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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication - Second Edition

By : Chris Childerhose
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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication - Second Edition

By: Chris Childerhose

Overview of this book

Veeam is one of the leading modern data protection solutions, making it a necessary skill for anyone responsible for securing virtual environments. This revised second edition of Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication is updated to cover Veeam version 11. The book guides you through implementing modern data protection solutions for your cloud and virtual infrastructure with Veeam, all while helping you master advanced concepts such as Continuous Data Protection (CDP), extended object storage support, Veeam ONE enhancements, and Orchestrator. Starting with Veeam essentials, including installation, best practices, and optimizations for Veeam Backup & Replication, you'll get to grips with the 3-2-1-1-0 rule to safeguard data. You'll understand how to set up a backup server, proxies, repositories, and more and then advance to cover a powerful feature of Veeam 11 – CDP. As you progress, you'll learn about immutability (also known as hardened repositories) and discover the best practices for creating them. Finally, you'll explore the new proxy option available in Linux and become well-versed with advanced topics such as extended object storage support, Veeam ONE enhancements, and Orchestrator. By the end of this Veeam book, you'll be able to implement Veeam Backup & Replication for securing your environment and enabling disaster recovery.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
4
Section 2: CDP and Immutability – Hardened Repositories, Backups, and Object Storage
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Section 3: Linux Proxy Enhancements, Instant Recovery, Veeam ONE, and Orchestrator

Section 2: CDP and Immutability – Hardened Repositories, Backups, and Object Storage

This section aims to show and discuss the newest features of Veeam Backup & Replication v11a. You will learn about the Continuous Data Protection (CDP) feature of v11a and its requirements. You will learn about immutability with hardened repositories – those being Linux-based. We will even discuss many new backup features and enhancements and the new, expanded object storage, including Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. You will have a wealth of knowledge on new features to implement and use in your environments.

This section contains the following chapters:

  • Chapter 3, CDP – Continuous Data Protection
  • Chapter 4, Immutability – Hardened Repositories
  • Chapter 5, Backup Enhancements – Jobs, Copy Jobs, Restores, and More
  • Chapter 6, Expanded Object Storage Support – Capacity and Archive Tiers