Fast and easy full-featured backup and recovery solution, at exceptional value

VM Backup's (formerly Altaro VM Backup) affordable pricing doesn't mean it lacks on features. With the new Ransomware Protection leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage, efficient compression algorithms, multiple offsite backup options and continuous WAN-optimized replication, you'll get a backup solution packed with powerful tools and great performance at unbeatable value and you can rest assured that data within your Immutable Cloud Backup cannot be erased, modified, or deleted by anyone for a set duration.

New VM Backup V9 - Ransomware Protection leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage

VM Backup V9 comes equipped with a powerful key feature: Ransomware Protection leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage.

This means:

Tamper-proof data while under the defined immutable policy
Data cannot be modified by any user (including administrators or root users)
Adding an extra level of security and peace of mind for your customers

What else is new with VM Backup V9?

The latest version of VM Backup also features optimized scalability and robustness. VM Backup can easily manage large infrastructures, with the revamped backup repository providing robust long-term storage and more efficient use of disk space. In addition, data retention in the offsite repository can now run in parallel with other operations.

VM Backup V9 Immutable Cloud Storage

Augmented Inline Deduplication

Reduce backup storage requirements, and significantly speed up backups and restores.

Offsite & Cloud Backup

Replicate backups to an offsite location over WAN acceleration, cloud options including Azure, Amazon S3 and Wasabi, or even to a local network (LAN) path or set of rotated disks.

Minimal RPO and RTO

Great backup is meaningless without fast, reliable recovery – Significantly reduce Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) through CDP and replication.

Back up live VMs

Back up Hyper-V & VMware VMs with zero downtime by leveraging Microsoft VSS.

vCenter & CSV Support

Fully supports Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) and VMware vCenter.

Fast Compression Algorithms

Leverage processors' multithreading to boost up backup speed and reduce CPU requirements.

Flexible scheduling & queue

Schedule backups using grouped backup schedules or individual VMs.

Remote & Central console

Easily control, configure and monitor jobs for all your Hyper-V and VMware hosts, through a single console.

File & Exchange Item-Level Restore

Restore Individual Files or Exchange Items instantly from VM backups.

Automated test drills

Set an automated schedule to test the integrity of your backups for peace of mind

Flexible backup destinations

Multiple backup destinations for local backups and offsite copies.

Boot VM

Instantly boot any VM version from the backup location and continue to restore data in the background.

Backup Health Monitor

Detects & resolves any integrity issues with your backup data due to block corruption.

CBT & Concurrency

Drastically speed up and reduce backup duration with Change Block Tracking and concurrent backups.

Encryption of Backups

All backup data is secured using military grade AES-256 encryption.

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One single pane of glass

Monitor and manage all your Hyper-V and VMware hosts from a single console.

Intuitive user interface making it easy to configure, no need to dig deep to find hidden settings
Control Panel - Easily control, configure and monitor jobs for all your Hyper-V and VMware guest VMs across all hosts, through a single console
Remotely manage and configure all your backup/restore jobs
Queue up backup/restore jobs and move on to the next item on your list
With the Unlimited Plus Edition you'll get the Control Panel; an online console to manage and control all your backups.

Backup you can rely on

VM Backup (formerly Altaro VM Backup) is designed for ease of use but packs great performance and powerful features to meet your disaster recovery needs.

Schedule jobs to back up live VMs by leveraging Microsoft VSS with Zero downtime
Full support for Cluster Shared Volumes & VMware vCenter
Compression and Military grade encryption
Multiple local backup locations or UNC share, and multiple offsite locations for greater peace of mind
RESTful API for advanced automation and reporting functionality

Fast recovery and restore options

VM Backup (formerly Altaro VM Backup) offers you a host of tools to recover what you need, FAST

Instantly restore individual Files and Exchange emails directly from a VM backup
OnePass restores for FAST recovery of VMs
Restore an individual or a group of VMs to a different host or cloned VMs.
Instantly boot a VM from backup. The VM may optionally be restored in the background while booted without losing any changes.

Offsite and Cloud Backup options

Solid disaster recovery strategy, with multiple offsite/cloud backup options and WAN-Optimized Replication

Save Offsite copies to a local drive, UNC share, to single or multiple locations (swapped) or multiple offsite remote locations, implementing a 3-2-1-1 backup - keep at least three copies of your data, 2 local copies and 1 or more offsite copies, 1 of which is immutable
Natively supports various cloud storage options – Backup natively to Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3 and Wasabi
Get your business up and running in seconds, by switching to your offsite replica in case of disaster – improved Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
Ransomware Protection leveraging Immutable Cloud Storage - Leverage immutable cloud storage assuring data cannot be erased, modified, or deleted by anyone for a set duration

Support for multiple technologies

Back up Exchange Server and SQL VMs or other applications compatible with Microsoft VSS Writer
Back up file consistent Linux VMs without shutting down the machine.
Flexible Backup Destinations: Save Backups to a local drive or UNC share. Save Offsite copies to local drive, UNC share, to single or multiple locations (swapped) or Offsite (WAN) Backup Server.
Support Backup Media: USB External Drives and Flash Drives eSata External Drives // File Server Network Shares (via UNC) // NAS devices (via UNC) // Internal Hard Drives (recommended only for evaluation purposes) // RDX Cartridges // Offsite Backup Server via WAN acceleration
Change Block Tracking (CBT) and Concurrency
VMware SAN Transport

OS Support

Azure Stack HCI
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Hyper-V Server (Core)

VMware vCenter 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 & 8.0
VMware vSphere 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 & 8.0
VMware ESXi 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 & 8.0
(Free VMware ESXi is not supported)

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"Hyper-V Backup is just the program I was looking for. Altaro sets up in just minutes with its very friendly interface. Hyper-V Backup is a great affordable product that I would recommend to anyone running Hyper-V."

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