Disaster Recovery with Slide

Learn how Slide Backup ties together agents, appliances, and the cloud—then practice choosing the right recovery path.

What you will learn

Slide is a backup and disaster recovery (BDR) platform built for MSPs. Protected systems run a Slide Agent; backups land on a local Slide Box and replicate to Slide Cloud for offsite protection.

This tutorial is interactive: explore the architecture, walk through how snapshots move through the system, compare restore types, solve short DR scenarios, and check your knowledge in the quiz.

Use the tabs above—or click Next after each section feels clear.

Three pillars

Click each block to see its role in backup and disaster recovery.

🖥️
Slide Agent On each protected server or workstation
📦
Slide Box Local appliance & fast restores
☁️
Slide Cloud Coordination & offsite DR
Backup data flows: Agent → Box → Cloud (replication)
Click a pillar above for details.

Snapshots: the unit of recovery

Agents create point-in-time snapshots (block-level images). Successful snapshots are stored on the Box and replicated to the Cloud—so you can recover even if the local site is gone.

Walk the backup pipeline (click each step):

1. Schedule / VSS → 2. Copy to Box → 3. Verify → 4. Replicate to Cloud
Click step 1 to begin.

Restore options

From any snapshot, Slide supports three main recovery styles. Click a card for when to use it.

Virtualization

Boot the snapshot as a VM—on the Box or in the Cloud.

File restore

Granular files and folders back to the original system or download.

Image export

VHD, VMDK, QCOW2, etc. for other hypervisors or bare metal tools.

Virtualization is often the fastest way to get a system running again after an incident. Choose test vs disaster purpose (different retention windows), and local (Box) vs cloud when the site is unavailable. Network modes (e.g. isolated, bridged) control how the recovery VM connects.
File restore suits accidental deletes, ransomware file rollbacks, or pulling a few documents without booting a full VM. You can browse the snapshot and push files back or download them.
Image export is for portability: import into VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, or use with rescue/bare-metal workflows when you need disks in a standard format outside Slide’s console.

Pick the right recovery

For each situation, choose the best primary option. Then click Check.

1. Your office had a fire. The Slide Box is destroyed but Cloud replication was healthy.

2. One accountant deleted a folder by mistake; the server is otherwise fine.

3. You need to permanently migrate a workload to an on-prem VMware cluster.

Knowledge check

Select the best answer for each question, then click Score quiz.

1. What is the main role of Slide Cloud in DR?

2. Where does the Slide Agent run?

3. For instant recovery when the local Box is offline but cloud data exists, which approach fits best?

4. Virtualization “purpose” in Slide distinguishes: