Vinchin has announced the release of Backup & Recovery V9.0, featuring substantial enhancements to data security, recovery reliability, and cross-platform migration capabilities. The new version introduces Kubernetes backup support, integrated virus scanning, and improved disaster recovery functionality that collectively strengthen enterprise data protection strategies across diverse IT environments.
The addition of Kubernetes backup represents a significant advancement for organizations managing containerized workloads. Using the native CSI interface, the system captures snapshots of PVC persistent volumes while maintaining backup consistency with minimal production impact. Administrators can perform backups and restores at multiple levels including cluster, namespace, application, or PVC, with custom pre- and post-backup scripts ensuring application consistency. The automatic detection of new workloads provides continuous protection for dynamic Kubernetes environments.
Security enhancements include integrated Kaspersky antivirus protection that automatically scans backups for viruses and removes detected threats before restoration. This prevents the recovery of infected systems and ensures backup data remains secure. Additional security measures include backup data integrity checks that generate unique checksums from metadata files, with verification occurring before storage operations or restoration. If checksums don't match, the system marks backups as corrupted and blocks restoration, preventing silent data corruption.
Disaster recovery capabilities see major improvements with the new built-in DR lab enabling fast emergency takeover when production systems fail. The feature allows recovered VMs and physical servers to resume critical services without environment deployment, supported by post-recovery scripts that validate applications and run basic smoke tests automatically. Instant recovery now supports direct failover into the DR lab, particularly beneficial for organizations lacking dedicated disaster recovery sites.
Migration capabilities expand significantly with any-to-any migration support including V2V, P2V, C2C and C2V scenarios. The system automates disk format conversion and configuration mapping while replacing incompatible drivers and repairing boot issues when necessary. With a library of 200+ built-in drivers and support for custom drivers, the platform simplifies heterogeneous migrations and reduces manual effort.
New WORM (Write Once, Read Many) protection prevents backup files from being altered or deleted during defined retention periods, helping organizations meet regulatory requirements and protect against accidental or malicious tampering. The introduction of clustered backup deployments removes single points of failure through high-availability configurations consisting of one Server plus multiple Nodes, with resource pools enabling load balancing for compute, storage, proxy, and network resources.
Performance improvements include a multi-level retry strategy that automatically handles network glitches, transient errors, and temporary environmental issues across multiple layers, increasing job success rates without manual intervention. CDP (continuous data protection) and replication now operate independently, with CDP supporting real-time protection and point-in-time recovery while replication focuses on reducing RTO and RPO.
VMware backup performance sees substantial gains through source-side compression that reduces network traffic and data transfer volume. The optimized scanning process shortens full-disk scanning time, while VM filtering streamlines task creation by allowing administrators to add multiple VMs by name. Oracle backup workflows benefit from features including bad datafile block skipping, multi-segment transfer for parallel file transmission, and parallel backup tasks for concurrent data and log backups.
Granular recovery improvements now allow administrators to push recovered files directly to specified workloads or network shares rather than relying solely on browser downloads, making large restore operations more practical in production environments. The web interface receives significant refinement with simplified navigation and reduced clutter, shortening the learning curve and improving operational efficiency.
Organizations can evaluate the new features through a 60-day full-featured trial available at https://www.vinchin.com/vm-backup-free-trial.html?s=443q48i83g. The comprehensive enhancements in version 9.0 address critical data protection challenges including ransomware threats, regulatory compliance, and the growing complexity of hybrid IT environments, making robust backup and recovery more accessible and reliable for enterprises of all sizes.
