VMware Backup & Recovery Solution

PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX, formerly esXpress 4.0 is a backup solution which has revolutionized data protection for virtual environments by backing up more VMware data in less time at lower cost, becoming the fastest Multi-VM backup & restore solution on the market. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX scales across an enterprise’s entire virtual infrastructure with no additional hardware or software required, and with minimal impact on the VM server, console or network performance.

This unique solution for backing up VMware data, combined with an affordable, scalable per-host pricing plan, has earned PHD Virtual more than 2,000 customers and 200 channel partners. PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX, formerly esXpress 4.0 was also recognized as Best of VM World two years in a row, as a 2008 Gold Award Winner for Data Protection and a 2009 Finalist for Business Continuity and Data Protection.

PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX, formerly esXpress 4.0 is designed to replace:

• Traditional VMware backup solutions that weigh heavily on hosts and VMs
• Complex, time-consuming next-generation VM backup solutions that require additional hardware and software that virtualization was supposed to reduce!

PHD Virtual Backup is the #1 VMware Backup Solution for VMware featuring:

• Up to 16 concurrent backup streams per ESX host
• The fastest multi-VM backup & restore solution on the market!
• Source-Side global DeDuplication across entire ESX farm
• Multi-user instant file level restore
• Multi-user deployment & configuration console
• Built-in incremental replication
• Date Smart Dynamic Export
• Self-extracting backup archives for software-free self-restores
• Fault-tolerant – VMware DRS/HA aware and VMotion compatibility
• PHD Virtual Backup is compatible with VMware ESX  v3.5 and vSphere4

In the world of backup and recovery, it is all about speed. For the most part, all vendors do the same thing: they take information and move it from one location to another, making it available for retrieval at a later date. The interfaces and buttons all look a little different but essentially, all B/R software is the same from that perspective—they move information from one location to another.

In the virtual world, what is important is how quickly a system can move that data from multiple Virtual Machines. These VMs are typically housed on a single physical server - it’s not only how quickly you can backup and recover information, but also how quickly you can do it for multiple VMs at any one time.

PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX provides a unique architecture giving you the ability to simultaneously backup or recover up to 16 VMs at one time, making it the fastest multi-VM B/R solution on the market.

When all is said and done and a server fails on a Friday afternoon, the last day of the month, no one cares how many VMs need to be recovered to get the server back up and running; what they care about is how quickly it can be done. In this situation, there’s nothing better than PHD Virtual Backup for VMware ESX, formerly esXpress 4.0.

Notes

• Please read the documentation for installation prerequisites as it will save you time
• Running the esXpress Management Appliance is NOT required, it is a tool to manage the configuration and deployment of esXpress for multiple hosts.