Cisco Data Protection Plus for Virtual Machines
Cisco Data Protection Plus for Virtual Machines provides essential licensing to secure and manage your virtualized data, ensuring operational continuity for your business.
- Coverage for Virtual Machines: Entitlement to deploy data protection features across up to 10 virtual machines.
- Subscription-Based Access: Continuous access to software features and updates through a recurring subscription billing model.
- Platform Licensing: Unlocks advanced data protection capabilities for your virtualized server environment.
- Compliance and Continuity: Supports regulatory requirements and minimizes downtime risk for critical business operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license subscription from Cisco that enables enhanced data protection capabilities specifically for virtual machines. It provides the necessary entitlements to manage and secure data across a defined number of virtual instances, ensuring business continuity and adherence to data management policies.
This license is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within small to mid-market organizations who are responsible for maintaining the integrity and availability of their virtualized infrastructure. It integrates into existing virtual environments, offering a scalable solution for data protection needs without requiring extensive hardware investments.
- Enhanced Data Security: Provides advanced features for backing up, recovering, and protecting virtual machine data.
- Scalable Licensing: The 10-pack license allows for controlled expansion of data protection across multiple VMs.
- Subscription Value: Ensures access to the latest software updates and support for ongoing operational efficiency.
- Simplified Management: Integrates with virtualization platforms for streamlined data protection workflows.
- Business Continuity: Minimizes the risk of data loss and operational downtime, ensuring critical business functions remain available.
Secure your virtualized data assets and maintain operational resilience with this essential Cisco data protection licensing solution.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced VM Data Protection
Enable teams to implement robust backup and recovery strategies for their virtual machine workloads. Streamline data protection management across a defined set of virtual instances to ensure data integrity.
virtualized server environments, business continuity planning, data resilience strategies, IT operations management
Streamline Data Recovery Processes
Streamline the process of recovering data from virtual machines in the event of hardware failure, software corruption, or cyber incidents. Automate recovery workflows to reduce recovery time objectives and minimize operational disruption.
disaster recovery planning, IT incident response, operational uptime maintenance, risk mitigation
Automate Compliance and Auditing
Automate the enforcement of data protection policies and support regulatory compliance requirements for virtualized data. Provide auditable records of data protection activities to meet governance standards.
data governance frameworks, regulatory compliance adherence, IT audit preparation, data lifecycle management
Key Features
Virtual Machine Licensing
Provides the necessary entitlements to deploy data protection features across up to 10 virtual machines, offering controlled scalability.
Subscription Billing
Ensures continuous access to the latest software features, updates, and support through a predictable recurring billing model.
Data Protection Capabilities
Unlocks advanced features for backup, recovery, and data integrity management within virtualized environments.
Platform Integration
Designed to integrate with common virtualization platforms, simplifying deployment and management within existing IT stacks.
Business Continuity Support
Helps minimize downtime and data loss risks, ensuring critical business operations can continue uninterrupted.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent data protection and recovery capabilities to meet regulatory compliance like SOX and ensure continuous service availability for clients.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and maintain HIPAA compliance, necessitating robust backup and disaster recovery solutions for virtualized systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information and require secure, reliable data protection to meet client confidentiality agreements and operational demands.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers rely on IT systems for production control and operations; ensuring data protection and rapid recovery for virtual machines is critical to prevent costly production downtime.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Data Protection Plus for VMs?
It is a software license subscription from Cisco that provides advanced data protection features for virtual machines. This specific offering covers up to 10 virtual machines on a subscription basis.
Who is this license intended for?
This license is for businesses, particularly SMBs and mid-market companies, that use virtual machines and need to ensure their data is protected, recoverable, and compliant with regulations.
What is the benefit of a subscription model?
A subscription model ensures you always have access to the latest software features, security updates, and support from Cisco, helping to maintain optimal performance and compliance over time.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.