{"id":15009,"date":"2016-02-01T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/?p=15009"},"modified":"2020-03-15T18:05:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T17:05:17","slug":"altaro-vm-backup-6-1-installation-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-6-1-installation-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Altaro VM Backup 6.1 installation - pt.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15025 size-full\" title=\"altarovmbackupinstallation01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation01.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Altaro VM Backup is a powerful backup solution for Hyper-V and VMware environments that makes the\u00a0backup of VMs quick and very easy.<\/p>\n<p>After a quick registration procedure, the software\u00a0can be downloaded and installed\u00a0taking only few minutes to be up and running (about 15 minutes as reported by Altaro). Easy to use with\u00a0an <strong>intuitive design and a full control<\/strong> over backup jobs across all hosts, the application is a good solution to protect virtual infrastructures.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Blog series<\/h2>\n<p>Altaro VM Backup 6.1 installation - pt.1<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-6-1-configure-vmware-backup-pt-2\/\">Altaro VM Backup 6.1 configure VMware\u00a0backup - pt.2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-6-1-offsite-backups-pt-3\/\">Altaro VM Backup 6.1 offsite backups\u00a0- pt.3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-6-1-restore-pt-4\/\">Altaro VM Backup 6.1 restore and verification - pt.4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Licensing and Editions<\/h2>\n<p>VM Backup is <strong>priced per host<\/strong>\u00a0and not per CPU, socket or VM therefore if you have two hosts with two sockets each, only two licenses need to be purchased.<\/p>\n<p>VM Backup is available in <strong>three editions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standard<\/strong> - backup up to 5 VMs per host and\u00a0Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster (CSV), VMware vCenter and the Exchange Item-Level Restore are not supported.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unlimited<\/strong> - unlimited VMs backup with\u00a0all features are available.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Edition<\/strong> - backup up to 2 VMs per host with some\u00a0restrictions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out Altaro website for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altaro.com\/vm-backup\/pricing.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pricing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15029 size-large\" title=\"altarovmbackupinstallation02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation02-600x262.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation02\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<p>Formerly known as <em>Altaro Hyper-V Backup<\/em>, Altaro <strong>renamed the application<\/strong> in <em>VM Backup<\/em> after releasing in version 6.0 the support also for VMware vSphere.<\/p>\n<p>Simplicity is the keyword for this software\u00a0where every single process can be done easily in few clicks. Available for both <strong>Hyper-V and VMware<\/strong> environments, Altaro offers all the features\u00a0required by the <strong>disaster recovery<\/strong> to protect the virtual infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15030 size-full\" title=\"altarovmbackupinstallation03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation03.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation03\" width=\"420\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the features included in VM Backup:<\/p>\n<p>- Hot Backups - MS VSS Integration<br \/>\n- Support for Cluster Shared Volumes &amp; VMware vCenter<br \/>\n- Offsite Backup Replication<br \/>\n- Compression and Encryption<br \/>\n- Exchange Server Item-Level Restore<br \/>\n- Instant File Level Restore<br \/>\n-\u00a0Granular Restore Options<br \/>\n- Central management console<br \/>\n-\u00a0Queue backup\/restore jobs<br \/>\n- Exchange and SQL support<br \/>\n- Linux VM support<br \/>\n- Flexible Backup Destinations<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Supported\u00a0Hypervisors<\/h4>\n<p>Altaro VM Backup can backup VMs from the following hosts:<\/p>\n<p>- Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 R2,\u00a02012,\u00a02012 R2<br \/>\n- VMware\u00a0vSphere\/ESXi\/vCenter 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0<\/p>\n<p>VMware ESXi\u00a0free version is <strong>not supported<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Supported Operating Systems<\/h4>\n<p>Installation of VM Backup products is supported by the following OS:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altaro VM Backup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>- Windows 2008 R2,\u00a02012,\u00a02012 R2<br \/>\n- Windows 7, 8, 10 (64-Bit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altaro Management Tools (UI)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>- Windows 2008 R2,\u00a02012,\u00a02012 R2<br \/>\n- Windows 7, 8, 10 (64-Bit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altaro Offsite Server<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>- Windows 2008 R2,\u00a02012,\u00a02012 R2<br \/>\n- Windows 7, 8, 10 (64-Bit)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Supported devices for backup<\/h4>\n<p>The following devices can be used in VM Backup as\u00a0backup repository:<\/p>\n<p>- USB, eSata external drives<br \/>\n- USB flash drives<br \/>\n- Network Shares and NAS devices using UNC paths<br \/>\n- RDX cartridges<br \/>\n- Altaro Offsite Server<br \/>\n- PC Internal Hard Drives (evaluation purposes only)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>System Requirements<\/h2>\n<h4>Hardware<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Altaro VM Backup<\/strong><br \/>\n- 1 GB RAM<br \/>\n- 6\u00a0GB Hard Disk (for Altaro VM Backup and\u00a0temporary files created during backup)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altaro Hyper-V Host Agent<\/strong><br \/>\n- 500 MB RAM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Altaro Offsite\u00a0Server<\/strong><br \/>\n- Minimum of i5 (or equivalent) processor<br \/>\n- 75 MB RAM + an additional 75MB for each concurrent backup\/restore<\/p>\n<h4>Software<\/h4>\n<p>- MS .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2<br \/>\n- MS .NET Framework 4.0 on Windows Server 2012<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Installation<\/h2>\n<p>The installation procedure is very\u00a0simple and really\u00a0requires only few clicks. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.altaro.com\/vm-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\u00a0the software from Altaro website and run the installer <strong><em>altarovmbackupsetup.exe<\/em><\/strong>. Click <strong>Next<\/strong> to proceed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15033 size-full\" title=\"altarovmbackupinstallation04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation04.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation04\" width=\"509\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enable the <strong>I accept the terms in the License Agreement<\/strong> option and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15034 size-full\" title=\"altarovmbackupinstallation05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation05.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation05\" width=\"509\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leave default installation directory then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15035\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation06.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation06\" width=\"509\" height=\"399\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Install<\/strong> to start the installation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15036\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation07.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation07\" width=\"509\" height=\"399\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The software is being installed in the system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15037\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation08.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation08\" width=\"509\" height=\"399\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Flag the <strong>Launch Management Console<\/strong> to start the console immediately. Click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to exit the installation\u00a0Wizard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15038\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation09.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation09\" width=\"509\" height=\"399\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>From this window\u00a0you can also manage <strong>multiple instances<\/strong> having the full control of your environment.\u00a0Click on <strong>Connect<\/strong> button to connect the running VM Backup instance on <strong>local machine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15039\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation10-600x342.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation10\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>When the Altaro console opens, the <strong>Quick Setup<\/strong>\u00a0dashboard is\u00a0displayed allowing a quick configuration of the backup job. Click the link\u00a0<strong>Click here to dismiss Quick Setup...<\/strong>\u00a0to access the main screen closing the wizard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15040\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation11-600x342.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation11\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The Altaro VM Backup console is <strong>well designed<\/strong> with a clean and very intuitive layout.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15045 size-large\" title=\"altarovmbackupinstallation12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/altarovmbackupinstallation12-600x342.jpg\" alt=\"altarovmbackupinstallation12\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The installation process is now complete.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-6-1-configure-vmware-backup-pt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Part 2<\/a> will cover the <strong>general setup<\/strong> of the system\u00a0and the\u00a0configuration of the <strong>backup task<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"firma\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Altaro VM Backup is a powerful backup solution for Hyper-V and VMware environments that makes the\u00a0backup of VMs quick and very easy. After a quick registration procedure, the software\u00a0can be downloaded and installed\u00a0taking only few minutes to be up and running (about 15 minutes as reported by Altaro). Easy to use with\u00a0an intuitive design and a full control over backup jobs across all hosts, the application is a good solution to protect virtual infrastructures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","twitter_113568041_113568041":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2138,1636,903],"tags":[1633,579,2159,699,700],"class_list":["post-15009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backup-en","category-hornetsecurity-en","category-vmware-en","tag-altaro","tag-backup-en","tag-hyperv-en-2","tag-vmware-en","tag-vsphere-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}