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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.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Part 1: Installation – Best Practices, Core Architecture, and Other Enhancements
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Part 2: Security, Object Storage Direct, CDP, and Cloud Connect

What’s New in NAS Backup

This chapter will examine what’s new in Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v12 with network-attached storage (NAS) backups. First, we will discuss how the archive copy mode and direct-to-object storage work with NAS backups. We will then discuss how now NAS backup can be sent to immutable repositories for backups. Next, we examine publishing a network file system (NFS) NAS backup as a Server Message Block (SMB) share for access. Finally, we will explore the health check options and the cloud helper appliance.

By the end of this chapter, you will understand what NAS backup enhancements are new in v12. You will also know their use cases and how they fit into your environment, whether you are using NAS backups now or in the future. Finally, you will better understand publishing an NFS backup as an SMB share, health check options, and the cloud helper appliance.

In this chapter, we will cover the following main topics:

  • Understanding...