Backup

With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can reliably protect your virtual,

physical, cloud, and SaaS environments, ensure the consistency of application

data, increase backup performance, and reduce backup size.

• VM Backup: Create image-based, incremental backups of VMware, Hyper-V,

and Nutanix AHV VMs.

• Microsoft 365 Backup: Back up Microsoft 365 data, such as Exchange

Online mailboxes, OneDrive for Business files, and SharePoint Online sites.

• Physical Machine Backup: Create image-based, incremental backups of

Windows-based and Linux-based physical servers and workstations.

• Amazon EC2 Backup: Create image-based, incremental backups of Amazon

EC2 instances.

• Oracle Backup: Create backups for Oracle databases via RMAN.

• VMware Cloud Director Backup: Back up VMware Cloud Director objects,

such as vApps, individual VMs and storage policies.

• Backup from Storage Snapshots: Create backups for VMware VMs hosted

on HPE 3PAR storage devices directly from storage snapshots.

• Backup to Cloud: Send backups or backup copies to public clouds, including

Amazon S3, and Wasabi.

• Ransomware-Resilient Backups: Enable immutability for backups sent

to Amazon S3 (with S3 Object Lock) and hardened Linux-based local

repositories in a pre-configured VA.

• Backup to Tape: Send backup copies to physical tape libraries and AWS VTL;

easily manage tape devices, cartridges, and backups.

• Backup Copy: Create copies of your backups and send them to a remote

site or a public cloud.

• Global Deduplication: Deduplicate backups across the entire backup

repository, regardless of the platform.

• Instant Backup Verification: Instantly verify VMware and Hyper-V VM

backups; get a report with screenshots of test-recovered machines.

• Application Support: Ensure the consistency of applications and databases,

such as Microsoft Exchange, AD, SQL, Oracle, and so on.

• Deduplication Appliance Support: Send backups to deduplication

appliances such as HPE StoreOnce, Dell EMC Data Domain, and NEC

HYDRAstor.

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Instant Recovery

With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can instantly recover VMs, files, and

application objects directly from deduplicated backups.

•Instant VM Recovery: Boot VMware and Hyper-V VMs directly from

deduplicated backups; migrate booted VMs to production if necessary.

•Instant Physical to Virtual (P2V): Instantly boot VMware VMs from

physical machine backups.

•Instant File Recovery to Source: Browse, search, and instantly restore

files and folders to their original location or any custom location.

•Instant Object Recovery for Microsoft Exchange: Browse, search,

and recover individual emails and other Exchange objects back to the

original location.

•Instant Object Recovery for Microsoft Active Directory: Browse,

search, and recover individual users, user groups and other AD objects

back to the original location.

•Instant Object Recovery for Microsoft SQL: Browse, search, and

restore individual tables and databases back to the original location.

•Universal Application Object Recovery: Instantly recover objects

of any application by mounting disks from a backup directly to your

production machines.

•Cross-Platform Recovery: Export VM disks across platforms to

recover VMware VMs to a Hyper-V environment and vice versa.

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Ransomware Protection

With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can ensure proper ransomware

protection, improve backup reliability and provide instant recovery in case of a

ransomware attack.

•Air-gapped backups: Keep your backups and backup copies offline (tape,

detachable NAS, USB drives, etc.) for ultimate ransomware protection.

•Immutable backups with S3 Object Lock: Make your backups and

backup copies stored in Amazon S3 buckets immutable for as long as

you need and ensure they remain protected from ransomware and

malicious changes.

•Immutable Repository: Enable immutability for backups and backup

copies sent to Linux-based local repositories.

•Hardened Virtual Appliance: Deploy the solution as a pre-configured

VA running Ubuntu Server and make your backups sent to a repository

deployed as part of the VA immutable for a specified period of time.

•Two-Factor Authentication: Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for

NAKIVO Backup & Replication to prevent hackers from accessing your

data protection activities.

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Disaster Recovery

With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can perform near-real-time VM

replication and orchestrate the disaster recovery process with Site Recovery.

•VM Replication: Create and maintain VMware and Hyper-V VM replicas,

which are identical copies of your source VMs.

•Replication from backup: Replicate VMs directly from backups to

reduce the load on the host, free up valuable resources, and save time.

•Amazon EC2 Instance Replication: Create and maintain Amazon EC2

instance replicas, which are identical copies of your source instances.

•Site Recovery: Create disaster recovery workflows and perform

scheduled non-disruptive recovery testing, planned failover, emergency

failover, failback, and datacenter migration with one click.

•Application Support: Ensure the consistency of applications and

databases, such as Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, SQL, Oracle,

and so on.

•Replica Verification: Instantly verify VMware and Hyper-V VM replicas;

get a report with screenshots of test-recovered machines.

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Performance

With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, you can boost backup, replication, and

recovery speeds by up to 2x and reduce network load by as much as 50%.

•Native Change Tracking: Use native change tracking technologies

(VMware CBT, Hyper-V RCT, Nutanix AHV CRT) to instantly identify

modified data and send only changed data to the destination.

•LAN-Free Data Transfer: Use the HotAdd or Direct SAN Access modes

to increase data transfer speed while offloading production networks.

•Network Acceleration: Increase performance in busy LAN and WAN

networks with built-in network acceleration.

•Bandwidth Throttling: Limit the speed of data transfer by configuring

global or per-job bandwidth rules.

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Administration

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides a simple web interface and comes

with great features to help you save time and money.

•Versatile Deployment: Deploy as a VA, install on Linux or Windows OS, or

on a NAS to create an all-in-one backup appliance.

•Policy-Based Protection: Automatically back up and replicate machines

that match policy rules, which can be based on machine name, tag, size,

location, and so on.

•Calendar Dashboard: View all past, current, and future jobs in a simple

calendar view.

•Role-Based Access Control: Assign preset and custom roles and

associated rights and permissions to users.

•Microsoft Active Directory Integration: Integrate with Microsoft Active

Directory and map user groups to NAKIVO Backup & Replication user roles.

•Global Search: Instantly find VMs, backups, replicas, jobs, repositories,

Transporters, and other objects; act on search results.

•Job Chaining: Link jobs so they run one after another. For example, a

successful VM backup job to a local storage destination can start a Backup

Copy job to copy the newly created backups to a public cloud.

•API: Integrate NAKIVO Backup & Replication with monitoring, automation,

and orchestration solutions via HTTP API.

•Self-Backup: Protect system configuration including all of your jobs,

inventory, settings, and so on.

•Live Chat with Tech Support: Get help without leaving the web interface.

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VMware Monitoring

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides a powerful set of tools for

monitoring the VM infrastructure.

•Complete visibility: Monitor CPU, RAM, and disk usage of your VMware

vSphere hosts and VMs, as well as disk usage of VMware vSphere datastores.

•Comprehensive analytics: Get accurate and relevant results with real

time and historical data.

•Efficient administration: Detect bottlenecks, investigate issues and

anticipate future needs.

•User-friendly interface: Readable layout for all the data available in

the same console where you manage backup activities.

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BaaS and DraaS

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides a simple way to deliver backup and

disaster recovery as a service.

•Multi-Tenancy: Create multiple isolated tenants within one product

instance and manage them from a single pane of glass.

•Self-Service: Offload data protection and recovery tasks to tenants via

the self-service portal.

•Tenant Resource Allocation: Allocate data protection infrastructure

resources (hosts, clusters, individual VMs, Backup Repositories) to tenants.

•Direct Connect for MSPs: Access remote environments via a single

port connection without requiring a VPN connection.

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System Requirements

Supported Environments

NAKIVO Backup & Replication can protect

the following platforms:

Virtual

• VMware vSphere v4.1– v7U2

(compatibility with vSphere 7U3)

•Hyper-V 2012–20H1

•Nutanix AHV 5.10–5.20 (LTS)

•VMware Cloud Director v.10.2.1

SaaS

• Microsoft 365

Physical

•Windows Server 2008R2–20H1

•Windows 10 Pro - 20H2 (x64)

•Ubuntu (Server) v16.04–20.04 LTS (x64)

•Ubuntu (Desktop) 18.04–20.04 LTS (x64)

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux v7.0–8.4 (x64)

•SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1–SP2 (x64)

•SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1–SP5 (x64)

•CentOS v7.0–8.4 (x64)

Cloud

• Amazon EC2

Applications

• Oracle Database 11g R2–19c

Storage Integration

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides advanced

integration with the following deduplication appliances:

•HPE StoreOnce system v3: version 3.18.18 and newer

•HPE StoreOnce system v4: version 4.2.3

•Dell EMC Data Domain 6.1-7.0

Deployment Options

NAKIVO Backup & Replication requires the

following hardware configuration:

•Server: 2 CPU cores, 4 GB RAM

•NAS: Refer to System Requirements

•Raspberry Pi: Refer to System Requirements

Hardware

NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on

the following operating systems and devices:

Windows

• Windows Server 2008 R2–2019

• Windows 7–10 Professional (20H2) (x64)

Linux

•Ubuntu (Server) 16.04–20.04 (x64)

•Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4–8.4 (x64)

•SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1–SP2 (x64)

•SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3–SP5 (x64)

•CentOS Linux 7.0–8.4 (x64)

NAS

•QNAP QTS v4.3–v4.5.1

•QNAP QuTS hero h4.5.3

•Synology DSM v6.0–v7.0

•ASUSTOR ADM v3.5-v.4.0

•FreeNAS 11.3

•TrueNAS CORE 12

•NETGEAR ReadyNAS OS v6.9–v6.10.x

•WD MyCloud OS v3