Unitrends Redefines "Free" Virtual Backup
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@thecreativeone91 This is giving people the ability to test out the new HTML5 interface and is still providing 1TB of FREE HyperV and VMware snapshots, if you were happy with the previous offering, it's still available
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Wow. Well. this isn't even worth trying.
Well it is for my client, but it's not for me. I have 2 physical servers I still have to backup, and two VMWare hosts.
It's great that we can now install the UEB VM on the internal disk, and use an external NAS for the storage, but removing the ability to backup physical hosts completely - I don't get it.
I couldn't use the old versions because they required the UEB VM OS and backup storage to all be together, and since I don't have a decent speed NAS to run the UEB from, nor the internal storage on my VM host, I was left in the cold..
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@Dashrender said:
I couldn't use the old versions because they required the UEB VM OS and backup storage to all be together, and since I don't have a decent speed NAS to run the UEB from, nor the internal storage on my VM host, I was left in the cold..
You can backup the old one to a NAS but by default you will have 250GB (I Believe) of storage locally as well.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@Dashrender said:
I couldn't use the old versions because they required the UEB VM OS and backup storage to all be together, and since I don't have a decent speed NAS to run the UEB from, nor the internal storage on my VM host, I was left in the cold..
You can backup the old one to a NAS but by default you will have 250GB (I Believe) of storage locally as well.
OH, thanks, I never got that far. While I probably do have that kind of storage available (because I needed IOS, not space) that still seems like a waste. In that case do you know, was the data stored in the 250 GB locally first, then sent to the NAS?
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@Dashrender said:
OH, thanks, I never got that far. While I probably do have that kind of storage available (because I needed IOS, not space) that still seems like a waste. In that case do you know, was the data stored in the 250 GB locally first, then sent to the NAS?
I think it goes straight to the NAS but not sure, I have mine going to a NAS, but I can't say for certain it doesn't store locally first.
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@Dashrender
New interface
New community
New features
Stateless UEB
New HyperV CBT filter driver
Cloudhook
and more
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This is Unitrends Official response on 6.0 but the "Unitrends Free" Version will not work with ESXi unless it has an essentials licenses or greater now as it's is only agent less. Nor any physical servers.
Unitrends Community Edition is based on the latest and greatest engine we have for our backup software. vSphere 6.0 is supported with this release, especially during this beta program
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As I have all Hyper-v hosts except one client on VMWare (and they have essentials) this is a good solutions for all places except the VMWare and that is only because they have more than 1TB of data.
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I assume that the 1TB is total.
I have ~800GB making a single full backup of all guests. I would fill up the remaining 200GB pretty quick with the daily incrementals. -
@JaredBusch said:
I assume that the 1TB is total.
I have ~800GB making a single full backup of all guests. I would fill up the remaining 200GB pretty quick with the daily incrementals.Nope, the 1TB is your max protected source data size. You can attach as much storage as you like to allow for more retention.
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@art_of_shred said:
Nope, the 1TB is your max protected source data size. You can attach as much storage as you like to allow for more retention.
I read the other thread on that a half hour after I posted this. so this looks like a good fit for them.
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They should really fix this...
No SSL.
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Update: I tried it on a licensed esxi box and it did not work very well, I'm testing it on Hyper-V now and it works great.
Also not that by default it is 500GB not 1TB. You have to create a forum account tied to the install to get the 1TB of data you can protect.
The interface is a million times better than the old UEB. Unfortunately, the Unitrends twitter feed is embeded and I haven't found a way to disable it yet. The HTML5 interface does not work in IE or Project Spartan, not that I plan on using it in either. It works fine in chrome.
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It seems a bit too much like the Spiceworks model.
Give away a free app but make it compulsory to join the community/get adverts.
I'll try the product in a lab but I'm a bit wary of it.
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what's the cost to unlock the 1tb limit? and if I had 3 hosts, would I need 3 license?
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@Hubtech said:
and if I had 3 hosts, would I need 3 license?
The license is a capacity license. Nothing more. There are no other limits. A million hosts, a billion sockets, as long as the capacity being backed up doesn't go over 1TB.
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@Hubtech said:
what's the cost to unlock the 1tb limit?
You just purchase UEB normally at that point. You go to the normal UEB licensing costs.
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OK, what makes a good target for these types of backups? tape? NAS? what's your favorite flavor everyone?
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@Hubtech said:
OK, what makes a good target for these types of backups? tape? NAS? what's your favorite flavor everyone?
NAS is best for nearly all factors but one..... CryptoLocker and similar encryption attacks. Online NAS can be vulnerable to this in some cases. Thankfully UEB runs on Linux and so is a huge air gap in code between a Windows attack and your data. But the NAS has to be exclusive to UEB, not connected or allowed to connect to other systems or a desktop infection of CL could wipe out your backups (we've seen it actually happen with Veeam.)
If you consider the risks and isolate the system properly, NAS is great because it is fast, flexible and always online (fast to back up, fast to restore, no extra human intervention.)
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Tape is super expensive and requires a lot of manual work and carries a lot of risks except that it is 100% effective against things like CryptoLocker even without you needing to do anything special.
