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Windows Server 2019 Webinar

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Hi to all,

I’m glad to share with you information about Windows Server 2019 webinar which will be on October 3th provided from Altaro software. Please join us.

With Microsoft Ignite just around the corner, Windows Server 2019 is set to get its full
release and the signs look good. Very good.
Unless you’re part of the Windows Server insider program – which grants you access to the
latest Windows Server Preview builds – you probably haven’t had a hands-on experience yet with Windows Server 2019 but the guys over at Altaro have and are preparing to host a webinar on the 3rd of October to tell you all about it.
The webinar will be held a week after Microsoft Ignite so it will cover the complete feature
set included in the full release as well as a more in-depth look at the most important
features in Windows Server 2019.

Whenever a new version of Windows Server gets released there’s always a lot of attention
and media coverage so it’s nice to have an hour-long session where you can sit back and let a panel of Microsoft experts cut through the noise and give you all the information you
need.
It’s also a great chance to ask your questions direct to those with the inside knowledge and receive answers live on air.
Over 2000 people have now registered for this webinar and I’m going to be joining too. It’s
free to register – what are you waiting for?
Save your seat: https://goo.gl/QixbPz

Enjoy Smile

Romeo

Ben Armstrong AMA on Containers–Altaro free webinar

Hi to all Smile,

I’m very exited to share with you this amazing free webinar powered by Altaro where you can listen the one and only, Ben Armstrong, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and co-creator of Hyper-V.
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Tuesday April 24th 2018
Webinar presented live twice
Session 1: 4pm CEST
Session 2: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT

Think containers are just for developers? Think again. Containers have recently gained massive industry adoption and many IT pros are now being asked to support this new disruptive technology. Are you in the know?

Join us on April 24th for a very special webinar with the co-creator of Hyper-V, Microsoft’s very own Ben Armstrong. Andy Syrewicze from Altaro will be moderating this Ask Me Anything (AMA) webinar with Ben to answer all your burning questions about containers in the Microsoft ecosystem.

The discussion will include:

  • Industry adoption of containers
  • Container and micro-services examples
  • Best practices for deployment
  • The future of containers

Designed for the next generation of IT workloads, containers enable a fast and reliable virtualization of individual applications. More lightweight than VMs, whilst delivering similar benefits, containers were historically confined to developers but are now an essential part of the modern day IT professional toolbox.

This webinar is a rare chance to find out directly from Ben Armstrong how you can use containers to enhance your virtual deployments by drawing on his special insights from the inner workings of Microsoft and over 20 years of experience developing operating systems and virtualization platforms. It’s an opportunity you cannot miss!

Want to ensure your question gets answered? Send your questions over facebook and twitter using the hashtag #AskBenArmstrong.

Unable to attend? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording shortly after the webinar ends. All registrants will also receive a complete question list, gathered from social media and during the event itself, alongside full answers from Ben!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Cheers,

Romeo

Altaro VM Backup 7.6 released

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Altaro released a new version of its flagship backup product for Hyper-V and VMware. In version 7.6 Altaro introduced several important new features which all users will love.

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) for Local Backups

Continuous Data Protection (CDP) – users can switch from running daily backups to a continuous data protection model yielding an improved Recovery Point Objective (RPO) of up to 5 minutes. This dramatically reduces the Recovery Point Objective (RPO). RPO is the point in time to which VMs are restored by a backup solution in case of a disaster. With CDP in place, users’ RPO is optimized to up to 5 minutes, instead of the hours of data loss faced in cases where users are simply running daily backups.

Note- CDP is currently available for Hyper-V, VMware support will be released soon.

Grandfather-Father-Son Archiving (GFS) for Local Backups

Altaro VM Backup 7.6 introduces GFS, enabling users to choose to archive the backup versions over and above their continuous and daily backups instead of deleting them (local backups only).

With GFS Archiving enabled, Altaro VM Backup also keeps the following backups, with the time periods are shown all starting from the time of the last successful backup:

  • 1 backup per week for 12 weeks
  • 1 backup per month for 12 months
  • 1 backup per year for 2 years

Change Block Tracking Updates for 2012/2012R2

CBT refers to Change Block Tracking and allows users to take fast incremental backups without having to scan the entire virtual machine (VM) for changes each time. This can reduce backup duration down from hours to minutes. When CBT is not available, a lengthy full scan for changes is required.

This release addresses an issue in Altaro VM Backup 7 CBT for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 where CBT is disabled and a full scan for changes is required in the following scenarios:

  • Altaro VM Backup or one of the Hyper-V Host agents is updated
  • Altaro VM Backup services or one of the Hyper-V Host agents is restarted
  • A Hyper-V Host is restarted
  • A Virtual Machine on a Failover Cluster migrates between nodes.

Altaro VM Backup 7.6 addresses this and the above scenarios do not require that a full scan is taken.

Concurrent Retention, Restore, Backup and Offsite Copy operations on the same Virtual Machine

In previous Altaro VM Backup versions only one operation could be performed on a Virtual Machine at the same time. 

· If a retention policy takes quite long to complete then backups and restore operations are queued until retention is complete.

· If an Offsite Copy to Azure takes days to complete, especially for the initial backup; then backups and restore operations for that VM are queued until it is complete.

· If a Restore, File Level Restore or Boot from Backup operation is active then no backups for that Virtual Machine could take place until they are completed.

In Altaro VM Backup 7.6 these limitations have been addressed, allowing users to restore and take Offsite Copies without delaying any Backups whether scheduled or CDP.
In addition to that, now that it can run concurrently, the retention operation runs four times throughout the day in order to keep the backup repository clean.

Summary

From my perspective, Altaro VM Backup is constantly evolving product and more and more features are implemented for easier backup and restore. If you haven’t tested Altaro simply download test version and try it.

Cheers,

Romeo