CommVault Extends Virtualisation Support

As enterprises turn to virtualization to consolidate servers and strengthen Disaster Recovery capability, data protection for virtual machines becomes a business-critical issue. CommVault has increased its support for customers using virtualization, completing certification with VMware ESX 3.0 and extending its support for the VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) feature in the CommVault QiNetix 6.1 Unified Data Management Suite.

CommVault VMware VCB support uses CommVault's "point-and-click" recovery process in which protected data is associated with the client system, and can be restored in a single step. The process makes it easy to run and manage VMware clients with "real" clients in mixed deployments. CommVault's extended support for VMware systems includes protection of the VMware physical system and capture of crash-consistent disk file images, significantly strengthening customers' disaster recovery support.

Advanced VMware features include:

• CommVault integration with VMware enables unified, point-and-click
  management of virtual machines and physical systems
  
• LAN-free backup capabilities deliver simple restores
  
• Certification with VMware ESX Server 3.0
  
• Integrated support for VMware VCB to support consolidated backups in virtualized environments
  
• Robust Disaster Recovery support by protecting the VMware physical system and capture of crash-consistent disk file images
  
• Support for VMotion, which provides continual recovery of data, allowing administrators to move virtual servers among physical servers, speeding upgrades and enabling automatic load balancing in a server farm
  
• CommVault ProxyHost links VCB backups to client virtual machines and includes easy point-and-click restores of VCBs

Related links: (Open in a new window.)
www.commvault.com
www.commvault.com/solutions/vmware

Taken from Information Security Bulletin.