Acronis has launched vmProtect 6, a backup, migration and disaster recovery solution for VMware virtual environments.
Designed exclusively for VMware vSphere servers (v4.0, 4.1 or later) using ESX and ESXi hypervisors, vmProtect 6 is claimed to have an install-to-start backup time of approximately 6 min with the ability to restore a virtual machine directly from a backup image, without having to do a full restore, in less than 1 min.
Features include: unlimited physical to virtual migrations; can be installed as a virtual appliance; a web-based interface for remote management, including via smartphone; both image and file-level recovery options and the ability to select individual volumes to back up and, for even faster backups, users can analyse the file system to avoid backing up unused blocks and exclude individual files and folders, such as temporary or page files; data deduplication and compression capabilities are included free; and for added security, backups can be encrypted using industry-standard 256-bit AES algorithms.