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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

Understanding Windows and Linux repository servers

When it comes to storing backups, the repository server is the primary target for backup files, VM copies, and metadata. You can use the following types of repositories:

  • Direct attached storage: These can be virtual or physical and are typically Windows or Linux servers.
  • Network-Attached Storage (NAS): Network shares that are either SMB (CIFS) or NFS are used.
  • Deduplicating storage appliances: These are hardware devices such as Dell EMC Data Domain, ExaGrid, HPE StoreOnce, and Quantum DXi.
  • Object storage: These are cloud storage services you can use as backup repositories.

    Important Note

    Do not configure multiple backup repositories pointing to the same location or using the same path. However, this statement does not apply when using some newer multi-node-clustered NAS system shares. The configuration is different, especially when using a multi-node cluster within a scale-out repository.

When we discuss both...