vRanger

What is vRanger?

vRanger, simple, fast and scalable vmware and hyper-v backup software.

vRanger software provides high-speed backup and recovery of VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and physical Windows Server environments. It also provides high-speed replication for VMware.

Protect full VMware and Hyper-V environments in minutes

Provide high-speed, agentless backup/restore for VMware, Hyper-V, and physical Windows servers

Quickly locate and restore files in virtual and physical backups

Replicate important VMware virtual machines for off-site disaster recovery preparation

Deploy scalable, simple data protection, even in large virtual environments

Characteristics:

Protect full VMware and Hyper-V environments in minutes

Deploy the simple installation wizard and vRanger's automatic detection tool to locate VMware and Hyper-V assets and protect complete virtual environments in minutes. Use vRanger's agentless architecture to reduce the time spent managing virtual backup, restore, and recovery operations, and to automatically detect and back up new virtual machines, without any manual effort, for complete protection.

Provide high-speed, secure backup/restore for physical VMware, Hyper-V, and Windows servers

Immediately deploy the fastest I/O path available for backup and restoration of VMware, Hyper-V, and physical Windows servers with minimal interruption to production systems. vRanger's patented Active Block Mapping feature reduces data streams, network utilization, and backup storage requirements. Take advantage of destination and client-side deduplication options with support for the DR disk-based backup appliance and EMC™ Data Domain integration to significantly reduce backup storage costs.

Quickly locate and restore individual files included in virtual and physical backups

Find and restore specific versions of virtual machines, files, and folders in minutes, and use vRanger's built-in catalog and wildcard search features to quickly find individual files, whether they're located in VMware, Hyper-V, or physical Windows Server backups. Manage virtual and physical servers a single easy-to-use UI, while minimizing the effort, complexity, and cost of backing up your data.

Replicate important virtual machines for off-site disaster recovery preparation

Replicate VMware virtual machines both on-premises and remotely for flexible and efficient disaster recovery preparation. Combine backup and replication jobs to ensure that you meet your organization's Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective. Perform fast failover and VM recovery in all your locations, no matter where they are located.

Deploy scalable data protection even on large virtual infrastructures

Leverage parallel job execution capabilities to perform backup and recovery operations faster, and use resource governance to ensure the best performance of production applications. Deploy the vRanger virtual appliance and distribute VMware workloads for better scalability. Use lanless vRanger mode to eliminate backup and restore operations of LANs and improve the performance of virtualized applications.

System requirements:

VMware Platforms

ESX(i) Server

5.0 (all updates)

5.1 (all updates)

5.5 (all updates)

6.0 (all updates)

Support for backup in ESXi requires the VMware vStorage API.

vCenter

5.0 (all updates)

5.1 (all updates)

5.5 (all updates)

6.0 (all updates)

VMware vCloud support

Support for VMware Virtual SAN

VMware Virtual Volumes

VMware Storage Profiles

VMware DRS cluster support

Support for vmware VMXNET3 networking for 10 GbE

Hyper-V Platforms

Hyper-V Platforms

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Hyper-V System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

Supported VM operating systems

Any guest operating system supported by VMware or Hyper-V.

Server requirements

CPU

Four cores or four vCPUs

RAM

4 GB

Storage

4 GB

Operating system

Windows Server 2008 SP2 (64 bits)

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64 bits)

Windows Server 2012 (64 bits)

Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bits)