What's New in Retrospect
New Features and Updates
Retrospect provides complete protection for every major operating system, virtual environment, application, and email service–with seamless integration to our hosted service, Retrospect Management Console.
What's New - Automatic Onboarding
Retrospect Backup 17
IT administrators depend on streamlined workflows to deploy services and support within their organization. With automatic onboarding, administrators can share a single URL with their entire company, and each employee can download the client for their platform, pre-packaged with a public key for authentication. There are no user passwords, and Retrospect Backup 17 will automatically add the new clients and start protecting them using ProactiveAI.
Retrospect Virtual 2020
With Retrospect Virtual 2020, businesses can monitor their physical and virtual backup infrastructure from a single pane of glass via the Retrospect Management Console. Retrospect Virtual 2020 is now integrated with the hosted service to enable one place to monitor every protected machine–Windows, Mac, Linux, VMware, and Hyper-V.
What's New - Retrospect Backup 17
10x Faster ProactiveAI
ProactiveAI has been optimized to handle many more sources with different storage profiles. Customers with endpoints that are offline at various times will see a 10x performance increase in how fast Retrospect Backup 17 finds the next available computer.
Restore Preflight
Large-scale data protection—relying on highly-optimized storage configurations like hundreds of tapes or Amazon Glacier— strategies require preflight capabilities to ensure a fast operation, and Retrospect Backup 17 allows customers to export a preflight summary including backup files and tape information.
Nexsan Certification
Retrospect Backup 17 is now certified for Nexsan E-Series and Nexsan Unity storage devices.
What's New - Retrospect Virtual 2020
50% Faster Performance
Retrospect Virtual 2020 is now up to 50% faster at backup.
Wasabi Cloud Support
Retrospect Virtual 2020 includes support for Wasabi Cloud as a destination.
Backblaze B2 Support
Retrospect Virtual 2020 includes support for Backblaze B2 as a destination.
Updated Linux Support
Retrospect Virtual 2020 supports Ubuntu 19.04 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Flexible Licensing
Retrospect Virtual 2020 supports flexible VM licensing. Customers can use a socket or guest license for either VMware or Hyper-V.
How to Upgrade
Upgrade Wizard: If you use an earlier version of Retrospect, you may be eligible for upgrade pricing.
Retrospect for Windows
Retrospect 17 for Windows is a paid upgrade for customers with Retrospect 16 for Windows or a free upgrade for customers with an active Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM) contract.
Retrospect for Mac
Retrospect 17 for Mac is a paid upgrade for customers with Retrospect 16 for Mac or a free upgrade for customers with an active Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM) contract.
Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM)
Annual Support and Maintenance (ASM) ensures you're always able to run the latest version of Retrospect with unlimited access to our Support team.
ASM Fulfillment: Customers with an active ASM contracts can get licenses for the latest versions of their products by processing their ASM fulfillment.
ASM Renewal: Customers with an expired ASM contract may be eligible to renew it and get licenses for the latest versions of their products.