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Paragon Protect & Restore
ver. 3
Centralized Backup and Disaster Recovery for virtual and physical environments
Tight Integration with hypervisors for agentless backups, VM replication and
seamless restores
Paragon Protect & Restore is an innovative and comprehensive
backup and disaster recovery solutions, as it combines
backup and recovery for virtual servers and workstations as
well as well as physical servers and workstations in a single
product, offering protection for an organization’s entire IT
infrastructure. Its transparent backup administration stores
backups according to company requirements and archives
them in second-tier storages or in the cloud. The administrator
uses a central management console and policies to manage
all backups as well as their storage and archiving.
Paragon Protect & Restore ver. 3 Infrastructure
Primary ESX
Replica Storage
Uncompressed
Replica Data
vSphere
SAN
Replicas are converted to backups
WAN
ESX Bridge;
Backup Server 1
Compressed Backup Data
LAN
Secondary Storage
Physical
Windows Machine
SFTP / FTP
Online Storage
Administration Server;
Backup Server 2;
Management Console
Primary Local
Backup Storage
True distributed/role-based architecture
Distribute the individual functions of Paragon Protect & Restore
to the places within your network which make the most
sense. Separating the program modules and installing them
on different devices within the network relieves the burden on
individual servers and shortens the paths between the computers
that are being backed up and the backup storage.
WAN
Backups are transferred as is
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Make backups and replicas with a single product
Paragon Protect & Restore supports many different backup
and restore scenarios, including backup of physical servers
and workstations, agentless backup of ESX clients, and ESX
replications, and, of course, both file-based and sector-based
backups are supported. All of the above tasks can be scheduled
and managed from the same centralized console. All
backup and retention policies are conffigured, monitored and
executed within a single program interface. This makes it unnecessary
to install agents for ESX clients for either backups
or restores.
Protect & Restore Server
The Protect & Restore Server consists of an Administration and
an Installation Server
Administration server:
This is the main service within the architecture, where resource
distribution is managed and the backup policies are configured
and monitored.
Installation server:
This service is in charge of monitoring and executing the deployment
of product components, agents and server applications.
The installation server also handles product updates
and updates to the Protect & Restore database.
Protect & Restore ESX Bridge
The ESX Bridge is used for communication with the VMware
infrastructure.

Protect & Restore Backup Server
The Backup Server is installed in a strategic location as an additional
module. Once it’s been launched, it connects with the
Protect & Restore Server and monitors storages of all replications
and backups, as well as all retention policies.
Protect & Restore Console
The Protect & Restore Console is the product’s main user interface
and provides access to all control functions. It also indicates
the status of the system as well as the backups and replications
in easy-to-read views. The console can be conveniently
accessed from any machine within the network.
Available editions
Windows Workstation
Windows Server
VM Edition
Licensing
Windows Workstation licensed per physical machine
Perpetual License incl. 1 year of maintenance
(Upgrade Assurance & Extended Support)
Windows Server licensed per physical machine
Perpetual License incl. 1 year maintenance
(Upgrade Assurance & Extended Support)
VM Edition licensed per CPU socket
Perpetual License incl. 1 year Maintenance
(Upgrade Assurance & Extended Support)
Virtual Machines Edition will be licensed and priced on a per
socket (occupied socket) basis (the number of hosts or virtual
machines does not matter). The number of cores is not being
taken into consideration.
Example: A company is running 12 virtual servers on 3 hosts,
with 4 servers per host. 1 of the hosts is running on a 2 socket
board (both sockets occupied), while the other 2 are running
on 1 socket each. This company would obtain a license for 4
sockets, which will license all 3 hosts regardless of the number
of virtual machines on each host. This gives the user a great
deal of flexibility, as he can “move” VMs from one host to the
other, or spin up or take down VMs without having to update
his license.
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Exclusive testing environment
Paragon Software provides anyone who is interested in testing
Paragon Protect & Restore ver. 3 with remote access to our
exclusive in-house testing environment. Upon registration,
testers can try out all of the software’s features, without having
to spend valuable resources on building their own testing
environment.
Maintenance Package (included in all available Protect &
Restore licensing options)
Upgrade Assurance
Paragon Upgrade Assurance covers free upgrades during the
license term, to make sure the user always has the latest version
of the product, maximizing the user’s benefit from and the
satisfaction with the product.
Extended Support
• Phone and email support from our technical support engineers
and access to various self-help resources on our web
site
• Unlimited support requests during the license term
The benefits of Paragon Protect & Restore
• Supports physical and virtual machines
• Distributed architecture for high performance and optimal
resource efficiency
• Quick disaster recovery thanks to replications of virtual
machines and extremely fast system image restoration
• Near CDP possible based on fast incrementals and powerful
scheduling options
• System migration between ESX storages and to new
hardware
• Supports second-tier and cloud storage, and easy management
of multiple retention policies thanks to a dedicated
backup server
• Paragon ProTran directs the network traffic and relieves
the burden on TCP/IP connections
• Real-time statistics and reports at a single glance in the
console or via E-mail

System Requirements
Hypervisors
Protect & Restore can back up, replicate and recover virtual
machines running on:
• VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.0, 4.1, and 4.0
• VMware ESX and VMware ESXi 4.x and 5.x (including agentbased
backup of guests on free ESX versions)
Please note virtual machines can run any guest operating
system supported by VMware vSphere.
Product deployment
Administration Server, Protect & Restore Backup Server,
Protect & Restore ESX Bridge, Agents and Protect & Restore
Consoles have similar software and hardware requirements.
OS and software requirements:
• Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows
8, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
• An Active Directory domain environment
• Domain administrator credentials
• Domain administrator must have permissions of the local
administrator on all machines that join the Protect & Restore
infrastructure
• WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) service is
running
• Open TCP ports: 135, 18950, 60543, or disabled Firewalls on
all computers included into PRM infrastructure
• File and Printer Sharing is allowed in Firewall, which enables
default system shares on local volumes (ADMIN$, C$, D$,
etc.)
Hardware requirements:
• CPU: x86/x64 processor (minimum 2 cores/4 cores for Backup
Server). The use of fast multi-core processors improves
the data processing performance, and allows for more concurrent
jobs
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Hard disk space:
- Administration Server: 400 MB to install the component
- Protect & Restore ESX Bridge or Protect & Restore Backup
Server: 200 MB to install the component
- Protect & Restore Console: 50 MB to install the component
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Feature VM Backup
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VM + Physical
Backup
Backup / Replica
Flexible Scheduling Mechanism / nearCDP
Smart Incremental Backup
Full backup will be automatically created, whenever necessary
Automatic Exclusion of Redundant Data e.g. OS page files, zero data blocks, etc.
Microsoft VSS Support
Paragon UFSD file system access extremely fast and reliable
Supports any virtual guest operating system supported by vSphere
pVHD support (Paragon Virtual Hard Drive)
Cutting-edge backup image format (exceptional security, compression ratio, integrity
control)
Supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
Physical Machine Protection
Agent-based backup of physical machines –
Backup of entire physical machines –
Backup of separate volumes (mounted or unmounted) –
Backup of workgroup machines that are not members of the domain infrastructure –
Protect & Restore One-Stop-Wizard
for protecting single physical servers and workstations instantly –
Virtual Machine Protection for vSphere
Agentless backup of online and/or offline VMs (entire machine only)
Agentless replication of online and/or offline VMs (entire machine only)
Agent-based backup of guests hosted by non-commercial VMware ESX –
Agent-based backup of fault-tolerant systems –
VMware CBT-Support (Changed Block Tracking)
Paragon ITE (Image Transfer Engine)
optional way to track data changes, fall-back solution in case of CBT errors
VM disk provisioning type specification (default, thick, thin)

Feature VM Backup
Virtual Machine Recovery
Agentless restore of Virtual Machines
to any required restore point
VM Replica launch from Protect & Restore Console
Restore to the original location
replacing the original VM
Restore to a new location
including proper reconfiguration of VM
VM disk provisioning type configuration (default, thick, thin)
Physical Machine Recovery
Remote restore of non-system volumes –
On-site bare-metal restore of entire computers or separate volumes –
Paragon Boot Media Builder
creates customizable WinPE-based recovery media for bare-metal restore operations –
Paragon Recovery-ID
Generated by admin to initiate on-site recovery operation by just entering ID on target
machine
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Manual bare-metal restore launch
Connect to infrastructure and choose restore point from overview –
Paragon Adaptive Restore
Restore a Windows-based system to a completely different hardware –
GPT/uEFI support
Restore a 64-bit Windows configured to uEFI-based boot mode –
Migration
Migration between ESX Datastores
Migrate ESX Virtual Maschine to a different ESX datastore
P2P-Migration
Paragon Adaptive Restore - migrate physical machine to different hardware –
V2P-Migration
Use Agent-based backup and Paragon Adaptive Restore to migrate virtual to physical
machine
VM + Physical
Backup
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Feature VM Backup
Management & Administration
True distributed architecture
Allowing great flexibility and enterprise scalability
Protect & Restore Console
One central management console for operations in physical and virtual environments
Paragon GoForSure
Three-level validation of created backup/replica policies
Intelligent load balancing
Network traffic compression
Traffic throttling
Manage network bandwidth among the clients to ensure quality of service
Paragon ProTran
Makes use of multiple TCP/IP connections to effectively transfer VM data over WAN links
Multi-user administration from several Protect & Restore Consoles simultaneously
Extra Windows PowerShell Console
Protect & Restore Backup Server
Supported Backup/Replica Storage: ESX datastores, local disks, NAS, SAN, FTP/sFTP
General and policy specific data retention mechanism
determines backup lifespan and occupied space
Archiving to second-tier storage / Dual Protection
Backup/Replica Verification
Storage Browser
all storages are open for browsing, initiate verification, restore or deletion directly from
the browser
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VM + Physical
Backup
Notification & Reporting
E-mail notifications on activities of certain infrastructure components or particular policies
Effective troubleshooting

Feature VM Backup
Deployment & Upgrade
Unified installation package
Remote Components deployment through Protect & Restore Console
Group policy support for agent deployment
Manual on-site components deployment
Utilize workgroup machines as part of Protect&Restore infrastructure (e.g. as Backup
Server)
Automatically add new domain machines to the infrastructure
Update / Upgrade without reboot and with consistent policy database
Security
User Group to control remote access
Configurable Ports
Paragon Technologie GmbH
Heinrich-von-Stephan-Str. 5 c
79100 Freiburg/ Germany
sales@paragon-software.com
Tel: +49 (0) 761 - 59 | 018 7 | - 202
Fax: +49 (0) 761 - 59 018 - 130
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VM + Physical
Backup
Paragon Software Group
15615 Alton Parkway, Suite 400
Irvine, CA 92618/ USA
sales@paragon-software.com
phone: +1 (888) 347 - 5 462
fax: +1 (888) 240 - 8 993