AppAssure 5 is Dell's next generation backup, replication and recovery software that helps organizations respond to the challenges of increasingly complex IT environments. It delivers fast and reliable backup that is easy to use by unifying backup, replication and recovery within a single solution. AppAssure 5 combines backup and replication into a single product to protect virtual, physical and cloud environments. It provides highly reliable recovery, instant virtual machine recovery, WAN optimized replication for off-site data, long-term data retention and supports applications like Exchange and SQL.

1. AppAssure® 5
The next generation of backup, replication and recovery software
IT environments are increasingly complex, with virtual and physical machines spread across local, offsite
and—increasingly—cloud resources. With all this complexity, it’s no wonder backups no longer fit into short
backup windows or that data can’t be retrieved quickly when a system goes offline or a critical file or email
is lost.
AppAssure 5 helps organizations respond to these challenges by delivering fast and reliable backup that
is easy to use. As a new data protection element of Dell’s Fluid Data™ Architecture, AppAssure 5 controls
cost, optimizes performance and enhances protection by unifying backup, replication and recovery within
a single solution.
Backup and replication in one product
AppAssure 5 combines backup and replication into a unified data protection product. Unlike legacy physical machine backup and first-generation
virtual machine backup software, AppAssure 5 is built from the ground up with these capabilities to protect virtual, physical and cloud environments
through a single management console.
Scalable architecture - New Recovery Assure™: Highly reliable recovery
AppAssure 5’s snapshot-based architecture makes it possible Be confident of achieving highly reliable recovery of your backup
to protect very large amounts of data, into the Exabyte file with Recovery Assure verification technology. Automatically
range, perfect for managing the demands of “Big Data” without test and verify backup integrity and assure the recoverability of
impacting application performance. It leverages dynamic, the backup itself. Proactive health checks of Exchange, SQL
multi-core optimized pipeline storage systems to deliver and SharePoint applications within the backup archive assure
line-speed performance with scale-up and scale-out recoverability.
capabilities. It’s powerful enough to efficiently store and
manage rapidly growing data and to deliver RTOs of
seconds and RPOs of mere minutes. Universal Recovery™: To any VM or server
AppAssure 5 provides full bare metal recovery to dissimilar
hardware and VM servers whether they’re located in your server
True global deduplication - New room, private cloud or offsite disaster recovery environment.
Eliminate redundant data from your backups not just locally, Supports all virtualization platforms including VMware, Hyper-V
but across your network and save substantially on storage costs. and XenServer.
Integrated, inline block-level deduplication and compression
combined with optimized backups for WAN replication use up
to 80% less storage than legacy backup products. Data off-siting and disaster recovery
Live Recovery™: Instant recovery WAN-optimized replication
Restore an entire server from a backup with an RTO of seconds WAN-optimization and deduplication-aware replication simplify
and up to 288 recovery points a day to deliver an RPO of minutes! off-siting data to public or private clouds. All data in-flight is
Users resume the use of the server directly from the backup replicated over SSL connections.
without waiting to extract the full backup or waiting for it to
completely restore to production storage. It’s the fastest instant
recovery on the market for both virtual and physical servers.

2. Encryption Management
AppAssure 5 provides built-in encryption for data-at-rest at
line speed using 256-bit advanced encryption standard (AES). Centralized Web-based user interface
AppAssure 5 features a new Web-based user interface, compatible
Retention policies with all industry standard browsers, allowing you to manage your
Retention policies can be customized for different business systems from any location. The management console provides full
and compliance requirements without compromising the access to all of AppAssure 5’s functionality and reporting functions.
availability and the integrity of the backups.
PowerShell scripting
Virtual standby A comprehensive client SDK for PowerShell scripting enables
Create and maintain an up-to-date virtual standby machine for administrators to automate administration and management
fast disaster recovery for all of your Windows workloads including of AppAssure 5 resources by direct or scripted commands.
Exchange, SharePoint and SQL. The bootable virtual machine is an
exact clone of the production server as of the last snapshot. License portal
The AppAssure 5 licensing portal provides an easy-to-use tool for
Fail-over and fail-back downloading, deploying, activating, viewing, and managing licenses.
AppAssure 5 supports fail-over and can recover instances from
replicated machines and immediately commence protection Event log monitoring/management
on the failed-over machines. Once the primary site is restored,
the core can “fail-back” protection to machines at the primary site. AppAssure 5 allows administrators to create automated server,
task or event notifications for ongoing tasks. These are delivered
to administrators using mail or sent to a syslog server.
Long-term data retention
Support services
Archiving
AppAssure 5 archiving feature enables long-term data retention Premium Software Support
for SLA and regulatory compliance. The backup archives can
be stored on low-cost storage. Archive data is deduplicated, AppAssure 5 includes Dell ProSupport™ with access to expert
compressed and encrypted, and spans across multiple devices. back-up and recovery technicians around the clock and around the
globe. Customers receive 24x7 phone support* around the world
from more than 30,000 technicians supporting over 100 countries
Application recoveries in 55 languages.
Remote Installation Services. AppAssure software is easy to install
Incremental forever backups for virtual and but if you’re feeling like you could use some extra hands, our expert
technicians can help. We’ll get you up and running quickly with
physical servers minimal effort with our remote installation package options: Basic
After a base image snapshot has been established, AppAssure Remote Installation Service or Advanced Remote Installation Service.
5 uses an incremental-forever approach, moving only data Remote Advisory Services. Consultation with a highly-qualified
blocks that have changed, making AppAssure’s back up process certified expert regarding upgrades or system updates is also
the fastest and most resource-efficient on the market today. available via our HYPERLINK “http://content.dell.com/us/en/
enterprise/d/services/support-services-remote-advisory.aspx”
Support for Microsoft applications Remote Advisory Services.
AppAssure 5 detects the presence of Microsoft Exchange and
SQL with respective databases and log files. It automatically
groups these volumes with dependency for comprehensive
protection so you can ensure successful granular and complete
application recoveries.
Clustering support
AppAssure adds significant clustering support for VMware and
Hyper-V environments to meet the backup needs of mid-size and
larger companies. Support is now available for database availability
groups, single copy clusters, SQL single copy clusters.

3. Technical Requirements AppAssure
AppAssure 5 agent
Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
Operating system Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Virtualization platforms VMware ESX/ESX (i), Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer
Architecture ®
32-bit or 64-bit
Memory 4 GB or Higher
Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP1 Rollup 5 or later, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Support for Database
Microsoft Exchange support Availability Groups, Support for Single Copy Clusters, Support for Cluster Continuous Replication
Microsoft SQL support SQL Server 2005 or higher, Support for SQL Clusters
AppAssure Core
Operating system Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Architecture 64-bit only
8 GB or Higher. AppAssure highly recommends using ECC Memory, to ensure optimum
Memory performance of AppAssure core servers
Processor Quad-Core or higher recommended for better performance
Storage Direct Attached, Storage Area Network (SAN) or Network Attached Storage (NAS)
AppAssure 5 central management console
Operating system Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Architecture 64-bit only
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