Acronis Backup 12

2019

Support of a format of data of SAP HANA

On July 12, 2019 Acronis, the company in the area cyber security, announced that a system backup and recovery data. Transparent integration solutions of Acronis provides protection databases SAP of HANA and does not require profound knowledge about the internal device of this system.

The companies and corporations are faced the need of storage of escalating information volumes worldwide, and sometimes they store more information in the DPCs, than on end devices. Round the clock data arrive from a huge number of sources, in the most different formats and on different platforms.

For achievement of flexibility in data processing and increases in operational efficiency, more than 27 thousand enterprises select the SAP HANA databases. The considerable amount of data and also the analysis of processes which is constantly kept in real time require reliable protection, regular backup and a possibility of fast recovery in case of need.

SAP HANA is the platform which support is built in Acronis Backup, in addition to more than twenty platforms for the physical, virtual, applied, cloud, mobile and user systems. Moreover, support of backup and data recovery of SAP HANA is the first step to creation of deep integration of services of cyber defense of Acronis and the SAP solutions HANA for data management.

For Acronis support of such product serves as the next proof of correctness of a mission of the company which consists in providing solutions for cyber defense which ensures safety, availability, privacy, authenticity and safety of any data, applications and systems. Support of SAP HANA from Acronis means simplicity of achievement of comprehensive cyber security and data availability for corporate users.

Acronis Backup 12.5 Update 4 with opportunities for cyber defense of corporate data

On April 4, 2019 the Acronis company announced release of large updating of the corporate solution for backup of Acronis Backup 12.5, having added to it support of physical data transmission on carriers, opportunity for cross-platform migration of virtual machines, protection against hidden by the mayningazlovredny software and also localization on modern languages.

According to the statement of the developer, for the large organizations in the provided updating the number of devices which can be managed from one server of management to 8,000 that allows administrators of the companies of any sizes to protect effectively all the data, applications and systems via the simple web interface is increased.

Functions in updating of Acronis Backup 12.5 Update 4 mentioned by the producer:

1. Physical data transmission: an opportunity to quicker execute creation of primary backup copy, having saved it on the hard drive and having sent to a data processing center of Acronis.
2. the Increased scalability: economy of infrastructure resources due to management of 8,000 devices from one server of management.
3. Localization in seven additional languages: Bulgarian, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, Serbian, Malayan and Indonesian.
4. the Improved active protection: recognition of programs for hidden mining cryptocurrencies; protection of the network folders marked as local disks.
5. Cross-platform migration of virtual machines: an opportunity to convert backup files into files of virtual disks (VHDX, VMDK formats) which can be started under VMware Workstation and gipervizorommicrosoft Hyper-V.
6. Support of operating systems and hypervisors:
   • Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
   • Windows Server 2019 with Hyper-V
   • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019
   • VMware vSphere 6.7 update 1
   • Citrix XenServer 7.6
   • RHEL 7.6
   • Ubuntu 18.10
   • Fedora 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
   • Debian 9.5, 9.6
   • Windows XP SP1 (x64), SP2 (x64), (x86)

As noted in Acronis, the released update is free for users of Acronis Backup 12.5.

According to the developer, the technology of Acronis helps the companies to implement five directions of cyber defense – security, availability, privacy, authenticity and security (SAPAS), completely protecting data from modern cyberthreats and at the same time saving them easily available and verified.

"We became partners of Acronis within the strategy of digital transformation. Technologies of Acronis helped us to optimize cyber defense and is considerable, from several days till several o'clock, to reduce a backup window that made our work both on production, and on the route more effective and protected". Graham Haklend, Chief information officer of a command of Formula One of ROKiT Williams Racing

2017

Acronis Backup 12.5

Acronis Backup 12.5 is delivered in two options: standard (Standard) and expanded (Advanced), also assumes a possibility of simple and fast updating.

The enterprises can begin with use of the standard version of Acronis Backup 12.5, and in process of growth of tasks and expansion of IT infrastructure it is simple to upgrade to the version of Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced. Such approach allows partners to implement using the same product projects as for small, so for medium and large business.

Acronis Backup 12.5 has high efficiency and reduces costs to 30 percent in comparison with the closest competitors. High reliability of this technology was confirmed by more than 50,000 users who entrusted protection of the data of the version of Acronis Backup 12 which left in July, 2016.

Functions of the expanded version of Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced

The solution Acronis Backup 12.5 constructed on a new hybrid cloud computing architecture — the powerful multifunction solution supporting more than 20 platforms. Treat them Windows Office 365 Azure Linux Mac OS X Oracle VMWare Hyper-V Red Hat Virtualization Linux KVM Citrix XenServer, iOS and Android:

• The unified web interface for all infrastructure;
• Separation into departments and role model of administrators for support of the distributed enterprises;
• Support of six types of hypervisors for ensuring migration between different platforms;
• Automation of system recovery on the new equipment and centralized operation by boot carriers for reduction of directive recovery time on remote platforms;
• Use of instant pictures of SAN for reduction of use of resources of a hypervisor;
• Backup of Oracle databases and granular recovery;
• Expanded support of tape libraries for increase in granularity and the simplified management;
• The progressive module of the reporting for a better understanding and observance of corporate rules;
• Ensuring recovery after accidents for disaster recovery of data locally and in a cloud;
• Verification of the backup copy for confidence in a possibility of data recovery;
• Acronis Notary for ensuring reliability and the invariance of data.

Functions in the standard and expanded version

More than 170 new features are implemented in both versions for needs of the organizations of any size which allow to work in a modern hybrid cloud environment. The most important new features:

• The configured monitoring panels for fast assessment of a status of infrastructure;
• Acronis Active Protection is pro-active data protection from programs racketeers;
• Acronis Instant Restore for ensuring the 15th second directive recovery time;
• Acronis vmFlashback for fast incremental recovery of virtual machines.

Support of Microsoft Office 365

On March 2, 2017 the Acronis company expressed support of backup of Microsoft Office 365 in Acronis Backup 12.

According to the strategy of support of cloud computing accepted by Acronis company, functions of backup for Microsoft Office 365 are added to Acronis Backup 12. Since July, 2016 they are available in Acronis Backup Cloud.

Screenshot of the software window, (2016)

Functions of backup for Microsoft Office 365

• automatic backup of e-mail Microsoft Office 365, including contacts, calendars, tasks and the attached files;
• storage of reserve data locally or in a cloud with a possibility of archiving and continuous access to data;
• functions of fast print preview, search in reserve data;
• an opportunity to recover data from personal and general mailboxes, in an original or new mailbox;
• an opportunity to recover and send separate objects by e-mail without recovery of all backup copy.

Support of VMware vSphere 6.5 both using agents, and without them, support of VMware of CBT, Acronis Instant Recovery, Acronis vmFlashback, replication with optimization of WAN is added to versions.

Today small enterprises use cloud services of Microsoft in the activity more and more widely. However for ensuring continuity of business processes it is necessary to protect cloud data and to provide their availability. Function of backup of e-mail for Microsoft Office 365 expands functionality of Acronis Backup 12, offering users security blanket of all of "a digital image" of small enterprise. Sergey Belousov, founder and CEO of Acronis company

We welcome inclusion of support of Office 365 in the product Acronis Backup 12. Availability of enhanced capabilities to protection and reservation of critical data against Acronis simplifies and accelerates process of preserving of data, allowing business to be focused on the direct activity, and to entrust protection of the information to the checked solutions. Oleg Koverznev, the head of department of promotion of information office systems of Microsoft in Russia

2016: Acronis Backup 12

Acronis Backup 12 is technology of backup and data protection of the companies in a hybrid cloud IT environment.

On July 20, 2016 the Acronis company announced release of the solution Acronis Backup 12. The product provides protection of the digital world of the companies. Regardless of storage location of data - in "cloud", locally, in virtual and physical mediums, in the remote systems or on mobile devices, Acronis Backup 12 can provide their backup.

In modern digital business data have key value. Loss even of several minutes can turn back irrevocable loss of the market for the company. Thanks to Acronis Backup 12 of the company receive the security blanket necessary in the modern digital world. They can control the data regardless of the place of their storage, and, in case of their loss or the external attack, recover them quicker, than ever before. Sergey Belousov, founder and CEO of Acronis

Acronis Backup 12 provides to the companies full control over location of their data, systems and backup copies, protects information in a virtual environment. With Acronis IT managers always know, the location data of the company who has right of access to them even if they are stored in "cloud"^[1].

If necessary to recover data after loss, Acronis Backup 12 has a number of candidate solutions as recovery of the separate file, e-mail message or database, and complete recovery of a system, including on "naked iron". Data recovery is provided with technologies of Acronis: Active Restore, Instant Restore and vmFlashBack, opportunities of disaster recovery in "cloud" or sending data on the carrier. Acronis Backup 12 allows IT managers to execute data migration, applications and systems between platforms.

The solution provides backup of hosts of VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V (and not just virtual machines) and their recovery on other than initial the equipment for security blanket of virtual infrastructures.

Acronis Backup 12 helps IT to managers to manage on a centralized basis data protection, stored, as in "cloud", and locally. By means of the uniform web console on any device the IT manager can execute backup and data protection of all workstations, local and cloud storages of one interface, physical and virtual hosts and machines, cloud environments.

As the developer company stated, the patented Acronis Instant Restore technology allows to reduce RTO to read seconds and to provide stability business processes. The technology allows to start backup copies of any physical or virtual system Windows or Linux in the form of the virtual machine VMware or Hyper-V.

Support of modern platforms and devices allows IT managers to execute backup and data protection of each end user of the PC and tablets under management Microsoft Windows Mac OS X, users iPad iPhone, devices on Android.

Acronis Backup 12 provides a set of opportunities for protection of infrastructure and applications Microsoft, including Microsoft Exchange Office365 SharePoint Active Directory Windows Server, Windows PC Hyper-V, Azure and also Azure Stack after its release on the market.

The main factor for our clients is simplicity, and as already many of them were convinced during testing, Acronis Backup 12 provides it. It is even easy for new user to execute both installation, and management of backup. And the unified management console displays all necessary current information on what occurs in specific timepoint. Dmitry Martynov, vice president of Acronis for strategy and product management

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