
Cristie VA 5.3.1 What’s New
Here’s an update on what’s new for the Cristie Virtual Appliance. The 5.3.1 release includes lots of new functionality including Continuous Recovery Assurance for Rubrik VM snapshots.
Offer System Migration as-a-Service for your customers with CloneManager System Migration.
Cristie’s CloneManager® ensures efficient and cost-effective migrations across virtual, physical, and cloud environments, with pre-cutover testing, broad platform support, flexible performance, and simplified processes for Managed Service Providers.
Migrations can be tested using a Virtual Machine Instance ahead of cutover, without interrupting periodic synchronization​
With support for both file and block based migration, CloneManager provides flexibility for target system disk sizing and replication performance​
Clone directly to a target disk image file instead of a running virtual or physical machine, saving you the time and cost of maintaining a running target system​
Migrations are matched based on IP/MAC address combinations and can be rerun multiple times within the license period​
Support for all major Cloud and Virtual compute platforms such as Amazon Web Services S3, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure & migration direct to VMware Datastores​
Cristie’s CloneManager® Replication Software ensures efficient migrations for virtual, physical, and cloud environments. Test migrations with a Virtual Machine Instance before cutover without interrupting syncs. Migrate directly to disk image files to save time and costs, with support for AWS S3, Azure, Oracle Cloud, and VMware Datastores.Â
CloneManager® offers flexible performance with file and block-based migration, and cost-effective licensing per successful migration. Ideal for MSPs, it simplifies migrations between any targets, with periodic syncs to keep data updated. Post-migration, verify system clones in a sandbox environment.
Optimize your migration strategy with Cristie’s CloneManager® for a smooth, reliable transition.

Here’s an update on what’s new for the Cristie Virtual Appliance. The 5.3.1 release includes lots of new functionality including Continuous Recovery Assurance for Rubrik VM snapshots.

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