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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)
1
Section 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
4
Section 2: Storage – NAS Backup, Linux, SOBR, and OBS
9
Section 3: DataLabs, Cloud Backup, and Veeam ONE

Understanding how you apply the 3-2-1 rule to backup jobs

So you might, at this point, be wondering, how do I go about applying the 3-2-1 backup rule and what sort of media should I consider? There are plenty of media types that you can use to fit the model for 3-2-1, and also take into account setting up retention with GFS (short for Grandfather-Father-Son), which breaks down as follows:

  • Grandfather: Backups are kept for a year or more depending on your retention requirements.
  • Father: Backups are kept for a month or more depending on your retention requirements.
  • Son: Backups are kept for a week or more depending on your retention requirements.

You can set this up in the following manner:

Figure 2.2 – Backup cycle example of GFS

When you are setting up your backup jobs within Veeam Backup & Replication, you will have the option to configure the number of days/restore points:

Figure 2.3 – Backup...