Unlocking the Power of Data Protection: NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11

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NAKIVO provides exceptional protection for workloads across physical, virtual, and cloud environments. NAKIVO Backup & Replication offers a quick, dependable, and cost-effective solution for safeguarding business data in virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments. Known for its comprehensive feature set, NAKIVO is recognized for fast recovery times and robust security capabilities.

After a successful closed beta testing phase, NAKIVO Backup & Replication version 11 is now available for download!

This update brings agentless backup support for Proxmox VE, offering a more efficient method for managing and protecting virtual machine backups. Additionally, it introduces major improvements to the Microsoft 365 and NAS backup functionalities, including cloud backup integration, enhanced ransomware protection, and new features for MSP management.

Get your free trial of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11 today to explore the latest features in your environment.

What’s new with NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11

Agentless Backup for Proxmox VE
Organizations using Proxmox VE can now safeguard their virtual environments more effectively and with reduced overhead. The solution allows direct VM backups at the host level, eliminating the need for agents on each VM. Incremental backups at the block level are performed using native change-tracking technology, ensuring only modified data blocks are copied.

Backups can be stored on a variety of destinations, including local storage, cloud, and S3-compatible services, deduplication appliances, CIFS/NFS shares, or Tape. Additionally, offsite backup copies can be created to support the 3-2-1 or 3-2-1-1 backup strategies for enhanced data availability in all scenarios.

Recovery options include restoring entire Proxmox VMs with full data or quickly recovering individual files and application objects to their original or alternative locations. Immutability can be enabled for both local and cloud backups, or air-gapped backups on tape, to protect against ransomware, with encryption added to prevent unauthorized access during the backup lifecycle.

Cloud Backup for Microsoft 365
NAKIVO Backup for Microsoft 365 reaches a new milestone with the introduction of additional storage options, ransomware-proof backup support, and automated backup tiering.

With version 11, you can back up Microsoft 365 data to local folders as well as cloud platforms like Amazon S3, Wasabi, Azure Blob, and Backblaze B2, along with S3-compatible services, NFS/SMB shares, and deduplication appliances. The ability to create additional backup copies and automate their transfer to various storage destinations—including tape—using job chaining is now available.

This new flexibility allows for easier migration between storage platforms, ensuring better storage utilization and improved data resilience. Immutability is also supported for backups in both local and cloud repositories to safeguard against ransomware, deletion, and modification.

NAS Backup
NAKIVO NAS Backup offers the ability to back up SMB and NFS file shares located on NAS devices, Windows, and Linux systems. Version 11 expands the backup destination options, allowing backups to be sent to cloud platforms, S3-compatible services, local folders, NFS/SMB shares, and deduplication appliances. Support for backup copy and job chaining is also now available, enabling automatic movement of backups between different storage locations, including tape.

Immutability options are also included for both local and cloud repositories, offering enhanced protection against ransomware and unauthorized deletions, ensuring the durability of file share backups.

Source-Side Backup Encryption
In response to the rising number of data breaches, NAKIVO version 11 introduces source-side encryption for backups. This allows backups to be encrypted before they are transferred or stored, ensuring the highest level of security. Integration with AWS KMS is supported to mitigate the risk of losing decryption keys.

Self-backups that contain system configurations can also be encrypted, with backups stored across various platforms, including local folders, public cloud services, and S3-compatible storage. For even greater security, combining backup encryption with immutable storage offers stronger protection against cyber threats.

Backup from NetApp Storage Snapshots
Version 11 enhances the Backup from Storage Snapshots feature by adding support for NetApp FAS and NetApp AFF storage arrays. This feature allows VM backups to be created from storage snapshots rather than regular VM snapshots for supported storage devices like HPE 3PAR, Nimble Storage, Primera, and Alletra. Using storage snapshots minimizes the performance impact on production environments during backup operations.

Federated Repository
The Federated Repository, introduced in version 11, provides a scalable and flexible backup repository solution. This expandable storage pool consists of multiple standalone repositories, called “members,” that can be added to quickly without complicated configurations. If a repository fails or reaches full capacity, backup operations can continue uninterrupted using other available members, and data can be recovered from accessible recovery points.

This functionality improves storage expansion, resource utilization, and overall backup reliability, creating a more consistent framework for data protection.

Tenant Overview Dashboard
The Tenant Overview Dashboard in the MSP Console enhances visibility for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) by providing a centralized view of all tenant environments and data protection activities. Version 11 offers real-time insights, such as node status, available resources, scheduled tasks, and inventory details. MSPs can easily manage tenants, resolve issues, and optimize resource and license allocation more efficiently.

Additional Enhancements

  • Immutable Storage on NEC HYDRAstor: Version 11 adds support for the WORM (write-once, read-many) technology in NEC HYDRAstor to create immutable backups, offering enhanced protection against ransomware and other unwanted modifications.
  • Real-Time Replication BETA for VMware: The introduction of support for VMware vSphere 8.0 expands the Real-Time ReplicationBETA, allowing for disaster recovery with RPOs as low as 1 second, even when upgrading to vSphere 8.0.
  • Spanish Interface: Version 11 is now fully available in Spanish, improving the user experience for Spanish-speaking users across all aspects of the solution.

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