A Smarter Backup Solution for IBM Power Systems
LaserVault ViTL is the modern alternative to physical tape backups for IBM Power Systems. Effortlessly save your backups to hard drives, NAS, SAN, deduplication appliances, or the cloud. By eliminating the need for physical tape, LaserVault ViTL simplifies your backup operations while further cutting storage costs through the optional BEdupe integrated deduplication feature.
Seamlessly connecting via Fibre Channel or SAS, ViTL integrates with AS/400, iSeries, System i, Linux, or AIX systems. Whether you’re ready to upgrade now, planning next year’s budget, or exploring your options, our team can provide a no-obligation, customized quote to fit your needs.
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Customer Testimonials
“We needed Enterprise systems and chose Cohesity to replace DataDomain, and LaserVault ViTL to replace our VTL. It was a good fit for our needs.”
“Our backups are faster and easier than when we were using tape, and ViTL allows us to write virtual backups to our network drives and cloud storage.”
“ViTL does what physical tape did just a lot easier. And the real savings has been in restores which are now 50-70% faster.”
Frequently Asked Questions
ViTL is a Windows rackmount appliance or VM that connects to IBM Power System via Fibre Channel or SAS. ViTL emulates an LTO tape drive to your IBM i (AS/400, iSeries, System i, AIX or Linux) host. You can backup to local storage at speeds up to 800 MB/second without changing your current backup procedures.
The UBD product has been folded into our newest solution, LaserVault ViTL. ViTL includes all of the functionality of UBD, plus more features and flexibility. Watch this short video to learn more about upgrading. If you are currently using UBD, contact us to learn how to upgrade to ViTL.
LVBackup is a disk-to-disk (D2D) or disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) backup system for IBM midrange computers (AS/400, iSeries, IBM i) with features similar to a virtual tape library. It connects to the IBM i via TCP/IP and runs on a Windows server platform to provide backup and restore functions to the IBM i host. For more information on LaserVault Backup please contact us or for additional details see the LVBackup FAQs.
Yes, ViTL has optional Backup-Enhanced Deduplication, or BEdupe, that helps you save on storage costs, shorten recovery times, and reduce network traffic.
We recommend 16Gb or higher for best performance.
ViTL connects through Fibre Channel or SAS to the IBM i or other host system.
ViTL installation is easy and is most often completed with remote support only.
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