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What is ActiveImage Protector™ ? Backup Solution ActiveImage Protector™ for Hyper-V Enterprise is a backup solution optimized for Hyper-V environment. ActiveImage Protector™ for Hyper-V Enterprise backs up and restores the entire Hyper-V host environment including the virtual machines, or a specific virtual machine. The use of ActiveImage Protector™ for Hyper-V Enterprise eliminates the tedious administration duties such as installation of the backup software on the respective virtual machines, backing up the individual virtual machines and manage the created backup files.

Hyper-V Windows 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 R2 Restore the entire Hyper-V Host

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Hot / Cold backup of Install the entire Hyper-V host

Hyper-V Host

ReZoom™ it! offered for granular virtual machine recovery ActiveImage Protector™ for Hyper-V Enterprise offers ReZoom™ it! feature restoring a specific virtual machine included in a backup image of the entire Hyper-V host. ReZoom™ it! Migration tool enable to migrate a virtual machine to the same / different or a remote Hyper-V host. ReZoom™ it! can be installed as a stand-alone application and is useful for migrating a virtual machine to a different host.

Hyper-V / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 R2 ReZoom it! Restore a specific virtual machine included in a backup image file to Hyper-V Host (A)

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Hyper-V Host(A) Backup the entire Hyper-V Host Image file Hyper-V Windows Server 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 R2

ReZoom it! Migration Restore a specific virtual machine included in a backup Hyper-V Host (B) image file to Hyper-V Host (B) ActiveImage ProtectorTM 2018 for Hyper-V Enterprise

Backup Features

Image file based backup Bad Sector Skip ActiveImage Protector™ backs up your entire machine, including the In the event of a corrupt or failing disk, ActiveImage Protector™'s OS, configured , data files and applications in one image file. Bad Sector Skip function will ignore bad or unreadable sectors, When disaster strikes, select a backup image to quickly restore for a allowing you to back up and recover data in the remaining good fast and complete recovery. sectors.

Hot-Imaging backup for live Hyper-V host Save storage space with IDDC ActiveImage Protector™ for Hyper-V Enterprise backs up the entire Our Inline Data Deduplication Compression (IDDC) feature Hyper-V host without stopping the services including database and eliminates duplicate data while simultaneously compressing it, open files using Hyper-V VSS ( Service) writer resulting in a significant reduction in backup storage requirements. embedded in Hyper-V to ensure ultra-reliable backups. The hot- Backup using IDDC does not increase the overall backup processing imaging backup is useful especially when backing up the system time (according to our test results: 27 hours to backup 11.7 TB data). and the data frequently updated throughout the day and night on You do not need to purchase an optional tool or an expensive non-stop server. storage offering Deduplication feature. No special configuration settings or operation are required. Cold-Imaging for static Hyper-V host Creates index for every block of backup stream Boot up your machine by using the product media and back up A B A C D D E F A E the static system volume. This enables to create a backup image of Deletes duplicated blocks a static Hyper-V host (immediately after installation of Windows). duplicated duplicated duplicated duplicated A B C D block E F Cold-imaging backup saving the point-in-time state of the failed block block block system is convenient to examine the cause of the system failure Compresses Dramatically reduces capacity (ReZoom™ it! does not support the backup image created by cold A B C D E F imaging backup feature.) Original Comparison（1）：Compression rate Size Faster and smaller backup with Smart Sector technology 1024GB ActiveImage Protector™'s Smart Sector technology only backs up Product A Product B Product C the used sectors on a disk, resulting in faster backup and smaller 703GB 705GB 719GB No.1 ActiveImage backup files. Protector 524GB ：Used Sector ：Unused Sector

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Comparison（2）:Backup time（1TB） No.1 ActiveImage Protector Product A Product B Product C 2hr 12min 5hr 32min 3hr 49min 2hr 41min SmartSector

Fast Incremental Backup Fast and efficient incremental backup includes only sectors that

AIV file（compressed） have changed from the last backup. The incremental backup saves both process time and storage space. ActiveImage Protector™ includes the proprietary change tracking filter driver for the fast incremental backup. When restoring the system, you need to have the backup file set including the base backup image file and the Encryption of Backup Images associated incremental chain to the recovery point. ActiveImage Protector™ can create password-protected and Base Backup encrypted backup images and supports up to 256 bit encryption. 1st incremental file

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Incremental Reconcile Feature (recurring incremental Support for Fail-over Cluster Environment backup) Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVFS) was introduced in Windows Server ActiveImage Protector™’s Reconcile feature allows you to continue 2012 to solve the long-time issues with CSV volume. However, many an incremental chain even if previous incremental files are lost or of the backup software do not support CSVFS, and the advent of a corrupted. simple yet effective backup tool has been waited for. ActiveImage Protector™ for Hyper-V supports CSVFS and enables USB SmartDetect™ smart-sector backup of CSVFS in the same manner as backup of Automatically detects when your USB backup disk is not connected and NTFS volumes. ActiveImage Protector™ realizes consistent full and will prompt you to resume your backups once the disk is reconnected. differential backup of multiple virtual machines running on CSVFS. Even when multiple USB hard disks are specified as the destination to save backup images, USB SmartDetect feature can be enabled. Add New Cluster Node Command line execution support In addition to the node on which ActiveImage Protector™ runs, an Most of ActiveImage Protector™’s features can be used by additional node configuring the same cluster may be added for the specifying parameters for command line tool or with command backup source. If using CSVFS volume, even when a virtual machine file. ActiveImage Protector™’s CLI allows backups to be seamlessly is moved to another node, ReZoom™ it! detects the virtual machine administered by system management tools, if any, by using and back up. prepared script file.

A variety of Storage Media are supported Save your backups to any available storage location, including NAS, SAN (fibre channel), USB, eSATA, network shared folders, etc.

Backup Options

Schedule backup Image Retention Policy Backup tasks can be automatically executed according to the one- The use of Retention Policy feature allows you to automatically time, weekly or monthly schedule, or a specific day of a week in a delete the obsolete backup image set when the number of backup specific month. Also, you can schedule the first baseline backup and image sets reaches the preset limitation and reduce the storage recurring incremental backup tasks to run subsequently. You are space requirements. provided with the options including Retention Policy enabling to keep only pre-defined number of backup image generation sets for Flexible Multi-Scheduling Feature storage space saving, USB SmartDetect™ detecting disconnected Multiple schedules can be defined for individual backup tasks. USB backup disk and resume skipped backups once the disk is For example, you can create a new full backup each month for an reconnected, etc. ongoing Weekly Schedule backup task.

Post-backup Process Runs BootCheck™, Replication and Consolidation tasks upon completion of a backup task or at a specified time.

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BootCheck™ Cloud Storage Services are supported (Offsite Replication in BootCheck™ provides confidence that your backup images are ImageCenter™ LE) bootable on local or remote Hyper-V host. BootCheck™ boots up a The combined use of ImageCenter™ LE, ActiveImage Protector™ virtual machine directly from a backup image file for quick image management tool, provides Offsite Replication feature for bootability check, minimizing the resource consumption and start- replicating the backup image files to the replication target including up time. You can manually select ActiveImage Protector™ backup a Network Shared folder, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, image for bootability check from the console at any timing. Azure Storage, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox.

Backup source Virtual machine incremental backup Boot OK!

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Scripting Scripts can be implemented to run before and/or after snapshots are taken or after the backup image has been created. An example would be to execute a user-specified script to purge database cache before taking a snapshot and resume database after taking a snapshot (before starting a backup task), a script to copy / edit the created backup image file, etc. Scripts can be implemented respectively for a base backup and incremental backup tasks.

Restore Features

Fast and full-state recovery from disk image-based backup In the event of a system failure due to hard disk failure, the traditional lengthy recovery process involved the reinstallation of OS and applications, data recovery, etc. ActiveImage Protector™ is a sector-based disk imaging backup/recovery solution and the built- in wizards guide you through every steps to perform required operations for recovery from the backup image file. Select the most up-to-date incremental backup file and your system is restored to the most updated state.

General backup software ActiveImage Protector

Reinstall OS Restore from backup image file

Reinstall applications Reboot Restore data from backup file

Reconfigure settings

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ReZoom™ it! realizing fast and flexible recovery, ReZoom™ Boot from USB flash memory, USB hard disk drive, optical it! Live immediately boots up a virtual machine media or ISO file ReZoom™ it! enables to restore a specific virtual machine included in a ActiveImage Protector™ comes with boot environment builder for backup of the entire Hyper-V host. ReZoom™ it! Migration is also provided creating bootable media by selecting USB flash memory, USB hard to migrate the virtual machine on the same / different Hyper-V host or a disk, ISO image file or optical media as well as the product media. remote Hyper-V host. Boot Environment Builder allows you to add a specific device driver ReZoom™ it! Live, when ReZoom™ it! starts restore task, immediately boots in the bootable media, if you use a hardware of which driver is not up the restored virtual machine. included in the product media. If your note PC does not come with an optical media drive, the use of bootable USB flash memory or Fast Bare Metal Recovery USB hard disk drive offers bare metal recovery option. Bootable USB ActiveImage Protector™’s lightning-fast restore engine dramatically hard disk drive may provide you with a partition allocated for saving speeds up recovery time. Bare Metal Recovery provides capabilities user data. for initializing and creating partitions on the bare metal disk.

File Recovery feature In the event of system failure, as is often the case, you may only need specific files to restore in order to restart your duties. File Recovery feature allows you to restore a specific file or a folder from a backup image file on ActiveImage Protector™’s GUI. Then, the NTFS streams information and access rights assigned to files, which Copy File feature of Mount Image often fails to recover, are inclusively restored.

Linux Based Recovery Environment Perform faster disaster recovery and cold back-ups with ActiveImage Protector™’s Linux based boot environment (AIPBE) on DVD. AIPBE is built based on CentOS. This enable to recognize the latest device to use. Repair Boot Configuration Windows PE Based Recovery Environment Recovery of BCD in MBR is supported on boot environment. In case that ActiveImage Protector™ includes a Windows PE based boot you failed to back up boot partition in the partition table, or that restored environment builder that uses Windows AIK or ADK. “C:” drive alone failed to boot up the system, the use of “Repair Boot Configuration” tool enables to restore BCD for the restored system to be Pre-Boot Recovery Environment bootable. This feature creates a boot environment directly on your hard drive on a tablet PC that does not come with an optical media drive or Shrink On the Fly USB port, allowing you to boot the recovery environment without ActiveImage Protector™ provides Shrink on Restore for NTFS the need of an external device or optical drive (not available for the volumes. NTFS volumes can be restored to disk drives that are free version of Hyper-V Server or ). smaller than the original disk. The minimum requirement is that there is enough space on the smaller drive to restore the amount of Architecture Intelligent Restore actual data of the original volume. A.I.R.* can restore virtual and physical machines from ActiveImage Protector™’s backup image files to different hardware. A.I.R. can also Enlarge or reduce target volumes or partitions during restore entire disks and/or selected volumes. recovery *A.I.R. (Architecture Intelligent Restore) can restore and migrate virtual to / NTFS volume may be restored to a volume in specified size larger or from physical machines. smaller than the source volume (NTFS volume only).

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Operation

New GUI provides tools for efficient operations New GUI provides dashboard window enabling real time monitoring of the status of tasks, logs, schedules and disk information. Backup/ Restore wizard windows make the software operation more intuitive.

Remote File Explorer Built with File Explorer for selecting files/folders. Remote File Explorer allows you to browse files and folders from your image files in network shared folders on remote clients just in the same manner as on local computer.

Snapshot Driver

Standard Snapshot Driver (Volsnap) 1 ActiveImage VSS ActiveImage Protector™ uses ’s standard Volsnap snapshot Protector Requester 1 Start backup 4 driver. No additional drivers need to be installed. 2 Synchronize transactions SQL Exchange VSS and staticize data Oracle Writer 2 Backup of VSS-aware server applications 3 Create shadow copy 4 Backup shadow copy

Create consistent backup of your VSS (Volume Shadow Copy VSS VSS Coordinator Storage Provider 3 Service)-aware server applications such as SQL Server, Exchange Server and Oracle.

Point-in-time multi-volume snapshots General ActiveImage Protector’s Snapshot Snapshot ActiveImage Protector™ offers superior recoverability of databases spread across multiple volumes by taking a point-in-time snapshot C: Snapshot at C: 10:00 a.m. of all volumes at the same time, thus ensuring consistency and Snapshot at D: 10:00 a.m. recoverability. If database spanning across multiple volumes, D: Snapshot at 10:05 a.m. backup by volume causes the inconsistency of the data in the backup images due to the difference in starting times between When the snapshot of database The snapshots of all volumes index file is created for every can be created at a time. the backups. Restoring inconsistent backup images results in an volume, the backup among inconsistent database. ActiveImage Protector™ solves this problem volumes is not synchronized. by taking a point-in-time snapshot of all the volumes.

Virtual Environment Support

Enhanced support for virtual environments Virtual conversion utility (V2P, V2V & P2V) Virtual conversion utility is provided to convert a backup image file ActiveImage Protector™ provides the virtualization from physical to virtual disk bootable as virtual machine. Conversion to the latest machines to virtual machines (Hyper-V, ESXi) or vice versa. The virtual disk format, Hyper-V VHD and VHDX are supported. virtualization process includes the installation of the driver required for booting the virtual machine. P2V conversion directly to virtual environments P2V conversion supports Hyper-V as the target host to create the Support for P2V disk on Windows PE virtual machine attached with a converted virtual disk, enabling to Conversion from physical to virtual disk (conversion to virtual disk immediately boot up the virtual machine. only) is supported in Windows PE-based boot environment.

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Image Management

Image Explorer Consolidation of Backup Files Installed as a Windows Explorer extension, Image Explorer allows Consolidate incremental backups into a single incremental file to you to browse and copy files and folders from ActiveImage save storage space and for easier management. Protector™ image file without requiring a full image mount, saving your time and system resources. This will allow you to restore Base image file image file image file image file image file

individual files or folder. Incremental Incremental Incremental Incremental

Image Mount (Granular File and Folder Recovery) Base Consolidated ActiveImage Protector™ can quickly mount an image file as a drive, image file image file allowing you to extract any files or folders contained in the image file. When image file is mounted as a writable drive, the changes made on the drive will be saved as differential files. Archive Backup Files Use the archive (unification) feature to unify a full base image file and all associated incremental files into a single backup file.

Base image file + + + + image file image file image file image file Incremental Incremental Incremental Incremental

Remote Management ・One-click offers execution of scheduled backup tasks on Client management console for easy administration of remote network computers. backup agent ・Free evaluation version of Actiphy software installed on The use of Client Management Console enables to manage remote network computers can be upgraded to a full product ActiveImage Protector™ agents installed on remote computers. version from console. ・You can monitor the status of remote agents over the network, start execution of backup tasks from console and establishconnection to remote console.

Instant recovery solution

HyperBoot™ to immediately boot backups images as virtual machines Remote Hypervisor Local Hypervisor Use HyperBoot™ to boot ActiveImage Protector™ backup mage files VMware ESXi VMware Workstation Microsoft Hyper-V Microsoft Hyper-V as a fully functional virtual machine in only a few minutes in local Virtual machine Virtual machine and remote Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, Oracle VirtualBox. Virtual disk Virtual disk

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Others

Supports the latest version OS, uEFI compatible Enhanced License Management Feature motherboard Supports ActiveVisor™’s license management. With no internet The latest versions of Windows OS and Windows Server OS are communication the enhanced license management feature allows supported. Backup and recovery features support GPT disk in uEFI the software activation, reviewing license information, the software boot system. update, etc.

Supports the latest files systems Email Notification The latest file systems including ReFS (Resilient ), CSVFS Email notification can be sent (using SSL/TSL) to an email address of (Cluster Shared Volume File System), etc., and Storage Space, 4K your choice. Notifications include successfully completed backups, sector disk are supported. backup failure, or in the event that AIP encounters an error, a restart or failure. Email notification may be set to inform you of the Support for hardware RAID summary of task execution and license status (expiration of the Backup / recovery of hardware RAID is supported. license period).

Monitor task log entries in Windows Event Log Viewer Every task events are now recorded in the Windows event log to provide better integration into the Windows Management Interface for a more unified experience.

Central Management Console “ActiveVisor™” ActiveVisor™ provides a centralized solution for managing and monitoring ActiveImage Protector™ clients. ActiveVisor™ collects data from remote clients (agent-based ActiveImage Protector™ and agentless HyperAgent™) over network, provides graphical and statistic presentation of the data, monitors the status of ActiveImage Protector™ clients / backup status / destination storage and deploys the backup task / schedule templates. ActiveVisor™ enables system administrators to manage and monitor ActiveImage Protector™ clients from any location, reducing the burdens on the system administrators.

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