ShadowProtect

StorageCraft ShadowProtect sector-level backup software backs up your organisation’s whole Windows IT environment. In addition to reliably backing up everything from systems to data, ShadowProtect software enables swift recovery from disaster as well as headache-free system migration. ShadowProtect software is one component of the StorageCraft Recovery Solution, which provides you with all the tools you need to recover your IT systems anytime, anywhere, from any disaster.

ShadowProtect is available in the following editions:

• Server: Provides enterprise-level backup and disaster recovery, data protection and managed system migration for Windows servers.
• Small Business Server: A backup and disaster recovery software for users of Microsoft Windows Server Essentials and Foundation and of Windows Small Business Server
• Virtual: Provides best-in-class backup and disaster recovery,data protection and managed system migrationfor Windows virtual machines(VMs) running in VMware, Hyper-V and other hypervisors
• Desktop: Provides fast, reliable backups and disaster recovery as well as data protection for Windows workstations.
• Granular Recovery for Exchange: Allows email administrators to search for, recover and migrate individual email messages, email folders and mailboxes.
• IT Edition: A standalone tool for IT professionals that enables users to back up and recover any Windows server, desktop, or laptopeven Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 machines.

Key Features:

• Back up your entire disk drive, including systems, applications, services, configurations, settings and data
  
• Save backups to any disk device or any optical media
  
• Back up a non-bootable system before attempting a restore operationTest backup images to ensure their integrity
  
• Schedule backups to occur automatically
  
• Schedule regular incremental backups to occur as often as every 15 minutes if desired
  
• Recover individual files and folders in minutes
  
• Restore a system to different hardware or to virtual environments
  
• Swiftly boot a backup image as a virtual machine
  
• Perform a bare metal restore
  
• Detect and repair boot configuration errors or corrupt hard drives
  
• Use keywords to search mailboxes, email messages, or entire Exchange databases
  
• Recover Exchange emails, email attachments, address book contacts, mailboxes and more to your production Exchange server or to a .pst file
  
• Migrate a backup image from and to physical and virtual environments

ShadowProtect - Features

Shadow Protect Desktop Edition

Fast and Reliable Disaster Recovery & Migration - P2P, P2V, V2P, V2V. Includes 32-bit and 64-bit Support StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop Edition provides quick and reliable disaster recovery, system migration and data protection for Windows desktops and laptops. ShadowProtect Desktop Edition provides hardware independent restore for physical to physical system (P2P) recovery.

ShadowProtect Desktop also supports conversion from physical systems to virtual environments (P2V), virtual environments to physical systems (V2P) and virtual environments to virtual environments (V2V).

ShadowProtect Desktop Edition is very complimentary to VMWare Workstation and Microsoft Virtual PC for quick and reliable disaster recovery. VMWare Workstation 6.0 includes full support for ShadowProtect backup image files for simple conversion from physical systems to virtual environments.

ShadowProtect Desktop Edition provides the following benefits:

• Supports Windows 2000, XP and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Bare metal recovery of Windows desktops and laptops in minutes.
• Restore or migrate backup images to and from physical systems and virtual environments (P2V, V2P and V2V).
• Hardware independent restore of backup images to different systems (P2P).
• Schedule automatic full and incremental backups.
• Bootable recovery CD provides automatic hardware detection and network support.
• Simple view to quickly recover files and folders or update backup images.
• Compress and encrypt backup images for efficiency and security.
• Save backup images to USB, Firewire, NAS, SAN or any network location.
• Shrink to Restore - restore on smaller partitions (reduction of 50-100 MB/partition).

Schedule automatic backups
ShadowProtect provides an easy to use scheduler so that point-in-time backups can be taken automatically while you work. Schedule full or incremental backups of your system and data.

Save backups to any location
ShadowProtect backup can be saved to USB, FireWire, an attached storage device or network location.

View backup files for quick file and folder recovery
ShadowProtect point-in-time backups can be assigned a drive letter as a read-write or read-only volume. The mounting features of ShadowProtect allow you to restore files and folders or update an existing point-in-time backup.

Perform remote or bare metal system recovery
The ShadowProtect Recovery CD allows you to perform a bare metal system restore in minutes. The Recovery CD features allow you to remotely recover your system and data without physically visiting the system.

ShadowProtect SBS Edition provides the following benefits:

• Bare metal recovery of Windows SBS servers in minutes.
• Restore or migrate backup images to and from physical systems and virtual environments (P2V, V2P and V2V).
• Hardware independent restore of backup images to dissimilar systems (P2P).
• Full support for online backup of applications such as Exchange and SQL.
• Schedule automatic full and incremental backup images.
• Image management to minimize storage consumption and simplify archiving.
• Bootable recovery CD provides automatic hardware detection and network support.
• A simple view to quickly recover files and folders or update backup images.
• Compress and encrypt backup images for efficiency and security.
• ShadowProtect console to simplify backup management across your enterprise.
• Recover your servers remotely.
• Save backup images to USB, Firewire, NAS, SAN or any network location.

Shadow Protect Server Edition

Fast and Reliable Bare Metal Recovery & System Migration P2P, P2V, V2P, V2V. Includes 32-bit and 64-bit Support for Windows 2008.

StorageCraft ShadowProtect Server Edition provides fast and reliable disaster recovery, system migration and data protection for Windows servers. ShadowProtect Server Edition provides bare metal recovery of the Windows operating system, applications such as Exchange and SQL and your critical data.

ShadowProtect Server Edition provides hardware independent restore for physical to physical system (P2P) recovery. ShadowProtect Server Edition also supports conversion from physical systems to virtual environments (P2V), virtual environments to physical systems (V2P) and virtual environments to virtual environments (V2V). ShadowProtect Server Edition is very complimentary to VMWare and Microsoft Virtual Server for quick and reliable disaster recovery and system migration.

ShadowProtect Server Edition provides the following benefits:

• Bare metal recovery of Windows servers in minutes.
• Restore or migrate backup images to and from physical systems and virtual environments (P2V, V2P and V2V).
• Hardware independent restore of backup images to different systems (P2P).
• Full support for online backup of applications such as Exchange and SQL.
• Schedule automatic full and incremental backups.
• Image management to minimize storage consumption and simplify archiving.
• Bootable recovery CD provides automatic hardware detection and network support.
• A simple view to quickly recover files and folders or update backup images.
• Compress and encrypt backup images for efficiency and security.
• ShadowProtect console to simplify backup management across your enterprise.
• Recover your servers remotely.
• Save backup images to USB, Firewire, NAS, SAN or any network location.
• Shrink to Restore - restore on smaller partitions (reduction of 50-100 MB/partition).

Fast and reliable backup and recovery
ShadowProtect allows you to create an exact online backup of your system and data at any point in time. Recover critical data by simply viewing your backup and restoring the files and folders that you need. Use the ShadowProtect Recovery CD for remote or bare metal recovery.

Schedule automatic backups
ShadowProtect provides an easy to use scheduler so that point-in-time backups can be taken automatically while you work. Schedule full or incremental backups of your system and data.

Save backups to any location
ShadowProtect backup can be saved to USB, FireWire, an attached storage device or network location.

View backup files for quick file and folder recovery
ShadowProtect point-in-time backups can be assigned a drive letter as a read-write or read-only volume. The mounting features of ShadowProtect allow you to restore files and folders or update an existing point-in-time backup.

Perform remote or bare metal system recovery
The ShadowProtect Recovery CD allows you to perform a bare metal system restore in minutes. The Recovery CD features allow you to remotely recover your system and data without physically visiting the system.

Shadow Protect IT Edition

Simple and Affordable Disaster Recovery & System Migration - P2P, P2V, V2P, V2V. Includes 32-bit and 64-bit Support for Windows 2008.

ShadowProtect IT Edition provides hardware independent restore for physical to physical system (P2P) recovery. ShadowProtect IT Edition also supports conversion from physical systems to virtual environments (P2V), virtual environments to physical systems (V2P) and virtual environments to virtual environments (V2V).

StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition provides complete bare metal recovery in minutes. ShadowProtect IT Edition provides IT Professionals a bootable Windows environment to create and restore compressed and encrypted backup images, no software installation required. ShadowProtect IT Edition includes an easy to use interface for network configuration and a simple view to restore individual files and folders or update your backup images.

ShadowProtect IT Edition provides the following benefits:

• Bare metal recovery of Windows servers, desktops and laptops in minutes (supports 32-bit and 64-bit).
• Restore or migrate backup images to and from physical systems and virtual environments (P2V, V2P and V2V).
• Hardware independent restore of backup images to different systems (P2P).
• Unlimited use on servers, desktops and laptops.
• No software installation required.
• Bootable recovery CD provides automatic hardware detection and network support.
• Create full online or cold state backup images.
• A simple view to quickly recover files and folders or update backup images.
• Compress and encrypt backup images for efficiency and security.
• Configuration tools to manage domains, mapped drives and network resources.
• Shrink to Restore - restore on smaller partitions (reduction of 50-100 MB/partition).

StorageCraft ShadowProtect IT Edition provides a flexible technician licensing program for unlimited use on servers, desktops and laptops for disk-based backup, disaster recovery, system migration and consolidation.

ShadowProtect Granular Recovery for Exchange

Benefits & Features of ShadowProtect GRE include:

• Fast "drag-and-drop" restore of multiple or individual mailboxes, folders, multiple or individual email messages, attachments and more - directly from your ShadowProtect Server or SBS backup image to a live Exchange Server or to a local .pst file.
• Migrate mailboxes, their contacts, sent items, calendar entries, notes and tasks from a current Exchange Server backup image to a new Exchange Server.
• Seamless integration with your existing ShadowProtect Server and SBS backup procedures.
• Non destructive copy feature preserves items already contained within a mailbox and items which have appeared since the image backup was made.
• Keyword search to find specific or multiple emails and attachments, plus comprehensive report creation and statistical overview.
• Saves time, money and frustration - eliminates the need for a separate recovery server or full site restores.

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ShadowProtect - System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

• CPU Support: 133 MHz or higher Pentium compatible CPU
• Memory: At least 128 MB of RAM (or the minimum required by the operating system)
• Hard Disk: 12 MB of free space
• CD-ROM or DVD drive

Supported Operating Systems

• Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate
• Windows XP Home/Professional
• Windows 2000 Professional

Supported File Systems
ShadowProtect Desktop Edition supports the following File Systems: FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X, NTFS and Dynamic Disks.

Supported Storage Media
ShadowProtect Desktop Edition supports the following storage media: any disk drive including network drives, SAN, NAS, iSCSI, SCSI, USB or FireWire or optical media including CD/DVD/Blu- Ray.

ShadowProtect SBS Edition supports Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2000, 2003 and 2008.