Vembu BDR Suite Free vs Paid Edition
The Free Edition of Vembu BDR suite of products contains the mandate features which ensures data protection for both the physical and virtual data center environments. If the organisation is not having any specific backup policy requirement for business continuity and data management environment features like, near continuous data protection with CBT (changed block tracking) incremental backup, VM replication with automated Failover and Failback process, stand-by virtual DR (Quick VM recovery) and Offsite DR, then they can opt for the free edition of Vembu BDR Suite.
Vembu BDR Suite comes with a 30 days of full feature trial during evaluation period. Once the trial expires, user can either opt for free or paid edition of Vembu BDR Suite based on their business requirements.
How it works?
The download and installation of Vembu BDR Suite are same for both free and paid edition, but the functionality depends on the license being applied.
The free edition does not require any license post trial, as the trial package of Vembu BDR Suite gets converted into Free edition automatically. The free edition comes with two options. The user can choose between unlimited features – limited VMs (upto 3 VMs) or limited features – unlimited VMs.
The paid edition requires the license to be applied from the Vembu Portal and it is limited to the number of sockets or VMs and servers which have been purchased from portal.
The user can easily upgrade from free to paid version by applying for the license from Vembu portal at any time.
VMware Backup & Replication
| Features | Free Edition | Paid Edition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backup | |||
| Agentless VMware Backup |  |
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The VMs running on the ESXi or vCenter server can be protected without using any separate agent |
| vCenter level backup | |
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Virtual machine managed in vCenter environments can be backed up |
| Backup Multiple VMs | |
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Any number of VMs can be backed up in a single job |
| Full VM Backup | |
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During Full Backup, Entire VM will be backed up including operating system, applications and data |
| VM/Disk Exclusion | |
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Exclude particular VM or Disk from backup configuration |
| LAN Free data transfer using SAN and Hot-add modes | |
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Vembu VM backup supports Direct SAN, HotAdd and network transport mode to backup the VM data |
| Application Aware Backup Processing | |
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Create application consistent, image-level backups with advanced Application-Aware processing (including transaction log truncation) |
| Near CDP (Continuous Data Protection) |  upto 3 VMs |
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Incremental backup can be scheduled every 15 mins to ensure the RPO < 15 mins |
| Changed Block Tracking (CBT) | upto 3 VMs |
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Only the blocks which have changed since the previous backup are tracked and the changed blocks alone are backed up in the successive backup |
| Forever incremental | upto 3 VMs |
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After the successful full backup, one can run the incremental backup Forever |
| Advanced Reverse Incremental | upto 3 VMs |
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Vembu has its own file system VembuHIVE on storage targets, it creates bootable full virtual disks (VMDK, VHD and KVM) for all recovery points without using any additional resources |
| Automatic Backup Scheduling | |
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Backups can be automatically scheduled as per the user’s flexibility |
| Retention Policies | upto 3 VMs |
|
User can retain any number of recovery points on choices of his own |
| Backup persistent data | upto 3 VMs |
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Any changes made during the Quick boot session is also stored down as persistent data and it can be used during the permanent restore |
| Edit existing backup job configuration | |
|
Backup jobs can be re-configured any number of times as per the user needs |
| VM Replication | |||
| VM Replication | |
Replicate the VM running on an ESXi server to another ESXi server to ensure the business continuity | |
| Failover & Failback | |
The replicated VMs can be failover and failback to reduce the business downtime | |
| Recovery | |||
| Permanent VM Recovery to ESXi Host | |
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Permanently restore the backed up VM to an ESXi host as a VM |
| Instant file recovery | |
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Instantly recover the individual files and folder from the backed up VMs without restoring the entire VM |
| Quick VM Recovery to ESXi | upto 3 VMs |
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Instantly recover the backed up VM to ESXi Host |
| Quick VM Recovery to Hyper-V | upto 3 VMs |
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Instantly recover the backed up VM to Hyper-V Host |
| Quick VM Recovery to KVM | upto 3 VMs |
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Instantly recover the backed up VM to KVM Host |
| Disk Management Mount | upto 3 VMs |
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Auto attaches the backed up image data (physical or virtual machine) on the disk management of local machine through the Vembu virtual drive |
| Disk level recovery | upto 3 VMs |
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Attach the disk or partition of the backed up VM to another VMware VM |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft Exchange | |
|
Restore individual exchange mails or user mailboxes from the backed up VM using the Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft SQL | |
|
Restore the individual databases or tables from the backed up VM using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft SharePoint | |
|
Restore the SharePoint sites and documents from the backed up VM using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft Active Directory | |
|
Restore the user roles and other AD objects from the backed up VM using Vembu Universal Explorer with restoring entire machine |
| Cross Hypervisor Migration (V2V) | |
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The VMs can be easily migrated from one hypervisor to another |
| Management | |||
| Web based management console | |
|
The backups are configured and edited from a single web console |
| Reports and email notifications | |
|
Status report of all backup schedules will be available in a single page and the same can be emailed to users |
| Multiple storage location | |
|
Storage devices such as Local, SAN, NAS and DAS can be used for storage purpose and Vembu supports all such filesystems for storage purpose |
| Scale out storage repository | |
|
Based on the storage utilization the storage devices can be easily scaled out |
| In-built Compression and Deduplication | |
|
Backup files are stored on the backup server after compression and deduplication to reduce the storage needs |
| End-to-end encryption | |
|
The backed up data is encrypted against the known threats using AES-256 bit encryption algorithm |
| Automated Backup Verification | upto 3 VMs |
|
Verify the recoverability of the backed up images and screenshot of the booted Image backup will be mailed |
| OffsiteDR Replication | |
The Backed up data will be replicated to an offsite location for Disaster Recovery | |
| CloudDR Replication | |
The Backed up data will be replicated to Vembu Cloud for Disaster Recovery | |
| WAN Acceleration | |
Only the compressed, encrypted and deduplicated blocks are sent offsite for replication, resulting in a significant decrease in the amount of data transfer | |
| Distributed Vembu VMBackup agents | |
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The VMBackup can also be configured by using a dedicated VMBackup agent |
| Bandwidth Throttling | |
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The bandwidth of the backup job can be throttled to reduce the network traffic during peak production hours |
| Vembu BDR360 for centralized backup server management | |
Manage all backups from different clients through a single console |
Hyper-V Backup
| Features | Free Edition | Paid Edition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backup | |||
| Agentless Hyper-V Backup | |
|
The VMs running on the Hyper-V servers can be protected without using any separate agent |
| Backup Multiple VMs | |
|
Any number of VMs can be backed up in a single job |
| Full VM Backup | |
|
During full Backup, Entire VM will be backed up including operating system, applications and files |
| Backup VM data in SMB Share | |
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Backup all the VMs stored on the SMB share without any agent |
| Backup VM data in Cluster Shared Volumes | |
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Backup all the VMs stored on cluster shared volume share without any agent |
| VM/Disk Exclusion | |
|
Exclude particular VM or Disk from backup from Hyper-V during configuration |
| Changed Block Tracking (CBT) | upto 3 VMs |
|
Only the blocks which are changed after the previous backup are tracked and the changed blocks are alone backed up in the successive backup |
| Application Aware Backup Processing | upto 3 VMs |
|
Create application consistent, image-level backups with advanced Application-Aware processing (including transaction log truncation) |
| Near CDP (Continuous Data Protection) | upto 3 VMs |
|
Incremental backup can be scheduled every 15 mins to ensure the RPO < 15 mins |
| Forever incremental | upto 3 VMs |
|
After the successful full backup, one can run the incremental backup Forever |
| Advanced Reverse Incremental | upto 3 VMs |
|
Vembu has its own file system VembuHIVE on storage targets, it creates bootable full virtual disks (VMDK, VHD and KVM) for all recovery points without using any additional resources |
| Automatic Backup Scheduling | |
|
Backups can be automatically scheduled as per the user’s flexibility |
| Retention Policies | upto 3 VMs |
|
User can retain any number of recovery points on choices of his own |
| Backup persistent data | upto 3 VMs |
|
Any changes made during the Quick Boot session is also stored down as persistent data and it can be used during the permanent restore |
| Edit existing backup job configuration | |
|
Backup jobs can be Re-configured any number of times as per the user needs |
| Recovery | |||
| Permanent VM Recovery to Hyper-V | |
|
Permanently restore the Backed up VM to a Hyper-V host as a VM |
| Instant File Recovery | |
|
Instantly recover the individual files and folder from the backed up VMs without restoring the entire VM |
| Quick VM Recovery to Hyper-V | upto 3 VMs |
|
Instantly recover the backed up VM to Hyper-V |
| Quick VM Recovery to VMware | upto 3 VMs |
|
Instantly recover the backed up VM to ESXi |
| Quick VM Recovery to KVM | upto 3 VMs |
|
Instantly recover the backed up VM to KVM | Disk Management Mount | upto 3 VMs |
|
Auto attaches the backed up image data (physical or virtual machine) on the disk management of local machine through the Vembu virtual drive |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft Exchange | |
|
Restore individual exchange mails or user mailboxes from the backed up VM using the Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft SQL | |
|
Restore the individual databases or tables from the backed up VM using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft SharePoint | |
|
Restore the SharePoint sites and documents from the backed up VM using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire SharePoint machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft Active Directory | |
|
Restore the user roles and other AD objects from the backed up VM using Vembu Universal Explorer with restoring entire AD machine |
| Cross Hypervisor Migration (V2V) | |
|
The VMs can be easily migrated from one hypervisor to another |
| Management | |||
| Web based management console | |
|
The backups are configured and edited from a single web console |
| Reports and email notifications | |
|
Status report of all backup schedules will be available in a single page and the same can be emailed to users |
| Multiple storage location | |
|
Storage devices such as Local, SAN, NAS and DAS can be used for storage purpose and Vembu supports all such filesystems for storage purpose |
| Scale out storage repository | |
|
Based on the storage Utilization, the storage devices can be easily scaled out |
| In-built Compression & Deduplication | |
|
Backup files are stored on the backup server after compression & deduplication to reduce the storage needs |
| End-to-end encryption | |
|
The backed up data is encrypted against the known threats using AES-256 bit encryption algorithm |
| Automated Backup Verification | upto 3 VMs |
|
Verify the recoverability of the backed up images and screenshot of the booted Image backup will be mailed |
| OffsiteDR Replication | |
The backed up data will be replicated to an offsite location for Disaster Recovery | |
| CloudDR Replication | |
The Backed up data will be replicated to Vembu Cloud for Disaster recovery | |
| WAN Acceleration | |
Only the compressed, encrypted and deduplicated blocks are sent offsite for replication, resulting in a significant decrease in the amount of data transfer | |
| Bandwidth Throttling | |
|
The bandwidth of the backup job can be throttled to reduce the network traffic during peak production hours |
| Vembu BDR360 for centralized backup server management | |
Manage all backups from different clients through a single console |
Physical Windows Server Backup
| Features | Free Edition | Paid Edition | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backup | |||
| Full Image backup | |
|
Backup the entire machine including the operating system, applications and data |
| Backup selected disks and drives | |
|
The user can backup only the particular disk or drive of need |
| Backup MBR & GPT Partitions | |
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The GPT partitioned disks or disks more than 2TB will also be backed up |
| Backup disks more than 2 TB | |
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The disks which are more than 2 TB can also backed up using Vembu ImageBackup |
| Backup VMs with Pass-through disks | |
|
Backup VMs with pass-through disks using Vembu ImageBackup |
| Backup VMs with Raw device mapping (RDM) | |
|
Backup VMs with Raw device mapping (RDM) disks using Vembu ImageBackup |
| Application Aware Backup Processing | |
|
Create application consistent, image-level backups with advanced Application-Aware processing (including transaction log truncation) |
| Near CDP (Continuous Data Protection) | |
Incremental backup can be scheduled every 15 mins to ensure the RPO < 15 mins | |
| Changed Block Tracking (CBT) | |
Only the blocks which have changed since the previous backup are tracked and the changed blocks are alone backed up in the successive backup | |
| Forever incremental | |
After the successful full backup, one can run the incremental backup Forever | |
| Advanced Reverse Incremental | |
Vembu has its own file system VembuHIVE on storage targets, it creates bootable full virtual disks (VMDK, VHD and KVM) for all recovery points without using any additional resources | |
| Automatic Backup Scheduling | |
|
Backups can be automatically scheduled as per the user’s flexibility |
| Retention Policies | |
User can retain any number of recovery points based on choices of his own | |
| Backup persistent data | |
Any changes made during the Quick boot session is also stored down as persistent data and it can be used during the permanent restore | |
| Edit existing backup job configuration | |
|
Backup jobs can be Re-configured any number of times as per the user needs |
| Recovery | |||
| Bare metal Recovery | |
|
Recover the backed up image data to a new hard-drive using Vembu Recovery CD |
| Disk Level Recovery | |
Recover the backed up image data to a new hardware directly from BDR server | |
| File Level Recovery | |
|
Individual files and folders can be easily recovered from the image backup instead of restoring the whole machine for the particular files or folder |
| Quick VM Recovery to VMware | |
The backed up image data will be instantly booted on ESXi | |
| Quick VM Recovery to Hyper-V | |
The backed up image data will be instantly booted on Hyper-V | Quick VM Recovery to KVM | |
The backed up image data will be instantly booted on KVM host |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft Exchange | |
|
Restore individual exchange mails or user mailboxes using the Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft SQL | |
|
Restore the individual databases or tables using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft SharePoint | |
|
Restore the SharePoint sites and documents using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire SharePoint machine |
| Instant Granular Recovery for Microsoft Active Directory | |
|
Restore the user roles and other AD objects using Vembu Universal Explorer without restoring entire AD machine |
| Cross platform Migration (P2V) | |
|
The backed up image data can be migrated to the hypervisors such as VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V |
| Management | |||
| Web based management console | |
|
The backups are configured and edited from a single web console |
| Reports and email notifications | |
|
Status report of all backup schedules will be available in a single page and the same can be emailed to users |
| Multiple storage location | |
|
Storage devices such as Local, SAN, NAS and DAS can be used for storage purpose and Vembu supports all such filesystems for storage purpose |
| Scale out storage repository | |
|
Based on the storage Utilization the storage devices can be easily scaled out |
| In-built Compression & Deduplication | |
|
Backup files are stored on the backup server after compression & deduplication to reduce the storage needs |
| End-to-end encryption | |
|
The backed up data is encrypted against the known threats using AES-256 bit encryption algorithm |
| Automated Backup Verification | |
Verify the recoverability of the backed up images and screenshot of the booted Image backup will be mailed to administrators | |
| Disk Management Mount | |
Auto attaches the backed up image data (physical or virtual machine) on the disk management of local machine through the Vembu virtual drive | |
| OffsiteDR Replication | |
The Backed up data will be replicated to an offsite location for Disaster recovery | |
| CloudDR Replication | |
The Backed up data will be replicated to Vembu Cloud for Disaster recovery | |
| WAN Acceleration | |
Only the compressed, encrypted and deduplicated blocks are sent offsite for replication, resulting in a significant decrease in the amount of data transfer | |
| Bandwidth Throttling | |
|
The bandwidth of the backup job can be throttled to reduce the network traffic during peak production hours |
| Vembu BDR360 for centralized backup server management | |
Manage all backups from different clients through a single console |
