Quest (soon to be Dell) vRanger, the # 1 VMware backup and replication solution now protects Windows physical servers. ONE solutions for both virtual and physical -- from a "virtual perspective".

1. vRanger 6.0 Overview
August 2012
John Maxwell, VP Product Management - @VMMaxwell
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2. Another First: First Virtual-centric Data Protection Solution
with Windows Server Backup and Restore
• First agent-less, off-host backup solution for VMware environments
• First to support VMware VCB
• First solution to restore files or VM image from a single backup
• First solution to work with VMware vCenter
• First to leverage VMFS snapshots for replication
• Among the first backup products to support VDDK
• First solution to offer Active Block Mapping to increase backup efficiency
• First solution to offer “real indexing” with image-based backup
• First with VMware ReadyTM certification for vSphere 5
• Protected by U.S. Patents 8,046,550; 8,060,476; 8,135,930 and
8,166,265. Additional patents pending.
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3. Why Physical Backup?
• Customer requests
− vRanger customers are very virtualized, yet still have applications
running on physical servers
Number of Legacy Physical Servers
3%
28%
0
1 to 5
6 or more
69%
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4. vRanger 6.0
New Physical Backup Option
New or Enhanced Capability Value
• Physical server backup and restore • Simple, single tool that comprehensively
protects your entire environment – virtual
AND physical
• Resource management for physical • Dial performance up or down to suit your
servers specific environment
• Cataloging for physical servers • Find and recover your physical backups and
files - fast
• Active Block Mapping for physical • Reduce storage space and increase backup
servers speed
• French and German language • Increased usability for French and German
localization users
• Virtual Appliance wizard enhancements • Increased compatibility with more
for static IP environments
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5. Physical Server Backup and Restore
OS and Application Support
 OS support
− Windows Server 2003
− Windows Server 2008
− Windows Server 2012
 VSS snapshot backups
− File system consistency
− Application consistency
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6. Physical Server Backup and Restore
Architecture
Agent
Agent
Repository
`
vRanger Server
Agent
 Scalability through distributed agents
− Eliminates extra hops by sending the data directly
from the source to the repository
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7. Physical Server Backup and Restore
Management Interface
 Physical server
inventory
management
 Same interface with
new “Physical
Machines” tab
 Agent deployment
and management
from vRanger
console
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8. Physical Server Backup and Restore
Feature: Resource Management
 Dial performance up or down in based on
available resources and bandwidth
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9. Physical Server Backup and Restore
Feature: Integrated Backup Catalog
 Native
cataloging
 Keyword &
wildcard
search
 One click
restore
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10. Physical Server Backup and Restore
Feature: Active Block Mapping
 Only active blocks are read and written – reduces
storage space by 1/3 and speeds backups
Disk Layout Blocks read and written
Active Block
Active Block
Unallocated
Unallocated Block
Block
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11. vRanger 6 Licensing and Pricing
Options VM Physical Comments
license license
(per (per Server)
CPU)
Base server and $769 $300 1/2 the cost of
physical client Symantec Backup Exec
V-Ray physical option.
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12. Thank You
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