Portlock Announces VMware Support; Expanded Portlock Storage Manager Product Family.BUTTE, Mont. -- Portlock(tm), a leading provider of backup, storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced three new VMware(R)-specific offerings based on its flagship Portlock Storage Manager product. Portlock Storage Manager is software for performing rapid backup, bare-metal restore, server-to-server migration, and disaster recovery on NetWare(R), Linux(R) and Windows(R) systems, as well as VMware platforms. Three new products will provide a broad range of support for VMware: 1) Portlock Storage Manager for VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server is an enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc., a division of EMC Corporation. ESX Server is a component of VMware's larger offering, Virtual Infrastructure, which adds management and reliability services to the core server product. enables Disaster Recovery and backup from boot CD or Native, and supports VMware ESX Server 2.5.2, VMFS VMFS Virtual Machine File System (VMware) VMFS Virtual Mirror File System 2 and EXT EXT Extension EXT Extended EXT External Ext Extraction EXT Exterior (screenwriting) EXT Extinguisher EXT Extruded EXT Extinguished EXT Exeter, England, United Kingdom - Exeter (Airport Code) 2/3 partitions. Offers the option to write to DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and supports FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to and TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. . 2) Portlock Storage Manager for VMware Hosts is a Windows-based program running on the host managing virtual machines and virtual disks. 3) Portlock Storage Manager designed to run natively inside VMWare Guest, with all of its utility functionality, including Image and Restore, copy, move, etc. "We are excited to announce support for VMware," said Leslie T. Giamona, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Portlock. "Portlock will support the leading virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. product with a variety of solutions designed to help customers reduce risk to their valuable data as it migrates from physical to virtual disk." Availability Portlock Storage Manager for VMware products is available for download and evaluation at www.portlock.com. About Portlock Portlock is a leading provider of storage management, server-to-server migration and disaster recovery software, dedicated to innovation, rapid development, and customer support. Portlock corporate headquarters are located in Butte, Montana, with additional offices and 400 resellers worldwide. For more information, visit www.portlock.com. (C)2005 Portlock is a trademark of Portlock Software in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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