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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

Chapter 5: Windows and Linux – Proxies and Repositories

At the heart of Veeam Backup & Replication are the workhorses – proxies – and the central storage for backups – repositories. In this chapter, we will take a look at the proxy servers and what's new in version 10, including Linux proxies. We will discuss the differences between using Windows versus Linux as a proxy and some of the requirements. You will learn about the different proxy backup modes and use cases when each method is applied to your environment. We'll look at both Windows and Linux as repositories, as well as differences between the two. You will learn about the different filesystems that can be used for each repository and use cases of when to use each one. Finally, we will dive into job configuration and best practices for each of the filesystems for Windows (NTFS/ReFS) and Linux (XFS).

By the end of this chapter, you will understand what proxy servers and repository...