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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

Investigating and understanding the Instant VM Recovery process and steps

When it comes to conducting an Instant VM Recovery, four main steps take place in the background:

  1. Initialization Phase: This is the initial step in the process, and Veeam Backup & Replication prepares the resources necessary for Instant VM Recovery. It does the following:

    a) Starts the Veeam Backup Manager process on the Veeam backup server

    b) Checks the Veeam Backup service for whether the necessary backup infrastructure resources are available for Instant VM Recovery

    c) Communicates with the Transport Service on the backup repository to start the Veeam Data Mover

  2. NFS Mapping: Once the backup infrastructure resources are ready, an empty NFS datastore is mapped to the selected ESXi host using the vPower NFS service. Veeam Backup & Replication then creates VM configuration files and links to the virtual disk files while remaining in the backup repository. Then, changes get written to the...