New options for P2V support, USB & FireWire storage device support, and
Microsoft VSS
BELLEVUE, WA -- (June 6, 2005) UltraBac
Software (www.ultrabac.com) today released a significant update to both the Pro and Gold editions of
UBDR, the company's award-winning image-based disaster recovery software. UBDR Pro Version 2.0 now
includes support for USB and FireWire storage devices, and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
UBDR Gold Version 2.0 also provides users with the ability to perform physical-to-virtual (P2V)
disaster recoveries.
UltraBac Disaster Recovery (UBDR) Pro and Gold use image-based backup and disaster recovery
technology to provide lightning fast recovery for users of Windows servers and workstations. Both use
UltraBac's ability to perform image backups, along with a Windows-based universal boot CD environment,
to restore one or more disk partitions even when no operating system is available. UltraBac Gold
includes additional enterprise features such as support for FTP, Tivoli Storage Manager, autoloader
control, and 100 percent scripted restores for unassisted recoveries.
With the release of version 2.0, UBDR Gold can now restore the image of a failed server to a virtual
environment. This new P2V capability provides organizations that experience a catastrophic hardware
failure the ability to quickly recover a machine's image, and emulate the restored hardware configuration
virtually.
To restore a physical server to a VMware virtual server an administrator only needs to implement
a host server, which can be Windows, or Linux based. After creating a new virtual environment, the
administrator can then use UBDR Gold to boot into the recovery wizard. Quick and easy restores can be
performed from tape, disk, UNC path, and USB/FireWire attached storage devices. Users can expect
restore speeds of up to 3GB/minute with fast network connections or from local disk. Recovering to a
virtual environment is automatic and requires no special setup or other considerations.
Once a disaster recovery operation has been successfully performed and the restored
machine is running within a virtual environment, administrators can then begin
planning a physical migration to new hardware configuration if, and when, required.
With this new capability, UBDR Gold users may find that their requirement to maintain hardware
spares, and/or servers, for disaster recovery purposes will be greatly diminished or even eliminated.
UltraBac Software has integrated UBDR Gold with VMware so that the entire restore process is automated
and eliminates the requirement to purchase VMware's extra-cost P2V Assistant, thereby reducing the
required investment for this solution substantially.
"Innovation, reliability, and support have always been the cornerstones to our success
against the much larger companies we compete against in our market; and our customers also
appreciate that we listen to what they want," said Morgan Edwards, CEO and founder of UltraBac
Software. "Implementing P2V technology, integrating Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service, and
providing support for USB/FireWire storage devices will strengthen our position as an industry leader
in backup and image-based disaster recovery."
Integrating VSS with image technology provides UBDR users with a built-in operating system
service that provides the utmost in open file backup protection. This new VSS functionality is
available for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 users and creates consistent point-in-time
copies of data known as shadow copies. UBDR Pro and Gold's integration with VSS enables administrators
to create an operating system based point-in-time snapshot of one or more partitions on a disk that
form the backbone of any required disaster recovery operation.
Pricing for UBDR Pro starts from US$595 per server with the ability to back up an unlimited number
of workstations.
About UltraBac Software
UltraBac Software is based in Bellevue, Washington and has been an innovator in designing high-performance and sophisticated utility
software for over two decades. The privately held corporation has been specializing in storage management software since 1989, and released UltraBac
Backup and Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Windows NT in 1995. As a technology leader, UltraBac Software has compiled a long list of
firsts and has squarely positioned itself as a premier solution provider for users who demand the very best in protection for their mission-critical data. UltraBac is scalable from small to large users and caters to a wide array
of diverse business computing environments. To learn more about UltraBac or to download a live trial of the software,
visit www.ultrabac.com or call (425) 644-6000.
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For more press information contact:
Chana Flynn - UltraBac Software
chana@ultrabac.com
425-644-6000, ext. 224
Jason E. Smith - Agency contact
jsmith@jsapr.com
678-867-9042
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