FEATURE: DISASTER RECOVERY
“It is important
that you
continuously
update your DR
plan and test
it by regularly
running through
different
scenarios with
your team.”
Earlier this year Commvault launched
its new VM (Virtual Machine) Backup
and Recovery trial software for
customers and partners.
The software from Commvault, a
global leader in enterprise backup,
recovery, archive and the cloud, has
significant enhancements on user
experience, disaster recovery and cloud
on-ramp.
Commvault’s VM Backup and Recovery
software expands the company’s
leadership in enabling customers
to build, protect and optimise VMs
throughout their lifecycle and migrate
data and VMs to the public cloud of
their choice, including AWS, Microsoft
Azure and VMware.
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Intelligent CIO spoke to Nigel Tozer,
the company’s solutions marketing
director, about planning for disaster.
What is the best way to plan for
Disaster Recovery?
It’s human nature to avoid
addressing worst case scenarios
unless you absolutely have to. But
if you’re running a business in
today’s technological landscape it
is important to proactively develop
and implement a Disaster Recovery
strategy before catastrophe strikes.
If you’re not available, you can be sure
your competitors are.
Best practice Disaster Recovery plans
include off-site data recovery at a
second location, or provided by a
trusted partner, a dedicated Disaster
Recovery team, and a comprehensive
recovery plan for employees to follow.
It’s also important to have a third-
party contact list of supplier specialists
who can support your team during a
crisis. Finally, it is important that you
continuously update your Disaster
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Tell us about the Disaster Recovery
system(s) you offer.
Commvault offers a comprehensive,
infrastructure neutral Disaster
Recovery solution, that gives you
maximum flexibility for your Disaster
Recovery plans. Commvault software
will backup your VMs, applications,
data and endpoints with maximum
efficiency based on flexible,
automated policies, and enable you
to recover your data rapidly and
easily to meet your required service
levels. Automated Disaster Recovery
testing ensures you are always ready
and confident, with comprehensive
reporting to keep you informed and to
drive continuous improvement.
Commvault software provides a
single platform that has the broadest
coverage in the industry, to protect
and manage data and workloads
for physical systems, VMs and cloud.
Commvault has been named an
industry leader in the Gartner Magic
Quadrant for Enterprise Backup
Software and Integrated Appliances
for seven years in a row.
Do you offer tech support as part
of a Disaster Recovery programme?
Commvault Customer Support delivers
a range of world-class offerings
that enable our customers to make
significant efficiency savings and
mitigate business and compliance
risks. Every day their experience is
helping our customers to implement
DR plans that ensure consistent and
reliable access to critical business
applications and information.
Available as a free download to
customers directly on the Commvault
website, the VM Backup and Recovery
software provides users the full
experience of Commvault’s best-in-
class software to back up and recover
virtual machines, structured and
unstructured data, as well as physical
machines with speed and enterprise
scale.
Commvault’s VM Backup and
Recovery software is also available for
partners to download on Commvault’s
recently launched Partner Demand
Recovery plan and test it by regularly
running through different scenarios
with your team.
Nigel Tozer, solutions marketing
director, Commvault
Our comprehensive approach to
customer support allows us to
partner with customers to help them
modernise their approach to IT and
solve complex data growth challenges,
while aligning with their key business
and IT needs.
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