Continuity In Management Console

Management Console contains different continuity services that can be used for disaster recovery:

• One-Time Restores - Cove has three separate methods of recovering data on an on-demand basis:
  • To Hyper-V - This service runs to restore data to a Hyper-V or Local VHDX as configured in Add Recovery Locations
  • To Azure - This service runs to restore data to an Azure Virtual Machine as configured in Azure Recovery Locations
  • To ESXi - This service runs to restore data to VMWare ESXi or Local VMDK as configured in ESXi Recovery Locations
• Standby Image - Cove has three separate methods of running a continuous restore of your data:
  • Standby Image to Hyper-V - This service runs a continuous restore of a device to a Hyper-V or Local VHDX as configured in Add Recovery Locations
  • Standby Image to ESXi - This service runs a continuous restore of your data to ESXi
  • Standby Image to Azure - This service runs a continuous restore of your data to Microsoft Azure and boots based on the frequency set during configuration of the plan
• Recovery Testing - This service runs and provides a screenshot as proof that the device is recoverable

Benefit

With these tools, we provide proof of recoverability and the ability to failover in case of a disaster.

The Standby Image service allows for the ability to select a backup session from the past and restore it using the existing Standby Image as a foundation using the Standby Image Rollback function.

Requirements

The following requirements must be met:

• The following must be backed up:
  1. The full System State of the device
  2. The whole system disk – C:\ or another disk that has your operating system and that the OS boots from (the Files and Folders data source)
• For setup, you must be logged into the Backup console as a SuperUser or Manager

  To manage devices and recovery locations, any other user role will suffice.

• You are required to enter the devices Encryption Key/Security Code, however, in cases where the device has been installed using Quick Installation of the Backup Manager you will be required to provide the passphrase instead

Operating System

Recovery Testing and Standby Images are available on Windows operating systems only (servers and workstations):

• Windows 8 / 8.1
• Windows 10
• Windows 11
• Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 (limited New features such as Docker-based containers, Storage Spaces Direct and Shielded VMs are not.)
• Windows Server 2016 (limited Only the features compatible with Windows Server 2012 R2 are supported.)
• Windows Server 2019 (limited Only the features compatible with Windows Server 2012 R2 are supported.)
• Windows Server 2022 (limited Only the features compatible with Windows Server 2012 R2 are supported.)

Recovery Testing and Standby Image only support 64-bit architecture.