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Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL

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Spec sheet

Purpose
ZRM Enterprise manages backup and recovery for MySQL and MariaDB databases.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Trial
Zmanda offers a fully licensed 14-day ZRM trial for testing in demo environments.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Support
Standard and Premium support include knowledge-base access, email and phone support, case management, software enhancements, and security updates.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Company relationship
Zmanda identifies itself as a provider of open-source backup and recovery software and lists ZRM for MySQL among its products.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Incremental backups
It combines full backup methods with MySQL and MariaDB binary-log incremental backups, allowing frequent backups and point-in-time restores between backups.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Licensing limit
Snapshot and storage-checkpoint mechanisms require licensing, and users download a license file after purchasing the base and any feature licenses.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Management console
The Zmanda Management Console is a web-based interface for automation, management, monitoring, and recovery, and can be accessed from a browser.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Non-blocking backups
ZRM supports MySQL backups using Percona XtraBackup and MariaDB backups using MariaBackup, with table-level recovery from database-level backups.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Platform options
The product page links to platform support information, while Zmanda’s shop lists ZRM server options for Linux, Windows, Solaris, and OpenSolaris.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Point-in-time recovery
Continuous Data Protection uses database binary logs and underlying storage integrations to support near-instant point-in-time recovery.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Scheduling and reports
Backup runs can be scheduled immediately or at intervals from every 15 minutes to daily, weekly, or monthly, and the software generates standard and custom reports.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com
Storage integrations
Hot backups can use Linux LVM, Microsoft VSS, Solaris ZFS, Symantec VxFS, NetApp SnapManager, and EMC SnapView.Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com

Plans and prices

ZRM Enterprise Edition Priced on request MySQL and MariaDB backup and recovery · optional snapshot/plugin licenses Read 3 Oct 2026 · zmanda.com

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