Virtualization management provider HotLink Corp. has launched HotLink DR Express, a plug-in solution for VMware (VMW) vCenter that integrates data protection with day-to-day operational management of VMware Microsoft (MSFT) Windows and Linux workloads. The solution leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide an economical disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) solution for vSphere virtual machines.

CJ Arlotta, Associate Editor

August 20, 2013

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HotLink founder and CEO Lynn LeBlanc says the company has been continuing to add to the company39s partners
HotLink founder and CEO Lynn LeBlanc says the company has been continuing to add to the company's partners.

Virtualization management provider HotLink Corp. has launched HotLink DR Express, a  plug-in solution for VMware (VMW) vCenter that integrates data protection with day-to-day operational management of VMware Microsoft (MSFT) Windows and Linux workloads.  The solution leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide an economical disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) solution for vSphere virtual machines.

HotLink DR Express offers the following features :

  • Extends VMware vCenter management to DR/BC operations in AWS — Administrators have a unified management platform that extends VM administration and management to the AWS DR/BC site and allows recovery plans to be built using vCenter-compatible tools such as PowerCLI and Orchestrator.

  • Automates cloud DR/BC site creation and maintenance — vCenter users can intuitively select the desired on-premise Windows or Linux VMs for protection, configure recovery point objectives (per VM), and automatically replicate the VMs in AWS with differentials synchronized as changes occur.

  • Performs integrated monitoring and continuous testing — With the ability to monitor the AWS DR/BC site from vCenter, the status of all protected workloads for any restore point is readily visible. Test environments can be provisioned and validated to ensure that DR/BC recovery plans are deployed as expected and fully functional, when needed.

  • Restores business operations — HotLink DR Express users can automatically restore protected VMs in any Amazon EC2 region within minutes of a failure at any VM restore point. Amazon EC2 instances are provisioned from vCenter.

  • Migrates back on-premise Administrators can restore on-premise operations, whether to the current state of AWS VMs or the original restore point, when the local infrastructure is available.

HotLink said it selected AWS over other public cloud providers in the market because "AWS provides the most compelling economics of all public cloud providers."

HotLink founder and CEO Lynn LeBlanc told MSPmentor that this product's capabilities will assist with the company's partner outreach by expanding the pool of potential partners.

She added that the company developed the product's pricing model after gathering feedback from partners.

The company said HotLink DR Express is now available in both 30-day trial and subscription editions. Subscription pricing is $25 per VM per month on an annual subscription basis.

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CJ Arlotta

Associate Editor, Nine Lives Media, a division of Penton Media

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