Release Notes
BDRSuite v5.5.0
New Features
Support for VMware vSphere v8.x
BDRSuite now supports Backup and Replication for virtual machines running on the latest version VMware vSphere v8.x.
Google Cloud as Backup Repository
Google Cloud Storage (Object Storage) is now supported in BDRSuite to store backup data, backup copy and offsite copy data. BDRSuite already supports other cloud storages such Amazon S3, Azure Blog, S3 Compatible storages such as Wasabi, MinIO, etc.
ConnectWise Integration
BDRSuite now supports ConnectWise Integration. This feature allows you to create service tickets automatically in ConnectWise Manage for BDRSuite activities. The tickets can be created for various tasks (Backup/Restore/Replication) and different task status (Success/Failed/Warning) on relevant service boards.
Backup and Recovery of VMware VM Templates
BDRSuite for VMware now supports backup for VMware VM Templates. Now, VM Templates will show up in the list of VMware ESXi/vCenter entities that can be selected for backup. You can configure backup for VM Templates and restore when required.
Backup and Recovery of Google Workspace Shared Drive
BDRSuite now supports backup and recovery of Shared Drives in Google Workspace Organization.
Backup and Recovery of Microsoft 365 Archive Mailbox
BDRSuite now supports backup and recovery of user mails in the Archive Mailbox (In-place Archive) of Microsoft 365.
Deduplication for Microsoft 365 User Mails
BDRSuite supports deduplication for backed up user mails from Microsoft 365.
Enhancements
VMware CBT Reset
Parallel Disk Image Backup
Parallel Synthetic Full Backup
Auxiliary Applications for Microsoft 365 Backup
Restore to a mailbox in different Organization (Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace)
Restore the backed up user mails directly from Microsoft 365 console through BDRSuite Add-in for Outlook
Download Restore Logs for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
Breadcrumbs view for OneDrive and Group OneDrive Restore
Enhanced progress window for Offsite Replication
BDRSuite v5.3.0
New Features
File Server Backup from BDRSuite Backup Server UI
You can now add Windows and Linux file servers to the Data Source and configure file & folder level backup from the BDRSuite Backup Server console. The backup agents can be automatically pushed from the backup server or manually installed on the required servers. This feature allows you to manage the backup & recovery of a large number of machines from the centralized BDRSuite Backup Server.
Endpoint Backup from BDRSuite Backup Server UI
Now, you can configure File & Folder Backup of many Windows & Linux Endpoints directly from the BDRSuite Backup Server console. The agents can be manually installed on the target system or pushed automatically. Also, you can add multiple endpoints in bulk using the CSV file.
Azure Blob as Backup Repository
Primary backup data and backup copy data can now be stored in Azure Blob storage directly.
Active Directory Integration
BDRSuite Server now integrates with Active Directory for user management. You can import and add AD/LDAP users to the BDRSuite Backup Server and grant them different levels of access to the BDRSuite Backup Server.
Integrity Check on VMware ESXi Server
You can now run the automated boot test on VMware ESXi hosts to confirm the recoverability of the backup machines.
Enhancements
Backup data retention for deleted/excluded VMs
Performance improvements in the server rebuild process
Backup support for the Microsoft 365 accounts enabled with Multi-Factor Authentication(MFA)
Parallel backup processing of Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace users
Option to exclude Microsoft 365 mailbox folders from backup
Breadcrumbs view for SharePoint site & Teams data restore
Download Microsoft 365 mail data in EML format
Download Microsoft 365 mail data in MBOX format
Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace mail recovery based on time range
Search option for Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace emails during the restore
Parallelly initiate PST export for multiple Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace user’s mail data
Logs download for Microsoft 365 & Google Workspace backups
Enhanced backup progress window for Google Workspace backup
Tree view for Google Drive data restore
Enhanced report for Google Workspace backups
BDRSuite v5.2.0
New Features
Restore to Microsoft Azure
BDRSuite now allows restoring the VMware VMs, Hyper-V VMs, Windows Servers & Windows Workstations backups to Microsoft Azure. You can initiate the restore directly from your BDRSuite Backup Server or Offsite DR Server.
BDRSuite 360 Server
The BDRSuite 360 Server enables customers and service providers to monitor the backup activity of the BDRSuite Backup Servers deployed on their customer locations across multiple sites from a centralized web-based console.
Multitenancy
The multitenancy architecture of BDRSuite is redesigned to support advanced use cases of MSPs. You can now create multiple tenants and allocate one or more entities to each tenant. Every tenant will get multiple user roles to monitor and manage all the entities added under them.
Enhancements
Improved application creation steps to add Microsoft 365 accounts to BDRSuite
On-demand backup scheduling for Microsoft 365 backups
Enhanced backup progress window for Microsoft 365 backups
Enhanced backup report for Microsoft 365 backups
Subfolder tree view for Microsoft 365 Mailbox
Subfolder tree view for OneDrive
Subfolder tree view for Group OneDrive
User-level backup report for Microsoft-365
PST Download of Microsoft 365 now supports all Microsoft Outlook versions
On-demand backup scheduling for Google Workspace backups
BDRSuite v5.1.0
New Features
Object Storage Backup Repository
You can now use the AWS S3 and S3 compatible object storage as a backup repository to directly store the backup data.
Backup Copy
The backup copy feature allows you to create a copy of your primary backup data and store it in a different backup repository. If the primary backup data is damaged, the backup copy can be used to recover data.
BDR Cluster Deployment
BDRSuite now allows you to simply scale-out your existing BDRSuite Backup Server when it requires extra resources to handle growing workloads. Instead of expanding the CPU and RAM resources of the same BDRSuite Backup Server, you can install multiple instances of the BDRSuite Backup Servers and have them work together for load balancing and high availability.
Enhancements
Backup database optimized for better performance
Reconnection attempts for the backup replication to Offsite DR Server.
Option to run the tape backup jobs immediately after saving it.
Option to run the tape backup jobs on-demand from the BDR & ODR Server.
The tree listing of the tape backup recovery page has been updated.
Automatically backup the tape agent database daily for disaster recovery scenarios.
Restore OneDrive/Group OneDrive files & folders to local storage drives.
Download Microsoft 365 Calendar & Contact items directly from the BDRSuite Backup Server UI.
Restore Google Drive files & folders to local storage drives.
Download Google Workspace Calendar & Contact items directly from the BDRSuite Backup Server UI.
AWS EC2 Instance level Recovery
BDRSuite v5.0.0
New Features
Hyper-V VM Replication
You can now replicate your Hyper-V VMs from one host to another. In the event of a disaster or system crash, you may simply failover your production workloads to the replica VMs and continue your company operations.
Instant Boot Live Migration
VMs instantly booted from the backup repository can be fully restored in the background without any downtime. This will help you instantly restore a production VM when it is down and start using it in production as the full VM is being restored in the background.
Parallel VM Processing
Vembu now supports parallel backup of multiple VMs/disks in a single host. You can customize the number of backup jobs and the number of VMs/disks in a single backup job that can run in parallel from the BDR Backup Server GUI.
Rotated Drives as Backup Repository
Vembu now supports setting up rotated drives as the primary backup repository. This will help you to use multiple external hard drives to store the backup data and swap them on a regular basis.
GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) Retention
BDR Suite 5.0 now supports GFS retention to create restore points on a weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis. GFS restore points are always tied to an Additional Full Backup or a Synthetic Full Backup.
Synthetic Full Backup
Synthetic full backups are created in the backup repository by merging the full backup and all subsequent incremental backups in the backup repository itself, instead of running an additional full backup. It reduces the time and bandwidth usage over the network for creating multiple full backups in the backup repository.
Backup Job Template
Backup templates can be created using frequently used backup configuration settings or as per some predefined backup policies. You can utilize these templates to create new backup jobs quickly.
Multi-host Backup Support
BDR Suite 5.0 supports backup jobs with multiple-hosts in a single job and you can always configure running backup for different hosts/VMs inside a job to run in parallel thus improving backup performance.
Application Item-level Recovery from web GUI
BDR Suite 5.0 supports item level recovery for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, and AD from BDR Backup Server web GUI. Any restore point can be selected and individual items can be recovered within minutes.
Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online Backup
Vembu Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports the backup and recovery of the entire sites, web collections, individual files, folders and entire document libraries of SharePoint Online.
Microsoft 365 Teams Backup
Vembu Backup for Microsoft 365 now supports the backup and recovery of the conversations, chats, planner, tasks, etc. of Microsoft 365 Teams.
Backup for Google Workspace
BDR Suite 5.0 also includes Backup for Google Workspace with support for backup of Mails, Google Drive, Contacts, Calendar etc
Backup for AWS
BDR Suite 5.0 now supports agentless and application-consistent backup of AWS EC2 instances.
Enhancements
Restore can be initiated when backup is in progress
Now backup job and offsite copy job can be run parallely
Improved the backup job creation user experience
Restore Hyper-V backup VMs with the original configuration
Backup window settings at the backup job level
Bandwidth throttling support for backup configured from BDR Backup Server
File-level recovery support for dynamic disks
Option to disable compression and encryption in storing the backup data at the storage repository
BDRSuite v4.2.0
New Features
Vembu Backup for AWS EC2 instances
Agentless backup for EC2 instances
Automatic backup scheduling
Instance & Volume level recovery
Vembu Backup for Microsoft Office365
Backup mailboxes, contacts, calendars and OneDrive to your data center(On-premise or any public cloud storage)
Backup entire domain or selected user data
Restore backup data to same or different user account
BDR 360 Server
Now deploy Vembu BDR360 Server in your datacenter for centralized monitoring of your distributed BDR Backup and Offsite DR Servers
Group Management
Group Management is now available for all the users
Enhancements
- Enhanced the reports with more information
- Improved the usability of the Vembu BDR Backup Server & Offsite DR Server GUI
- Improved error messages & alert notifications
- Vembu Universal Explorer is installed with the Vembu BDR Backup server & Offsite DR Server installation. It can be accessed easily using on-screen instruction when clicking on the Application Item-level Recovery option.
- Vembu BDR360 agent is installed with the Vembu BDR Backup server & Offsite DR Server installation. Open the backup server, activate the Vembu BDR360 from Infrastructure > BDR360, and start monitoring all your backups from the Vembu BDR360 console.
Licensing & Pricing updates
The license cost of Vembu Backup for Microsoft Windows(Windows Servers) is reduced to $60/Server/Year from $120/Server/Year.
The number of workstations that can be backed up under the Free Edition is reduced from unlimited workstations to 10 workstations.
The users should pay $15 /Workstation/Year to backup their Windows workstations at image-level with Vembu Backup for Microsoft Windows
The users should pay $15 /Workstation/Year to backup their Windows & Mac workstations at file-level with Vembu Backup for File & Application
The free edition of the Vembu Cloud Backup for Files & Application (Vembu Online Backup) is now discontinued.
The users should pay $6/Workstation/Year to backup their Windows & Mac workstations at file-level with Vembu Cloud Backup for File & Application.
BDRSuite v4.1.0
New Features
Hyper-V VM backup now uses Microsoft’s native RCT(Resilient Change Tracking) to track changes in a VM disk (VHD/VHDX) (Only for Windows Server 2016 & above).
Application-aware processing of Oracle databases running on VMware VMs is now supported to ensure the consistency of the database.
Introducing backup proxy for VMware Backups. Backup proxies are now helpful in distributing the workloads and scale the backup infrastructure. Also, It handles the data traffic between VMware vSphere and Vembu BDR Server during the backup.
Backup support for the VMs data residing on the Hyper-V scale-out file server(SOFS).
Now users can exclude System Files(Pagefile.sys & Hyberfil.sys) from all image-based backups such as VMware, Hyper-V, and Windows image backup.
Image Integrity Check to confirm the recoverability of the backup data is even more customizable, and can be easily configured from the UI.
BDRSuite v4.0.0
New Features
Hyper-V Failover Cluster Support: Support for backup and recovery of VMs running on Hyper-V Cluster setups. The scheduled backups will not be interrupted even when the VMs move from one node to another for High Availability.
Checksum Based Incremental Tracking: The modifications made on the VMs running on Hyper-V servers are by default tracked using CBT technology. When CBT fails, the checksum-based incremental tracking is leveraged ensuring seamless backups.
Shared VHDX Support: Support for backing up shared VHDX of Hyper-V
New Credentials Manager: Credentials of the VM hosts, guest VMs and physical computers can now be managed using the Credentials Manager, avoiding the need to enter the credentials every time.
BDRSuite v3.9.1
New Features
Vembu BDR support for VMware vSphere 6.7 is encapsulated in the package.
Standard Edition: Includes all the basic functionalities that would benefit any small business
Enterprise Edition: Fully featured edition for medium and enterprise businesses that comes with features like Tape Backup Support, VM replication, advanced GFS retention etc.,
Free Edition: Free edition provides users the option to utilize unlimited features up to 3 VMs or they can go ahead with configuring can backups for unlimited hosts with limited features
BDRSuite v3.9.0
New Features
Native Tape Storage Support will help you to archive data on tape media in addition to Vembu OffsiteDR and Vembu CloudDR for offsite copy management
Backup Level encryption using AES 256-bit encryption algorithm will help users to encrypt their data with system generated or custom passwords
Quick VM Recovery on ESXi for Hyper-V and Disk Image Backups will instantly boot image-based backups of Hyper-V servers and Physical machines on VMware ESXi
Auto Authorization at OffsiteDR Server will aid backup servers to be registered on the Vembu OffsiteDR server when authorized through a unique registration key
Pre/Post Commands can be used to automate actions that you would want to be executed before or after a backup job for Linux & Windows machines using Vembu NetworkBackup, Vembu ImageBackup, and Vembu OnlineBackup.
BDRSuite v3.8.0
New Features
Disk Image Backups from BDR console can now be configured for Physical Windows servers without relying on proxy agent installation
FLR for Backup/Replication jobs can now help users to choose specific files and folders from VMware/Hyper-V/Disk Image backups and VMware replication to be restored in a quick fashion
Seed Load Backup data to OffsiteDR should help you in saving time and bandwidth by seed loading data on the BDR backup server to the Vembu OffsiteDR server
Enable Auto Authorization to register proxy agents to the Vembu BDR server using a unique registration key generated by that backup server.
Email Enhancements are made to success/failure reports by extending configuration to individual email IDs on proxy agents and Vembu OffsiteDR. Applicable to the newly added image integrity report too.
Storage Pooling with local or network volumes will help users scale the storage and even direct individual backup jobs to select volumes of the storage pool target
BDRSuite v3.7.0
New Features
VMware vSphere 6.5 Support is encapsulated in this package.
The Multitenancy support on Vembu BDR & Vembu OffsiteDR servers will help Service Providers/Partners manage their customers and their respective Vembu BDR servers under individual groups. Group level web access can be enabled for customers to monitor and manage their backup jobs.
Expect stability and performance enhancements from this version as the backend database is upgraded to PostgreSQL replacing MySQL and MongoDB.
Free Edition Support is introduced in this release. Users can backup VMware, Hyper-V and Physical Windows Server with limited features at free of cost after the trial period.
BDRSuite v3.6.0
New Features
With Host-Level Backup and Replication, users can configure backups for VMware/Hyper-V hosts and initiate replication for VMware ESXi hosts to another ESXi as well. Implement global or granular VM/Disk exclusion rules if needed.
Using ESX(i) as Instant VM Recovery Software, any VM running on VMware server can also be instantly booted on a VMware ESXi server along with the existing bootable options on Hyper-V and KVM
Support for Windows 8, 8.1 & 10 through image-based backups is now available with Vembu ImageBackup that comes with the Vembu BDR Suite.
Bandwidth Throttling for Offsite Copy will allow users to limit bandwidth while initiating Offsite data transfer to the from the Vembu BDR server to the Vembu OffsiteDR or the Vembu CloudDR.
The option to configure network settings during Instant VM recovery will allow the user to choose network switch to be assigned before booting VM thereby eliminating manual interventions.
Delete All / Wipeout Feature can be utilized to delete the backup data and reset their Vembu BDR server and start fresh like that of a fresh installation setup.
BDRSuite v3.5.0
New Features
Agentless backups for VMware & Hyper-V help you to configure backups for VMware vSphere/ vCenter server and Hyper-V servers using CBT technology from the Vembu BDR server console. The Vembu BDR server will now constitute the newly upgraded MongoDB
FailOver/FailBack support for VMware VM Replication will help users replicate VMs in a fully functional state so that they can be configured for a FailOver & FailBack process which includes automated VM retention, Network mapping, and IP Re-mapping functions
SMB Support for Hyper-V will allow users to backup VMs running on Hyper-V servers that have SMB as shared storage
BDRSuite v3.1.0
New Features
Offsite Copy to your Data Centers
Vembu BDR allows you to store a redundant copy of your backup data in a data center of your choice with security measures of your personal preference. In the event of On-premise server crash or onsite disaster, Offsite Copy option allows instant data recovery in Offsite Servers.
Vembu Universal Explorer
Vembu Universal Explorer is a separate application that’s used to perform granular level recovery of Microsoft Applications such as, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint and Active Directory from Disk image, VMware and Hyper-V backups.
BDRSuite v3.0.0
New Features
VM Replication for VMware servers ensures high availability by creating a redundant copy of VMs on another vSphere and vCenter, in a ready-to-start state.
Second generation Hyper-V backup support is now available and is extended to VMs on CSV too.
Direct restore to Remote Hyper-V servers can now be initiated to the same or different Hyper-V host
Instant boot support on VMware ESXi Host allows any Disk Image, VMware and Hyper-V backup to be instantly booted on any VMware ESXi host. By sharing the Vembu Virtual Drive via NFS share, the Flat-VMDK file can be selected to boot the backed up image as a VM on the ESXi host.
Vembu BDR Backup Server Clustering can be leveraged to manage multiple Vembu BDR servers with huge loads by integrating them in a round-robin fashion. This load balancing algorithm needs a centralized backup data storage solution
BDRSuite v2.1.1
New Features
Seed Migration on Vembu CloudDR is now extended for the first full replication from Vembu BDR Server to Vembu CloudDR server to avoid huge bandwidth consumption.
Backup Window Scheduling on Vembu CloudDR will help you to automate on when the backup data should be uploaded to the Vembu CloudDR server. A user can choose to restrict replication during peak productivity hours as well.
Flat VMDK download is now included where Disk image, VMware and Hyper-V backups can be restored into Flat-VMDK format and directly uploaded to an ESXi server and booted as a VMware VM.
BDRSuite v2.1.0
New Features
Hyper-V backups with CBT technology will track just the changed blocks as incremental and thus manages storage efficiently. This capability comes handy while performing instant boot during a downtime
VMware Direct SAN Access Mode will provide the fastest data transfer speed with less resource utilization when a backup is configured for a VMware server connected on a SAN environment via FC or iSCSI
Download in VHDX format can now be used to download the Physical Disk Image, VMware and Hyper-V backups along with other VHD, VMDK and IMG formats during restore.
VMware disk level restore allows you to restore only required disks to same or different VM rather than restoring the entire VM
Persistent instant boot will help a user to retain the changes made during the Quick VM recovery session although the made changes may not be stored as an incremental. These persistent copies can also be used while performing Live Recovery to another VMware/Hyper-V server
BDRSuite v2.0.0
New Features
VembuHIVE™ is our proprietary technology which is a file system of file systems with inbuilt version control, security, encryption, and inbuilt error correction. The inherent flexibility that allows VHFS to host any file system is the key to its ability to seamlessly support a wide range of complex restore use-cases in Vembu BDR.
Ability to retain more incremental, without the storage overhead: The entire backup data stored in VHFS is version-controlled with an intelligent meta-data management. This feature combined with compression gives the ability to retain multiple increments of a backup with minimal storage overhead.
Any-point-in-time instant recovery, even when data is compressed, encrypted: Since every incremental is a self-sufficient snapshot with pointers to the blocks in VHFS, any incremental is instantaneously available as a full backup.
Application-aware VMware & Disk-Image backups leverage application-specific VSS writers (SQL Server, Exchange) to take consistent snapshots of these apps, and truncate log files to ensure consistent backups for applications.
Restoring both disk image and VMware backups in VHD, VMDK, and RAW formats are possible since the backups are stored in a block level format
Instant Backup Verification after every Incremental with VembuHIVE Technology utilizes a mount test, boot test, and a check disk test so that the data doesn’t get corrupted either during the transit or when written to disk.