Enhancing cyber resilience for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization with Cohesity

Enterprises are adopting Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as they modernize infrastructure and seek hypervisor alternatives. Since early 2024, adoption has surged up 178%, with the number of VMs managed on the platform growing more than 250%. Organizations are migrating production and mission-critical workloads. And as they do, they need data protection that’s purpose-built for OpenShift Virtualization, delivering fast, granular recovery, strong cyber resilience, and operational simplicity at scale.

Cohesity’s latest integrations support this customer journey. We provide secure, scalable protection for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization through Cohesity Data Cloud, unifying data protection, security, and AI-driven insights across on-prem and cloud environments. Under the hood, both Cohesity DataProtect and Cohesity NetBackup support immutable backups, granular VM recovery, and cyber-resilient architectures in hybrid environments. Here’s how each engine uniquely protects your Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environment.

Cohesity DataProtect for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Our recent Cohesity DataProtect releases introduced deeper automation and faster recovery for Red Hat OpenShift environments to help reduce operational complexity and lower recovery time objectives (RTOs):

In addition to the capabilities above, recent releases also add:

• Support for IPv6 networking standards
• Label-based VM selection to include or exclude VMs in a protection group, simplifying protection and policy management
• Pre- and post-script support for compliance checks, quiescing, and notifications

Cohesity NetBackup for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Within the same Cohesity Data Cloud platform, Cohesity NetBackup brings a mature, Kubernetes-native operator, intelligent policy groups, and enterprise-grade security features, which are ideal for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and container workloads. It provides these valuable features to enhance your experience:

Cohesity has you covered with DataProtect and NetBackup

Whether you use Cohesity DataProtect or NetBackup as your data mover, you get enterprise‑grade protection built for Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. 

DataProtect, delivered through Cohesity Data Cloud, is ideal for modern Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environments that prioritize simplicity and scale. It provides integrated security and compliance, label-based VM protection, instant recovery, and granular file-level restores, all within a unified platform.

NetBackup is built for organizations that require a disaggregated architecture with dedicated media servers and storage, or for existing NetBackup customers extending their investment to OpenShift Virtualization. It adds Kubernetes-native protection and granular VM recovery while preserving established operational models. 

Both solutions deliver immutable backups, granular recovery, and cyber-resilient guardrails. The difference comes down to architecture and operating preference. As you adopt Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, Cohesity Data Cloud gives you a clear path forward, whether you’re using DataProtect, extending NetBackup, or balancing both across hybrid environments.

If you’re planning (or already executing) a move to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, now is the right time to validate your recovery objectives and ensure your protection strategy covers VMs, Kubernetes resources, and the broader Red Hat OpenShift application context. With Cohesity Data Cloud, you can standardize on a single platform for backup and recovery while strengthening your cyber resilience with immutable backups and flexible recovery options.

Learn more about Cohesity and Red Hat by viewing our webinar, “Enterprise-grade protection with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and Cohesity.”