UltraBac

UltraBac Software, Inc. is a private corporation that is a global provider of backup and disaster recovery software. The company introduced UltraBac, backup software for Microsoft Windows, in 1995. Backup and disaster recovery protection is available for the Windows and Linux platforms, physical and virtual machines (including multiple hypervisors), and SQL and Exchange databases. UltraBac software is scalable from small to large organizations.

History

Founded in 1982, the company was initially named BEI Corporation, and developed utility applications for minicomputers. The company the specialized exclusively in storage management software in 1989. Later the focus moved to backup and disaster recovery solutions for Windows-based networks. In 1995 BEI Corporation launched UltraBac, backup software for Windows commercial operating systems. The company began doing business as UltraBac Software, and later adopted this as the company name.

Products

Corporate products

UltraBac - Provides file-by-file backup for basic standard data protection. Capabilities include active cluster server backup, email alerts, hardware failover functionality, and built-in encryption. UltraBac has options and agents like SQL, Exchange, Oracle, Media Libraries, Linux, Hyper-V, and vSphere.
UBDR Gold - Using image, or snapshot technology, performs a bare metal restore in the event of an unrecoverable machine. Supports encryption, and image or file-based backups to all types of storage device.
UltraCopy – Performs disk-to-disk-to-tape backups, making a tape backup of an UltraBac disk backup. Can copy tapes and take multiple disk backups. Can operate unattended.
UltraBac Virtual Disk Utility – A stand-alone utility that can create a native VMware ESX Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) file or Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file.
Hyper-V Agent and vSphere Agent – Perform centralized virtual machine backups without the need to run backup tasks from inside each VM.
UltraBac Ux Image Agent – Can cold boot a Linux machine and perform an image based backup. Can restore to an unbootable machine.

Personal products

UltraBac Warp – Provides image-based Continuous Data Protection (CDP) of volumes. Usable by computer users with minimal technical knowledge. Can restore volumes, folders or files to the configuration at any specified instant. Only changed blocks are saved, minimizing storage space required. Can perform bare metal restores to dissimilar hardware.

Partnerships

The company has been part of the Microsoft Certified Partner program for 15 years, and a Gold Partner since 2002.^[1] UltraBac Software is a recognized VMware Elite Partner.^[2] Alliances with other industry solution providers such as IBM Tivoli, Intel, Red Hat and HP have also been made.

See also

• List of backup software

References

1. ↑ Search for UltraBac at http://pinpoint.microsoft-ppe.com/en-US/home Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
2. ↑ Search for UltraBac Software/United States at http://partnerlocator.vmware.com/

External links

• Official site
• Masters of Disaster
• Mention among other competitors in Redmond Magazine review
• Monterrey Credit Union Banks on Quick Phone Server Disaster Recovery Solution