The Challenge
Backups must be consistent and reliable in order to achieve successful disaster recovery. For years, corporations have struggled to maintain reliable backups due to having open files at the time a backup occurs. During backup, applications and data continue to be read from and written to disk. Many backup and disaster recovery solutions fail to capture a consistent point-in-time snapshot of the system in this "open file" state.

To ensure reliable backup in case of a disaster, many IT organizations use various methods to ensure all files are closed before a backup is captured. One of these methods is to periodically take systems off-line and out of production to create a cold state backup or image. The cold state backups are made in addition to performing daily or even hourly online system backups.

The Solution
Volume Snapshot Manager™ with ColdSnap ™ provides the most flexible and reliable methods to backup your systems. ColdSnap creates a volume snapshot during boot time that is available for backup once the system is online. This method eliminates the costly downtime normally needed for offline cold state backups. Avoid booting into another operating system or waiting for a large backup or an image file to write to disk before returning the system to production.

ColdSnap is the only cold state snapshot solution available today. Volume Snapshot Manager with ColdSnap provides the ultimate cold state backup and hot open file management solution for consistent and reliable backups. 

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