HYCU Expands App-Aware SQL Backup to Public Cloud

HYCU is excited to unveil its latest capability in the R-Cloud™ Platform designed to enhance the management and mobility of SQL databases across cloud environments. This feature allows for the creation of transactionally consistent backups of MS SQL Server databases running in Amazon EC2 and Google Compute Engine (GCE).

Seamless Database Discovery and Cataloging

One of the standout aspects of this feature is HYCU’s patented agentless application discovery. Once you register a service account with necessary database permissions to an EC2 or GCE, it is practically a zero-touch experience.  HYCU R-Cloud automatically discovers and catalogs databases, ensuring that all SQL instances are accounted for. Once Instances are discovered, HYCU R-Cloud can create application-consistent snapshots and record the necessary database configurations and metadata to enable more advanced recoveries.

Granular and Point-in-Time Recovery

HYCU R-Cloud's application-aware backups offer granular and point-in-time log replay recoveries for databases. This allows users to restore their databases to a specific point in time, minimizing data loss and ensuring business continuity. Whether recovering a full instance or selective databases, HYCU R-Cloud provides the flexibility needed to meet diverse recovery scenarios.

Unprecedented Cross-Cloud Database Mobility

HYCU R-Cloud enables the recovery of selective databases to an alternate SQL instance running in the same or different cloud. This cross-cloud database mobility ensures businesses can maintain operational flexibility and resilience, regardless of their cloud infrastructure.

Getting started

1. Assign service account credentials. Add service account credentials to an EC2 or GCE instance so HYCU can discover its applications. Discovered SQL instances appear in the Applications section of the HYCU UI. HYCU also supports database authentication as an alternative to service accounts.

2. Assign a policy. Choose the policy that best meets your database RPOs and RTOs. Because HYCU snapshots the entire EC2 or GCE instance, the application policy applies to the instance as well.

   Once the policy is assigned, HYCU starts a backup automatically. Agentless app discovery catalogs the data and configuration needed for advanced recoveries, and the Task Report shows details of every activity performed.

3. Explore recovery options. Select any recovery point to open the restore dialog, where you can:
   • Select individual databases to recover
   • Choose a target instance
   • Overwrite the existing database
   • Leave the database in standby mode
   • Restore to a specific point in time

Conclusion

HYCU R-Cloud's new application-aware backups for SQL databases go past the traditional crash-consistent and app-consistent snapshots with limited utility and flexibility. By enabling cross-cloud and cross-server mobility, seamless database discovery, and granular recovery options, the new feature empowers customers to protect their critical data and ensure uninterrupted operations.

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