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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

Guest perspective from Rick Vanover of Veeam

The 3-2-1 rule is an excellent mindset for backup data management. The beauty of this rule is that it doesn't require any specific type of hardware, yet it can address nearly any kind of failure scenario. Some scenarios can include ransomware, hardware failure, loss of network/power/site, and accidental deletion.

Keep the 3-2-1 rule in play as a minimum viable configuration for how many copies of data Veeam can manage. The recommendation is to have at least one copy of data that is either offline or air-gapped for the highest resiliency levels.

When implementing the 3-2-1 rule with Veeam, there is flexibility everywhere. It doesn't necessarily mean more backup jobs or data transfers are needed. Backup copy jobs, replica jobs, storage snapshots, SOBR Copy Mode, and more can all be ways to achieve the 3-2-1 rule.