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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)
1
Part 1: Installation – Best Practices, Core Architecture, and Other Enhancements
6
Part 2: Security, Object Storage Direct, CDP, and Cloud Connect

To get the most out of this book

You should have at least 6 months of hands-on knowledge with Windows/Linux servers and virtualization with VMware, and it would be best if you were comfortable setting up servers and configuring them with storage. You should also have some backup knowledge and have already used Veeam, even for basic tasks, since many topics in the book look at the more advanced features of Veeam Backup & Replication.

Software/hardware covered in the book

Operating system requirements

Windows 2019/2022

Windows

Veeam Availability Suite

Windows

Ubuntu Linux 20.04 – Hardened Repositories

Linux

You need to have Windows Server set up to install Veeam Backup & Replication. You’ll also need to have the Veeam Availability Suite ISO file and trial license downloaded from http://www.veeam.com.

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots and diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://packt.link/ep03i.