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PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX, formerly esXpress 4.0 Resources
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What’s new in PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX



An introductory video highlighting the new features in esXpress 4.0. This video is part of a larger series showing the benefits of use, enhanced usability, and key features that make PHD Virtual's esXpress the only solution meets the data backup and recovery needs for today's large virtualized environments.

Getting Started Videos

Upgrading to esXpress 4.0



Existing esXpress customers, watch this video to learn how to upgrade to esXpress 4.0 using the Management Appliance's Check for Updates option.

Deploying the esXpress Appliances with the PHD esXpress installer (ESX 4.0 vSphere)



Video demonstrating how to use the esXpress Installer to deploy the esXpress Appliances to an ESX 4.0 vCenter Server. esXpress is the only solution designed to support the data backup needs of today's large virtual environments.

Deploying the esXpress Appliances with the PHD esXpress installer (ESX 3.5)



Video demonstrating how to use the esXpress Installer to deploy the esXpress Appliances to an ESX 3.5 host. esXpress is the only solution designed to support the data backup needs of today's large virtual environments.

The esXpress Setup Wizard



After deploying the esXpress Appliances, watch this video to learn how to use the Setup Wizard to finish the esXpress configuration.

Running your first backup



After you've completed the configuration and installation of esXpress to your hosts, watch this video to learn how to run a quick backup to test your configuration settings.

Using esXpress Videos

esXpress 4.0 - Adding Hosts from vCenter



A video to demonstrate the ease of adding multiple hosts at once by using the new ad host from VCenter option in esXpress 4.0. This series of videos will show the benefits of use, enhanced usability and key features that make PHD Virtual esXpress the only solution to met you data backup and recovery needs for todays large virtualized environments.

Restoring backups with the Management Appliance



A video demonstarting how to restore a backup using the esXpress Managment Appliance Restore Now page. This series of videos will show the benefits of use, enhanced usability and key features that make PHD Virtual's esXpress the only solution that meets the data backup and recovery needs for today's large virtualized environments.

Monitoring esXpress backups in vCenter



Video demonstrating how to use vCenter to monitor the scheduled esXpress backups.

esXpress Product Data Sheets

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esXpress Product Architecture

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Free Download Utilities
Patch Downloader
Automates the process of downloading VMware ESX and vSphere patches.
VMNetBac
Allows you to backup and restore Virtual machine (VM) network configurations.
Virtual SAN
The appliance provides the benefits of shared VMFS storage without the cost of a SAN.
SnapHunter
Reports on the VMware Snapshot status from multiple ESX servers.
KS QuickConfig
Reduces the time it takes to deploy and configure VMware ESX 3.x and vSphere servers.
VMDK Stub Generator
Reduces the time it takes to deploy and configure VMware ESX 3.x and vSphere servers.
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