What's New in Retrospect – Retrospect Backup 19 + Retrospect Virtual 2022 + Retrospect Cloud Storage

 

New and Improved Features in Retrospect for Windows

Blazing Backup Speed Retrospect’s new versions are significantly faster across key areas. Backups and restores take far less time in many cases, and other powerful features like grooming and snapshot transfer are lightning fast. Whether you are protecting Mac, Windows, or Linux systems, you'll feel the power of new Retrospect. Learn more about it >
Super-Sized Data Grooming Grooming is one of Retrospect's most powerful features. By using grooming, you can reduce the size of your backup set while keeping backups per policy from months or years ago, all without adding new media. With this release, grooming is up to 200% faster than previous versions, so you can clear out that unnecessary data and save money by recycling media. Learn more about it >
Customized Email Summaries Retrospect keeps you informed about the state of your backup environment, with detailed emails customized to your preferences. Each script notification includes a high-level summary at the top, along with a redesigned subject line that includes the script name, the number of errors, and the number of warnings. Even the 'From' address is now your server's name. At a glance, you can see that an operation completed successfully or immediately know if there was an error warranting investigation. The bottom of the email includes the script's log to pinpoint warnings or errors. Learn more about it >
Insightful Dashboard The dashboard on Mac and Windows has been enhanced to provide even more detailed information about each backup. You can now hover over any backup and instantly see what was backed up, how many files, and how much data it included. Learn more about it >
Other Improvements Retrospect is fully certified for Microsoft SQL Server 2014. Retrospect now includes native 64-bit Linux client support. In addition to client-side management, admins can now manage the state of Instant Scan in their environment through the server interface. You can enable or disable the feature per client. Learn more about it >

Retrospect Makes Backups & Restores Easy and Automatic

Getting Started Wizard Retrospect guides the new user through setup and running their first backup, whether it’s for a single server or a whole network of systems.
Automatic Device Configuration Retrospect recognizes supported devices automatically and makes them available for immediate use without the need for manual setup.
Protects Everything Retrospect runs with administrator-level access, so it can easily back up all files on servers, desktops, and notebooks.
Runs in Virtual Guest Environments Retrospect Client software can be used to natively back up Windows, Mac, or Linux machines running in virtualized environments.
Backup, Restore, and Copy Assistants Retrospect’s assistants make it easy to perform the most common manual and scheduled operations.
Proactive Backup Need to protect laptops that come and go from the network? Retrospect’s Proactive Backup feature watches for computers and automatically backs them up when they connect to the network.
Smart Incremental Backup Intelligent incremental backups enable Retrospect to backup up only new or changed files.
Automatic File-level Deduplication Retrospect maximizes storage usage by only copying unique files—even across multiple computers—to the backup media.
Bare Metal Disaster Recovery Boot media can be created for nearly every Windows system protected by Retrospect to provide fast recovery from a non-bootable state.
Easy Physical Media Rotation Instead of needing to rely on complex media rotation schemes, such as Grandfather-Father-Son, Retrospect allows the user to rotate physical media as they see fit, and it automatically copies the files needed to keep each Backup Set complete.
Control and Monitor Retrospect from iOS Use the free Retrospect iOS app on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to keep tabs on backups over Wi-Fi or 3/4G.
Apple Notification Center Messages Using Notification Center, users can be notified when a backup of their computer begins and when it’s finished.
Windows Notification Area Support The Retrospect Client software uses the Notification Area to alert end users when backups are starting or have finished.
Private File and Folder Options Users can easily drag and drop files, folders, and even entire volumes like flash drives to the client control panel to mark them private, so they won’ t be copied during a backup. Supports Mac clients.
Roll-back Restores (Live Restores) Retrospect is able to easily roll back a functioning computer to a previous state. Simply restore over the volume that includes the running operating system and reboot.
Auto-Locates Network Clients When used with a public/private key, Retrospect will automatically connect to new client computers on the network and even back them up without manual intervention.
Automatic Software Updates Retrospect will periodically check for software and device driver updates and notify the user when updates are available for download.
Wake-on-LAN for Green Backups To reduce the overall power demands for backups, Retrospect awakens sleeping/stand-by mode computers to back them up and then allows them to return to their low-power state.

Retrospect is Powerful and Flexible

Backs Up Mac, Windows, and Linux Heterogeneous networks are protected using Retrospect’s native client software, ensuring perfect backups regardless of operating system.
Flexible Backup to Local and Network Disk Retrospect can make use of multiple hard disk destinations, whether grouped together or used independently; connected directly via USB, FireWire, or eSATA; or when networked using Ethernet, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel.
Uses Disk, Removable, Cloud, and Tape Retrospect supports most types of magnetic media for backup, including hard disk drives, network-attached disk, cloud storage, flash media, and every major tape format.
Block Level Incremental Backup Retrospect now has the ability to back up only the parts of a file that have changed. After an initial full backup, Retrospect searches out the changed pieces of each large file and only backs up those blocks, speeding backups and using far less storage space.
High-Level Dashboard Retrospect's high-level dashboard provides a high-level view of the entire state of your backup environment.
Improved email reporting Retrospect includes a wealth of data about your backups. The operations log is now included to give you complete insight into each backup's progress. Filter emails based on errors, warnings, or other keywords to hone in on issues as soon as they happen.
Improved Disaster Recovery Retrospect’s built-in disaster recovery workflow now supports latest hardware and OSes for full compatibility with Windows XP through Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. In addition, the Retrospect Disaster Recovery disc now natively supports 64-bit machines and drivers.
Improved Dissimilar Hardware Restore The Dissimilar Hardware Recovery add-on allows Retrospect to perform a complete restore—including the operating system—to entirely different hardware. Now supports the latest hardware and OSes including Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and 64-bit machines and drivers.
VMware Integration (add-on) Retrospect server-level products support file-based agent-less backups and restores of VMs in ESX 4 and ESXi 5.0/5.1 environments.
Support for Cloud Storage Third-party WebDAV agents allow Retrospect to back up from or to offsite cloud storage. Powerful filtering rules within Retrospect can be employed to ensure that only critical data is copied to the cloud.
Disk-to-Disk-to-Disk (D2D2D) Backups Retrospect can transfer specific or all backups between Backup Set destinations, making it trivial to back up nightly to network-attached storage and then transfer just the most recent nightly backups to a portable hard disk for safe, offsite storage.
Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) Backups Retrospect can stage backups to disk before transferring them to tape, ensuring that the fastest possible throughput is achieved at each stage. Disk-based backups can also be copied to tape for safe, offsite storage or archiving.
Microsoft Exchange Support (add-on) Retrospect employs Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) technology to protect Microsoft Exchange Server 2016/2013/2010/2007/2003 while running.
Microsoft SQL Server Support (add-on) Retrospect protects single and multiple instances of Microsoft SQL Server 2016/2014/2012/2008/2005 while running.
Advanced Tape Support (add-on) This add-on allows Retrospect to stream backups to multiple tape drives at the same time, whether installed in a single library or standalone.
Support for Yosemite Retrospect supports OS X Yosemite 10.10 on Mac client systems and takes full advantage of 64-bit resources.
Complete Mac OS X Disaster Recovery Retrospect for Windows employs native Mac OS backup client software for comprehensive backups that include all the proper metadata and system components to provide complete disaster recovery restores of protected Macs.
Flexible Scheduling Backup, copy, archive, and restore operations in Retrospect can be scheduled to meet any agenda.
Creates Bootable Copies The copy feature in Retrospect can make a bootable clone of any volume, and it can keep the clone updated with its Smart Incremental technology, which takes far less time than a new copy.
Powerful Search Capabilities Retrospect can locate files not only by name and location, but also by a multitude of other criteria, including modification date, Finder label, size, and even security permissions.
Powerful Filtering To include or skip specific files, folders, and volumes, or to back up only specific data to cloud storage, Retrospect includes both built-in and user-definable selectors that filter data based on a multitude of conditions, including file names, dates, and types.
Space-saving Data Compression Built-in data compression routines and support for hardware-based compression present in tape drives comes into use after Retrospect performs its file-based deduplication, further reducing backup storage requirements.
Faster Backup Speeds with Instant Scan Retrospect Clients already know what files have been added or changed before the backup server even connects, cutting average nightly backup times in half. The same technology is also used on the backup server.
Performs Multiple Tasks Simultaneously Need to run a restore without interrupting ongoing backups? Need to back up multiple laptops at the same time? Retrospect server editions perform up to 16 simultaneous operations.
Support for Multiple Network Interfaces Retrospect can take advantage of multiple network interface cards to improve performance and to prevent traffic from crossing subnets.

Retrospect is Built for Reliability and Security

Administrator Feature Control The backup administrator can control access to end-user features like marking private files, running an on-demand restore, or stopping a backup that’s in progress.
Network Link Encryption Retrospect will optionally encrypt communications between network clients and the backup server using strong AES-256 encryption to prevent network snooping of private information. Now supports strong encryption for Windows and Mac clients.
Precise Restores Every Time Complete point-in-time snapshots allow Retrospect to always restore exactly the files that belong on a volume.
Multiple Backup Sets for Offsite and Archival Storage Retrospect employs multiple storage destinations—called Backup Sets—and tracks each independently to provide for easy offsite storage and maximize restore reliability.
Protects Open Files Retrospect uses Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) technology to protect open files that might be in use at the time of the backups. The same point in time can be captured for files spread across multiple volumes, ensuring data integrity for complex systems.
Industry-leading Data Verification When verifying data copied during the backup process, Retrospect actually employs the restore routines in the software to do a byte-by-byte comparison against the original, verifying not just the data but the entire restore process. Verifying the restore process and data together provides the most reliable method of verification available anywhere.
Anytime Verification For tight backup windows where backups must be as fast as possible, Retrospect can verify the backup data at a later time by using a checkpoint method that does not burden the disk containing the original data.
Backup Media Encryption Retrospect provides multiple encryption options for safeguarding backup data against unwanted access, including government standard AES-256 encryption.
Secure Client Access Retrospect Client software is either password protected or deployed using a public/private key method for added security. The proper credentials must be presented to log in and back up the client machine.
WORM Tape Compliance Support Retrospect fully supports write-once, read-many tape media for strict compliance with various regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley.
Scheduled Tape Drive Cleaning Retrospect helps maintain drives in tape autoloaders and libraries by periodically loading a cleaning tape cartridge. Cleaning reminders are provided for standalone tape drives.
Over Two Decades of Innovation Millions of users rely on Retrospect to protect their critical information.