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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
4
Section 2: Storage – NAS Backup, Linux, SOBR, and OBS
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Section 3: DataLabs, Cloud Backup, and Veeam ONE

Chapter 2: The 3-2-1 Rule – Keeping Data Safe

When it comes to protecting your data, you must have more than one copy to ensure data safety. In this chapter, we will cover the 3-2-1 rule and what it means. You will learn how to take this information and set up your backups based on this rule. You will also learn about the different types of media, such as replication, snapshots, and even Capacity Tier Copy Mode (part of SOBR). If you adhere to the 3-2-1 rule, it ensures your data is safe, and at least one copy is offsite, which is where the 3-2-1 rule for backups comes into play:

  • 3 copies: Keep three copies of your data, one being the primary and two being the secondary copies.
  • 2 media types: Store your backups on at least two different types of media.
  • 1 offsite: Ensure that at least one copy of your data is kept offsite.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

  • Introducing what the 3-2-1 rule is
  • Understanding how...