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eprietoOn the path to Greatness

Advanced VMware vSphere Features 🤓 Encrypted VMs

Many times we wonder what happens with encrypted VMs , here is this great explanation of Veeam Backup of Encrypted VMs Veeam Backup & Replication lets you back up encrypted VMs. The backup infrastructure must meet the following requirements:VM encryption instances must be preconfigured in the virtual infrastructure: you must set up the key management server, create the VM encryption policy and assign it to VMs in advance. The backup proxy used for backup must be working in the Virtual appliance transport mode or Network transport mode with SSL encryption enabled. The backup proxy working in the Virtual appliance transport mode must be deployed on an encrypted VM. Ensure either that you use a common Key Management Server (KMS) or that the Key Management Server clusters at both sites use common encryption keys. Replication of Encrypted VMsVeeam Backup & Replication lets you replicate encrypted VMs. The backup infrastructure must meet the following requirements:VM encryption in

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam Agent For Mac 🍎 !!! Part 1

What Can Be Backed Up?User profiles with all content Custom selection File based backup with native APFS snapshots Restore On Client Side Veeam Agent For Mac Supports…back up files and folders save coloured tags restore specific files or the whole ‘Users’ folder schedule backups send backups to VBR / VCC / Local drive (including encryption) provide basic local UI for FLR Snapshot SupportNative APFS snapshot supportAutomatic snapshot mode selection in single jobUsers on APFS backed up with snapshot Users located NAS share backed up without snapshot USB drives backed up without snapshot MAC OS versions will be supported10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina) Can I restore files from the VBR console?”Copy to” (Linux & Windows) is possible. No direct restore Deduplication appliances are supported !

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

When I thought the tape was forgotten ... Veeam brings us these improvements that I think are excellents! Tape 📼 Improvements TAPE CLONING !!! Allows us to Migrate from old LTO to newer tapes generations Additional copy for security reasons You can Copy from one drive to other drive via tape server You can Modify database and link old backups with new tapes You can Preserve link for old tapes File parts are detected and prompt for additional tape Note:Veeam can clone all Veeam tapes (B2T, F2T, NDMP), Veeam Can't do it for 3rd party tapes. What you need to know Requires at least two drives Restore selects automatically the needed tape if several copies exist No scheduler (use PowerShell) One media pool still does only allow one LTO generation What do you think of this improvement?

3 years ago

Kseniya✨

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[FREE Kubernetes Backup] 2 Ways to Try Kasten K10

Hey everyone,There were a few discussions at Community Hub around Kasten, Kubernetes and the way to try K10 product (if there are NFR keys available)Well, the good news is that there are two ways to test it!Hands-on Lab: Take a Kasten K10 TestdriveYou can take a live testdrive of K10, Kasten's data management platform for all your Kubernetes-native backup, DR, and application mobility needs.What you have to do to get access: To learn how Kubernetes-native application backup and recovery works, complete the form here and receive an email containing a link to the Kasten K10 testdrive.Install from the Cloud - 50 Nodes for 1 Month, 10 Free ForeverK10 Editions (Starter, Enterprise Trial, and Enterprise)The default Starter edition, provided at no charge, is functionally the same as the Enterprise Trial and Enterprise editions but limited from a support and scale perspective. Customers choosing to upgrade to the Enterprise edition can obtain a license key from Kasten or install from cloud mar

3 years ago

vNote42On the path to Greatness

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Kubernetes data protection - GigaOm Radar shows Kasten among top 3 leaders

I am not the container/Kubernetes guy - working on it - but it looks like, Veeam made the right decision to acquire Kasten for Kubernetes Data Protection! It is named as one of the 3 leaders in this area. Looking forward to put hands on.https://blocksandfiles.com/2020/11/14/gigaom-kubernetes-data-protection/

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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VBR v11🔥 vCloud Director To vCloud Director Replication 🔁

NEW!!! VBR v11vCloud Director To vCloud Director Replication Replication At vApp Level •VM snapshots used in background •because only one vApp snapshot possible•Target Org vDCmust exist before creating job•Veeam created vApp What’s Replicated •VM configuration•VM start and stop order•Description•Networking (org vDClevel)•Metadata

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam Agent For Linux 🐧 Improvements 🔥

I came Back !! Jen had Stolen my Internet Recovery ISO Improvements for Linux Agents •LUKS and LUKS2 support•AddvancedLVM configurations•Network manager TUI added (nmtui)•SSH server auto-start•Better hardware support -> based on latest Debian LiveISO

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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VBR v11 💪🔥 RESTful API for VBR

RESTful API for VBR •New “Veeam Backup Server RESTful API Service”•Does not require Enterprise Manager •Allows code generation through Swagger (based on OpenAPI3)•OAuth2 for authentication•Default port 9419 Capabilities•Create / modify / delete backup jobs•Manage backup infrastructure•Deploy at scale Mass Deployments 1.Export from oldVBR 2.Save output to jsonfile 3.Import to a new VBR * resource == jobs, repositories, proxies etc. Limitations •VMware backup jobs•Repositories: DAS and NAS•VMware Proxies •Managed Servers –Everything except Hyper-V and vCloud Director•Inventory –VMware vSphere

3 years ago

MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Reminder: Veeam Support Stance when new Product Versions are released (e.g. v11)

I just wanted to remind people of Veeam’s stance towards supporting multiple editions of products with the impending release of v11 and the all-star collection of upgrades we’re about to receive.Veeam have three stages to the end of the lifecycle of a product version:Stage One: End of FixVeeam focus their development on bug fixing on the latest available version only, so if you encounter a bug with v10 once v11 is released, one of two things will happen:If the issue is resolved on v11, you will be advised to upgrade to v11. If the issue isn’t resolved on v11, Veeam’s default stance is not to fix on v10, but instead focus efforts on fixing in v11, they do have a caveat this will be reviewed on a case by case basis but you shouldn’t expect to get a fix on v10.You will still receive technical support on products in this stage provided you have a valid support contract.Stage Two: End of SupportOnce a product has reached end of support even with a valid support contract you will no longer r

3 years ago

jorge.delacruzCommunity Manager

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[RESTful API] What's New, Deprecated, and Changed in VBA AWS v3 + VBO v5

Greetings everyone, Veeam keeps releasing, and improving the RESTful API of the different products and solutions. The last two that have been received and incredible amount of new API calls, improvements, and changes are the one for Veeam Backup for AWS v3, and the new Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 v5.Veeam tends to release a small what’s new for API where it highlights, briefly, the new stuff. If you are a heavy user of the RESTful APIs, maybe you are using them for automation, maybe as a Service Provider, you will probably like to see a full detail of all the changes, so here we are! Thanks to my colleague @Chris.Arceneaux who helped me understand Matrix, I am delighted to share with you the changes between the new API versions vs the old ones. Veeam Backup for AWS v3It was so subtle that I almost missed it, in fact I did for the first hours working with the API, as it is not a new version itself, just a new revision of the API v1.0. The changes are massive, as you can imagin

3 years ago

vNote42On the path to Greatness

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[PowerShell] analyze used repository space

Here I want to show how to query space in VBR Repositories with a few PowerShell snippets. These can be taken to check used space and compare this with restore points in VBR database. It can be used for larger environments to analyze repository space. I used these codes to analyze differences in size on the repositories at a customer.First check: Restore points in database and compare them to allocated space on repository.$VbrVMs = ((Get-VBRBackup | Get-VBRRestorePoint) |select vmname, @{N="Job"; E={$_.getsourcejob().name }}, @{N="Repo"; E={$_.getrepository().name }} , @{N="size"; E={$_.getstorage().stats.BackupSize }}) The output of this one-liner should be the same as properties of disk backups. When total over all this corresponds to used space on repository volumes, everything is OK. If not, a problem can exist.Second Check: You can check each physical file with Veeam known files in DB. I used this script (http://sebastiaan.tempels.eu/2017/05/05/veeam-orphaned-files/) to start w

3 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 01 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. How familiar are you with the terms RPO and RTO? What about combining that information into questions about backup job run frequency and amount of restore points?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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Hyper-V 👀 Backup Modes

Veeam Backup and Replication provides two different backup modes to process Hyper-V backups, both relying on the Microsoft VSS framework.On-Host backup mode, for which backup data processing is on the Hyper-V node hosting the VM, leveraging non transportable shadow copies by using software VSS provider. Off-Host backup mode, for which backup data processing is offloaded to another non-clustered participating Hyper-V node, leveraging transportable shadow copies using hardware VSS provider provided by the SAN storage vendor or SMB3 functionality Performance wise, since both backup modes are using the exact same Veeam transport services, the only differentiating factors will be the additional time requested to manage transportable snapshots (in favor of On-Host mode) and the balance between compute and backup resources consumption during backup windows (in favor of Off-Host mode).When using Windows Server 2016 or later, On-Host proxy mode is very fast and requires less components, thus re

3 years ago

arnaud.quenumInfluencer

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Simply orchestrate your DR with Veeam and NetApp !

Since the years when I was NetApp SE at Avnet/Techdata, I have always carried NetApp in my heart.And since I've been at Veeam, if there's one product I really like, it's Veeam Availability Orchestrator (VAO).So you can imagine that when Veeam announced VAO v3 with the major new feature of integration with NetApp technologies, it was a total excitement for me.In a NetApp environment, one of the promise of VAO is to drive the entire ONTAP storage failover during a DR to a recovery site and then orchestrate the restart of applications at that recovery site.Is the promise really being delivered? YES, it is… Enough blah blah blah, I suggest you watch all this in this little 5 minutes demo.The voice over is in french, but I think the demo is easy to understand for non french native speakers. If it's not the case, let me know in the comments and I'll find a solution.Give me your feedbacks and tell me what you think about this prolific technology partnership between Veeam and NetApp that has

3 years ago

vNote42On the path to Greatness

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[PowerShell] Export VBR console job logs

These days I invested the possibility to programmatically export the same job log shown in VBR console (GUI). @JMeixner gave me the missing link. Now I want to share my outcome here.First, select the backup session of the job you want to get the log from. To select the job session run latest, you can do this with a command like this:$BackupSession = Get-VBRBackupSession -Name "Job 1*" | Sort-Object CreationTime | Select-Object -last 1Here the name of the job is actually "Job 1". But -Name is the name of the running job. This means it includes a postfix like "(Incremental)", therefore *. I use -Name because this is much faster than using | where {$_.jobname -eq "Job 1"}When you have the backup session, run this to get the logs for each VM in this job.foreach ($Task in ($BackupSession | Get-VBRTaskSession)) { $Task.logger.getlog().updatedrecords | select @{N="VM"; e={$task.name}}, starttime, status, title | sort starttime} By the way, there is a hidden feature in the VBR console: If

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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VBR v11 🔥 - Cloud ☁️ Connect Improvements

Evacuate Tenant With PowerShell • cmdlet enables granular evacuation of: tenant tenant’s quota tenant’s job • Code example: Start-VBRCloudTenantBackupEvacuation $repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository-Name ‘SOBR-01’ -ScaleOut$tenant = Get-VBRCloudTenant-Repository $repo$extent = Get-VBRRepositoryExtent-Repository $repoStart-VBRCloudTenantBackupEvacuation-SourceExtent$extent[0] -TargetExtent$extent[1] -Tenant $tenant

3 years ago

c_glemotVeeam Vanguard

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VeeamLIVE 2020 – Cloud Data Management

Hi, in almost one month from now on October 20th, Veeam will deliver #VeeamLIVE! that will give the audience actionable Cloud Data Management guidance and help propel their business forward. Veeam knows virtual attendance isn’t easy, so Veeam is upping their game and making the entire conference Live to bring you best practices, “how-to” sessions, demos, and Q&As with end-users, industry, and Veeam experts. Attendees will learn to have an opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, set the strategy right for their organization, and be part of the future of Cloud Data Management. Here´s the landing page that you can check here and already register yourself. What is Veeam Live?The data protection and management scene is shifting constantly. You may be asking:How can I make my solution more efficient? Where are the threats, where are my opportunities? What new technologies do I need to keep pace with? What are my best options to Backup my data to the cloud?Veeam Live will g

3 years ago

Burak MARANGOZComes here often

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Veeam Direct to Restore Azure

Hello, In this article, I will talk about Veeam Direct Restore to Azure feature. What is Direct Restore to Azure? Included in Veeam Backup & Replication ™, Veeam Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure allows users to import and restore on-premises VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, physical servers, and endpoints to Microsoft Azure. Restore Microsoft Windows and Linux-based virtual machines, physical servers, and endpoints with Restore to Microsoft Azure. Today's modern data center is not limited to the location of the physical data center. IT organizations can optimize resource allocation and further improve operational scalability and efficiency with the Microsoft Azure cloud. With Veeam Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure, administrators can restore and migrate physical (P2V) or virtual (V2V) workloads to Azure without the need for complex configurations or additional hardware investments, thereby minimizing operating expenses. Quickly restore workloads to Azure Quickly and efficient

3 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#HomelabWednesday - How to deploy pfSense and setup additional networks for lab usage

In this week's episode of #HomelabWednesdays, I show you how to deploy pfSense in your lab and segment the lab into multiple networks so that it is ready for deployment of nested ESXi in a “Production site” and a “Disaster Recovery” site.Don’t forget to subscribe to get automatic notifications whenever a new video is released.

3 years ago

benyoungVeeam Vanguard

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Instant NAS Recovery and Machine Learning / Multi Engine Malware

The ability to perform backups on unstructued NAS/Fileserver data made its way into Veeam Backup and Replication in version 10 and they are now starting to build out on that foundation in v11 which is currently in closed beta testing. One of these new features extends Veeam's "instant" capabilities further such as Instant Disk Recovery or even Instant VM Recovery which is... you guessed it... Instant NAS RecoveryEarlier in the year I had a lot of fun playing about with the Data Integration API (more here, Data Integration API ) which allows for you to present virtual machine disks out of a backup restore point over the network and do something with them.nstant NAS Recovery works in a similar fashion to other instant functionality by presenting data from any of your restore points to a "target".As an example, for virtual machines this would be taking the latest VM restore point and actually bringing the server online into the hypervisor (the target) but not having to transit all of the

3 years ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 29 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Are you using virtual labs? What about virtual labs in a different site than your backup server? How did you handle it?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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PART II 👉 Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

Tape 📼 Improvements VEEAM v11 TAPE VERIFICATION!!! Check for media errors Compliance Verify after migration Sleep at night Restore without restore Performance near drive speed + some time for post-processing All VBR versions supported Audit file to track the corrupted files No scheduler (use PowerShell)

3 years ago

eprietoOn the path to Greatness

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Veeam Agent For MAC 🍎 !!! Part II - Deployment

Agent For MAC Deployment always via catch-all protection groups•.pkg file for installation•Install with double-click or 3rd party software management solution*•Full Disk Access (FDA) must be allowed in both cases Full Disk Access: Manual ConfigurationGo to “Settings –Security & Privacy –Full Disk Access” Check Profile On MacOS 3 Ways To Connect Agent To VBR 1) Command line (same as Veeam Agent for Linux) 2) Import a Catch-Allconfiguration file; can be done via UI: 3) Use mobile device management to distribute a configuration profile Visibility On VBR Side Appears in VBR after import of Catch-All configuration Assign backup policies in VBR console IMPORTANT VAM does NOT back up volumesperform bare metal recoveryperform any sort of application aware backupsave applications settings (unless you specifically select the required files)allow non-admin users to access other users’ datahave local UI to create jobs

3 years ago

vNote42On the path to Greatness

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[What (else) is new in v11 - III] Job Filter

Yes, this feature is not completely new in v11 - but it is a little bit hidden and I never found it before . So maybe it is new for others too. And there is also a cool improvement in v11!This filter is about getting a better overview of jobs and latest status. You can access them at Job-level in console.There you can create your own filtersand select the options you want to seeOptions are self explanatory. After adding a new filter, you can use this filter at Jobs-layer to see all jobs, matching the selected options.Of course you can edit and remove themAll of you, used this filter already may recognize a new options here. It is the possibility to Add this view to the job management tree.Which is a great little thing! When setting this option, filter will be available in left tree view as well!And can be edited there as well

3 years ago

mrmccoy007Veeam MVP

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Veeam 3-2-1 + immutability

This short 20 minute video explains how to setup our object storage integration so satisfy the 3-2-1 rule as well as making your backups immutable.

3 years ago

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