Upgrade

Arkeia Software is committed to data protection using innovative cutting edge technology.

As one of our 7,000 plus enterprise customers, there are many reasons to upgrade your existing installation to the latest version of Arkeia Network Backup. We have worked to make this upgrade path extremely easy. If you are upgrading your backup server from a previous version, please follow the migration procedure for your environment.

NOTE: Upgrading to the latest Arkeia Software release requires a new license key.

If you have a valid maintenance contract or subscription to the update program please fill out the registration form and check the "I have a valid maintenance contract” box. Our team will send your new license key as quickly as possible.

If you do not have a valid maintenance contract, you are not automatically entitled to new Arkeia Network Backup releases. To receive a personal upgrade offer with access to the latest version of Arkeia Network Backup, please fill in the registration form and check the "Interested in Maintenance contract" box.

v8 Feature List

• Virtualized Environment Support
        o    Introduction of a virtual appliance for ESX and ESXi
        o    Introduction of a VMware ESX Server agent
• Enhanced Graphical User Interface
        o    Backup Schedule Calendar introduction
        o    Reorganization of the Menu for a better ergonomy
• Client-server communication simplification with stronger security   
        o    Remove the dependency of name resolution (FQDN)
        o    Allows the client to connect to the backup server via IP
        o    Allows the backup server to connect to the client via IP
        o    Allows Arkeia to bind to a specific IP
        o    Enhanced handling of client hostname change
        o    Enhanced software installation options (DNS or IP)
        o    Lack of client licenses no longer stops the entire backup job if  
              a new client is added
• Enhanced reporting
        o    Enhanced Alerts logging to the end user
        o    Enhanced backup error reporting to the end user
• Wiki-based technical documentation
• New platforms supported including SLES 11 and Mandriva 2009 Spring
     
   
  

v7 Feature List

• Completely redesigned Web-based graphical user interface
• Enhanced Backup-to-Disk (VTL)
• Disaster Recovery for Windows
• Distributed architecture that allows centralized management of multiple instances of backup servers

v6 Feature List

• New 3-tier architecture
• LAN-Free backup support and dynamic drive & library sharing on a SAN
• Remote drive management
• Integrated virtual tape library (VTL)
• Introduction of a Windows Media Server (backup to disk, tape using Windows)
• Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape backup option

v5 and below Feature List

• Accelerated backup speeds, especially in conditions involving a high number of imbricate directories and/or incremental backups.
• Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) support for MS-Windows 2003 servers snapshot backup
• Support of Kernel 2.6 Linux distributions
• Expanded backup reporting functions to provide customized reports and messages, deliverable to designated email addresses.
• Backup of Linux ACLs.
• Arkeia Windows clients can perform hot backup of registries, active directories, certificates and event logs.
• Backup server catalog optimization with increased efficiency for the server saved object catalog, including on-the-fly update and the ability to purge old files.

Please note that Arkeia Software no longer supports versions 4.x and 5.x - version 6.0 will become EOL on January 1, 2010.

Upgrade today!