Private Cloud Backup and Recovery
Protect private cloud workloads across OpenStack and every major distribution — Canonical, Red Hat, OpenMetal, Platform9, and more — plus Ceph storage and KVM. Agentless, multi-tenant backup and disaster recovery from the platform built around the OpenStack stack for over a decade, under one universal license.
Key Highlights
#1 Backup & DR for OpenStack
Native to Nova, Cinder, Glance, Neutron, and Keystone — with support for the latest OpenStack releases through 2026.1 "Gazpacho".
Every major distribution, one platform
Vanilla OpenStack, Canonical (Sunbeam), Red Hat OpenStack Platform, OpenMetal, Platform9, Sardina FishOS, and Virtuozzo Infrastructure — under a single universal license.
Agentless, multi-tenant by design
API-driven backups with no agents on compute nodes. Native Horizon and Skyline integration, multi-domain authentication, and RBAC keep tenants isolated on shared infrastructure.
Storage-aware, automatic incrementals
One automated disk-attachment strategy selects the right incremental method per volume based on the underlying storage — Ceph and Cinder alike — with native changed-block tracking, including for Everpure volumes.
Private cloud protection, native to OpenStack
API-driven agentless backup
Full and incremental backups through Nova, Cinder, Glance, and Neutron — no agents on compute nodes or VMs. The Storware Node just needs API access.
Automated disk-attachment strategy
A single, automated disk-attachment strategy selects the appropriate incremental backup method for each volume based on its storage backend — Ceph or Cinder — simplifying configuration while keeping backup, merge, and replication efficient. Existing backups stay compatible.
Native Ceph RBD and Everpure changed-block tracking
Direct Ceph RBD integration with change tracking, plus native changed-block tracking for Everpure volumes — using Everpure snapshots and array-level change information to read only allocated blocks for full backups and only changed blocks for incrementals.
Additional metadata protection
Protect and restore the metadata associated with instances, volumes, and ports, so more of the original workload configuration and deployment characteristics come back with the VM. Fully compatible with existing backups.
Multi-tenancy, multi-domain, RBAC — with Security Groups on restore
Native Horizon and Skyline UI integration, multi-domain authentication, and role-based access. Security Group support in the Horizon and Skyline consoles means network security settings are included and applied during restore.
Immutability and air-gap
IsoLayer air-gap, Object Lock, Retention Lock, AES encryption, and Keycloak MFA — on a Linux-based installation.
Distributed, scalable deployment
Installer, ISO, packages, and physical or virtual deployment — scaling horizontally as OpenStack estates grow.
EU-sovereign, one universal license
EU-based control plane and support, with every distribution covered under one license — no per-platform fees. Skyline plugin packages can be tailored per customer for flexible deployment.
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Private cloud isn't "VMs in general." Neither is protecting it.
A backup platform for OpenStack has to understand Cinder snapshots, Nova inventory, Keystone domains, and Glance images — not just virtual machines. Storware has been built around that stack for over a decade.
Native to the OpenStack services
Nova, Cinder, Glance, Neutron, Keystone — Storware speaks the APIs your cloud is built on, and now protects instance, volume, and port metadata alongside the data.
Storage-aware by design
One automated disk-attachment strategy picks the right incremental method per volume — Ceph RBD change tracking, Cinder, and Everpure array-level changed-block tracking — without manual configuration.
Multi-tenant from the ground up
Domains, projects, RBAC, and Security Groups mirrored in the backup and restore flow, so tenant isolation and network policy are enforced, not approximated.
OpenStack backup and disaster recovery with Storware
See agentless, API-driven backup of an OpenStack private cloud — Cinder disk-attachment, native Ceph RBD incrementals, and multi-tenant recovery.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which private cloud platforms does Storware protect?
OpenStack and its major distributions — Canonical (Sunbeam), Red Hat OpenStack Platform, OpenMetal, Platform9, Sardina FishOS, and Virtuozzo Infrastructure — along with the Ceph and KVM they run on, all under one universal license.
Which OpenStack releases are supported?
Current OpenStack releases through 2026.1 “Gazpacho”. Confirm the full supported-version range against the 8.0 documentation for older releases.
How does Storware back up OpenStack storage?
Through Cinder disk-attachment (standard and generic incremental) for Cinder-compatible storage, and native Ceph RBD integration with Changed Block Tracking and Snap Diff for Ceph backends — so protection isn’t tied to one storage layer.
How does Storware handle OpenStack storage and incrementals?
A single automated disk-attachment strategy selects the incremental method per volume based on the backend — Ceph RBD snapshot differencing, Cinder, and native changed-block tracking for Everpure volumes using array-level change information — so only changed blocks are read and transferred.
Does Storware protect OpenStack metadata, not just VM data?
Yes. Storware protects the metadata associated with instances, volumes, and ports, and can restore it together with the VM — preserving more of the original workload configuration. Network Security Group settings can be applied during restore through the Horizon and Skyline consoles.
Do the different OpenStack distributions each need a separate product?
No. One universal license covers vanilla OpenStack and every supported distribution — no per-distribution or per-platform fees.
Is my private cloud backup EU-sovereign?
Storware’s control plane, engineering, and support are EU-based, which helps organizations meet GDPR, NIS2, and DORA obligations without US-jurisdiction exposure.
Can I offer Backup or DR as a service on my private cloud?
Yes. Multi-tenancy, white-labeling, and self-service make OpenStack a base for BaaS and DRaaS — see BaaS and DRaaS for MSPs.