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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10

By : Chris Childerhose
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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10

By: Chris Childerhose

Overview of this book

Veeam is one of the leading modern data protection solutions, and mastering this technology can help you to protect your virtual environments effectively. This book guides you through implementing modern data protection solutions for your cloud and virtual infrastructure with Veeam. You will even gain in-depth knowledge of advanced concepts such as DataLabs, cloud backup and recovery, Instant VM Recovery, and Veeam ONE. This book starts by taking you through Veeam essentials, including installation, best practices, and optimizations for Veeam Backup & Replication. You'll get to grips with the 3-2-1 rule to safeguard data along with understanding how to set up a backup server, proxies, repositories, and more. Later chapters go on to cover a powerful feature of Veeam 10 – NAS backup. As you progress, you'll learn about scale-out Repositories and best practices for creating them. In the concluding chapters, you'll explore the new proxy option available in both Linux and Windows. Finally, you'll discover advanced topics such as DataLabs, cloud backup and recovery, Instant VM Recovery, and Veeam ONE. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the skills you need to implement Veeam Backup & Replication for your environment and disaster recovery.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Section 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
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Section 2: Storage – NAS Backup, Linux, SOBR, and OBS
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Section 3: DataLabs, Cloud Backup, and Veeam ONE

Chapter 7: Veeam DataLabs

Veeam Backup & Replication has significant components built into the software that can create a DataLab that allows you to do a variety of testing as well as DEV/QA work. In this chapter, we will take a look at the Veeam DataLab and what it is explicitly. We discuss the different components that make up a Veeam DataLab. We look at how you configure all of the required components to operate a Veeam DataLab. Finally, we will dive into how you go about using the Veeam DataLab for a variety of things, such as troubleshooting a VM, testing software patches and upgrades, and installing software.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to explain what a Veeam DataLab is and the components required. You will define each part's requirements and know how to set up and configure them within the software. And finally, you will have a better understanding of when to best use a Veeam DataLab.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following...