Nakivo Backup 10.3 looks prettier and adds features for MSPs

Nakivo keeps improving its flagship product. Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.3 introduced some new features that are particularly useful and interesting for service providers and overall polished and made to look the product prettier. We have tested the upgrade on a Windows machine and there was quite a nice surprise by watching the upgrade process completely revamped with new upgrade/login screens.

The new update 10.3 isn't a major update but brings awaited support for vSphere 7.0 U2 that came out recently from VMware. Many vSphere users were waiting for their backup vendor's reaction on that and the support as well. vCloud director support added as well in this release will most likely interest many service providers. A backup VMware VMs from HPE 3PAR storage snapshots has been added as well.

Many other granular additions have made it to this release as well. We can mention the possibility to recover Exchange Online calendar and contact items or OneDrive for Business individual files/folders, but also and SharePoint Online sites.

Just a quick reminder for users willing to upgrade vSphere before upgrading their backup software. It is never a good idea. All backup vendors will tell you that the official support come always after a vSphere GA final release or after a big service pack or upgrade release. You might run into problems such as some of the backup strategies not working or resetting (see damaging) older backups, or triggering full backups on existing jobs without reasons.

Here is a screenshot from the lab after the update ….

Then, when you first open the login screen you can also see a brand new screen. This is just the top of the iceberg as the UI of Nakivo has already been updated in the previous release. In case you missed that one, you can read our latest detailed posts:

• Nakivo Backup and Replication 10.2 Released with SharePoint Online backup and S3 Object Lock
• Nakivo 10.1 Released with Backup of OneDrive for Business and more
• Nakivo Backup and Replication 10 Released adding compatibility to vSphere 7

From the release notes:

New Features

Direct Connect (No-VPN)

The feature allows NAKIVO Backup & Replication installed at MSP/CSP site to access remote resources of an MSP/CSP client via a single port connection (port should be exposed by a client) without the need to establish a VPN connection. Supported platforms: VMware.

Backup & Recovery of Exchange Online contacts and calendars

Backup and recover Exchange Online contacts and calendars with NAKIVO Backup & Replication. Before using the product for data protection of your Microsoft 365 objects, make sure you meet the requirements and enable the required API permissions. For platform limitations, refer to the corresponding section of the known issues below.

VMware Cloud Director Support

The feature allows you to back up and recover VMware Cloud Director objects including:

• vApps which consist of one or more VMs that communicate over a network and use resources
  and services in a VMware Cloud environment;
• individual VMs.

Backup from Storage Snapshots

Add HPE 3PAR storage to NAKIVO Backup & Replication to back up VMware VMs from HPE 3PAR storage snapshots. A storage snapshot can be created within seconds, and it consumes a small amount of space which, in its turn, reduces the impact of backup activities on the production environment and improves RPOs.

User Interface Enhancement (Facelift)

Enjoy the enhanced look and functionality of the NAKIVO Backup and Replication installation and update pages.

Harden Transporter

The feature allows you to use certificates and pre-shared keys for Transporters to make NAKIVO Backup & Replication more secure.

Improvements

• Support for VMware vSphere v7.0.2
• Support for Synology DSM v6.2.3-25426-3
• Support for ReadyNAS OS v6.10.3
• Support for QNAP QTS v4.5.1
• Support for Asustor ADM v3.3.x, 3.4.x, 3.5.x
• Support for Wasabi Dallas data center region
• App-aware mode using NAKIVO Backup & Replication agent on Hyper-V
• Map a new VM found by a policy to existing backups
• Download or send to an email Exchange objects by configuring the appropriate setting in Expert Mode
• Mark backup objects as corrupted when files of backup objects are removed during repository verification
  
• Keep job history setting is changed to a maximum of 90 days
• Aptare integration is disabled by default
• Optimization for long fat networks

With Nakivo Backup & Replication v10.3, you can now recover Exchange Online calendar and contact items, OneDrive for Business individual files or folders, and SharePoint Online sites. When you delete some of that data by accident or you have a ransomware attack, you can recover those items with Nakivo.

Download trial:

You can download NAKIVO Backup & Replication v10.3

More about Nakivo on ESX Virtualization

• Physical Server Backup, Workstation or Laptop with Nakivo Backup and Replication (Windows and Linux)
• Nakivo Backup and Replication 9 Released (p2v from backup, Windows Server 2019 support)

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