Bare Machine Recovery solutions for TSM and NetWorker from Cristie Software

Include BMR in your Disaster Recovery plan simply by adding one of Cristie Software’s BMR bolt-on solutions. At Cristie Software we can enhance the capabilities of both IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and EMC NetWorker with solutions that add essential Bare Machine Recovery functionality.

With support for Windows, Solaris, Linux and AIX, you can make your IT DR plan simple and efficient and recover your data in less than 10 minutes, allowing you to reliably meet your RPO and RTOs. No specialist training or additional IT skills are required to operate the step-by-step wizard for data recovery.

Cristie Software BMR solutions don’t require extra servers to run and store backups as they use the existing backups generated from TSM and NetWorker so there is no duplication of data and no need for additional storage.

Our solutions offer benefits including recovery to dissimilar hardware, fully automated recoveries, server migration for Physical and/or Virtual machines, data backup and protection, and 24hr 365 days a year support for priority one issues.

Why do I need BMR for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager?

TBMR provides fast automated recovery for Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) users. In the event of a server failure, TBMR will recover the operating system and applications direct from the TSM backup. The recovery can be to the original or to new dissimilar hardware or to a virtual machine.

TBMR is unique in its ability to recover directly from TSM and without requiring any additional backup to be performed. This means that (unlike other BMR software products) TBMR consumes no additional storage or network bandwidth. TBMR also has the advantage of not requiring a separate backup application to be installed, managed and monitored.

Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) is IBM’s enterprise class backup and archiving software and TBMR works exclusively with TSM and is re-sold by IBM and its channel partners worldwide as the recommended BMR solution for TSM.

More information? 

• Visit the website www.cristie.com/products/disaster-recovery/tbmr for more TBMR information and operating system compatibility 
• Visit the IBM website to view our product overview http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/cristie-bmr.html
• Download a free 30 day trial at www.cristie.com/download 
• E-mail sales@cristie.com with any queries and we will be happy to help

Why do I need an additional BMR product for NetWorker?

The Bare Metal Recovery feature that is included with NetWorker provides a good solution for Windows 2008/2008R2 and Windows 7 machines but does not currently support any other operating systems and has limited support for recovery to dissimilar hardware. Along with EMC announcing end of life notice for HomeBase product on the 12th August this year, what other software can EMC NetWorker customers use for BMR?

Cristie Software’s NBMR (NetWorker Bare Machine Recovery) solution will provide value to NetWorker users who need a heterogeneous solution to support all their Windows Platforms (2003/XP through to 2008/2008R2) as well as their Linux, Solaris and AIX machines. In addition NBMR allows recoveries to completely dissimilar hardware (to both physical and virtual machines) and supports NetWorker Server/Client Versions 7.4 SP5 to 8.

More information?

• Visit the website www.cristie.com/products/disaster-recovery/nbmr for more NBMR information and operating system compatibility 
• Download a free 30 day trial at www.cristie.com/download 
• E-mail sales@cristie.com with any queries and we will be happy to help

Read the quick overview of Cristie Software Bare Machine Recovery solutions here 

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About Cristie Software

Cristie Software was established in 2007 and has grown rapidly to become a leading software provider specialising in data protection, machine recovery, migration and availability.

Our products provide fast, reliable and highly automated backup, recovery and migration solutions for Windows, Linux and other Unix machines. Cristie Software solutions are sold worldwide by IBM and through a global network of leading resellers. To find out more information please email us at sales@cristie.com or to find out more about how to become a reseller please fill in this form, and we will be in contact.

Keep up-to-date with the latest information:

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New presentations and sector overviews for Cristie Software Resellers

We are pleased to announce that we have new marketing material available for our signed resellers.

Including new PowerPoint presentations available available for resellers to present our solutions to end users and sector specific overviews that you can send out to interested customers!


E-mail your account manager for full details or contact us at sales@cristie.com requesting any or all of the following:

• TBMR (Bare Machine Recovery for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager) introduction PowerPoint presentation for Resellers
• TBMR (Bare Machine Recovery for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager) introduction PowerPoint presentation for End Users
• NBMR (Bare Machine Recovery for EMC NetWorker) introduction PowerPoint presentation for Resellers
• NBMR (Bare Machine Recovery for EMC NetWorker) introduction PowerPoint presentation for End Users
• Healthcare sector overview - Introducing Cristie Software BMR solutions
• Banking sector overview - Introducing Cristie Software BMR solutions

COMING SOON....

• CBMR (Cristie Bare Machine Recovery) introduction PowerPoint presentation for Resellers
• CBMR (Cristie Bare Machine Recovery) introduction PowerPoint presentation for End Users
• Cristie Software full product suite PowerPoint presentation
• Retail sector overview
• Government sector overview
• and much more...

Keep up-to-date with all Cristie Software news by following us on twitter @CristieSoftware 

Email: sales@cristie.com

Web: www.cristie.com

Introducing Bare Machine Recovery for Retail Stores

The average retail organization looses $117,000 a year due to downtime.
(According to research completed by Coleman Parkes Research Ltd, November 2010. Full stats based on 2008 organizations across North America and Europe.)

Cristie offer complete and fully featured backup products that provide an ideal solution for protecting the IT infrastructure at branch stores and small data centres. It is used by many leading retailers to ensure rapid recovery from a server failure so that the branch is not out of operation for more than a few minutes. The recovery can be performed to similar or dissimilar hardware and by local branch staff with no specialist IT skills. 

BMR is our business and with the heavy reliance of IT within the retail sector, supporting the tills, logistics and the back office resupply process we understand how critical it is to get your organization back up and running to avoid diminished customer service.

Cristie Software are experts in BMR, an overview of our solutions for your organization to deploy is below, giving you a reliable, proven and fast response to ensuring your systems are all fully recovered after a disaster.

Retail store BMR solutions from Cristie 

Cristie provide Disaster Recovery, Data Backup and Machine Migration solutions for Windows, Linux, AIX and Solaris operating systems. All Cristie products support recovery or migration to dissimilar hardware and to virtual machines. Recoveries may be fully automated and typically take under 10 minutes to perform.

CBMR - provides complete protection of data, as well as the ability to recover critical machines from scratch within minutes. It is a standalone backup solution which is particularly suited to branch stores and provides protection for local data, combined with fast automated machine recovery.

TBMR - Bare Machine Recovery for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. Allows TSM users to recover their machines direct from TSM without having to perform any additional backup.

NBMR - Bare Machine Recovery for EMC NetWorker users. Allows NetWorker users to recover their machines directly from NetWorker without having to perform any additional backup.

CMC - The Cristie Management Console allows users to remotely deploy and manage CBMR and TBMR, providing centralised control. Recoveries can be performed remotely and multiple servers can be recovered simultaneously.

Need more information?

Contact Cristie Software at sales@cristie.com and find out how we can help you to keep your retail stores' and chains' BMR running smoothly. Protecting your data against disruption, whether cyber-attack, natural disaster, adverse weather, fire, floods or human error, Cristie Software are experts in disaster recovery.

www.cristie.com

Predictable recoveries in an unpredictable world

End of Life notice for EMC HomeBase... Cristie can help

With EMC announcing end of life notice for HomeBase on the 12th August this year, what can EMC NetWorker customers use for Bare Machine Recovery (BMR)?

Cristie Software can provide a simple solution with the product NBMR - bare machine recovery for NetWorker.


NBMR provides fast automated recovery for users of EMC's (formerly Legato) NetWorker. In the event of a server failure, NBMR will recover the operating system and applications direct from the NetWorker backup. The recovery can be to the original or to new dissimilar hardware or to a virtual machine.

NBMR is unique in its ability to recover directly from NetWorker without requiring any additional backup to be performed. This means that (unlike other BMR software products) NBMR consumes no additional storage or network bandwidth. NBMR also has the advantage of not requiring a separate backup application to be installed, managed and monitored.

NBMR offers a solution that unlike EMC's HomeBase product, it will recover the servers to an identical state at a given point in time from NetWorker, in comparison to HomeBase would have had to redeploy the OS and applications and the server therefore not be identical.

EMC NetWorker (formally known as Legato NetWorker) centralizes, automates, and accelerates data backup and recovery, NBMR works exclusively with EMC NetWorker and is re-sold globally by its channel partners as the recommended BMR solution for NetWorker Users.

In addition NBMR is available for all major Operating Systems as follows: 

• Windows
• Linux
• Solaris
• AIX 

The main features of our BMR solution for NetWorker:

• Bare Machine Recovery for EMC NetWorker users
• Backups and restores performed by NetWorker, retaining the features and advantages of that software
• Multiple servers can be recovered simultaneously
• Designed to maximise speed, flexibility and simplicity of use
• Rebuild a server OS in under ten minutes
• No separate backup software to install, schedule and administer

Why not see for yourself with a FREE 30 day trial of  NBMR? Download available from www.cristie.com/download 

For more information on NetWorker BMR (NBMR) solution please have a look at the product datasheet, NBMR introduction presentation or contact us at sales@cristie.com

Staff away for summer break and server fails.... are you prepared?

With large numbers of staff away for their summer vacations, is your business disaster prepared even when key team members are away?

Don't be stuck in the office - remotely coordinate your DR response with the Cristie Management Console (CMC).

CMC is an extension for CBMR and TBMR, allowing users to remotely manage server backups and recoveries, coordinated from a central console. CMC means you aren’t limited to recovering on-site and can provide multiple users with access to backup the required machines. Achieve greater flexibility, rapid reaction and recovery times and a streamlined response that is not hampered by staff holidays with CMC.

The recovery can be performed to similar or dissimilar hardware by local staff with no specialist IT skills, so that your business can be in control with the Cristie Management Console. 

The Cristie Management Console puts you in charge of your Cristie BMR products by providing you with centralized control, eliminating the limitations of onsite recoveries and covering staff vacations or illness.

The CMC gives you the convenience of centralised control with all the power and functionality that you would expect, giving you the ability to manage backups in your enterprise environment.

CMC allows you to centralise your disaster recovery and backup response, simplifying and streamlining your disaster recovery plan across multiple environments and locations.

Features	Benefits
Remote deployment of CBMR, TBMR and NBMR	Provides centralized control and coordination
Ability to create users and assign groups of machines to those users	Enables delegation for specific groups of machines
Remote management of recoveries and backups	Eliminates the need for on-site recoveries
Remote monitoring of backup or restore status for selected groups or machines	Monitor your enterprise environment centrally
Utilizes features and advantages of Tivoli for TBMR and EMC NetWorker for NBMR	Convenience, flexibility and an integrated response
Receive log reports via email	Get all the important information about your recoveries by email

Download your free 30 day trial at Cristie Software and see how it can enhance your use of CBMR and TBMR.

For more information please visit the website: http://www.cristie.com/products/console/ or contact us on sales@cristie.com

Cristie Software News Bulletin - September 2012

September 2012 Update

Welcome to the Cristie Software News Bulletin!

We have quite a lot to update you this month, with new releases, new staff members and some great product news along with industry guest blogger special.

After a successful first two quarters we are hoping that the rest of 2012 continues to be just as interesting. With some new customers on board and quite a number of software projects being developed, the end of Q3 and Q4 could have some big announcements for us to make!

We were also proud to report that this year's Global Fortune 500 Companies list included over 100 of our customers!

Why not keep in touch with what we are getting up to by following us on Twitter @CristieSoftware or LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/cristie-software-limited

All the best,
Natalie Schofield,
International Marketing Manager

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Product News... 

Several new Windows releases to let you know about:

• NBMR 6.4.1 for Windows - View the release documentation here 
• TBMR 6.4.1 for Windows - View the release documentation here 

Contact our sales team if you would like to know more at sales@cristie.com
And as usual you can download a free trial of the software via the website - www.cristie.com/download

And new software to introduce you to

• CRISP - Cristie Recovery ISO Producer – this is a simple utility that we have designed to automatically build the recovery ISO for you, since Microsoft changed their licensing rules for the WinPE based DR environment (May 2012). View the technical video demonstration here

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Introductions...

We would like to introduce you to the two latest additions to the Cristie Software family:

ANDY LOYDELL UK&I Business Development Manager Email Andy Connect on LinkedIn Andy joins the company to help support business in the UK and Ireland. With an IT software background Andy brings a wealth of knowledge becoming a valuable member of the team.

TOBY BISHOP US Territory Manager Email Toby Connect on LinkedIn Toby joins the US team to assist our growing customer-base and resellers. Coming from a technical sales team background Toby is a fantastic addition to the company.

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Special Feature...

This month is from Pentire Solutions Ltd. "The service we provide is built upon quality, reliability and integrity" 

Business Continuity: The Role of Business Management in a Crisis
Many organisations have a form of business continuity plan, developed to meet various requirements. It may be a “tick in the box” document to enable regulatory compliance, or to meet a customer’s requirements. It should be developed to protect the business and its stakeholders’ interests.

But how many business managers actually understand the plan and its processes? If there were a major disruptive incident, most would need to ask someone what to do. The response would be more effective if we understood, in advance, our role in helping to keep the business operational….

Read the full story here…

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Other News...

Business Disaster Recovery Planning - TOP 10 TIPS:
We all know that IT downtime happens, whether due to cyber-attack, power-cut, natural disaster including hurricanes, fire, floods or even unplanned IT outages. Every company, whatever the size or number of locations should have a disaster recovery plan in place as part of the business continuity strategy.

We have pulled together 10 top tips to help you create a great IT DR plan:

1. Test, test and test again, at least quarterly run through the disaster recovery process, ensure that it all works, re-create plan to include any changes that are highlighted through this testing process, this should streamline your process and make it user-friendly and robust
2. Staff knowledge, document processes and ensure that everyone involved understands the process required to recover and restore systems. Enabling staff from branches and individual offices to be in control of their requirements whether onsite or remotely can also provide your organization with better control over data and systems, providing a swifter solution to recovery....

Read the full top 10 tips here...

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Cristie Software Ltd, New Mill, Chestnut Lane, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3EH
Website: www.cristie.com 

 Email: sales@cristie.com

Disaster Recovery Planning 10 Top Tips

We all know that IT downtime happens, whether due to cyber-attack, power-cut, natural disaster including hurricanes, fire, floods or even unplanned IT outages. Every company, whatever the size or number of locations should have a disaster recovery plan in place as part of the business continuity strategy. 

With the International Standard ISO 22301 introduced in May this year, it covers business continuity and disaster recovery requiring an organization to prove that they fully test developed contingency plans.  “ISO 22301:2012 specifies requirements to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a documented management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents when they arise.” (source: http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=50038)

We have compiled together some helpful tips of how to ensure your plan works smoothly in the event of a disaster and need for bare machine recovery occurs.

Disaster Recovery Tips:

1. Test, test and test again, at least quarterly run through the disaster recovery process, ensure that it all works, re-create plan to include any changes that are highlighted through this testing process, this should streamline your process and make it user-friendly and robust
2. Staff knowledge, document processes and ensure that everyone involved understands the process required to recover and restore systems. Enabling staff from branches and individual offices to be in control of their requirements whether onsite or remotely can also provide your organization with better control over data and systems, providing a swifter solution to recovery
3. Different locations, keep your data in more than one place. Virtualization and Cloud are becoming increasingly popular to help keep data safe and stored in several secure locations
4. System Disks – have you got copies of all the system disks and the authorization codes that will need to be on-hand and re-installed, if you are not using a BMR solution that can do this automatically for you
5. Make sure backups are working correctly, without a backup of the system it doesn't matter what BMR software you have in place, data cannot be recovered if there is not a recovery point to recover from! If you backup to tape make sure that the tapes are replaced regularly to stop them from degrading 
6. Know and have to hand the support contact information, including several contact methods – phone, email and web support etc. to protect from disruptions in services, can you still contact your third-party support if the phone lines are down?
7. Critical systems prioritized, know which order to start up systems and servers. Have mission critical systems restored first; reduce business downtime to a minimum
8. Automate as much as possible, eliminate human error and interaction where possible and avoid simple mistakes
9. Security – don’t neglect it, just because you are pressured in a real-situation, ensure that you are not by-passing security measures to achieve Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) allow your RTOs to include these steps
10. Inventory all IT assets, knowing what you have got is essential, inventory of all your assets allows you to structure your priority systems and ensure that each sever has been recovered, cross them off as they are restored.

For further advice on BMR and data backup software, we would be happy to discuss your requirements whether for a single server or a data centre, we can offer a BMR solution to enable you to have a robust, reliable and speedy backup and recovery system in place.

Predictable recoveries in an unpredictable world – Cristie Software

sales@cristie.com
www.cristie.com