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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10

By : Chris Childerhose
Book Image

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

Working with Object Storage Immutability configuration and backup job settings

After you have your Object Storage set up with the Object Lock and Versioning features, you are then ready to configure the repository within the Veeam Backup & Replication console as follows:

  1. Navigate to the BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE tab and the Backup Repositories section of the console:

    Figure 6.10 – BACKUP INFRASTRUCTURE tab and Backup Repositories

  2. You can now click either the Add Repository button in the toolbar or right-click in the right-hand pane and select the Add backup repository… option:

    Figure 6.11 – The Add Repository toolbar button or right-click the menu

  3. In the next window, you will select the Object storage option:

    Figure 6.12 – Object storage option selected

  4. Once you click on Object storage, you will be asked for the storage type, so select the one that pertains to your setup and click on it:

    Figure 6.13 – Object Storage type selection

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