Sparks, Nevada – April 14th, 2026 – When infrastructure fails, every second counts. NAKIVO Inc., trusted by over 16,000 organizations across 191 countries, announced the general availability of NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2 on March 10th, 2026—a release aimed at IT teams that can’t afford unexpected disruptions.
Ransomware is no longer a distant threat. It is an operational reality. In parallel, the pace of infrastructure evolution is accelerating, with organizations upgrading hypervisors, expanding cloud footprints, and navigating increasingly stringent compliance requirements.
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2 was built to address all three fronts at once.
Closing the Gap Between Failure and Recovery
The most consequential addition in v11.2 is the automated real-time replication feature.
Traditional backup approaches have an inherent vulnerability: The window between the last scheduled job and the moment a failure occurs. For organizations running revenue-critical systems, that window can translate directly into financial loss or reputational damage.
v11.2 closes that exposure. Replica VMs are kept continuously synchronized with production workloads, enabling failover within minutes of a hardware failure, ransomware attack, or human error.
This is not an incremental improvement — it is a fundamental shift in how quickly organizations can resume normal operations.
Ransomware Resilience: Architecture, Not an Afterthought
Ransomware protection in v11.2 is embedded across the platform rather than confined to a single feature. Immutability is supported across a wide range of targets: AWS S3, Wasabi, Azure Blob, Backblaze B2, HPE StoreOnce, NEC HYDRAstor, and Dell EMC Data Domain.
Pre-recovery malware scanning intercepts threats before they re-enter production environments. For scenarios where network-connected copies are compromised, air-gapped options via tape, detached USB, or offline NAS provide a critical last line of defense.
“Our priority is to give customers a smooth and secure path forward as their environments evolve,” said Bruce Talley, CEO of NAKIVO. “v11.2 focuses on compatibility, security, and consistent performance as virtualization platforms advance.”
Matt Mitchell, Web Developer at SEHD at the University of Colorado Denver, shared: “With NAKIVO Backup & Replication, I can recover VMware VMs within 10 minutes. With data deduplication, we were able to decrease storage space by 80%.”
Next-Generation Hypervisor Support — Without the Risk
VMware vSphere 9: Production-ready from day one
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2 delivers full, production-ready support for VMware vSphere 9, including vCenter, ESXi, and VDDK 9.0.1.0. With complete operational readiness, teams can upgrade their infrastructure without disrupting existing backup and replication workflows.
All core capabilities remain fully supported, including agentless CBT-based backup, instant VM and granular recovery, built-in DR orchestration, and ransomware protection with immutable backups, encryption, and malware scanning — all optimized with deduplication and compression.
Proxmox VE 9.0 and 9.1: Fully supported
v11.2 brings full compatibility with Proxmox VE 9.0, with 9.1 support already included, ensuring seamless upgrades without protection gaps.
The complete feature set is available across Proxmox environments, including agentless backup and replication, efficient block-level incrementals, instant recovery, automated verification, immutable backups to S3-compatible storage, and end-to-end encryption with air-gapped options.
A unified interface enables consistent data protection across both VMware and Proxmox in hybrid environments.
Security and Compliance: Closing the Authentication Gap
v11.2 introduces native OAuth 2.0 authentication for email notifications, replacing basic authentication that major providers, including Google Workspace and Microsoft 365, are actively phasing out.
Token-based authentication eliminates stored plain-text credentials, delivering a meaningful compliance and security improvement for organizations operating under regulatory scrutiny.
HPE StoreOnce users gain full support for VSA Gen 5, improving deduplication appliance integration and repository performance.
The platform has also been updated to Java SE 24 and the latest Spring Framework, delivering stability improvements, security patches, and incremental throughput gains — compounding benefits that matter most in high-frequency backup environments.
Streamlined MSP Operations at Scale
For managed service providers, NAKIVO MSP backup solution v11.2 brings enhanced MSP Direct Connect with single-pane visibility across multiple tenant environments. The result is reduced administrative overhead and faster response times, allowing MSPs to scale their service portfolios without a proportional increase in operational complexity.
Conclusion
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2 removes the compatibility friction that holds teams back from upgrading infrastructure, strengthens ransomware resilience, and closes security gaps that are easy to overlook until they become a problem.
For VMware administrators preparing for a vSphere 9 migration, Proxmox environments approaching a version upgrade, or any organization seeking to enhance recovery capabilities, v11.2 provides a solid operational foundation.
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.2 is available now. Organizations can download the fully featured 15-day free trial.
About NAKIVO
NAKIVO is a US-based corporation dedicated to delivering the ultimate backup, ransomware protection, and disaster recovery solution for virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments.
Over 16,000 customers in 191 countries trust NAKIVO with protecting their data, including global brands like Coca-Cola, Honda, Siemens, and Cisco.
