At Cohesity, we understand the significant impact of the recent technical issue involving CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor on Windows hosts on organizations worldwide. We want to extend our heartfelt support to all affected companies during this challenging time.
Our commitment to customers
As a trusted partner of CrowdStrike, Cohesity stands ready to assist you in navigating through this situation. We recognize the importance of data management and security in maintaining business continuity, and we are committed to helping you restore normal operations swiftly and effectively.
Collaboration and support:
- Technical expertise: We are collaborating closely with CrowdStrike to ensure that all affected companies have access to the latest information and resources. Our technical teams are available to provide guidance on data management strategies and best practices during this period. While CrowdStrike has provided non-destructive remediation steps, if you need to restore your affected Windows machines at scale to the last known good state in a matter of minutes, use Cohesity’s recovery capabilities, such as Instant Mass Restore (IMR).
Use Cohesity to recover your Windows machine irrespective of where it runs:- Physical infrastructure (bare machine)
- Virtual infrastructure (VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Nutanix AHV, etc)
- Cloud infrastructure (VMware Cloud, Azure VMs, VE, etc)
Pick from the flexible restore options mentioned below based on your need. Whether you want to recover to the original location or a new one.
- Instant Mass Restore—Instantly recover thousands of machines
- Differential restore
- Copy restore
- Reverting to a previous good snapshot from the Cohesity Snapshot manager
In addition, if customers are unsure if some machines are impacted, you can use the Cohesity granular search to find the blast radius of the impact in your organization. This will be a master list of impacted machines. You can also automate the operation with your existing tools using Cohesity REST APIs or use Cohesity scripts.
Joint Cohesity and CrowdStrike customers will receive a field notice with recovery steps for your convenience. - Customer support: Cohesity customers can contact support if any assistance is needed. We understand you may be short-staffed to perform this large amount of change management in such a short period of time. Even if you are not a Cohesity customer, you can contact our support team for assistance, and we will do our best to help you implement the CrowdStrike workaround. Our entire customer experience organization is on standby to assist you with any questions or issues you may encounter. Contact our technical support by emailing crowd-strike@cohesity.com and let us know if you require assistance implementing the CrowdStrike workaround.
Standing with CrowdStrike
On behalf of Cohesity, we want to express solidarity with all organizations impacted by this incident. Your resilience and dedication to maintaining operational continuity inspire us, and we are here to support you with unwavering commitment and resources.
Thank you for your continued trust in Cohesity as your data management partner. Together, we will overcome this challenge and emerge stronger.
