Backup and Disaster Recovery

Unlike many cloud platforms, ThinkAgile CP includes built-in, application-consistent backups for local data protection and disaster recovery without the need for guest agents or third-party backup software. We see built-in backups as a key component of any cloud infrastructure as they cut administrative time and complexity while boosting resilience, all with no additional cost. This document describes the key backup and disaster recovery features and benefits within the ThinkAgile CP platform.

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Refer to the following topics:

• Application backup - Recovery Point Objective
  A Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the time interval in which you can recover data in the event of a failure, such as data corruption, a ransomware attack, a power outage, user error, and so on.
• Application Backup - Recovery Time Objective
  A Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the time that it takes to recover data and applications.
• Local protection
  Local backups are supported with application-consistent backups (for all instances running with ThinkAgile CP guest tools) on a per-application basis.
• Site protection
  Site disaster recovery is supported by using application-consistent backups on a per-application basis that are replicated to another ThinkAgile CP organization at a remote site.
• Site disaster recovery
  The remote site is an exact copy of the local site and is available for failover in the event of a disaster.
• Application backup integration
  For Windows virtual machines, ThinkAgile CP is integrated with VSS to deliver application-consistent backups. For Linux virtual machines, ThinkAgile CP is integrated with the block sub-system to deliver crash-consistent backups.
• Integration with Third-party Backup Solutions
  Third-party, agent-based backup products are supported on the ThinkAgile CP platform, including Commvault, Veeam, Rapid Recovery, and NetBackup.