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JMeixnerVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

Data Backup Basics I: Why Snapshots Are Not Backups - Understanding the Differences

In the realm of data protection and recovery, the term "snapshot" often emerges, lauded for its efficiency and speed in capturing point-in-time states. However, it's crucial to dispel a common misconception:snapshots are not synonymous with backupsThey serve distinct purposes and possess fundamental differences that impact their reliability and comprehensive data protection capabilities. Key DifferencesDependency: Snapshots are often reliant on the original data source. If the primary data encounters issues, such as corruption or failure, snapshots tied directly to it may become compromised. In contrast, backups maintain independence from the original source, reducing the risk of losing data due to primary system issues. Data Retention: Snapshots are typically short-term solutions for immediate recovery needs. They may not suffice for long-term data retention or compliance purposes. Backups, on the other hand, are designed to retain data for extended periods, adhering to regulatory req

9 months ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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New Platinum Backup Rule

Everyone that knows me a little, knows that I’m a big fan of the 3-2-1-1-0 golden backup rule just like @Rick Vanover is also a big fan of this rule.In every conversation with a customer I will discuss and clarify this topic.For those who don’t know what the golden backup rule 3-2-1-1-0 means 😁, I wrote years ago a post of this topic it with more explanation (it pas my first post that achieved the weekly recap 🤗). Since then more followed...More info : 3-2-1-1-0 Golden Backup Rule | Veeam Community Resource Hub Well, in my opinion this golden backup rule is from now on not sufficient anymore and should be improved to a new rule!Why?Well, in version 12.1 of VBR there will be a lot of new functionalities regarding to detect ransomware, malware and detect suspicious activity in different ways.Therefore the current 3-2-1-1-0 is not sufficient anymore and should be changed to the platinum backup rule 3-2-1-1-0-0 😁 !!!So, there is an extra 0 being added and should stand for :0 should be t

9 months ago

leduardoserranoVeeam Vanguard

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Step by step to upgrade Veeam Service Provider Console to v7

Hi Veeam Cloud Service Providers partners! Veeam released the Service Provider Console version 7 in FY23H1. It is very important to carry out this update as many benefits and improvements have been added for you! For a detailed step-by-step guide on how to upgradeStep by step to upgrade Veeam Service Provider Console to v7 – Cloud and Roll (cloudnroll.com) References:Upgrading Veeam Service Provider Console – Veeam Service Provider Console Deployment GuideKB4441: Release Information for Veeam Service Provider Console 7 Cumulative Patches

9 months ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

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VMCE 2023 Experience

Good Community Day to everyone -I am pleased to share with the Community I scheduled my VMCE 2023 on v12 exam for this morning and was able to pass; even scored a little higher than the goal I set for myself. I was able to get into the 800s, so was pleased with my result.@Michael Melter created a post just under 2 weeks ago, and shared some great information. For a review of his post, you can read it here:I won’t re-hash the same things, but will give a little bit different take from my perspective though. Like Michael shares in his post, follow through the VMCE v12 Study Guide, as well as Anton’s What’s New document to review all the new features Veeam introduced with v12. And, this may seem common sense, but some may not take this to heart, but I also spent less time reviewing things I felt confident in, and spent more time with things I didn’t. Then, I took notes on them in a note style I could remember the info better. I spent a LOT of time in the User Guides.As for the exam, I cho

9 months ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

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Implementing Veeam Agent for Linux From A to Success

It’s the year of Linux!!! Well, at least for me it is. 😉 I’ve used a decent amount of Linux CLI over the years in managing vSphere environments, but not learned near as much as I wanted to. I always felt a void in my depth of knowledge & expertise about Linux. So I started this year going all in with LFCSA (Linux Foundation Certified Systems Administration) video courses on Pluralsight, learning about Linux Storage, Operations, Users & Groups, Service, and Network Management.Because I’m way more comfortable now using Linux, I’m planning on implementing Linux systems as Veeam Backup components in my environment to decrease the heightened security risk Windows systems tend to pose. As such, I’ve been reading up on Linux implementation in Veeam’s User Guides, starting with the Veeam Agent for Linux (VAL) User Guide. I thought I would share my Linux Agent journey from Preparation, to Install/Implementation, to “Hiccups” encountered, to Backup Success with the Community in hopes ot

9 months ago

regnorVeeam MVP

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HPE StoreOnce: Immutability with v12 - Part 2

In my last post I covered the requirements and necessary steps to configure immutability for HPE StoreOnce with Veeam V12. In this post I want to focus on how immutability behaves in different scenarios.Enable immutability for existing Catalyst storesIf you have existing Catalyst stores, the good news is that it’s possible to enable immutability for them. Let’s take a look at the Veeam helpcenter:Note that if you enable immutability and Veeam Backup & Replication does not start a new backup chain and still continues the chain, the whole backup chain is marked as immutable.https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/storeonce_supported_features.html?ver=120#immutabilitySo, after you configure immutability, the current or new backup chain will be made immutable. All other existing backup chains won’t be touched and therefore stay mutable.This is also exactly what I could reproduce in my lab environment. After enabling immutability, the current chain is made immutable, while all

9 months ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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Block size in combination with Veeam Cloud Connect and Object Storage

Hi allI already read and know different articles and posts of different people like @MicoolPaul, @olivier.rossi, @Chris.Arceneaux and others regarding object storage and the used block size.In this article a bit more about that in combination with Veeam Cloud Connect. Goal : My goal is to setup a new Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure for multiple hundreds of customers. Setup : The setup of the Veeam Cloud Connect is a infrastructure that consists of several SOBR’s that consists of multiple extents (performant block-storage physical servers with REFS - 64K) in a performance tier in 1 datacenter and a capacity tier with object storage (performant physical object storage devices) in another datacenter with using the copy-mode and immutability.Of course there is a performant interconnection between the 2 datacenters. Advantages of this setup : There are a lot of advantages in my opinion in using that setup : we use 2 datacenters and all data is being copied from 1 datacenter to another da

9 months ago

MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam B&R x Azure Storage: Failed to Copy Blob

Alt Text: Graphic with blog post titleDon’t you just hate it when something is working and then it breaks?I was working with a customer recently that had their Azure Storage configured as a backup repository within Veeam (Direct to Object Storage) and all was working great. However, after a few months Veeam was attempting to perform lifecycle operations such as creating synthetic full backups and purging old restore chains, and then suddenly a backup job started to fail.After diving into the logs I could see the following error was happening with every backup attempt:Details: HTTP code: 403, Content Length: 246, Code: AuthorizationFailure,<DATE TIME> :: Error: This request is not authorized to perform this operation.Failed to copy azure blob. Source path: [{ContainerName}//Veeam/Backup/{Folder Name}/Clients/{GUID}/{GUID}/Metadata/Checkpoint/1. Version: [{File Version Date}].], Target path: [{ContainerName}//Veeam/Backup/{Folder Name}/Clients/{GUID}/{GUID}/Metadata/Metadata/Checkp

9 months ago

HunterLAFRVeeam Legend

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USB Storage over the Network!

Hi everyone!I had a case during this week, and I wanted to share my experience / workaround with y’all.I wanted to export a backup to an external drive, the VBR was a virtual machine, and no access to the Hypervisor to plug the USB and push it to the vm.Now you may think, mount it somewhere and share it over the network as a shared folder…I did, and was not working, some windows stuff that we were not allowed to share any unit, and was driving us crazy!We did some research, and remembered that there was a way to share / mount remote USB Devices over the Network! now, time to give it a shot!The idea is very straight forward, a Server machine, where the USB Devices is located at, and a client, to mount the remote resource as “local”.The tool name is VIRTUALHEREUSB SERVER(Local USB Drive)→NETWORK→USB CLIENT“Remotely mounted USB Drive”You simply download the Server and client, and execute them in the decided machines, couple of easy configs, and you are good to go, let me show you some scr

9 months ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard

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Veeam One Multiple Vulnerabilities - CVE-2023-38547 | CVE-2023-38548 CVE-2023-38549 | CVE-2023-41723

A bunch of new vulnerabilities was discovered on Veeam One against the SQL Server connection: You can see all of these on the new Veeam KB4508. Don't hesitate and update your Veeam One environment right now.

9 months ago

marcofabbriOn the path to Greatness

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Direct to Windows Object Storage on premise with MinIO

Happy monday everyone!Are you considering integrating the feature direct-to-Object Storage into your backup plan, which allows you to add Object Storage as a primary backup repository?Perhaps you'd like to test it locally on-premise first, on a Windows Server environment, without having to purchase, or testing purposes, paid cloud solutions? Or maybe you're specifically seeking a reliable On-Premise Object Storage solution that can also run on a Windows Server?Well, this guide is just for you.In this example I used:VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 Windows Server 2022 VM with 2 disks MinIO 2023-11-15Prepare your Object Storage Windows serverLet's set up and update a Windows Server 2022 VM. Keep it in a Workgroup. Then partition two disks: a smaller one for the OS and a larger one for data. In my example, I allocated 50GB to the OS and 500GB to the data.Visit https://min.io/download#/windows and download the executable.Place that in C:\ and create a PowerShell script with the following code:setx MINIO

9 months ago

Iams3leVeeam Legend

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Application for vExpert and Cisco Champion 2024

Hi there,I would like to share with you that applications for the following 2024 program are open. Existing vExperts and those aspiring to be part of this esteemed community are encouraged to submit their applications for consideration. Similarly, the Cisco Champion program welcomes both current members to reapply and prospective participants to submit their applications for review.For more information on the vExpert program, please take a look at this piece from @victorwu

9 months ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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The strenght of the Veeam Community is outstanding

1 week ago I had to work during the whole weekend 😉Yes, occasionally some work for customers needs to be done during a maintenance window, often during the weekend, not possible during weekdays.If it doesn’t happen every week and it is possible to schedule it when it suits for yourselves, no problem 😁.Well, last weekend I had to work with a colleague of mine for a customer in a datacenter.Because of the very bad implementation before of the infrastructure (not done by us 🤗), we needed to verify and document the whole setup and every network-connection.Why?We had to turn off the whole Hyper-V cluster, storage, servers, virtual machines, …Afterwards we needed to remove all cabling, reorganize all devices, change the configuration, recabling everything and turn on the infrastructure again.You wouldn’t believe how bad the setup was!!!All went spotless 🤣, it was not our first time we did some project like that : my colleague, a network and firewall specialist and myself a backup, hyperv

9 months ago

MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam B&R – NAS Cache Metadata Movement Gets Stuck

Alt Text: Banner graphic displaying the post titleHi,Another quick hint from the field. I’ve seen on multiple occasions that Veeam can get stuck when moving metadata between cache repositories. I needed to move a batch of NAS Cache metadata to a new location, due to a change in Veeam Backup & Replication v12, whereby now it is recommended that you provision no less than 1GB of cache space per 1 million file versions, per backup job. A bit different to some of the previous ‘best practice’ guidelines of ~4GB total!As a quick side note, the Veeam Best Practice documentation now suggests 5% of the source data size as your cache size when using object, but I’m sticking to the Veeam Helpcenter documentation’s 1GB per 1 million file versions guidance, as it’s a good minimum for sizing. The Veeam Best Practice documentation doesn’t always scale well once you’ve got TBs of data. For example: At 50TB of data across 25 million files, your sizing with the best practice starts at 2.5TB of cache

9 months ago

ScottVeeam Legend

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Quick Summit Recap

I know I’m late, but spending an extra 4 days in Prague was a blast and the jetlag kicked in hard after being awake over 26 hours coming home! First off, Thanks to @Rick Vanover @Madi.Cristil @safiya @NikolaPejkova Nikki Adkins, and everyone else for their hard work. As this was my first summit (and first time out of NA) I had no clue what to expect and a bit nervous about the trip. Everything exceeded my expectations from the hotel, the sessions, events, the venues and swag 😄! I already want to go back to EU and explore more. The flight there was a bit rough. Having someone take their shoes and socks off and bump you with their foot for a few hours is not my idea of a good time, but I was able to keep my cool and power through. I met @Chris.Childerhose and @Matt Crape at the airport which made my trip to the hotel stress free. We were all a bit more tired than expected so the Uber instead of transit was the right call. I was pretty happy with the weather in Prague when I checked my

9 months ago

barellagComes here often

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How to assign custom tags on Veeam Backup for AWS workers

Hi All, In this article I am going to show how to configure custom AWS tags on Veeam Backup for AWS (VBAWS) workers. This is really helpful if you need to use tags for billing purposes for example.This procedure is only possible, at least until the moment I am writing this post, through restAPI. In Veeam for AWS we use by default the port 11005 for the restAPI, so you need to make sure you open this port on the security group that is associated with the VBAWS instance. Since you have the port open, the first step is to access Swagger, the restAPI tool built-in the VBAWS appliance.Open your browser and type:https://<hostname or IP of your appliance>:11005/swagger/index.html Expand the Method TOKEN Expand POST /api/v1/token and click on Try it Out.From the Grant_type drop-down menu, select Password, type the same credentials used to log into the appliance in the fields Username and Password. All other fields can remain blank and click Execute. Wait for the response from the server.

9 months ago

SteveFComes here often

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Veeam Amazing Object Storage Tips & Techniques Part 5

A Deeper Look at the Smart-EntityIn my Veeam Amazing Object Storage Tips & Techniques Part 4 I provided a high level introduction of the Smart-Entity feature of the Smart Object Storage API (SOSAPI). In this article, I will explain how our Technical Alliance Partner (TAP) Object First has implemented the Smart-Entity as part of their object storage solution.Let’s start off with a reminder of how the Smart-Entity feature works:Veeam Backup & Replication will tell the object storage platform how much data VBR is about to send it as well as for what object (virtual machines, cloud vms, NAS file share, and Physical machines). The object storage platform can then use this information to determine what node/endpoint will receive the backup data The object storage platform then provides VBR the node name/endpoint address to send the data toBefore I dive into the details of how Smart-Entity works, let me define what an entity is. Veeam Backup & Replication uses backup jobs to pr

9 months ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard

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Veeam File Extensions

Using Veeam we can have various types of files. But do you know all of those file extensions? Here is a list of the main files: .vbm - backup chain metadata file.vbk - full backup file.vib - incremental backup file.vrb - reverse incremental backup file.bco - configuration backup file.lde - veeam explorer exported file.ldf - Microsoft SQL Server Log file.mdf - Microsoft SQL Server master database file.vsm - Microsoft SQL Server transaction log backup.vom - Oracle database log file.lock - lock file.vblob - file that stores data from the file share (NAS) backup job.vindex - binary metadata file that describes backup files (names and versions) of file share backup job.vslice - binary metadata that describes allocation of data in VBLOB backup files Have you in mind any other kind of file extension that are associated with Veeam?Put here on the comments that I will add to this list.

9 months ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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VEEAM 100 SUMMIT IN PRAGUE

VEEAM 100 SUMMIT IN PRAGUE Last week I had the great pleasure to attend the Veeam 100 Summit in Prague Czech Republic.This event is the highlight of the year for the Veeam Community and the atmosphere and energy it creates is enough to keep one fueled with IT enthusiasm until the next summit.So what is the Veeam 100? Well I have described it before but such a great Community needs to be mentioned again and again. What’s more there is no reason why you too can’t join the Veeam 100 as well, either as a Veeam Vanguard or a Veeam Legend.The Veeam Vanguards“The Veeam Vanguard Program is Veeam’s top-level influencer community”. You can get a full description here: https://www.veeam.com/vanguard.htmlThe Veeam Legends“Veeam Legends are Veeam users and data protection industry experts who are passionate about technology, innovation and eager to further develop their career, while sharing their experiences with the community” Again you can get more information from here: https://community.veeam.

9 months ago

Madi.CristilCommunity Manager

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Veeam 100 Show - Second episode -Veeam community leverages AI for next gen support and content experiencesVeeam 100 Show #2

If you missed out on the second episode of the Veeam 100 Show with @anthonyspiteri79 , @benyoung and @kristofpoppe , fret not! You can still watch the replay and gain valuable insights, tips, and knowledge that were shared during the event. With the participation of the two #VeeamVanguards alongside #Veeam's Regional CTO for APJ, Anthony Spiteri, this session offers an exciting journey into how the #Veeam Community is delving into the dynamic AI landscape, forging a path and laying the groundwork for a significant transformation in support and content experiences. Best, Madi

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9 months ago

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-

9 months ago

Rick VanoverRICKATRON

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Behind the scenes of VeeamON Resiliency SummitBehind the scenes of VeeamON Resiliency Summit

Across the company, we’ve been working for the upcoming VeeamON Resiliency Summit. This online event will serve a number of objectives:A comprehensive view of Veeam cybersecurity capabilities and strategies in the market The latest look at Veeam Data Platform capabilities Expert perspectives from leading cybersecurity experts and customersThat’s a lot. What I thought I would do for the community here is share some our insights and tricks that go on behind the scenes. Whether we are preparing for the flagship VeeamON event, a regional VeeamON Tour or this latest iteration with the VeeamON Resiliency Summit; a lot goes into a cross-functional team’s approach. I had the opportunity to contribute to the event in a few ways, and I made the case that there should be an ‘All Demo’ session on the release of the Veeam Data Platform. This version 12.1 release in the product is incredible. Further I need to say, 2023 is an incredible year for Veeam Products. With V12 being released in February an

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10 months ago

Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam 100 Summit Recap - Prague 2023

I’d like to first thank Rick Vanover, Madalina Cristil, Nikola Pejková, and everyone at Veeam for their efforts and support leading into my second Veeam 100 Summit. It’s a HUGE undertaking that requires many levels of coordination. This was my second time attending the event in person. It was an honour to attend such a prestigious event for the second time and meet many fellow Vanguards, Legends and MVPs in person. It is amazing how being at an event and being able to speak to others of the same mindset makes you feel great. As for the host city of Prague, it never fails.Day 1 included a Welcome Reception hosted by Object First.A big thanks to Kevin Allan and Probax for sponsoring our Go Kart event earlier in the day! It’s safe to assume everyone thoroughly enjoyed this experience! However, we did have one minor mishap during racing, as Thiago Dos Santos Nunes decided to crash into a wall and ended up like this.The Kasten workshop was once again held on Monday afternoon for those wh

10 months ago

MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam 100 Summit - Live Blog #Day 0 + 1

Hi, Wanted to try and bring some of the magic of the Veeam 100 Summit to the Community Hub, as so much of Veeam’s success comes from the community! I’ll be blogging here each day bringing some highlights from the summit. Hope you enjoy it!

10 months ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 2 🎁🚀

Hi everyone, I bring this book, I hope you Enjoy ItThis book provides tips that help administrators maximize the performance of VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 2. Sections cover hardware selection, ESXi and virtual machines, guest operating systems, and virtual infrastructure managementDownload Here

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