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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication - Third Edition

By : Chris Childerhose
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Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication - Third 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 backing up virtual environments. This new edition of Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication is revised and updated to cover Veeam version 12. This edition covers some new features added to the application, such as VeeaMover, Per Machine Backup chains, and MFA on the console. The book guides you through implementing modern data protection solutions for your cloud and virtual infrastructure with Veeam while helping you master advanced concepts such as Continuous Data Protection (CDP), extended object storage support, VeeaMover, and security settings. You’ll dive deep into other new features as well, such as Direct to Object storage, Object to Tape and learn about CDP from a service provider perspective with Veeam Cloud Connect (VCC). By the end of this Veeam book, you'll be able to successfully implement Veeam Backup & Replication to secure your environment and enable disaster recovery.

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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
To get the most out of this book
Conventions used
Get in touch
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Part 1: Installation – Best Practices, Core Architecture, and Other Enhancements
Part 1: Installation – Best Practices, Core Architecture, and Other Enhancements
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Chapter 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
Chapter 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
Technical requirements
Understanding the best practices and optimizations for Veeam installation
Configuring and optimizing Proxy Servers
How to set up Repository Servers for success
Understanding the Scale-Out Backup Repository
Upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication to v12
Summary
Further reading
3
Chapter 2: Core Architecture Enhancements
Chapter 2: Core Architecture Enhancements
Technical requirements
Introducing a PostgreSQL server for your database
Understanding per-VM backup changes
Learning about the Linux hardened repository option in the repository wizard
Exploring new Linux proxy roles
Summary
Further reading
4
Chapter 3: Scale-Out Backup Repository – What’s New
Chapter 3: Scale-Out Backup Repository – What’s New
Technical requirements
Understanding sending backup data direct to Object Storage with SOBR
Exploring VeeaMover and its benefits
Using SOBR Rebalance and exporting data
Summary
Further reading
5
Chapter 4: Tape Servers and Other Enhancements
Chapter 4: Tape Servers and Other Enhancements
Technical requirements
Understanding what is new with tape servers and object storage to tape
NAS backup to tape and improved LTO9 support
Other enhancements – permissions, exporting, and exclusions
Summary
Further reading
6
Part 2: Security, Object Storage Direct, CDP, and Cloud Connect
Part 2: Security, Object Storage Direct, CDP, and Cloud Connect
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Chapter 5: Veeam’s New Enhanced Security Features
Chapter 5: Veeam’s New Enhanced Security Features
Technical requirements
Understanding MFA and gMSA support
Understanding Linux – SSH or SUDO are not required
Discovering the new Auto-Logoff feature
Summary
Further reading
8
Chapter 6: Object Storage – What’s New and Enhancements
Chapter 6: Object Storage – What’s New and Enhancements
Technical requirements
Understanding new direct-to-object storage and its use 
in SOBR
Understanding GFS backups to object storage with immutability
Discovering third-party integrations within the console for Azure and Wasabi
Summary
Further reading
9
Chapter 7: What’s New in NAS Backup
Chapter 7: What’s New in NAS Backup
Technical requirements
Understanding NAS backup – archive copy mode and direct-to-object storage
Understanding NAS backup with immutability support
Discovering NFS backup publishing as an SMB share
Learning about health check features and the cloud helper appliance
Summary
Further reading
10
Chapter 8: CDP and Veeam Cloud Connect
Chapter 8: CDP and Veeam Cloud Connect
Technical requirements
Discovering CDP to vCD in Veeam Cloud Connect
Exploring CDP with vCD to vCD
Investigating Instant VM Recovery within Veeam Cloud Connect
Summary
Further reading
11
Index
Index
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Understanding per-VM backup changes

When it comes to setting up your repositories, whether standard or a Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR), you have the option to select Use per-machine backup files, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 2.5 – Selecting the Use per-machine backup files option

Figure 2.5 – Selecting the Use per-machine backup files option

This option should be selected for your backups, the same as in Veeam Backup and Replication v11, and it is selected by default in Veeam Backup and Replication v12. Using this option takes advantage of multiple I/O streams to enterprise-grade storage arrays, allowing backups to process faster and write faster to disk.

Now, you might be asking yourself, if the option was there in Veeam Backup and Replication v11 and is still there in v12, what is the difference now when enabling this option? The difference now is in how files are stored on your repository servers compared to previous versions of Veeam.

There are three formats for storing files...

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