{"id":17226,"date":"2016-07-13T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/?p=17226"},"modified":"2020-03-15T18:02:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T17:02:37","slug":"nakivo-backup-replication-6-0-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/nakivo-backup-replication-6-0-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nakivo Backup &#038; Replication 6.0 overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17583 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview01.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nakivo\u00a0Backup &amp; Replication 6.0 is a complete backup solution you can deploy\u00a0as VA or installed on\u00a0Windows or Linux Servers in a\u00a0physical or virtual\u00a0environment.<\/p>\n<p>The product is configurable\u00a0through the <strong>web-based UI written in HTML<\/strong> making the UI fast and responsive.\u00a0The product comes with a <strong>built-in database<\/strong> and does not require to install agents on protected VMs or ESXi hosts. In addition, being a <strong>low resource consumption<\/strong> solution that\u00a0can be installed\u00a0on Linux OS, Nakivo\u00a0offers an interesting pricing\u00a0lower than the competition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nakivo\u00a0Backup &amp; Replication can be installed in\u00a0different platforms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>VMware VA<\/strong>\u00a0- download a pre-configured VA\u00a0and import it in your VMware vSphere<\/li>\n<li><strong>NAS<\/strong>\u00a0- install the product directly onto a Synology or Western Digital NAS<\/li>\n<li><strong>AWS <\/strong>- deploy Nakivo\u00a0in Amazon cloud from a pre-configured Amazon Machine Image<\/li>\n<li><strong>Linux<\/strong>\u00a0- install the software on a Linux OS by running a single command<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windows<\/strong>\u00a0-\u00a0install the product in Windows in a single click<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nakivo is completely <strong>managed via\u00a0web console<\/strong> and requires\u00a0some components to fully function.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17584 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview02.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview02\" width=\"600\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Transporter<\/strong> component is responsible to perform the actual backup and\u00a0usually only one transporter per site is required.\u00a0Backups can be stored to a <strong>local or remote repository<\/strong> (CIFS or\u00a0NFS shares) or to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. The <strong>Replication<\/strong> capability\u00a0allows to store critical VMs for a quick restore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Editions<\/h2>\n<p>Nakivo is available in <strong>six editions<\/strong> and supports all editions of VMware vSphere.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enterprise Edition<\/strong> - offers a complete data protection feature set including Flash VM Boot, instant application objects recovery, multi-tenancy, self-service and dynamic license allocation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enterprise Essentials Edition<\/strong> - limited to 6 licenses per an organization and has the same feature set as the Enterprise edition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pro Edition<\/strong> - provides a base data protection feature set and does not include multi-tenancy, self-service and dynamic license allocation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pro Essentials Edition<\/strong> - limited to 6 licenses per an organization and has the same feature set as the Pro edition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloud Provider Edition<\/strong>\u00a0- enables qualified service providers to license the product on the per-VM monthly rental basis and has the same feature set as the Enterprise edition.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Free Edition<\/strong>\u00a0- provides a quick and simple way to make ad-hoc backups of running VMs for operational, archival, and portability purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Prerequisites<\/h2>\n<p>Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication can be installed on a <strong>virtual or physical machine<\/strong> with the following characteristics:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Director and Onboard Transporter<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>CPU: 2 cores<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 4 GB RAM + 250 MB RAM for each concurrent job<\/li>\n<li>Free space: 1GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Transporter<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>CPU: 2 cores<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 2 GB RAM + 250 MB RAM for each concurrent job<\/li>\n<li>Free space: 1GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Supported OS<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Server: 2012, 2012 R2,\u00a02008 R2<\/li>\n<li>Windows 8 Pro,\u00a0Windows 7 Pro<\/li>\n<li>Linux:\u00a0Ubuntu 12.04 Server,\u00a0SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3,\u00a0Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>New features in version 6<\/h2>\n<p>Latest version of Nakivo Backup and Replication offers some interesting features that assure a higher level of protection of your data.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amazon EC2 backup<\/strong> to backup EC2 instances from Amazon\u2019s cloud to a repository in the same region, a different region or to a local backup destination<\/li>\n<li>Added <strong>Backup Copy<\/strong> job feature<\/li>\n<li><strong>NFS shares<\/strong> are now supported to be used as repository<\/li>\n<li><strong>Internationalization<\/strong> to customize date and time format<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Graphic\u00a0UI<\/strong> has been improved to give a better overview and status of backups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Configuration<\/h2>\n<p>The installation takes\u00a0only few minutes and you can access the web console typing in your favorite browser the address <strong>https:\/\/IP_address:4443<\/strong>. If Nakivo is deployed\u00a0as VA, you need to access the console to configure the system\u00a0parameters (i.e. IP address).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17585 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview03-600x302.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview03\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Access the <strong>Network Settings<\/strong>\u00a0configuration to specify the IP address of the VA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17586 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview04-600x328.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview04\" width=\"600\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First time you access the web console, you need to set the <strong>administrative credentials<\/strong> to\u00a0<strong>Log In<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17589 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview05-600x234.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview05\" width=\"600\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three <strong>components need to be configured<\/strong> before creating a backup job:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inventory<\/li>\n<li>Transporter<\/li>\n<li>Repository<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Inventory<\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>ESXi hosts<\/strong> or the<strong> vCenter Server<\/strong>\u00a0of your infrastructure has to be added to the Inventory to access the VMs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17590 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview06.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview06\" width=\"505\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Transporter<\/h4>\n<p>A transporter is a <strong>service<\/strong> running on a Linux or Windows machine and performs <strong>actual backup<\/strong>, <strong>replication<\/strong>, and recovery tasks, as well as compression, deduplication, and encryption. The transporter is also responsible for <strong>backup repository interaction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17591 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview07-600x370.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview07\" width=\"600\" height=\"370\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Repositories<\/h4>\n<p>Nakivo\u00a0now supports <strong>NFS shares<\/strong> as backup repositories, previous versions only Windows CIFS shares could be used. By default a backup repository is created during installation and each repository must have an <strong>assigned\u00a0transporter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17592 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview08.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview08\" width=\"550\" height=\"440\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Additional settings<\/h4>\n<p>In <strong>General<\/strong> tab you can\u00a0configure <strong>SMTP and email\u00a0notifications<\/strong> as well as <strong>Branding Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17593 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview09-600x334.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview09\" width=\"600\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In <strong>System Settings<\/strong> you can customize local date and time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17594 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview10-600x396.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview10\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Configure a Backup Job<\/h2>\n<p>VMware VM <strong>snapshots<\/strong> are used to create VM backups.\u00a0After the initial full backup, all consequent backups are <strong>forever-incremental<\/strong> and do not require running periodic full backup or replication.<\/p>\n<p>The backup job is created from the <strong>Dashboard &gt; Create<\/strong>\u00a0menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17595 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview11-600x442.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview11\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the VMs to backup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17596 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview12-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview12\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify the <strong>Repository<\/strong> to store the backup files.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17597 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview13.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview13\" width=\"570\" height=\"441\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify a <strong>Schedule<\/strong> for the backup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17598 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview14-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview14\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Assign a\u00a0<strong>Job name<\/strong> and set parameters like <strong>Application-Aware<\/strong>, <strong>CBT<\/strong> and the <strong>Retention<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17599 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview15-600x316.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview15\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An overview of\u00a0executed jobs is\u00a0displayed in\u00a0the <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17600 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview16-600x355.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview16\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Backup Copy Job<\/h4>\n<p>New version introduces\u00a0the <strong>Backup copy job<\/strong>\u00a0feature to <strong>create a copy<\/strong> of an existing backup from one repository to another in order\u00a0to have an additional copy in case of\u00a0a corrupted backup.\u00a0The Backup Copy\u00a0can be stored <strong>onsite<\/strong>, <strong>offsite<\/strong> and also in the <strong>Amazon cloud<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17601 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview17.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview17\" width=\"533\" height=\"545\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Statistics about\u00a0Copy backup job are available in the <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17602 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview18-600x195.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview18\" width=\"600\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Replication<\/h2>\n<p>Replication creates and maintains copies of <strong>criticals\u00a0VMs<\/strong> on a target ESXi server recovering from a disaster simply by\u00a0powering on VM replicas.<\/p>\n<p>To setup replication select <strong>VMware vSphere replication job<\/strong> option from the\u00a0<strong>Dashboard &gt; Create<\/strong>\u00a0menu.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17603 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview19\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview19.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview19\" width=\"480\" height=\"546\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Specify the VMs to replicate and the target <strong>Container<\/strong> and <strong>Datastore<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17604 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview20\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview20-600x277.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview20\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Define a <strong>Schedule<\/strong> and the parameters like <strong>Application-Aware<\/strong>, <strong>CBT<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>Retention<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17605 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview21\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview21-600x327.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview21\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The VMware replication job is being executed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17606 size-large\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview22\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview22-600x252.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview22\" width=\"600\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Recover<\/h2>\n<p>Nakivo\u00a0Backup &amp; Replication provides different options to <strong>restore data<\/strong> from backup:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>VMs from backup<\/strong> - recover the full VM from the backup<\/li>\n<li><strong>Individual files<\/strong> - recover files and folders directly from compressed and deduplicated backups (Windows and Linux VMs)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flash VM boot<\/strong> - boot VMs directly from compressed and deduplicated VM backups<\/li>\n<li><strong>Active Directory and\u00a0Exchange Server<\/strong> -\u00a0recover application objects directly from compressed and deduplicated backups, without the need to recover an entire VM first<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17609 size-full\" title=\"nakivobackup60overview23\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview23.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview23\" width=\"562\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>VMs to recover\u00a0from a backup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17610\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/nakivobackup60overview24.jpg\" alt=\"nakivobackup60overview24\" width=\"550\" height=\"315\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Licensing<\/h2>\n<p>Nakivo is licensed per<strong> physical CPU socket<\/strong> for each server on which you backup or replicate VMs.\u00a0You do not need to license<strong> target servers<\/strong> for your replicas or servers on which you want to recover backed up VMs.\u00a0Check out Nakivo's <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakivo.com\/how-to-buy\/pricingeu.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pricing webpage<\/a> for additional details.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"#\">15-day trial license<\/a> for 6 sockets is available for testing purposes. IT professionals VMUG members, VMware vExpert, VCP, VSP, VTSP, or VCI can receive a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakivo.com\/en\/nfr\/free-nfr-license.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FREE two-socket NFR license<\/a> of NAKIVO Backup &amp; Replication for one year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nakivo\u00a0Backup &amp; Replication 6.0 is a complete backup solution you can deploy\u00a0as VA or installed on\u00a0Windows or Linux Servers in a\u00a0physical or virtual\u00a0environment. The product is configurable\u00a0through the web-based UI written in HTML making the UI fast and responsive.\u00a0The product comes with a built-in database and does not require to install agents on protected VMs or ESXi hosts. In addition, being a low resource consumption solution that\u00a0can be installed\u00a0on Linux OS, Nakivo\u00a0offers an interesting pricing\u00a0lower than the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17583,"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":{"facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":"","linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","bluesky_did:plc:tkabz5kl2rukzdwtuongv3kz_did:plc:tkabz5kl2rukzdwtuongv3kz":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2138,1697,903],"tags":[579,1695,582,699],"class_list":["post-17226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backup-en","category-nakivo-en","category-vmware-en","tag-backup-en","tag-nakivo","tag-replication-en","tag-vmware-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17226","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=17226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}