Hello calculator users,
Today brings us version 1.5 of the Official Veeam Calculators!
Alongside a number of internal & UI tweaks/patches, this release delivers:
- Universal Importer!
- 📚 XLSX for entire scenario, or
- 📗 CSV for individual workloads
- New visual relationship/interactive maps:
- 🛜 Ports map
- ↔️ Source-to-target map
- 💾 CDP target storage usage for short-term and long-term retention policies.
- 🪟 Version 13.0.1 support for Windows-based VBR (non-VSA)
Read more on these new features below (and check the release notes on the bottom right of the tool for a complete list of changes)
Cheers,
Veeam Calculators Team 🧮
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Scenario Builder: Universal Importer
Have a hypervisor other than VMware? Want to collect data with a tool other than RVTools? Got your own scripts? Want to send a worksheet to be filled out by a customer/partner/department?
Well, do I have something for you: Universal Importer.
With Universal Importer, you can generate a structured XLSX sheet to collect input data for your whole scenario [or a CSV per workload] that can be populated programmatically/manually outside of Scenario Builder.
To use it, simply…
- Location the new Universal Import button…
New Universal Import button shows at top right of the “Build Workloads" step... - Read the instructions and generate a full scenario template…
- Fill out the workbook as needed…
Fill out the XLSC [or CSV] as required
- Once the sheet/csv is filled out, simply import it by selecting the workloads you'd like to import and assigning their location…
Assign each location or all at once. Select or exclude workloads and scopes...
Voila!
[Bonus: If you have existing workloads, their inputs will be exported when you create the template and they'll also be updated if you choose to import them -- Note: if you select them for import, they *will* override the current inputs...]
Also, as mentioned, you can also do this template+import process via CSV from each specific workload scope:
Interactive Maps
* Disclaimer on these next two: While we try to maintain this tool with the most up-to-date information, keep in mind that [as with anything Veeam] the Help Center is your ultimate "North Star" for the latest and most accurate supported workloads/targets and port rules.
Port Map [and Server Planner]
Want to visualize and plan out your Veeam firewall rules? Port Map lets you select which Veeam components talk to which infrastructure over which ports.
Simply select the Veeam and infrastructure components in-scope and you'll get a visual and tabular summary of the connections...
You can also share this as a link, and/or export to CSV.
Want to take it a step further and build a physical design? Try the Server Planner.
With Server Planner, you can define a server with multiple components and visualize the interplay between them.
This can also be exported as CSV and shared with a network team.
Source-to-target Map
Ever wonder which workloads can land on which destinations? Source-to-Target Map serves are your guide!
Choose a source and it will show you which targets will support it.
Or, choose a target and it will show you which sources it supports.
It even provides you a quick link to the help center in the center pane…
CDP Target Datastore Estimate
This one is pretty straight-forward. Just a minor feature improvment for CDP that now includes estimates beyond proxy & throughput to include storage (target datastore usage) based on your short and long-term retentions...
Be sure to check the “[Details]” section for a complete breakdown.
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That’s all for now. As with always, we love to hear your feedback on how we can make these tools even better. Otherwise, stay tuned & happy calculating!
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