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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

Configuring the Veeam DataLab components within Veeam

Now that you have a better understanding of each component of the Veeam DataLab, let's consider how to set them up within the Veeam Backup & Replication console. You will need to follow these steps next.

Configuring the virtual lab

Let's follow these steps to configure the virtual lab:

  1. First, you will need to open the Veeam Backup & Replication console and go to the Backup Infrastructure section to select SureBackup:

    Figure 7.4 – SureBackup section of the Veeam console

  2. The first thing to create is the virtual lab, so select the ADD VIRTUAL LAB option toward the right-hand side of the screen:
    Figure 7.5 – The ADD VIRTUAL LAB option

    Figure 7.5 – The ADD VIRTUAL LAB option

  3. At the first screen of the New Virtual Lab wizard, you specify a name and description:

    Figure 7.6 – New Virtual Lab wizard – Name

  4. Click Next, and then you are brought to the Host screen to select which ESXi host to run the virtual lab...