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Madi.CristilCommunity Manager

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Veeam 100 Show- A Case Study: The Evolution of Hybrid Cloud Data FreedomVeeam 100 Show Episode 12

In this show, @JSeeger , @michaelcade and @Madi.Cristil are discussing how a real life customer backup (and production) environment evolved over the years and how Veeam supported the changes and the customer to fit both their on-premises and cloud needs. A journey to simplify, enhance and provide efficient data resiliency across the hybrid cloud environments.

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safiyaCommunity Analyst

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Veeam 100 Show - Honey, I shrunk the RPOs

Honey, I shrunk the RPOs! 🐜 Happy Friday, community! In yesterday’s episode of the Veeam100 Show, @Michael Melter was joined by @anthonyspiteri79 to show how you can build the smallest RPO possible. Michael digs into his past as a scientist with a PhD in chemistry (wow!) and shows a Veeam relic from 2007! Catch the latest episode below 💫

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Kseniya✨

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The Veeam Community Guide

Since we launched Veeam Community Hub one year ago, 11,199 members joined and we are very happy to see new members engaging, sharing the knowledge and helping each other.Community is rapidly growing, and I thought it would make sense to create a guide with the best practices on how to use community: what category to choose, what type of content to go with, what to do and what not to do.Let’s look into that!Veeam Community Hub is owned by Veeam Legends and Veeam Community. It’s community driven property. If you would like to talk to Veeam PM or submit a support ticket, please reach out to Veeam Support or Veeam R&D Forums All content in all categories apart from User Groups is in English. If you feel more comfortable with your local language, you are welcome to create posts in local user groups Do not publish empty posts with external links only. Just do not, please. This type of content will be hidden. It is absolutely OK to use external link as a reference to something though. E

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Kseniya✨

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Blogs and podcasts: Housekeeping rules

Hi Veeam Community!Here are a few housekeeping rules to keep this space friendly, interactive and useful:All content is in English only Personal information, which is not suitable for public viewing, cannot be published – e.g. address or phone number Podcasts and YouTube streams should be embedded through the ‘Embed media’ functionality. Here’s an example. Don’t just post a sentence with a hyperlink. Such posts will be hidden. We ask that you don’t just post a link to a blog or article, since most community members prefer to stay here and have discussions. Users may not post any offensive materials, share illegal or copyrighted content, attempt to distribute illegal substances, or distribute viruses or other material. Users may not use this place for (commercial) activities such as the advertising or sale of products or services, the offering of (interactive) games or the advertising of other communities or websites. The Veeam Community Team reserves the right to remove content or rest

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allynzVeeam Vanguard

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A First Look at Veeam Backup & Replication v13: Linux-Based and Web Console Awesomeness

Extracted from the original blog at wcithipster.com on Nov 25 Written By Zane AllynAs a Veeam Vanguard and a longtime backup enthusiast with more than six years of experience working at Veeam. Today, I’m beyond excited to share an early look at Veeam Backup & Replication v13. This release introduces two major enhancements: a fully Linux-based backup server and an HTTPS-based web console. These updates are not just features; they’re milestones that reflect years of community feedback.This sneak peek is based on alpha code, so things may change before the final release. That said, there’s plenty here to get excited about. Let’s get into it.A Fully Linux-Based Backup Server: No Windows NeededOne of the most significant changes in v13 is the move to a fully Linux-based backup server. For years, Veeam relied on Windows to power its core services. With v13, that dependency is gone. Instead, you’ll deploy the server using an OVA file, making the process faster, more secure, and platform-

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andy.sturnioloComes here often

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Veeam Moref ID Migration Tool - Updated 12.2

UPDATE-- As of Veeam 12.3… The MorefID Tool is no longer available as its now apart of 12.3 feature set. 12.3 What’s New - https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_12_3_whats_new_wn.pdfHelpCenter - https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/powershell/veeam_vm_migrator.html?ver=120 Hey Everyone, What is a Moref ID? In VMware, a Moref ID (Managed Object Reference ID) is a unique identifier assigned to different objects or resources within the vSphere environment, like virtual machines, hosts, or data stores. It helps VMware keep track of and manage these objects.Think of it like a name tag that VMware uses to identify and reference each specific object in its system. The MoRef ID naming starts with a prefix stating the object type followed by a hyphen and a number, for example, vm-197, host-29, domain-c26. Every object has its own MoRef address: https://<VCENTER>/mob/?moid=<OBJECTID>. So why is it Important? When a virtual machine (VM) is added to a job in Veeam Backup & Repl

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jorge.delacruzCommunity Manager

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Grafana Dashboard for Veeam Backup & Replication

Greetings, friends! I want to share with you the new Grafana Dashboard for Veeam Backup & Replication, no Enterprise Manager is needed, and it uses 100% VBR API.Small note: For those familiar with the data protection scene, you might recall that we’ve already got a Grafana Dashboard dedicated to the Veeam Enterprise Manager API since 2020. Grafana Dashboard for Veeam Backup & Replication API When you finish this article, if you follow all the steps, you should have something similar to this. It might be different according to your environment, number of days you select, protected workloads, jobs, etc.Dashboard – SummaryJob Historical Information – The very first graph. The most important one in my opinion. Grouped by 24 hours, get to know the status of your policies per day, on a range in time. Job Historical Information Table – Very similar to the previous panel, but this time with more details about job name, status, date, etc. Job Historical Information Duration – Very simil

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smarivoetVeeam MVP

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fyi: some movies to share

I know, not a really 200% match to put it under the blog section, but it is all promotional video material posted on linked-in :-) These shorts-vids were made with (Bruder-)toys and RC-conversions of them I like to make. The content however is entirely Veeam focused.And here is the catch: My son is saving for a phone. I promised him 10eur for every 1000impressions on linked in. Like share and contribute to his phone (and get me poor 🤣).Veeam Data Cloud has many options and flavors. But I stressed out in “VDC the RC-series” a few things a lot of people easily forget. Managed by another “workforce”: so basically even if you (and your credentials/tenants) are compromised, your data will remain save in our hands as it is a clear segregation of security No investments needs (first RC-series): you don’t need a second DC, or invest/dig into security… leave that part up to us and just consume No unexpected costs: in case of total failure or problems, your price is the consumption per TB. egr

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jcolonfzenprVeeam Vanguard

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New version of AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR (v0.8.13)

Hi,I share with you several changes that I have been working on to improve the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR script. Next year I will be working on adding the option to generate the report in other languages besides English!!!!.Here is a short summary:https://techmyth.blog/en/posts/abr-veeam-vbr-0_8_13/Happy Holidays!

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PybarraInfluencer

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Please Vote on the Veeam Forums for Nutanix Prism vs. Prism Element

Hello Veeam community this was posted in the Veeam R&D Forums. I thought it would also be good to add here. Your feedback is important for our Nutanix joint customers. It is a simple answer, either “Yes” or “No”😀Veeam Nutanix Prism Central vs. Prism Element Pollhttps://forums.veeam.com/nutanix-ahv-f51/prism-central-vs-prism-element-usage-t96793.htmlThanks for your support,Pete

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MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring Feature: Tape Drive Alerts

Everyday is a school day, and today I found out something really cool that Veeam was doing, that I never knew about because “It Just Works”.I had an alert generated from a customer system today that I had never seen before. Now I’ve seen plenty of alerts for different backup issues, whether they’re caused by networks, BSODs, disk space constraints etc, but I got surprised by this completely new one. A Tape Drive Alert, but of an unexpected variety Warning: “TapeDrive alert: The voltage supply to the tape drive is outside the specified range.”As I said above, I’d never seen this warning before! I didn’t know that Veeam was tracking such attributes of the tape drives it uses. So I set about looking up the root cause of the problem and busted out some “Google-Fu” to find who else had these issues in the past and I found this page of Veeam Documentation:Tape Drive Alerts – Veeam Backup Guide for vSphereThis web page has all of the alert codes, the severity of the issue, a description about

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haslundMr. VMCE

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#VMCA 2022 Official practice exam question 21 walkthrough

The walkthrough of the official #VMCA 2022 practice exam question 21 is ready.

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leduardoserranoVeeam Vanguard

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Implementing Snapshot Orchestration for Critical Environments

Snapshot orchestration is critical, especially in IT environments that seek agility in application protection and recovery operations. The capability for fast restoration from snapshots also helps reduce downtime and minimizes business impact.Veeam Backup & Replication can integrate with storage systems and create backups using storage-based snapshots, minimizing production impact and accelerating the backup process.In addition to the traditional Backup Job, Veeam offers the Snapshot Orchestration Job. It automates the creation, management, and deletion of snapshots, ensuring consistent backups, minimal impact on production systems, and more efficient storage use.Together, the Veeam Backup and Veeam Snapshot Orchestration enable the implementation of a comprehensive data protection and recovery strategy.vSphere Metro Storage Cluster (vMSC)In critical VMware environments that require high availability, VMware High Availability (HA) is a technology that provides cluster-based monito

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olivier.rossiVeeam MVP

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Object Storage: Backup directly to AWS S3 - step by step recipe

IntroductionV12 is launching (register here) on Valentine's day and one of the most anticipated feature is the ability to backup directly to object. As my Valentine's gift to you, I wanted to highlight what's required to get your first V12 backup Direct to AWS S3 going. What do we need?An S3 bucket, an IAM user with the proper policy and a VPC for the helper appliance. A quick note about the V12 direct to object "helper" applianceIn the context of direct backups to AWS S3, the helper Appliance is a temporary EC2 instance that Veeam leverages to perform backup file health-checks.The benefit is to avoid having to "pull-down" any of the backup data on-premises to perform that maintenance operation. You configure the helper appliance settings at the Mount Server step of declaring your Object Repository.Giving the proper permissions in your policy, Veeam gives you the option to auto-create the required VPC, Subnet, Security Group and Route table.I personally would rather set all of this up-

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leduardoserranoVeeam Vanguard

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Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8: Improved Architecture

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 has been out and generally available since September 3, 2024, with new features focused on complete immutability, increased scalability, and more.I highlight these changes in the architecture, as shown in the figure above.Let's verify some of the new features. Comprehensive ImmutabilityVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 allows you to prevent data deletion from the primary object storage repository by making the data temporarily immutable, thus safeguarding it against malware threats.The following types of Object Storage repositories are compatible with this release and can support immutability:S3 object storage: compatible with the AWS S3 operations and AWS S3 Signature Version 4 standard. Amazon S3 object storage. Microsoft Azure Blob storage. IBM Cloud Object Storage. Wasabi Cloud Object Storage.You can activate data immutability when adding a new object storage repository to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365. It ensures that once Veeam Backup for Microsof

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SSimpsonComes here often

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Unlocking Data Insights: The Veeam App for Splunk

Today, we will explore the Veeam App for Splunk, a new feature introduced in V12.2. Veeam has collaborated closely with several vendors to integrate its products with complementary solutions, enhancing visibility into your backups and security. This collaboration aims to provide users with deeper insights and improved data protection capabilities.In today’s data-driven environment, effective data management and protection are crucial for organizations of all sizes. As businesses rely more on data for decision-making, the need for reliable backup solutions and advanced analytics has grown significantly. This is where the Veeam app for Splunk proves invaluable—a powerful tool that allows IT teams to easily monitor, analyze, and optimize their Veeam backup environments.Splunk is a data platform enables organizations to search, monitor, and analyze machine-generated data in real time. It transforms large amounts of data into actionable insights, making it invaluable for IT operations, secu

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vmJoeVeeam MVP

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Enhancing Your Veeam Security: Key Features to Activate

Enhancing Your Veeam Security: Key Features to ActivateVeeam Software’s R&D department has been busy the past year. It has introduced three minor feature releases (V12.1, 12.2, and 12.3), including crucial new security features and updates. If you have just installed V12 or are still on V11 and are planning an upgrade to the latest V12 release (V12.3), you may be overwhelmed by figuring out an “order of importance” for activating features.I suggest to customers moving to V12.3, or are using V12.3 but haven’t implemented any security features yet to turn on the new features in this order: Veeam Hardened repository, MFA, 4-Eyes authorization, Entropy and Indicators of Compromise scanning, and Veeam Threat Hunter. First: Veeam Hardened repositoryThe security of your backup infrastructure should start with and center around Immutable storage. For Veeam, this is the Veeam Hardened Repository (VHR). The Veeam Hardened Repository is delivered as a bootable ISO. It allows you to create a

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ScottVeeam Legend

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Renaming backup jobs.

I have a lot of jobs that are getting a new naming convention. The old way to do this was remove from the job from the configuration, modify the folder name on the repository, rename the job, rescan the Repo, then map the back files to the job. I found there is an updated way to do this and is a welcome feature to save time. To go one step further, it is not recommended to use the remove/rescan method due to the fact the files get new identifiers that cause the restore points to be seen as new data by all tape and cloud storage offload jobs. To test it, lets create a new job.In my case it’s called “___TEST_NAME_CHANGE” to keep it at the top of my screen. Next, after running a job, we will click “Disk” on the left to make sure there is a backup on the Repository. It’s similar, but it’s not quite the same screen. 😉 Now, return to the Backup page, right click your Backup job, click edit, and lets rename it. On the Backup Job page you can see it’s been renamed. On the Disk page w

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Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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Recap : Surebackup - what, why and how

Hi allDuring the last physical event of Veeam VUG BeLux at the end of 2023 I gave a session about Veeam Surebackup.What it is, why it is needed and how it should be implemented and being used.In this post I will give a summary about the content of that session so everyone can enjoy the content 😁 What is surebackup ?Automated or manual mechanismTo verify the recoverability of the backupsCan be used for :For VMs on a Vmware or Hyper-V environment Since V12 : also possible for agent backups (physical devices or cloud devices)Possible for :Regular backups Backups from storage snapshots Regular replica’s (only VMware) Why do we need surebackup ?To be sure of the recoverability of our backupsTo apply to the 3-2-1-1-0 rule - to apply the 0 of the golden backup rule Requirements : License :Perpetual socket-based license : at least an Enterprise license Veeam Universal License (VUL) SAN licenses in case of storage snapshots (Vmware only) Infrastructure :The necessary memory The necessary compu

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Michael MelterVeeam Legend

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gMSAs with VBR - Part 2 - How to do it

In the first part of this three part blogpost we’ve discussed why to use gMSAs to achieve application consistency before backing up our workloads with Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR).In this part I will show you, how easy it can be implemented with VBR and how the process differs from the official manual. (1) Ensure your forest schema is updated to (at least) Windows 2012 (Version 56+)First, check your version of the forest schema and increase it, if needed, beforehand. You might well go all the way up to the maximum possible level for your most legacy domain controller. Check for compatibility with other domain related services like Exchange servers etc. first, to make sure you don’t break other things. (2) Make sure you have created a KDS root keyThe KDS root key is a crucial component of the Microsoft Group Key Distribution Service (KdsSvc). It is used to generate group keys that are distributed within an Active Directory environment. This root key is essential for creating gro

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Marco.EscobarNot a newbie anymore

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Veeam Decoys Project

I’m really happy to share with the Veeam Community this Open Source Project Called Veeam Decoys. It is public knowledge that multiple threat actors use various tactics and techniques to identify services when they are already inside the internal networks of the organization they are attacking. In fact, the Mitre ATT&CK Enterprise matrix has two complete tactics, "Discovery" TA0007 and "Lateral Movement" TA0008, which list and explain multiple techniques and tools used by attackers. For example, the most sought-after services within the internal network are Remote Desktop Protocol and SSH. If we review Coveware's reports from this year, in the Q1-2024 report, we can observe that the "Lateral Movement" tactic ranks third among the most used tactics by threat actors according to the percentage of cases: https://www.coveware.com/blog/2024/4/17/raas-devs-hurt-their-credibility-by-cheating-affiliates-in-q1-2024If we review the same report, but for Q2-2024, we can see a significant rise

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SSimpsonComes here often

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Entra ID Backup

Entra ID, formerly known as Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), is a comprehensive cloud-based identity and access management solution from Microsoft. It plays a pivotal role in securely managing users, devices, applications, and data across both cloud and on-premises environments. Due to its integral function within an organization's IT ecosystem, having a robust backup and disaster recovery strategy for Entra ID is essential. Below are several key reasons why backing up Entra ID is critical:1. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery2. Accidental Deletion or Misconfiguration3. Compliance and Auditing Requirements4. Protection Against Malicious Activity5. User and Group Management6. Migration and Transition7. Business or Organizational Changes8. Minimizing Human Error9. Enabling Seamless Rollback10. Integration with Third-Party ServicesVeeam Backup for Entra ID is a way to back up and protect data from Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory or Azure AD). This is

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AndanetVeeam Legend

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Backup security: Why go with on-premises object storage?

Hi there,In this article, I’m going to look at why, as the title says, it’s now crucial to give your infrastructure object storage for writing backups.To do this, though, we need to look at a few things. I’m going to run through them now. Why Enterprise Backups Are Becoming More and More Important In recent years, the amount of data being generated has increased a lot. Companies now need to manage information that is critical to their daily operations. At the same time, with this growth, there are also a variety of risks associated with different situations, such as:Cybersecurity: Ransomware and data breaches are happening more often and are getting more sophisticated.Regulations like GDPR and NIS2 require us to keep data safe and secure.Business Continuity: Losing data can cause a lot of problems for a company. It can damage their reputation, cause financial losses, and disrupt their operations. The answer is on-premises object storage.On-prem object storage is a pretty cool solution

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chasComes here often

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Veeam Vault simple calculator

Hi Veeam communityThe calculator team just posted the latest build of the Veeam Calculators. You can read all about the new feature additions here: Calculators 1.2 released! | Veeam Community Resource Hub.I want to take a second to spotlight the addition of the simple Veeam Data Cloud Vault calculator. The calculators have been able to do Vault calculations for about the last 6 months or so, but in this release, and following the release of VDC Vault 2.0, we wanted to pare down the interface and make something really easy to use. We just ask the questions 'how much and for how long?'. From there you'll be given an estimate on your VDC Vault required capacity. Simple. A couple of notes:'Source Data' refers to the...well...source. That is to say, an estimate of how much is in your datacenter and within scope. The maths behind data reduction, the magic of Veeam datamovers, repo types...all that stuff is applied but hidden away. Advanced mode opens up some additional variables if needed.

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kristofpoppeVeeam Vanguard

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Backups with a Twist: Adding Emoji Spice to Your Job Names

Backups with a Twist: Adding Emoji Spice to Your Job NamesBackups are serious business. They’re the safety net that saves us from a world of pain when the data hits the fan. But let’s face it—backup job names are often duller than an accountant’s Christmas party. “BackupJob01” or “DailyIncremental” might get the job done, but they won’t win any awards for creativity. Enter emojis: the little digital sprinkles that can transform a backup job name from a snooze-fest into a masterpiece of expression. 🎉Why Add Emojis to Backup Job Names? Because You Can: Many modern backup platforms now support Unicode, which means emojis are fair game! It’s like discovering that your boring sandwich can be a gourmet burger with the right toppings. Instant Recognition: Instead of trying to remember if “Backup_Week1” is for your critical systems or just a test run, a 🌐 or 💡 in the name makes it instantly clear. Fun Factor: Who says IT can’t have a little whimsy? Let your backups reflect your mood, yo

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