{"id":40653,"date":"2019-10-15T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=40653"},"modified":"2020-03-15T18:05:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T17:05:13","slug":"altaro-physical-server-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-physical-server-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Altaro Physical Server Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40663 size-full\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-01.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Altaro released the new Altaro Physical Server Backup solution to allow administrators to not only protect their virtual machines but also their physical machines which have <strong>not yet been converted<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With this new product <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-8-0-wan-optimization-replication\/\">Altaro<\/a> is now able to provide a complete solution to protect both <strong>virtual<\/strong> (check out <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-for-vmware-hyper-v-altaro-vm-backup\/\">Altaro VM Backup<\/a>) and <strong>physical environments<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This new product is able to backup physical servers and <strong>recover them to a VM or as virtual disk VHDX.<\/strong> It is actually a Physical to Virtual (P2V) solution that performs a physical machine to a virtual machine (<strong>running on Hyper-V<\/strong>) convertion.\u00a0<strong>Change block tracking<\/strong> (CBT) as well as <strong>application-aware<\/strong> processing are fully supported.<\/p>\n<p>VMware\u00a0<strong>vSphere is not currently supported<\/strong>\u00a0in this first release.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Altaro Physical Server Backup prerequisites<\/h2>\n<h4>Hardware requirements<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Minimum of i5 (or equivalent) processor<\/li>\n<li>2 GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>1 GB Hard Disk Space + 15 GB (for temporary files created during backup operations)<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of 10% free disk space on each volume holding live VM data to be used for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy<\/li>\n<li>Partitions being backed up must be NTFS or FAT32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Supported OSs<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Software prerequisites<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>MS .NET Framework 4.0\/4.5 and 4.7 (required for TLS 1.2) on Windows Server 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Supported backup targets<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>External USB and eSata drives<\/li>\n<li>USB flash drives<\/li>\n<li>Fileserver network shares<\/li>\n<li>NAS devices<\/li>\n<li>PC Internal hard drives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Install Altaro Physical Server Backup<\/h2>\n<p>Download the software from Altaro website in the <strong>physical server to backup<\/strong> then run the installation file. Accept the EULA and click <strong>Install<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40672 size-full\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-02.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-02\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The product is being installed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40674 size-full\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-03.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-03\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After few seconds the software has been installed. Click <strong>Reboot<\/strong>\u00a0to restart the server.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40676 size-full\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-04.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-04\" width=\"510\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Altaro Physical Server Backup's dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40678 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-05-600x322.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Create a Backup Job<\/h2>\n<p>After installing Altaro Physical Server Backup in the physical server to protect, launch the console from <strong>Chrome browser<\/strong> and enter the correct credentials then click <strong>Sign in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40680 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-06-600x519.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From <strong>Setup &gt; License<\/strong> you can enter the license received from Altaro or use the trial version for <strong>30 days<\/strong>. Click <strong>Set a License Key<\/strong> to enter the license key.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40682 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-07-600x350.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copy and paste the received license and click <strong>Assign License Key<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40684 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-08-600x388.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-08\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The license has been entered successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40686 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-09-600x379.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-09\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Access the <strong>Setup &gt; Backup Settings<\/strong> area to configure the backup parameters. Click <strong>Set a backup location<\/strong> to specify the backup repository.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40688 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-10\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-10-600x360.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-10\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select <strong>Network path<\/strong> to use a <strong>CIFS repository<\/strong> type. Enter the <strong>network path and the credentials<\/strong> to access the share then click <strong>Test Connection<\/strong> to check the correct connectivity. Click <strong>Select<\/strong> to save the specified repository.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40690 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-11\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-11-600x379.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-11\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the target location to store backups has been specified, optionally you can enable the backup <strong>Encryption<\/strong> (AES-256). Specify the <strong>Retention<\/strong> and the <strong>Schedule<\/strong> then click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40692 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-12\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-12-600x336.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-12\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the\u00a0<strong>Protected Volumes<\/strong> section you can specify the <strong>volumes to include<\/strong> in the Backup Job. By default <strong>all volumes<\/strong> are included.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40694 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-13\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-13-600x336.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-13\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To receive notifications about backup operations, under <strong>Email Notifications<\/strong> you can configure the email parameters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40696 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-14\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-14-600x331.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-14\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go to <strong>Backup<\/strong> and click <strong>Take Backup<\/strong> to perform a backup immediately without waiting for the scheduled time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40699 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-15\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-15-600x302.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-15\" width=\"600\" height=\"302\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The backup is being executed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40703 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-16\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-16-600x274.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-16\" width=\"600\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Depending on the sever size, after some minutes the backup completes successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40706 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-17\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-17-600x151.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-17\" width=\"600\" height=\"151\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If more backups are taken, in the <strong>Backups<\/strong> area you can find the available RPOs based on the specified retention.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40709 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-18\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-18-600x293.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-18\" width=\"600\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Dashboard is reported the status of latest backup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40711 size-large\" title=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-19\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/altaro-physical-server-backup-19-600x292.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-physical-server-backup-19\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Altaro Physical Server Backup organizations are now able to backup physical servers without the hassle of using <strong>third party solutions<\/strong> that sometimes present issues due to compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>Future plans for the Altaro Physical Server Backup Solution, is the integration of this new backup tool into the <strong>Cloud Management Console<\/strong>, where one would be able to manage backups of virtual machines, physical machines and Office 365 Organisations, from the same web console with easy of mind and under <strong>Subscription Licensing<\/strong>. This would also entitle users to <strong>official tech support<\/strong> and <strong>advantageous pricing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Altaro Physical Server Backup can be downloaded as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altaro.com\/free-physical-server-backup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">freeware<\/a> with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/help.altaro.com\/support\/discussions\/43000117058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">community support forum<\/a>\u00a0available for assistance.<\/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>Altaro released the new Altaro Physical Server Backup solution to allow administrators to not only protect their virtual machines but also their physical machines which have not yet been converted. 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