We are excited to announce the release of BDRShield v9.0.0, a milestone update that fundamentally changes how organizations manage virtualized, distributed, and multi-geo backup environments from the BDRShield Cloud management console.
This release enables organizations and service providers to centrally manage backup operations while maintaining complete control over data movement, storage location, and performance eliminating the traditional trade-off between centralized management and local data control.
About BDRShield by Vembu
BDRShield by Vembu delivers cloud-managed hybrid backup with built-in cyber resilience for MSPs and IT teams. BDRShield protects endpoints, servers, SaaS applications, virtual machines, cloud VMs, and databases from a centralized console. With support for hybrid storage, ransomware protection, and rapid recovery, BDRShield helps organizations meet compliance requirements while minimizing downtime and simplifying backup operations.
What’s New in BDRShield v9.0.0
Cloud-Managed Virtual Machine Backups
BDRShield now supports direct backup and recovery of VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines from the cloud console.
What you can do:
You can centrally configure and manage VM backup jobs, monitor backup status, and perform restores—all directly from the BDRShield Cloud Console. This eliminates the need for separate local management servers and simplifies backup operations across distributed environments.
Who benefits:
- IT teams managing VMs across multiple offices or data centers
- MSPs managing VMware and Hyper-V environments for multiple customers
- Organizations consolidating backup management across hybrid infrastructures
Server Proxy: Distributed Architecture for Enterprise-Scale Backups
The biggest architectural advancement in v9.0.0 is the new Server Proxy component—purpose-built for organizations & MSPs operating in distributed or multi-geographic environments that need enterprise scalability & performance with cloud-based management.
How it works: The Server Proxy is a lightweight component you deploy on-premises (physical or virtual machine) that acts as a local backup processing engine. It connects to your hypervisors, processes backup data locally, and writes directly to your chosen storage destination—whether that’s your own NAS, SAN, cloud storage bucket, or BDRShield Cloud Storage.
Critical advantage: Backup data flows directly from source to destination storage without routing through BDRShield Cloud servers. You get cloud-based management and monitoring with on-premises data control.
What Server Proxy Enables
Compliance & Data Sovereignty
Keep backup data within specific geographic boundaries to meet GDPR, HIPAA, and regional data residency requirements while maintaining centralized cloud management.
Distributed Environments
Enterprises can deploy regional backup infrastructure per location, while MSPs can isolate customer data with dedicated Server Proxies—all managed from a single console.
Performance & Cost
Process backups locally to reduce backup windows, eliminate WAN bottlenecks, and leverage existing on-premises or customer-managed cloud storage.
Real-World Use Cases Enabled by BDRShield v9.0.0
Scenario 1: Multi-Regional Enterprise
A financial services company with data centers in Frankfurt, London, and Singapore can now manage all VM backups from one console while ensuring each region’s data stays within local infrastructure to meet regional banking regulations.
Scenario 2: MSP with Diverse Client Requirements
An MSP can deploy Server Proxies at customer sites, each writing to customer-owned storage, while managing all backup operations, monitoring, and reporting from a single BDRShield Cloud tenant.
Scenario 3: Retail Chain with Branch Offices
A retail organization can backup VMs at 200+ locations using local Server Proxies, reducing WAN traffic while maintaining centralized backup policy enforcement and compliance reporting.
Get Started with BDRShield v9.0.0
BDRShield v9.0.0 represents a significant leap forward in making enterprise-grade, distributed backup infrastructure accessible through cloud-based management without compromising on performance, security, or compliance.
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