{"id":43539,"date":"2020-04-07T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T07:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=43539"},"modified":"2020-04-20T16:17:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T14:17:22","slug":"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Altaro VM Backup 8.13 what's new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43781 size-full\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-01.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Altaro released the new <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-for-vmware-hyper-v-altaro-vm-backup\/\">VM Backup<\/a> 8.13 providing some new features such as <strong>multiple offsite backup<\/strong> copies (previously limited to two) and <strong>cloud backups<\/strong> to Azure, Amazon and Wasabi.<\/p>\n<p>This software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altaro.com\/?LP=nolabnoparty-Article-AVMB-v8.13&amp;Cat=SC&amp;utm_source=nolabnoparty&amp;utm_medium=sc&amp;utm_campaign=avmb-v8.13&amp;utm_content=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backup solution for VMware and Hyper-V platforms<\/a> made an important step in the development with the introduction of <strong>backup to object storage<\/strong> support since it is currently one of the most requested features for a backup solutions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What's new in Altaro VM Backup 8.13<\/h2>\n<p>Main features introduced in version 8.13 are the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Multiple offsite backup copies<\/h4>\n<p>This feature was already introduced in previous version but it was limited to two offsite locations for a total of four available copies (source + primary backup + two offsite copies). The new version provides the capability to take copies of VMs to <b>multiple offsite locations<\/b> (remote storage, Amazon and Wasabi for example) rather than just one. This allows the administrators to increase <strong>data resilience<\/strong> in case of a disaster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43783 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-02-600x505.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-02\" width=\"600\" height=\"505\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This feature is available with the <strong>Unlimited and Unlimited Plus<\/strong> editions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Cloud backup to Azure, Amazon and Wasabi<\/h4>\n<p>So far backup to cloud storage was possible natively only to <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-7-5-configure-backup-copy-azure\/\">Microsoft Azure<\/a>. With version 8.13 is now available a <strong>native integration<\/strong> to store backups also to <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/setup-aws-gateway-access-amazon-s3-objects\/\">Amazon S3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wasabi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wasabi<\/a>. You just need to create the Bucket and configure Altaro VM Backup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43785 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-03-600x642.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-03\" width=\"600\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Configure Wasabi as cloud backup storage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wasabi.com\/altaro-partner-solution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wasabi cloud storage<\/a> is a valid object storage option to store your backups in the cloud because is fast (6 times more than AWS) and cost effective. Only the <strong>consumed storage is paid<\/strong> regardless the data you upload or download.<\/p>\n<p>Before proceeding you need to create a Bucket in Wasabi.<\/p>\n<p>From Altaro main dashboard, select <strong>Target Backup<\/strong> section and click <strong>Add Offsite Location<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43787 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-04-600x246.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the cloud provider to use (Wasabi in this example) then click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43789 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-05-600x642.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"642\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the credentials then click <strong>Test Connection<\/strong> to check the connection to the provider. If the connection is successfull, click <strong>Finish<\/strong> to save the configured Wasabi Cloud Backup provider.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43791 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-06-600x678.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wasabi offsite location is now configured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43793 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-07-600x231.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>WAN-Optimized Replication<\/h4>\n<p>Introduced in Altaro VM Backup 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/altaro-vm-backup-8-0-wan-optimization-replication\/\">WAN-Optimized Replication<\/a> feature allows the administrators to quickly <strong>replicate production VMs<\/strong> to a remote site in order to perform a failover in case the production site fails.<\/p>\n<p>This functionality <strong>reduces dramatically the RTO<\/strong> (Recovery Time Objective) allowing to restore the VM functionality with a minimum downtime.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43795 size-large\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-08-600x259.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-08\" width=\"600\" height=\"259\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This capability is available in the <strong>Unlimited Plus<\/strong> edition\u00a0of the product.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Support for Windows Server 2019<\/h4>\n<p>Altaro now supports Windows Server 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43797 size-full\" title=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-09.jpg\" alt=\"altaro-vm-backup-8-13-whats-new-09\" width=\"599\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Altaro VM Backup 8.13 is available to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altaro.com\/?LP=nolabnoparty-Article-AVMB-v8.13&amp;Cat=SC&amp;utm_source=nolabnoparty&amp;utm_medium=sc&amp;utm_campaign=avmb-v8.13&amp;utm_content=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download as 30-day free trial<\/a>.<\/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 VM Backup 8.13 providing some new features such as multiple offsite backup copies (previously limited to two) and cloud backups to Azure, Amazon and Wasabi. This software backup solution for VMware and Hyper-V platforms made an important step in the development with the introduction of backup to object storage support since it is currently one of the most requested features for a backup solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43781,"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],"tags":[1633,1669,2106,1978],"class_list":["post-43539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backup-en","category-hornetsecurity-en","tag-altaro","tag-cloud","tag-object-storage","tag-wasabi","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43539","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=43539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}