NVSave: Features
When talking about the features of NVSave, it is important to note that simplicity is the philosophy behind all aspects of NVSave. The positive experience starts with installing the software: NVSave comes as a virtual appliance ("vapp") and can be integrated into an existing environment in a matter of minutes.
NVSave leverages the industry standard and well accepted NetApp snapshot technology for backup archival. As such, the introduction of NVSave into an existing architecture poses no risk of being locked into yet another backup archive format.
- Supports multiple vCenters and NetApp filers.
You only need to configure the credentials of your vCenter and NetApp filers, NVSave will then automatically detect the storage hierarchy without any manual intervention. - Accessible over a Web GUI, no vCenter plugin needed.
For instance, you can grant VM restore rights to users without the need for a special client software or vCenter access. - Instant backup of hundreds of VMs.
NVSave leverages NetApp Snapshot technology that allows you to eliminate backup windows and achieve an improved RPO. - Active SnapVault support.
NVSave natively supports SnapVault as an integrated part of backup and restore operations. SnapVault offers efficient delta based replication from primary to secondary storage tiers. - Multiprotocol FC, iSCSI and NFS aware.
Even complex topologies where a single volume hosts LUN and NFS based datastores concurrently are fully supported by NVSave. Also, VMs and VMDKs can be restored even if the underlying datastore has changed since the time of the backup. - Flexible Restore Options.
NVSave supports full VM restore, selected vmdk, as well as single file restore. Data can be restored from any tier (primary, secondary), even from tape. Due to the integration of Storage VMotion, VMs can be already powered up during the restore process from primary and secondary storage.