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Sono passate appena alcune settimane dal rilascio di NAKIVO v7.5 con il supporto per vSphere 6.7, ma ora, complice il VMworld US 2018, NAKIVO ha annunciato una nuova versione 8.0 del suo prodotto Backup & Replication.

Questa nuova versione aggiunge una nuova funzionalità: Site Recovery, pensata per migliorare e implementare meglio un piano di business continuity.

La versione v7 è sicuramente stata un punto di forza per il mercato PMI, sia per il prezzo concorrenziale, sia per svariate funzionalità, ma anche per l’impressionante ciclo di sviluppo:

Ora la versione v8 sembra voler estendere il mercato di NAKIVO al mondo Enterprise con funzionalità tipiche di queste realtà, come appunto la necessità di un piano di business continuity e spesso di un piano di site disaster recovery.

Ed è qui che interviene la funzionalità di Site Recovery:

Con Site Recovery è possibile definire azioni e condizioni per implementare un piano di Site Recovery. La replica è solo una parte, ma la logica di orchestrazione sul come attivare un sito remoto al momento erano demandate ad operazioni manuali.

Ora si posso facilmente definire ed implementare in un Site Recovery job con diverse funzionalità ed opzioni:

  • Advanced Site Recovery Workflows: NAKIVO Backup & Replication v8 lets users build tailored recovery workflows to automate and simplify the entire site recovery process. For example, a Site Recovery job can include any combination of the following steps: gracefully shut down source VMs, run a final VM replication, change replica VM IPs, connect replica VMs to appropriate networks, set the replica VM boot order, verify successful recovery, send email notifications, etc.
  • Non-Disruptive Site Recovery Testing: The Site Recovery feature enables customers to define recovery time objectives (RTOs) for recovery workflows and perform scheduled non-disruptive site recovery testing. The tests can verify whether site recovery can run successfully and whether the recovery process can be completed within the target time frame.
  • Single-Click Site Recovery: With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, customers can perform planned failover, emergency failover, failback, and datacenter migration in a single click. Customers can create a single recovery workflow for an entire organization or create multiple workflows for individual departments, branch offices, etc.
  • All-in-One Availability Solution: Site Recovery is an integral feature of NAKIVO Backup & Replication and does not require separate licensing. With NAKIVO Backup & Replication v8, customers can use one solution for data backup, deduplication, granular restore, replication, and site recovery. All aspects of data protection and recovery can be managed from a single pane of glass and are covered by a single license.

Esempio di alcune operazioni gestibili ed orchestrabili sono:

  • Failover for VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, and AWS EC2 instances (You can fail over to a previously created replica)
  • Failback for VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, and AWS EC2 instances (You can transfer workloads back from a replica at a DR site to the source VM or instance once your primary site is useable again)
  • Start VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, or AWS EC2 instances
  • Stop VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, or AWS EC2 instances
  • Run jobs (You can run any jobs you have created)
  • Stop jobs (You can stop a job that is already running)
  • Run script (You can execute any script on Linux or Windows machines)
  • Attach repository (You can attach a backup repository)
  • Detach repository (You can detach a repository that is already attached)
  • Send email (You can send an email message notifying interested parties if an action completes successfully or fails)
  • Wait (You can wait for a specified time period before moving on to the next action in the job’s workflow)

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