User guide

26 | Introduction to AppAssure 5
Virtualization and Cloud
The AppAssure 5 Core is cloud-ready, which allows you to leverage the compute
capacity of the cloud for recovery.
AppAssure 5 can export any protected or replicated machine to licensed versions of
VMware or Hyper-V. Exports can be ad-hoc or continuous. With continuous exports,
the virtual machine is incrementally updated after every snapshot. The incremental
updates are very fast and provide standby-clones that are ready to be powered up
with a click of a button. The supported exports are VMware Workstation/Server on a
folder, direct export to a Vsphere / VMware ESX(i) host, and Microsoft Server 2008 R2
Hyper-V.
Alerts and Event Management
In addition to HTTP REST APIs, AppAssure 5 also includes an extensive set of features
for event logging and notification using email, syslog, or Windows Event Log. Email
notifications can be used to alert users or groups of the health or status of different
events in response to an alert. The syslog and Windows Event Log methods are used
for centralized logging to a repository in multi-operating system environments;
while in Windows-only environments, only the Windows Event Log is used.
AppAssure 5 License Portal
The AppAssure 5 License Portal provides easy-to-use tools for managing license
entitlements. You can download, activate, view, and manage license keys and create
a company profile to track your license assets. Additionally, the portal enables
service providers and re-sellers to track and manage their customer licenses.
Web Console
AppAssure 5 features a Web-based central console that manages distributed
AppAssure 5 cores from one central location. MSPs and enterprise customers with
multiple distributed cores can deploy this console to get a unified view for
centralized management. The AppAssure 5 Central Management Console lets you
organize the managed cores in hierarchical organizational units. These
organizational units can represent business units, locations, or customers for MSPs
with role-based access. Using the central console, you can also run reports across all
of your managed cores.