UltraBac Software Releases UBDR Gold for Microsoft Virtual Server
BELLEVUE, WA - October 10, 2005 - UltraBac Software (www.ultrabac.com)
today announced a Q4 target date to release an updated version of UBDR Gold that
will seamlessly integrate the company's award-winning image-based disaster
recovery software with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 for physical-to-virtual
(P2V) disaster recovery.
UltraBac Disaster Recovery (UBDR) Gold uses image-based backup and disaster
recovery technology to provide lightning fast recovery for users of all versions
of the Windows platform. UBDR Gold uses UltraBac's ability to perform image
backups, along with a WinPE-based universal boot CD environment, to restore one
or more disk partitions even when no operating system is available. In addition,
UBDR Gold provides enterprise features such as support for FTP, Tivoli Storage
Manager, tape library control, and 100 percent scripted restores for unassisted
recoveries.
With this release, UBDR Gold will be able to quickly and easily restore the
image of a failed server to a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 environment. P2V
capability provides organizations that experience a catastrophic hardware
failure the ability to recover a machine's image, and emulate the restored
hardware configuration virtually. Organizations that couple UBDR Gold's backup
capability with its integrated P2V restore functionality are automatically
protected from natural or man made disasters that incapacitate or destroy a
computer facility. Furthermore, UBDR Gold and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2
will work together to essentially provide dissimilar hardware restore and/or
physical server consolidation in a cost effective and integrated package.
To restore a physical server to a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2, an
administrator only needs to create a target virtual machine for the server to be
restored. 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, SAN, NAS, UNC path, USB/FireWire devices, FTP
devices, or TSM servers. Users can expect restore speeds of up to 3GB/minute
with fast network connections, local disk, or high-speed tape. 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 a new hardware configuration if, and
when, required. V2P (virtual-to-physical) support is also planned for release in
Q4.
In the first quarter of 2006, through its licensing of the Microsoft virtual
hard disk (VHD) format, UltraBac Software will expand on this technology by
allowing UBDR Gold to restore directly to the native VHD file format to a
Microsoft 2005 Virtual Server R2. This feature eliminates the requirement to
boot UBDR Gold completely, since the virtual disk files can be created entirely
within the normal UltraBac environment. This can save a considerable amount of
time for the system administrator.
With Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 support, UBDR Gold users may find that
their requirement to maintain hardware spares for disaster recovery will be
eliminated or greatly diminished.
"Innovation, reliability, and support have long been the cornerstones to our
success. By listening to our customers we continue to add value to our products
while delivering solutions that meet their needs," said Morgan Edwards, CEO and
founder of UltraBac Software. "Integrating our P2V technology with Microsoft
Virtual Server 2005 R2 will only continue to strengthen our position as an
industry leader in backup and image-based disaster recovery."
Pricing for UBDR Gold is US$995 for a stand-alone server license. Library,
FTP, and TSM are extra cost agents.
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.
Product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered owners.
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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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