Instead it’s only the performance of the backup server that influences the time it needs to recover a VM by Instant Recovery.

Since we’re not (or nearly not) restoring any data to the hypervisor, the time it takes to recover a virtual machine is independent on the size of the virtual machine.This way of recovering virtual machines has many advantages over classic restores: It then creates a (read-only) share for the folder where the backup image is located and mounts this share on the selected hypervisor.Īfterwards, it creates a new “empty” virtual machine on the hypervisor and mounts the backed up virtual hard drives from the share on the backup server into the new VM.Īt last, Backup Exec instructs the hypervisor to create a snapshot of the new VM on the hypervisor’s storage that was selected within the “Recover Virtual Machine” wizard in Backup Exec and optionally start the virtual machine. Backup Exec then rises a wizard prompting the admin for information where (on which hypervisor) the machine shall be started. Instant Recovery allows admins, to stand up a virtual machine directly from the backup without having to restore it in the first place.Īt any point of time, an administrator logged in to the Backup Exec console can click on a backed up virtual machine and select “Recover Virtual Machine”. With Backup Exec FP 5, Veritas released a technology that completely changes this picture. Nevertheless, the RTO always was always dependent on the amount of data that needed to be restored. by recovering only the system drive in case of an operating system error. Of course, we always tried to shorten the RTO, i.e. When using classic backup technology, the RTO heavily depends on the size of the system, because in case of a lost server, the whole system needed to be recovered. In case of a restore, how much time is allowed between the point of time, where the system crashed and the moment when it was brought up again after a restore. The RTO defines, how long a system may be down in case of an outage. If no data loss is acceptable, the RPO is zero. The first one (RPO) defines, how often backups are performed, or in other words, how much data can be lost without bringing the company into real trouble in cases where a data restore is required. Traditionally, restore concepts require companies to define two different values: the “Recovery Point Objective” (RPO) and the “Recovery Time Objective” (RTO). This feature allows you to stand up a virtual machine you backed up on a hypervisor within seconds without having to restore any data. The most important feature within this new feature pack is called “Instant Recovery” (IR).

So, what’s new here and is it worth the effort to upgrade? Support for New or Updated Platforms and Applications

On August 2nd 2016, Veritas released Feature Pack 5 for Backup Exec 15.

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