BDRSuite v7.1.2 Update3
Nov 18, 2024
Customer Issue Fixes
- Hyper-V VM replication now performs incremental backups after the initial full backup, ensuring efficient backup operations.
- The NAS repository space and default folder functionality have been enhanced for seamless operation.
- Offsite Copy/DR functionality has been optimized to ensure smooth operation after being disabled and re-enabled at the backup level.
- The download disk report feature is now available for Disk Image Backups in CloudDR.
- Full VM and disk-level recovery for VMware remote proxy block storage now operates seamlessly, ensuring reliable data restoration.
- SaaS backups are now restricted during CloudDR replication.
- Application backups now work seamlessly following a backup server migration.
- The Unified Client no longer appears in the BDRSuite Server remote proxy listing.
- The replication server is now correctly selected as CloudDR in the Offsite DR configuration page.
- The Linux BDRSuite Backup Server now installs and runs smoothly, addressing previous compatibility concerns.
BDRSuite v7.1.2 Update2
Oct 30, 2024
New Feature in BDRSuite v7.1.2 Update2
Backup Report Access for SaaS Users & Objects for Read-Only Tenant Users
This update introduces an option for tenant users with read-only access to view backup reports for SaaS users and objects. Now, read-only tenant users can monitor backup activity and review data protection status without requiring full permissions, making it easier to ensure transparency and keep track of backup operations across SaaS environments.
Bug Fixes
- The VM license issue is now resolved, ensuring that updated host details display accurately in the Portal login after VM migration to the new host.
- The synthetic construction process is now fully optimized for backup jobs with synthetic full backup enabled.
- Scheduling is fixed and improved to ensure all daily backup options run smoothly without any skips when multiple options are set.
- Resolved an issue that caused a crash when backing up M365 archive mailboxes in a cloud environment.
- The issue preventing the Python executable from starting in a KVM environment with FIPS enabled has been resolved.
- The agent count filter on the 'Add and Manage Servers & Endpoints' page is fixed.
- Journal file corruption issue has been fixed.
- The VM license issue has been resolved for cases where a single VM, configured from a host, was being removed from a backup job.
- Random backup hang up issue has been fixed for Files & Folders backup.
- Crash issue has been resolved while backing up M365 - One drive backups.
- Configured backup jobs now display correctly on the recovery page when the user unchecks the SaaS Application option during BDR server installation.
BDRSuite v7.1.2 Update1
Oct 10, 2024
Enhancements
Parallel File Open
Enhance the performance of small file backups by implementing parallel file opening. This will significantly reduce backup time on systems where file open operations are slow.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where backups failed with an error due to the server task count being reached, even when the maximum concurrent backup count was set.
- Resolved an intermittent issue in file backup jobs where backups would continue running for an extended period without transitioning to an idle state, causing successive scheduled backups to be skipped.
- Improved the performance and speed of backup data replication from the BDRSuite Backup Server to the BDRSuite Offsite DR Server.
- Resolved an issue with displaying the Files & Folders tree for Hyper-V Cluster Backups on the BDRSuite Offsite DR Server.
- Fixed issues with the deletion of encrypted backups configured via the Online Backup/Network Backup clients from the BDRSuite Backup Server.
- The progress now accurately reflects the status during a media change when the tape media reaches full capacity, ensuring clear and correct updates throughout the process.
- The tape backup process now smoothly handles scenarios involving more than 20 media, ensuring uninterrupted operation and preventing any delays.
- The system now accurately updates the status to "offline" when media is removed from the tape server, ensuring real-time visibility and correct status reporting.
- The system now ensures that running an inventory on filled media correctly updates the status in both the SQLite and PSQL databases, maintaining consistent and accurate information across all platforms.
- The system now ensures that after running a long erase, the media-filled status is accurately updated in both the PSQL and SQLite databases, ensuring consistency and reliability across all platforms.
- The system now ensures that tape media is promptly marked as unloaded if no data is written during the backup process, improving accuracy in media status reporting.
- After migrating from v710 to v712, SaaS services for M365 and GWS now start seamlessly, ensuring that backups are properly listed in the Offsite DR (ODR) section of the backup jobs page.
- The Media Pool page is now displayed correctly, providing a clear and organized view for easy navigation and management.
- The issue with deleting Elastic Search index storage has been resolved, ensuring smooth and efficient management of index storage.
- The software update process for Linux agents (RedHat, Debian) and Mac agents now completes successfully, ensuring smooth and reliable updates across all platforms.
- After upgrading the Mac from v710 to v712U1, users can now successfully start the Mac service manually. Any JVM errors encountered have been addressed, ensuring smooth and reliable service operation.
BDRSuite v7.1.2 GA
September 17, 2024
New Features in BDRSuite v7.1.2 GA
Expanded Files and Folders Access
Directly expand files and folders on the remote source machine from the centralized server for configuring endpoint backups.
Audit Logs Support
Tracks actions such as Login/Logout, Backup Repository Create/Edit/Delete, Delete All Data, User Management actions, and Backup and Recovery Management.
VMware Linux Backup Proxy Support
The VMware Linux Backup Proxy in BDRSuite is designed to enhance backup performance by offloading tasks to a dedicated Linux machine. It ensures efficient resource utilization and faster backups for VMware environments.
eDiscovery of Emails
Content-based search for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace user mailboxes.
Offsite CopySupport for offsite copies of Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace backups to Offsite DR.
Enhancements
- User and object-level recovery support for MS365/GWS.
- Suspend and resume options for Offsite DR replication at server and job levels.
- Enable/disable Offsite DR feature at both server and job levels.
- Backup suspension available at the endpoint level.
- Machine-level selection for disk image backups.
- Machine-level selection for file backups.
- Parallel restore implementation for download disk recovery.
- Automatic navigation to the device code authentication page after authorization.
- Mail view support includes image rendering and email attachment downloads.
- UTF8 decoding for restore view pages of MS365/GWS.
- Monthly scheduling now available for SaaS backups.
- Deleted file retention handling for Teams backups.
- Optimized performance for Google Drive backups.
- Custom job-level email notifications for MS365 and GWS backups.
Bug Fixes
- Custom DB connection arguments now support MySQL and PostgreSQL backups.
- Synthetic Full backups for VMs are now accurately marked as successful.
- Postgres startup during machine restarts is now functioning smoothly.
- The Memcache version has been upgraded to enhance security.
Customer Issue Fixes
- The Disk image plugin rebuild in ODR is now successfully functioning.
- The FLR tree list now expands without any issues.
- New BDM file creation during full backups is now handled seamlessly.
- The column collapse issue when tape backup media is full has been addressed effectively.
- Issues with HA Hyper-V VMs, retention reports, and duplicate VM listings have been resolved.
- Migrated VMs are now appearing correctly in the portal.
- The duplicate chunk ID issue in Synthetic Full Backup, which previously caused primary backup failures, has been fixed.
- Synthetic construction now correctly skips disks removed or excluded before synthetic incremental backup.
- ESXi 8.0.3 is now fully supported.
- The issue with the System Reserved partition assigning a volume letter after BDS installation has been resolved.
- The stop/start option in SGTray for agent build installations has been disabled per customer request.
- Error related to inaccessible disks during VM backup has been fixed.
- The ability to search by HostName for Endpoint Backup configuration and edits has been added.
- The issue with duplicate endpoint agent listings has been resolved.
- The host count filter and disconnect column count mismatch on the Endpoint Data Source Page has been fixed.
BDRSuite v7.1.1.2
August 21, 2024
Bug Fixes
- Improved Offsite Replication Jobs by removing license dependency for Offsite Copy, ensuring seamless operations.
- Enhanced KVM Backup functionality by resolving the VM listing issue caused by multiple BIOS UUID entries.
- Optimized Download Disk Restore for oVirt backups, ensuring reliable data recovery.
- Streamlined oVirt Engine credential editing with accurate redirection to the correct pages.
- Enhanced oVirt Full VM Recovery by addressing target location validation, ensuring smoother recovery processes.
- Improved the BMR Streaming Process by enabling seamless creation of new authentication codes even when previous codes have expired.
- Enhanced oVirt Backup Configuration by resolving the VM listing issue related to Python.exe environment path settings.
- Improved Email Notifications functionality, ensuring smooth editing.
- Introduced a safety feature by hiding backup edit options during backup processes, preventing unintended changes.
- Enhanced the user interface for Active Directory, SQL Server, and SharePoint Granular Recovery, providing a better user experience.
- Improved Hyper-V App-Aware Backups by addressing issues related to shut-down states of default or named instances.
- Enhanced Proxmox Backup by resolving issues related to detached disks and optimizing support for "DIR" storage type.
- Improved database migration processes.
- Optimized path construction for migrated backups (v42 to 7.1.0), ensuring proper BDM file creation and valid paths.
- Enhanced File Restore Tree Loading in Offsite DR Server, ensuring seamless navigation and recovery for File & Folder Backups.
BDRSuite v7.1.1.1
July 3, 2024
Bug Fixes
- File and folder browsing is now working seamlessly.
BDRSuite v7.1.0
June 11, 2014
New Features in BDRSuite v 7.1.0
Agentless Proxmox VE Backup & Recovery
BDRSuite introduces agentless backup and recovery for Proxmox VE. This allows you to protect your Proxmox virtual machines without the need to install any agents on the individual VMs. Additionally, BDRSuite’s CBT (Changed Block Tracking) technique ensures that only changes since the last full backup are captured, minimizing both backup storage requirements and time.
Agentless oVirt Backup & Recovery
BDRSuite introduces agentless backup for the oVirt virtual environments. BDRSuite simplifies the backup process by using the native capabilities which eliminates the need for installing agents in individual VMs.With incremental backup technology, BDRSuite optimizes the backup process, enhancing business continuity without causing downtime.
Remote Backup for VMware and Hyper-V Environments
BDRSuite introduces remote backup for VMware and Hyper-V environments with its new Remote Proxy feature .This feature enables to perform backups of virtual machines remotely, providing robust protection for distributed and geographically dispersed virtual infrastructures.
Simplified Bare Metal Recovery (BMR)
BDRSuite introduces direct streaming method for Bare – Metal Recovery (BMR) which significantly reduces manual tasks and minmize downtime. This option allows backup data to be streamed directly from BDRSuite to the target bare-metal host over the network. By facilitating a direct and continuous data flow, the Direct Streaming method simplifies the entire bare-metal recovery process, ensuring a faster and more efficient restoration.
Teams Backup – Chat & Conversation
BDRSuite now supports the backup of Microsoft Teams chat and conversation data, providing comprehensive protection for your organization’s communication. This new feature ensures that all important discussions, files, and information exchanged within Teams are securely backed up, safeguarding against accidental deletion, data loss, or compliance requirements.
Enhancements
- Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace Backup Configuration pages are now segregated based on objects.
- Allows folder exclusion at the backup level for Microsoft 365 mailboxes.
- Improved Exclusion filter based on file type, folder name, and/or size for backup of OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams, Google Drive & Shared Drive.
- Exclude specific entities from the backup job in-case all the entities are selected for Group OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams.
- Backup View Configuration has been updated to display host-specific files and folders.
- Endpoint names are now displayed consistently and uniquely across all pages and reports.
BDRSuite v7.0.1
Feb 26, 2024
New Features in BDRSuite v7.0.1
Immutable Object Storage
BDRSuite has integrated immutability feature with the Amazon S3 and S3 compatible Object Storage, making backups more safe from ransomware, malware and it also prevents modification or deletion of backups accidentally.
Linux Hardened Repositories
Safeguard your backup data on Linux systems with Immutable Storage, preventing unauthorized changes and make backups more safe from malware and ransomware.
Full VM Recovery for KVM
Effortlessly restore the backed-up KVM virtual machine to either the same host or an alternative KVM host, ensuring a seamless and efficient restoration process for your KVM environment.
File Level Recovery for KVM, Azure, AWS
Introducing File Level Recovery for KVM, Azure and AWS offering granular control in restoring specific files and folders and enhancing flexibility in data recovery across virtualized and cloud environments.
Enhancements
- Servers & Endpoints: Introduced search and Filters on the Data Source page to monitor Protection Status, Agent Status and Version Details
- List of Protected Entities: Export host list as a CSV file and options to search & sort protected entities list
- SharePoint Online Backup: Enable automatic backup for newly added sites with the ‘All Sites’ Filter
- SharePoint Sites Restore: Option to locally download the backed up Files & Folders of SharePoint Site
- User Mailbox & OneDrive Restore: Option to include/exclude deleted items for restore
- Retention reports for AWS and Azure backup
- Search based on file or folder names in file-level recovery
BDRSuite v7.0.0
Oct 30, 2023
New Features in BDRSuite v7.0.0
KVM Backup and Recovery
BDRSuite now seamlessly integrates with the KVM Hypervisor, offering agentless backup for KVM virtual machines. With flexible recovery options, you have complete control over restoring your critical virtual machines either as entire machine, file level or more.
Azure Backup and Recovery
Agentless backup support for Azure virtual machines using Azure Native APIs. You can leverage incremental backups, allowing you to store backups locally or on versatile cloud storages like Azure Blob, AWS S3, Google Cloud, and S3 Compatible storages.
AWS Backup and Recovery
Enjoy agentless backups, incremental backups, and customizable backup policies for your AWS infrastructure, and experience the flexibility to not only create snapshots but also choose where to store your backup data for Amazon EC2 instances.
PostgreSQL Backup and Recovery
BDRSuite now provides backup capabilities for PostgreSQL databases. Enjoy application-level backups, customizable backup policies, incremental backups, and efficient data protection for PostgreSQL database.
File Share Backup and Recovery
Now backup file shares hosted on NAS devices, Windows, and Linux machines, using BDRSuite. Automate backups with flexible scheduling options, retain backup data, and restore files/folders as needed.
Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
Strengthen the security of your BDRSuite Servers with Two-Factor Authentication, ensuring only authorized individuals can login to the BDRSuite Backup Server web-console and access your critical backup jobs.
Import Backup Data
Easily import backups to a new backup server from backup repository at times of challenging scenarios like failure of backup server, importing backups from another backup server, if backup job has been deleted but the backup data is retained in the backup repository.
Pre/Post Backup Scripts
BDRSuite now allows users to automate tasks before and after the backup operation with pre and post backup scripts for VM, Disk Image, and file-level backups.
File Level Recovery to Source Machine
Enhance data recovery by restoring files/folders to the source machine directly, simplifying the process.
Enhancements
- Centralized Backup for Microsoft SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL Database
- Flexibly Add Folder Path as Backup Repository
- Automatic Backup Agent Installation from BDRSuite Backup Server
- Offsite Copy Support for Backup Jobs with Object Storage Repository
- Automated Tape Library Support
- Email Notifications to End User’s Mail ID associated with their Endpoints
- Missed Backup Schedule Report
BDRSuite v5.6.0 Update 2
June 14, 2023
New Features in v5.6.0 Update 2
Backup data from a remote location
BDRSuite now offers a convenient way to centrally backup and restore business critical data across your Windows, Linux, and Mac machines. By incorporating a remote agent, users can now backup machines dwelling in any part of the world over WAN, guaranteeing effective data protection and disaster recovery.
Enhancements
- UI menu changes to incorporate both the endpoint and file server backups within a single interface
- Manual Installation and registration Improvement for adding new server/endpoint hosts
- The Image Backup driver has been moved to the installer and may prompt an optional system reboot during installation
- BDRSuite Backup Agent now supports both disk-image and file/folder backup for Windows.
- Scheduler has been relocated to endpoints for better error handling.
- Server/Endpoint Hostname/IP fields now allow duplicates
- Backup limit settings at each cluster nodes
- Lookup request has been moved to agent machines for cluster
BDRSuite v5.6.0 Update 1
May 10, 2023
New Features in v5.6.0 & 5.6.0 Update 1
Backup Proxy for VMware in Linux BDRSuite Backup Server
Backup Proxy for VMware has been introduced in Linux BDRSuite backup server. This will allow you to perform fast and efficient backups of your VMware virtual machines using BDRSuite.
Perform Bare Metal Recovery directly using VHD in BDRSuite Virtual Drive
We have simplified the Bare-Metal Recovery (BMR) process. Now you can use the VHD mounted in the BDRSuite Virtual Drive as a backup data source. Previously, VHD had to be downloaded and used to perform BMR.
Enhancements
- Import Backup Data and Rebuild Backup Jobs directly from UI
- Add Servers & Endpoints as Data Sources without credentials
- Detailed Report for Files/Folders Skipped from Backup
BDRSuite v5.6.0
March 28, 2023
New Features
Add Servers and Endpoints through AD/LDAP Server
The BDRSuite Backup Server now lets users to add multiple servers (Windows, Linux ) and endpoints (Windows, Linux & Mac) as data sources. This is done by importing machine details from the AD/LDAP servers. With this feature, multiple machines can be managed for backup and recovery from a single console on the backup server.
Centralized Backup Management for Mac
With the latest version of BDRSuite, backup configuration and restore of Mac endpoint is now more straightforward. Instead of using separate clients, administrators can configure and manage backups directly from a centralized backup server. This not only simplifies the management process but also eliminates the need for separate clients.
Backup Windows machines directly from Linux BDRSuite Backup Server
With the Linux BDRSuite Backup Server, users can now directly manage the backup and restore functions of the Microsoft Windows (DiskImage Backup). This integration simplifies the process by eliminating the need for separate clients, and managing all backups and restores from a single interface.
Backup Job Template for Endpoints and File/Folder Backups
The BDRSuite now offers backup job template feature that allows users to create backup job templates while configuring file server backup (Windows, Linux) and endpoints backup (Windows, Linux, and Mac) . This feature helps to eliminate the need for repeatedly configuring backup options such as scheduling, retention, and exclusion each time while creating a backup job for the respective entities. With this feature, users can create backup job templates based on their organization’s policy and use them when creating backup jobs for respective workloads.
Multi-tenancy support for Endpoints and File/Folder Backups
Using this feature, MSPs and IT admins can now group the selected servers and endpoints to create a separate tenant with Read-Only or Restore-Only permission. This feature now supports Endpoints (Windows, Linux, and Mac), Servers (Windows, and Linux) along with other workloads.
Enhancements
- Users can now schedule an on-demand incremental backup for a specific host(s)/VM(s) and failed host(s)/VM(s) in a backup job
- List of all Protected Host(s)/VMs in the BDRSuite Backup Server for Host/VM level backup and direct restore
- Microsoft 365 backup support for permanently deleted mails and litigation hold items
- Users can now choose the Azure Environment (Azure Default Cloud, Azure US Government clouds, Azure China) while adding Microsoft 365 Organization
- Users can now add Microsoft 365 Organization with Certificate Based MS Graph API authorization instead of Application secret Key
- End-user self recovery via BDRSuite’s MS Outlook addon and end-user login for SaaS application backup
- Deleted items retention handling for OneDrive, Group OneDrive and SharePoint Sites
- Backup speed optimization for OneDrive, Group OneDrive and SharePoint Sites
- Where-it-left-off feature support for Microsoft 365 user mailbox
- Backup parallel limit & queue/retry mechanism for endpoints
- Users can now search for specific Backup/ VMs from the reports page (Recent Job Schedule, Recent Host/VM Schedule reports, etc.)
- Enhanced filter option in List Jobs / Recovery pages to search in name of backups, and filter by the status of backup (active, idle, etc.)
- End-user restore based on Online Authorization for SaaS applications
BDRSuite v5.5.0
November 16, 2022
New Features
Support for VMware vSphere v8.x
BDRSuite now supports Backup and Replication for virtual machines running on the latest version VMware vSphere v8.x.
Google Cloud as Backup Repository
Google Cloud Storage (Object Storage) is now supported in BDRSuite to store backup data, backup copy and offsite copy data. BDRSuite already supports other cloud storages such Amazon S3, Azure Blog, S3 Compatible storages such as Wasabi, MinIO, etc.
ConnectWise Integration
BDRSuite now supports ConnectWise Integration. This feature allows you to create service tickets automatically in ConnectWise Manage for BDRSuite activities. The tickets can be created for various tasks (Backup/Restore/Replication) and different task status (Success/Failed/Warning) on relevant service boards.
Backup and Recovery of VMware VM Templates
BDRSuite for VMware now supports backup for VMware VM Templates. Now, VM Templates will show up in the list of VMware ESXi/vCenter entities that can be selected for backup. You can configure backup for VM Templates and restore when required.
Backup and Recovery of Google Workspace Shared Drive
BDRSuite now supports backup and recovery of Shared Drives in Google Workspace Organization.
Backup and Recovery of Microsoft 365 Archive Mailbox
BDRSuite now supports backup and recovery of user mails in the Archive Mailbox (In-place Archive) of Microsoft 365.
Deduplication for Microsoft 365 User Mails
BDRSuite supports deduplication for backed up user mails from Microsoft 365.
Enhancements
- VMware CBT Reset
- Parallel Disk Image Backup
- Parallel Synthetic Full Backup
- Auxiliary Applications for Microsoft 365 Backup
- Restore to a mailbox in different Organization (Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace)
- Restore the backed up user mails directly from Microsoft 365 console through BDRSuite Add-in for Outlook
- Download Restore Logs for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
- Breadcrumbs view for OneDrive and Group OneDrive Restore
- Enhanced progress window for Offsite Replication
BDRSuite v5.3.0
July 18, 2022
New Features
File Server Backup from BDRSuite Backup Server UI
You can now add Windows and Linux file servers to the Data Source and configure file & folder level backup from the BDRSuite Backup Server console. The backup agents can be automatically pushed from the backup server or manually installed on the required servers. This feature allows you to manage the backup & recovery of a large number of machines from the centralized BDRSuite Backup Server.
Endpoint Backup from BDRSuite Backup Server UI
Now, you can configure File & Folder Backup of many Windows & Linux Endpoints directly from the BDRSuite Backup Server console. The agents can be manually installed on the target system or pushed automatically. Also, you can add multiple endpoints in bulk using the CSV file.
Azure Blob as Backup Repository
Primary backup data and backup copy data can now be stored in Azure Blob storage directly.
Active Directory Integration
BDRSuite Server now integrates with Active Directory for user management. You can import and add AD/LDAP users to the BDRSuite Backup Server and grant them different levels of access to the BDRSuite Backup Server.
Integrity Check on VMware ESXi Server
You can now run the automated boot test on VMware ESXi hosts to confirm the recoverability of the backup machines.
Enhancements
- Backup data retention for deleted/excluded VMs
- Performance improvements in the server rebuild process
- Backup support for the Microsoft 365 accounts enabled with Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA)
- Parallel backup processing of Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace users
- Option to exclude Microsoft 365 mailbox folders from backup
- Breadcrumbs view for SharePoint site & Teams data restore
- Download Microsoft 365 mail data in EML format
- Download Microsoft 365 mail data in MBOX format
- Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace mail recovery based on time range
- Search option for Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace emails during the restore
- Parallelly initiate PST export for multiple Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace user’s mail data
- Logs download for Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace backups
- Enhanced backup progress window for Google Workspace backup
- Tree view for Google Drive data restore
- Enhanced report for Google Workspace backups
BDRSuite v5.2.0
April 15, 2022
New Features
Restore to Microsoft Azure
BDRSuite now allows restoring the VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, Windows Servers & Windows Workstations backups to Microsoft Azure. You can initiate the restore directly from your BDRSuite Backup Server or Offsite DR Server.
BDRSuite 360 Server
The BDRSuite 360 Server enables customers and service providers to monitor the backup activity of the BDRSuite Backup Servers deployed on their customer locations across multiple sites from a centralized web-based console.
Multitenancy
The multitenancy architecture of BDRSuite is redesigned to support advanced use cases of MSPs. You can now create multiple tenants and allocate one or more entities to each tenant. Every tenant will get multiple user roles to monitor and manage all the entities added under them.
Enhancements
- Improved application creation steps to add Microsoft 365 accounts to BDRSuite
- On-demand backup scheduling for Microsoft 365 backups
- Enhanced backup progress window for Microsoft 365 backups
- Enhanced backup report for Microsoft 365 backups
- Subfolder tree view for Microsoft 365 Mailbox
- Subfolder tree view for OneDrive
- Subfolder tree view for Group OneDrive
- User-level backup report for Microsoft-365
- PST Download of Microsoft 365 now supports all Microsoft Outlook versions
- On-demand backup scheduling for Google Workspace backups
BDRSuite v5.1.0
January 31, 2022
New Features
Object Storage Backup Repository
You can now use the AWS S3 and S3 compatible object storage as a backup repository to directly store the backup data.
Backup Copy
The backup copy feature allows you to create a copy of your primary backup data and store it in a different backup repository. If the primary backup data is damaged, the backup copy can be used to recover data.
BDR Cluster Deployment
BDRSuite now allows you to simply scale-out your existing BDRSuite Backup Server when it requires extra resources to handle growing workloads. Instead of expanding the CPU and RAM resources of the same BDRSuite Backup Server, you can install multiple instances of the BDRSuite Backup Servers and have them work together for load balancing and high availability.
Enhancements
- Backup database optimized for better performance
- Reconnection attempts for the backup replication to Offsite DR Server.
- Option to run the tape backup jobs immediately after saving it.
- Option to run the tape backup jobs on-demand from the BDR & ODR Server.
- The tree listing of the tape backup recovery page has been updated.
- Automatically backup the tape agent database daily for disaster recovery scenarios.
- Restore OneDrive/Group OneDrive files & folders to local storage drives.
- Download Microsoft 365 Calendar & Contact items directly from the BDRSuite Backup Server UI.
- Restore Google Drive files & folders to local storage drives.
- Download Google Workspace Calendar & Contact items directly from the BDRSuite Backup Server UI.
- AWS EC2 Instance level Recovery
BDRSuite v5.0.0
October 7, 2021
New Features
Hyper-V VM Replication
You can now replicate your Hyper-V VMs from one host to another. In the event of a disaster or system crash, you may simply failover your production workloads to the replica VMs and continue your company operations.
Instant Boot Live Migration
VMs instantly booted from the backup repository can be fully restored in the background without any downtime. This will help you instantly restore a production VM when it is down and start using it in production as the full VM is being restored in the background.
Parallel VM Processing
Vembu now supports parallel backup of multiple VMs/disks in a single host. You can customize the number of backup jobs and the number of VMs/disks in a single backup job that can run in parallel from the BDR Backup Server GUI.
Rotated Drives as Backup Repository
Vembu now supports setting up rotated drives as the primary backup repository. This will help you to use multiple external hard drives to store the backup data and swap them on a regular basis.
GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) Retention
BDR Suite 5.0 now supports GFS retention to create restore points on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. GFS restore points are always tied to an Additional Full Backup or a Synthetic Full Backup.
Synthetic Full Backup
Synthetic full backups are created in the backup repository by merging the full backup and all subsequent incremental backups in the backup repository itself, instead of running an additional full backup. It reduces the time and bandwidth usage over the network for creating multiple full backups in the backup repository.
Backup Job Template
Backup templates can be created using frequently used backup configuration settings or as per some predefined backup policies. You can utilize these templates to create new backup jobs quickly.
Multi-host Backup Support
BDR Suite 5.0 supports backup jobs with multiple-hosts in a single job and you can always configure running backup for different hosts/VMs inside a job to run in parallel thus improving backup performance.
Application Item-level Recovery from web GUI
BDR Suite 5.0 supports item level recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, and AD from BDR Backup Server web GUI. Any restore point can be selected and individual items can be recovered within minutes.
Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online Backup
Vembu Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports the backup and recovery of the entire sites, web collections, individual files, folders and entire document libraries of SharePoint Online.
Microsoft 365 Teams Backup
Vembu Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports the backup and recovery of the conversations, chats, planner, tasks, etc. of Microsoft 365 Teams.
Backup for Google Workspace
BDR Suite 5.0 also includes Backup for Google Workspace with support for backup of Mails, Google Drive, Contacts, Calendar etc
Backup for AWS
BDR Suite 5.0 now supports agentless and application-consistent backup of AWS EC2 instances.
Enhancements
- Restore can be initiated when backup is in progress
- Now backup job and offsite copy job can be run parallely
- Improved the backup job creation user experience
- Restore Hyper-V backup VMs with the original configuration
- Backup window settings at the backup job level
- Bandwidth throttling support for backup configured from BDR Backup Server
- File-level recovery support for dynamic disks
- Option to disable compression and encryption in storing the backup data at the storage repository
BDRSuite v4.2.0
April 24, 2020
New Features
Vembu Backup for AWS EC2 instances
Agentless backup for EC2 instances
Automatic backup scheduling
Instance & Volume level recovery
Vembu Backup for Microsoft Office365
Backup mailboxes, contacts, calendars and OneDrive to your data center(On-premise or any public cloud storage)
Backup entire domain or selected user data
Restore backup data to same or different user account
BDR 360 Server
Now deploy Vembu BDR360 Server in your datacenter for centralized monitoring of your distributed BDR Backup and Offsite DR Servers
Group Management
Group Management is now available for all the users
Enhancements
- Enhanced the reports with more information
- Improved the usability of the Vembu BDR Backup Server & Offsite DR Server GUI
- Improved error messages & alert notifications
- Vembu Universal Explorer is installed with the Vembu BDR Backup server & Offsite DR Server installation. It can be accessed easily using on-screen instruction when clicking on the Application Item-level Recovery option.
- Vembu BDR360 agent is installed with the Vembu BDR Backup server & Offsite DR Server installation. Open the backup server, activate the Vembu BDR360 from Infrastructure > BDR360, and start monitoring all your backups from the Vembu BDR360 console.
- The license cost of Vembu Backup for Microsoft Windows(Windows Servers) is reduced to $60/Server/Year from $120/Server/Year.
- The number of workstations that can be backed up under the Free Edition is reduced from unlimited workstations to 10 workstations.
- The users should pay $15 /Workstation/Year to backup their Windows workstations at image-level with Vembu Backup for Microsoft Windows
- The users should pay $15 /Workstation/Year to backup their Windows & Mac workstations at file-level with Vembu Backup for File & Application
- The free edition of the Vembu Cloud Backup for Files & Application (Vembu Online Backup) is now discontinued.
- The users should pay $6/Workstation/Year to backup their Windows & Mac workstations at file-level with Vembu Cloud Backup for File & Application.
BDRSuite v4.1.0
November 19, 2019
New Features
- Hyper-V VM backup now uses Microsoft’s native RCT(Resilient Change Tracking) to track changes in a VM disk (VHD/VHDX) (Only for Windows Server 2016 & above).
- Application-aware processing of Oracle databases running on VMware VMs is now supported to ensure the consistency of the database.
- Introducing backup proxy for VMware Backups. Backup proxies are now helpful in distributing the workloads and scale the backup infrastructure. Also, It handles the data traffic between VMware vSphere and Vembu BDR Server during the backup.
- Backup support for the VMs data residing on the Hyper-V scale-out file server(SOFS).
- Now users can exclude System Files(Pagefile.sys & Hyberfil.sys) from all image-based backups such as VMware, Hyper-V, and Windows image backup.
- Image Integrity Check to confirm the recoverability of the backup data is even more customizable, and can be easily configured from the UI.
BDRSuite v4.0.0
November 30, 2018
New Features
- Hyper-V Failover Cluster Support: Support for backup and recovery of VMs running on Hyper-V Cluster setups. The scheduled backups will not be interrupted even when the VMs move from one node to another for High Availability.
- Checksum Based Incremental Tracking: The modifications made on the VMs running on Hyper-V servers are by default tracked using CBT technology. When CBT fails, the checksum-based incremental tracking is leveraged ensuring seamless backups.
- Shared VHDX Support: Support for backing up shared VHDX of Hyper-V
- New Credentials Manager: Credentials of the VM hosts, guest VMs and physical computers can now be managed using the Credentials Manager, avoiding the need to enter the credentials every time.
BDRSuite v3.9.1
May 15, 2018
New Features
Vembu BDR support for VMware vSphere 6.7 is encapsulated in the package.
Standard Edition: Includes all the basic functionalities that would benefit any small business
Enterprise Edition: Fully featured edition for medium and enterprise businesses that comes with features like Tape Backup Support, VM replication, advanced GFS retention etc.,
Free Edition: Free edition provides users the option to utilize unlimited features up to 3 VMs or they can go ahead with configuring can backups for unlimited hosts with limited features
BDRSuite v3.9.0
January 19, 2018
New Features
- Native Tape Storage Support will help you to archive data on tape media in addition to Vembu OffsiteDR and Vembu CloudDR for offsite copy management
- Backup Level encryption using AES 256-bit encryption algorithm will help users to encrypt their data with system generated or custom passwords
- Quick VM Recovery on ESXi for Hyper-V and Disk Image Backups will instantly boot image-based backups of Hyper-V servers and Physical machines on VMware ESXi
- Auto Authorization at OffsiteDR Server will aid backup servers to be registered on the Vembu OffsiteDR server when authorized through a unique registration key
- Pre/Post Commands can be used to automate actions that you would want to be executed before or after a backup job for Linux & Windows machines using Vembu NetworkBackup, Vembu ImageBackup, and Vembu OnlineBackup.
BDRSuite v3.8.0
August 31, 2017
New Features
- Disk Image Backups from BDR console can now be configured for Physical Windows servers without relying on proxy agent installation
- FLR for Backup/Replication jobs can now help users to choose specific files and folders from VMware/Hyper-V/Disk Image backups and VMware replication to be restored in a quick fashion
- Seed Load Backup data to OffsiteDR should help you in saving time and bandwidth by seed loading data on the BDR backup server to the Vembu OffsiteDR server
- Enable Auto Authorization to register proxy agents to the Vembu BDR server using a unique registration key generated by that backup server.
- Email Enhancements are made to success/failure reports by extending configuration to individual email IDs on proxy agents and Vembu OffsiteDR. Applicable to the newly added image integrity report too.
- Storage Pooling with local or network volumes will help users scale the storage and even direct individual backup jobs to select volumes of the storage pool target
BDRSuite v3.7.0
February 15, 2017
New Features
- VMware vSphere 6.5 Support is encapsulated in this package.
- The Multitenancy support on Vembu BDR & Vembu OffsiteDR servers will help Service Providers/Partners manage their customers and their respective Vembu BDR servers under individual groups. Group level web access can be enabled for customers to monitor and manage their backup jobs.
- Expect stability and performance enhancements from this version as the backend database is upgraded to PostgreSQL replacing MySQL and MongoDB.
- Free Edition Support is introduced in this release. Users can backup VMware, Hyper-V and Physical Windows Server with limited features at free of cost after the trial period.
BDRSuite v3.6.0
September 23, 2016
New Features
- With Host-Level Backup and Replication, users can configure backups for VMware/Hyper-V hosts and initiate replication for VMware ESXi hosts to another ESXi as well. Implement global or granular VM/Disk exclusion rules if needed.
- Using ESX(i) as Instant VM Recovery Software, any VM running on VMware server can also be instantly booted on a VMware ESXi server along with the existing bootable options on Hyper-V and KVM
- Support for Windows 8, 8.1 & 10 through image-based backups is now available with Vembu ImageBackup that comes with the Vembu BDR Suite.
- Bandwidth Throttling for Offsite Copy will allow users to limit bandwidth while initiating Offsite data transfer to the from the Vembu BDR server to the Vembu OffsiteDR or the Vembu CloudDR.
- The option to configure network settings during Instant VM recovery will allow the user to choose network switch to be assigned before booting VM thereby eliminating manual interventions.
- Delete All / Wipeout Feature can be utilized to delete the backup data and reset their Vembu BDR server and start fresh like that of a fresh installation setup.
BDRSuite v3.5.0
May 2, 2016
New Features
- Agentless backups for VMware & Hyper-V help you to configure backups for VMware vSphere/ vCenter server and Hyper-V servers using CBT technology from the Vembu BDR server console. The Vembu BDR server will now constitute the newly upgraded MongoDB
- FailOver/FailBack support for VMware VM Replication will help users replicate VMs in a fully functional state so that they can be configured for a FailOver & FailBack process which includes automated VM retention, Network mapping, and IP Re-mapping functions
- SMB Support for Hyper-V will allow users to backup VMs running on Hyper-V servers that have SMB as shared storage
BDRSuite v3.1.0
October 1, 2015
New Features
- Offsite Copy to your Data Centers
- Vembu BDR allows you to store a redundant copy of your backup data in a data center of your choice with security measures of your personal preference. In the event of On-premise server crash or onsite disaster, Offsite Copy option allows instant data recovery in Offsite Servers.
- Vembu Universal Explorer
- Vembu Universal Explorer is a separate application that’s used to perform granular level recovery of Microsoft Applications such as, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Active Directory from Disk image, VMware and Hyper-V backups.
BDRSuite v3.0.0
June 2, 2015
New Features
- VM Replication for VMware servers ensures high availability by creating a redundant copy of VMs on another vSphere and vCenter, in a ready-to-start state.
- Second generation Hyper-V backup support is now available and is extended to VMs on CSV too.
- Direct restore to Remote Hyper-V servers can now be initiated to the same or different Hyper-V host
- Instant boot support on VMware ESXi Host allows any Disk Image, VMware and Hyper-V backup to be instantly booted on any VMware ESXi host. By sharing the Vembu Virtual Drive via NFS share, the Flat-VMDK file can be selected to boot the backed up image as a VM on the ESXi host.
- Vembu BDR Backup Server Clustering can be leveraged to manage multiple Vembu BDR servers with huge loads by integrating them in a round-robin fashion. This load balancing algorithm needs a centralized backup data storage solution
BDRSuite v2.1.1
February 18, 2015
New Features
- Seed Migration on Vembu CloudDR is now extended for the first full replication from Vembu BDR Server to Vembu CloudDR server to avoid huge bandwidth consumption.
- Backup Window Scheduling on Vembu CloudDR will help you to automate on when the backup data should be uploaded to the Vembu CloudDR server. A user can choose to restrict replication during peak productivity hours as well.
- Flat VMDK download is now included where Disk image, VMware and Hyper-V backups can be restored into Flat-VMDK format and directly uploaded to an ESXi server and booted as a VMware VM.
BDRSuite v2.1.0
January 14, 2015
New Features
- Hyper-V backups with CBT technology will track just the changed blocks as incremental and thus manages storage efficiently. This capability comes handy while performing instant boot during a downtime
- VMware Direct SAN Access Mode will provide the fastest data transfer speed with less resource utilization when a backup is configured for a VMware server connected on a SAN environment via FC or iSCSI
- Download in VHDX format can now be used to download the Physical Disk Image, VMware and Hyper-V backups along with other VHD, VMDK and IMG formats during restore.
- VMware disk level restore allows you to restore only required disks to same or different VM rather than restoring the entire VM
- Persistent instant boot will help a user to retain the changes made during the Quick VM recovery session although the made changes may not be stored as an incremental. These persistent copies can also be used while performing Live Recovery to another VMware/Hyper-V server
BDRSuite v2.0.0
September 18, 2014
New Features
- VembuHIVE™ is our proprietary technology which is a file system of file systems with inbuilt version control, security, encryption, and inbuilt error correction. The inherent flexibility that allows VHFS to host any file system is the key to its ability to seamlessly support a wide range of complex restore use-cases in Vembu BDR.
- Ability to retain more incremental, without the storage overhead: The entire backup data stored in VHFS is version-controlled with an intelligent meta-data management. This feature combined with compression gives the ability to retain multiple increments of a backup with minimal storage overhead.
- Any-point-in-time instant recovery, even when data is compressed, encrypted: Since every incremental is a self-sufficient snapshot with pointers to the blocks in VHFS, any incremental is instantaneously available as a full backup.
- Application-aware VMware & Disk-Image backups leverage application-specific VSS writers (SQL Server, Exchange) to take consistent snapshots of these apps, and truncate log files to ensure consistent backups for applications.
- Restoring both disk image and VMware backups in VHD, VMDK, and RAW formats are possible since the backups are stored in a block level format
- Instant Backup Verification after every Incremental with VembuHIVE Technology utilizes a mount test, boot test, and a check disk test so that the data doesn’t get corrupted either during the transit or when written to disk.