Since you all know it was not a long time ago since NAKIVO released version 7.5 of their Backup & Replication product which you can read more about here. Yesterday, 2018-08-27, it was time again and now it was not a .dot release but a complete new version meaning latest and greatest Nakivo Backup & Replication is now version 8.0.
With this release you will be able to perform scheduled non-disruptive disaster recovery testing, planned failover and fail-back and datacenter migration. This is made possible by leveraging the new Site Recovery Orchestration Solutions that comes with the following capabilities:
- Advanced Site Recovery Workflows – Shut down VM, perform replication change target VM IP, set VM boot order, send email notification and more..
- Non-Disruptive Site Recovery Testing – Specify Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and test/verify they can be met via non-disruptive tests.
- Single-Click Site Recovery – One workflow for entire company or multiple workflows for e.g. different locations, departments and so on.
- All-in-One Availability Solution – A single license and single UI to manage:
- Backup & Restore
- Deduplication
- Replicatio
- Site recovery
The site recovery feature is included in enterprise edition of Nakivo Backup & Replication v.8 and is licensed per CPU socket.
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