pricing based on per-VM or per-socket licensing to suit diverse environments.
Features & Benefits
- Comprehensive Virtual Environment Protection
- Safeguards entire VMware and Hyper-V virtual environments from a single console, including support for Hyper-V 2022.
- Microsoft Office 365 Data Protection
- Supports data protection for Teams, email, SharePoint, OneDrive, Document Library, and organization-to-organization restore within Microsoft Office 365 accounts.
- Advanced Backup & Restore Capabilities
- Offers significantly faster backups and restores, advanced data deduplication for efficient storage, and VMDK replication for VMware environments.
- Instant & Granular Recovery Options
- Provides Instant Recovery with Run Direct to quickly restore virtual machines, and supports optional file-level granular restore for extracting single files without full VM restoration.
- Flexible Storage Destinations
- Supports a wide array of backup destinations including local disk, network shares, and major cloud storage providers like Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and Dropbox.
- Granular Application Protection
- Protects virtualized applications and databases such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL Databases, Lotus Domino, and Lotus Notes.
- Centralized Management & Monitoring
- Includes a Management Console for monitoring all installations, real-time status of jobs, errors, and warnings, and centralized user administration with Windows Active Directory integration.
- Cloud Deployment & Security
- The management console can run on cloud platforms (Amazon EC2, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform) for quick and economical deployment, with built-in AES-256 encryption for data security.