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Be One Step Ahead of Data Disasters with ActiveImage Protector™

Invest in a data backup & recovery solution that will restore your sensitive information and get you running within minutes

Founded in 1996 with the vision of adapting, innovating, and introducing data protection & utility software solutions, Actiphy champions image-based backups due to its reliability, robustness, and efficiency compared to conventional backup methods. Due to this, they developed their own flagship Backup and Disaster Recovery brand – ActiveImage Protector™ or AIP.

ActiveImage Protector™ is an image-based backup and recovery solution that supports a variety of physical and virtual Windows and Linux environments. AIP knows that now, more than ever, it’s absolutely crucial for businesses here in the Philippines to protect their data against loss, hardware failure, or ransomware attacks. ActiveImage Protector™ boasts a suite of products that assures you that not even a single file will be lost or left out during backup and recovery.

Foster an Uninterruptable Work Environment with These Key Features

We are now in the age of digital transformation and data is the new currency, which is why it’s always under threat. Protect your data with ActiveImage Protector™ and experience zero downtime with these capabilities:

Harddisk

Full-State Recovery with Image-Based Backup

Ensures that your entire hard disk and operating system are backed up and can be safely, quickly, and successfully recovered through AIP.
Setting Hand

BootCheck™

Guarantees that your backup images are bootable via a local or remote Hyper-V host. It also boots up a virtual machine directly from a backup image file to quickly check its bootability.
Comunication

ActiveVisor™

Provides a centralized management console for your AIP clients. It collects data from remote clients over the network, monitors their status, and deploys backup tasks.
Automation

Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Integration

Targets any local or remote iSCSI initiator for mounting backup images. It also delivers immediate booting of a backup image attached to a virtual machine on HyperVisor.
Broweser Protection

HyperBoot™

Circumvents the lengthy physical to virtual conversion process and allows you to boot into AIP backup image files in only a few minutes in local and remote Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare ESXi, VMWare Workstation Pro & Player, and Oracle VirtualBox.
Protection Laptop

Windows PE and Linux-based Boot Environments

Utilizes Microsoft ADK, AIK, and Linux CentOS technologies for its Windows PE-based boot environment builder. This allows faster disaster recovery and cold back-ups.
Folder Server

Inline Data Deduplication Compression (IDDC)

Compresses data and eliminates duplicate files, allowing for a significant reduction in backup storage sizes. AIP also leverages SmartSector™ technology that only backs up the used sectors of a disk, enabling faster, smaller-sized files.
Schedule

Flexible Scheduling

Enables you customize and create a schedule for full and incremental backups on specific days or weeks in a month. Additionally, with AIP’s stringent retention policy, you can set a pre-determined number of images you can keep in a period of time to reduce your storage footprint.

Discover What’s New with ActiveImage Protector™

Actiphy knows that your data management needs are changing. Along with the advancements in data storage, archiving, and recovery solutions, ActiveImage Protector™ has been upgraded too. Check the latest developments in this software for 2022.

Cloud Protection

In-Cloud Standby

New In-Cloud Standby enables to create snapshots from backup images in cloud environment according to predefined schedule. When an emergency arises, a virtual machine can be booted from a specified volume snapshot for immediate system recovery.
Hardisk

HyperRecovery Live!

HyperRecovery LIVE! directly boots up the virtual machine from a backup image file to continue service operation and migrates the live virtual machine to virtual disk in background, bypassing restore process and allowing uninterrupted VM operation.
Transfer Data

Enhanced File Backup

Network Shared Folder Backup feature is now provided. File/Folder Exclusion option is also provided to exclude selected items from backup source, so that backup settings can be configured at a time.
Maintenance

RescueBoot and Remote Recovery

The RescueBoot feature enables system recovery in the event of emergency without the use of external device. Remote console (VNC client) is now provided to remotely operate RescueBoot boot environment. System administrator can now remotely restore the failed system in RescueBoot via VNC instead of local PC.
Internet Networking

In-Cloud Recovery Which Supports Extended Source

In-Cloud Recovery and In-Cloud Standby of this new version supports extended source backup images. You can specify shared folders in user created file server in VLAN on cloud, SFTP server outside the cloud environment or cloud storage in/outside the cloud environment depending on the system configuration or intended backup usage.
Server

Enhanced LTO Tape Manager

Tape Manager feature in this update provides enhanced operation of tape pool and library, allowing to move tapes within LTO tape library, rescanning tapes on library, etc. LTO Tape Support is suited for backing up large data volume. The tapes saved at a different location can escape from physical damages, isolating backup data from a ransomware attack for security measure.
Supported Features Server Virtual Linux Desktop Cluster Cloud Server vPack
In-Cloud Standby
In-Cloud Recovery / Standby supports extended source
Extended File Backup feature File Exclusion option
Extended File Backup feature Shared Folder Backup
Enhanced LTO Tape Manager
HyperRecovery LIVE!
VNC on RescueBoot
Enhanced Installer

Get To Know the Different Editions of ActiveImage Protector™

Editions
Features Cluster Edition Desktop Edition Server Edition Virtual Edition Server For RDX
Major Target Windows Cluster Windows Desktop Servers Windows/Linux Windows/Linux
Full-state Recovery with
Image-based Backup
BootCheck™
ActiveVisor™
iSCSI Integration
Inline Data Deduplication
Compression (IDDC)
Flexible Scheduling
Windows PE and Linux-based Boot Environments
HyperBoot™

FAQs – ActiveImage Protector

ActiveImage Protector is a sector-based disk imaging backup solution developed by Actiphy Inc., who provides technical support and promotes sales of the product. The use of ActiveImage Protector enables users to back up the entire contents in hard disk into an image file. ActiveImage Protector provides Hot Imaging feature allowing to entirely back up running system along with live applications, data, settings, etc. In the event of hard disk failure due to physical corruption of hard disk or virus infection, the created backup file may be used to restore the corrupted system to the state backup was taken. ActiveImage Protector backs up and restores the system at blazing speed and provides its unique Deduplication Compression feature to enhance backup performance and reduce storage requirements by eliminating duplicate data during the backup process and compressing the created image files. For further enhancement of the product’s performance and operability including user-friendly GUI, continuous improvement is an ongoing effort to improve its capabilities. ActiveImage Protector was first released in 2009 and is now used to protect servers and client PC’s in tens of countries in the world ActiveImage Protector is provided in a variety of editions optimized for virtual environment including VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, physical environments for Windows or Linux server, cluster / FT / HA environment, migration from Physical to Virtual environment, etc.

ActiveImage Protector provides unique and advanced features such as Inline Data Deduplication Compression built in every edition, A.I.R. enabling to restore backup image files to virtual / physical machine on a different server and hardware, SHR (Seamless Hot Restore for Hyper-V environment) and ReZoom. Linux edition now provides easy-to-use GUI enabling many of the user controls and options for making full use of ActiveImage Protector. Compared to others on the market, ActiveImage Protector is faster in backup processing, efficiently eliminates duplicate data and compresses image files at high compression rate so that backup storage needs can be reduced significantly without a need of purchasing dedicated storage options. Actiphy Inc., as in-house developed ActiveImage Protector, provides technical support including customization of the products to meet requirements from users and user-friendly detailed support services.

Inline Data Deduplication Compression feature efficiently eliminates duplicate data blocks during the backup process without a need for purchasing an optional add-on program or dedicated storage options that provide deduplication feature, not only that, no need to do any extra configuration settings or operations. The use of ActiveImage Protector enables users to efficiently eliminate duplicate data and compress image files at high compression ratio so that backup storage needs can be reduced significantly. Also, ActiveImage Protector can complete image file compression within practical process time. For example, assuming that about 1TB (1024GB) is used for virtual environment on Windows 2008 R2 physical machine, the backup volume can be compressed to almost half of original using ActiveImage Protector. For your reference, the backup / restore process speeds are compared in the following table (tested in December, 2013): 

They should differ depending on the size of data in backup source. Referring to the above table in Q3, our test results indicate that backup / restore process time using Deduplication feature is 20% – 40% longer than backup / restore process time with standard compression.

The use of ReZoom function enables you to restore VMs respectively selected from backup image of entire Hyper-V host to the same or a different Hyper-V server. The restored VM may be booted up only after restore process completes, however, multiple VM’s may be selected to collectively restore at a time.

SHR feature can quickly start-up a VM from an image backup during the restore of the VM. SHR starts a VM as a seamless virtual machine, while simultaneously restoring the same VM into Hyper-V server instead of waiting for completion of restore process. While running a seamless virtual machine directly from the backup image, restoration of the virtual machines is performed in background by using ReZoom function. In the meantime changes can be made on the virtual disk of the running seamless virtual machine. Once the restore process has completed, SHR transitions the system operation to the fully restored virtual machine. SHR provides near-zero downtime and unparalleled protection of mission critical virtual environments since not only the changes on the seamless virtual machine but also the settings including memory are transitioned to allow seamless and continuous operation.

vmGuardian, backup and disaster recovery solution for VMware virtual environment, was in-house developed and released by Actiphy following ActiveImage Protector. While ActiveImage Protector has to be installed in virtual environment, vmGuardian provides a Web browser interface which guides you through the various configuration settings, scheduling and backup management tasks making it easy to backup and restore your system regardless whether physical or virtual environment. By using Linux based appliance server, vmGuardian allows to back up multiple virtual machines on ESX(i) host into one image. Without a need of installing vmGuardian on virtual machines specified as backup source, and no backup agent required. Every backup / restore operation may be performed using Web browser interface connected to the appliance server. vmGuardian backs up by taking a snapshot of virtual machines via vStorage API. For your reference the differences of main features built in ActiveImage Protector and vmGuardian are listed below: 

A proper edition of ActiveImage Protector should be selected depending on your system environment, OS, intended use (migration to virtual environment, etc.)

  • Migration of physical machines to virtual environment / move older systems to a new physical or virtual environment. →ActiveImage Protector Virtual Edition or for Hyper-V is recommended.
  • Back up Windows physical server or desktop →Server Edition or Desktop Edition is recommended.
  • Back up Linux server →Linux Edition is recommended.
  • Use ActiveImage Protector on unlimited number of servers to back up with one license →IT Pro Edition is recommended.
  • Back up clustered environment →Cluster Edition is recommended.
  • Backup VMWare virtual machines without a need for backup agent →vmGuardian is recommended.

ActiveImage Protector Virtual Edition include Windows Server, Desktop and Linux Editions. It’s licensing options provide a “Virtual Environment License” or an “ActiveImage Protector Virtual Edition Cloud License” .

To migrate from physical to virtual environment, Virtual Edition and Hyper-V Enterprise are recommended. To virtualize multiple physical machines of different types of OS’s, you need to purchase only one license for the physical machine specified as migration destination. The same license can be used to for daily backup of the virtual environment. However, if you continue to use ActiveImage Protector on the physical machine specified as migration source, you need to purchase another licensed copy of ActiveImage Protector. 

If you need ActiveImage Protector only for migration from physical to virtual environment, but you do not need AIP for daily backup after migration is completed, IT Pro Edition is recommended.

One registered “IT support professional” is allowed to use ActiveImage Protector to back up and restore an unlimited number of systems, though one computer at a time, for one year. There is no restriction to the number of computers to use ActiveImage Protector, however, it’s the one ActiveImage Protector boot disk that IT Support Pro should carry. ActiveImage Protector cannot be installed or copied to any computer to use. When you purchase additional licensed copy of “IT support professional”, or for the second license year or further, special pricing schedule can be offered, if applicable.

ActiveImage Protector does not support backup of host environment (Xen server), but supports backup of virtual machines of guest OS if ActiveImage Protector supports the OS.

A list view of networked clients, push installation, un-installation, upgraded installation are supported. Since flexible installation options (Standard, Agent Only, Console Only) are provided, users are allowed to configure settings depending on the system environment. Since one ActiveImage Protector console is connected to one remote computer and GUI is provided to allow most of the operations which can be performed on local computer. You can also access network shared folders on a remote computer by using Remote File Explorer.

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