What's New

14 May 2025

Cohesity SiteContinuity keeps evolving. We regularly add new features and support for additional workloads that you can recover after a disaster using the service.

Keep up with the latest developments here!

May 2025

Alta Copilot: Cohesity introduces support for Alta Copilot, an AI-powered interactive assistant designed to offer self-service product support. You can use natural language to request help or guidance on managing your data. Alta Copilot is available to all users across all apps in Cohesity Data Cloud.

January 2024

The following features are included in this release:

  • Reports: You can now use the reporting capabilities in SiteContinuity to assess the Disaster Recovery (DR) Plan’s efficacy, identify areas for improvement, and ensure preparedness for future incidents. The DR Plan report consists of all operations initiated on a DR plan within the specified time range and provides the final status of these operations. The Activity Detail report provides a holistic overview that consolidates DR plan details, Resource Profile specifics, VM-level insights, and a chronological depiction of the steps in the activity. For more information, see:

  • Subscription Banners: Cohesity Helios now displays banners on the UI, providing details on your Cohesity SiteContinuity subscription status, allowing you to take necessary actions. For more information, see Subscription Status.

  • Pillars: Cohesity Data Cloud now includes five pillars. Each pillar encompasses a set of features and functionalities tailored to a specific aspect of data management. Each pillar contains one or more specialized apps. These apps are tailored to provide you with a focused and streamlined experience for achieving your goals within that particular area. Following are the five pillars:

    If you are an existing user, refer to the table below to identify the pillar to which the app belongs now and its updated name:

    The table excludes Access and Insights pillars since these pillars do not contain pre-existing apps.

    Existing App Name Pillar Updated App Name Description Navigation

    Cluster Manager

    Protection

    DataProtect

    The previous Cluster Manager app has been integrated into the Protection pillar and it is now known as DataProtect.

    DataProtect allows you to efficiently manage your Cohesity clusters.

    1. Log in to Cohesity Data Cloud.

    2. Click the Protection pillar.

    3. Click DataProtect.

    DataProtect

    Protection

    DataProtect as a Service

    The previous DataProtect app has been integrated into the Protection pillar and it is now known as DataProtect as a Service.

    You can utilize DataProtect as a Service, an enterprise-grade Backup as a Service (BaaS) solution, to safeguard your critical SaaS, cloud-native, and on-premises data sources.

    1. Log in to Cohesity Data Cloud.

    2. Click the Protection pillar.

    3. Click DataProtect as a Service.

    DataHawk

    Security

    Security Center

    The previous DataHawk and Security Center apps have been unified and integrated into the Security pillar, now collectively known as Security Center.

    Security Center provides you with the capability to monitor the security posture of your Cohesity clusters, perform threat scans, and classify your critical data.

    1. Log in to Cohesity Data Cloud.

    2. Click the Security pillar.

    3. Click Security Center.

    Security Center

    Security

    Security Center

    The app name remains unchanged.

    FortKnox

    Security

    FortKnox

    The app name remains unchanged.

    The FortKnox app has been integrated into the Security pillar.

    Enhance your cyber resiliency with FortKnox, a robust SaaS data isolation and recovery solution that ensures the safety of your data by maintaining an immutable copy in a Cohesity-managed cloud vault.

    1. Log in to Cohesity Data Cloud.

    2. Click the Security pillar.

    3. Click FortKnox.

    SiteContinuity

    Mobility

    SiteContinuity

    The app name remains unchanged.

    The SiteContinuity app has been integrated into the Mobility pillar.

    Simplify business continuity and disaster recovery with automated failover and failback orchestration for your mission-critical workloads.

    1. Log in to Cohesity Data Cloud.

    2. Click the Mobility pillar.

    3. Click SiteContinuity.

  • New Landing Page: A newly introduced Cohesity Data Cloud landing page now presents a consolidated view of the five pillars. This user-friendly interface enables you to effortlessly navigate into the diverse pillars provided by Cohesity. For more information, see Access SiteContinuity.

  • Application Switcher Changes: The application switcher has undergone an update to align with the five pillars. Consequently, this modification has brought about changes to the existing navigation. For more information, see Switch Between Apps.

  • Default Landing Page: When you log in to Cohesity Data Cloud, all five pillars are displayed by default. However, you can set a specific page as the default landing page. For more information, see Set Default Landing Page.

  • User Preferences: Customize various settings and options to tailor your experience according to your personal preferences. You can modify settings related to your account, user interface, and interactions with the Cohesity platform. For more information, see Set User Preferences.

  • Global Dashboard: The Global dashboard has been revamped to provide a comprehensive overview of various aspects, including the health of managed clusters, protection status of objects, posture advisor score, discovered threats, and consumption metrics. For more information, see Global Dashboard.

  • Breadcrumbs: Cohesity Data Cloud introduces support for breadcrumbs, a user-friendly and efficient navigation aid. For more information, see Breadcrumbs.