Hi All,
My customer would like to continue to use an external USB hard drive as a backup repository on the new DELL physical VSA server they have stood up. It’s look as though it’s not supported in this release, but they would like confirmation that it’s on the roadmap for future releases.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Best answer by lukas.k
Appreciate the responses, folks.
They still prefer a physical copy of the data on a monthly/yearly basis to be stored securely.
Thanks!
Offsite is absolutely a thing and very important, but a USB drive can fail easily and the USB protocol is not that stable for something like backups, we don’t talk about hardening / security here either.
For offsite backup I’m indeed with Chris, you can consider Wasabi or Veeam Data Cloud Vault. If you prefer on-prem solutions you can simply go with tape (LTO-9 / 10) or you could consider small servers as hardened repositories based on Linux.
Another options would be appliances like OOTBI (Object First).
+11Hi All,
My customer would like to continue to use an external USB hard drive as a backup repository on the new DELL physical VSA server they have stood up. It’s look as though it’s not supported in this release, but they would like confirmation that it’s on the roadmap for future releases.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
don't know if they will implement this feature in the future, but
as a workaround, you can add a separate Windows or Linux repository server (even a small VM or physical host) connected to the USB drive, and integrate it into Veeam as the backup repository.
+13My personal opinion:
I highly doubt that this will be on any roadmap since Veeam is strongly pushing forward with Security and a USB drive doesn’t have anything to do with security or resilience at all.
+21I am with Lukas here due to how secure they made the VSA. The best option to me would be a small server connected to the USB and used as repository. Unsure why someone would go this route and not a proper repo these days.
Appreciate the responses, folks.
They still prefer a physical copy of the data on a monthly/yearly basis to be stored securely.
Thanks!
+21Appreciate the responses, folks.
They still prefer a physical copy of the data on a monthly/yearly basis to be stored securely.
Thanks!
Have they ever looked at something like Wasabi? I know not USB but off-site and immutable as well. Just a thought and hopefully you get things going for the USB.
+13Appreciate the responses, folks.
They still prefer a physical copy of the data on a monthly/yearly basis to be stored securely.
Thanks!
Offsite is absolutely a thing and very important, but a USB drive can fail easily and the USB protocol is not that stable for something like backups, we don’t talk about hardening / security here either.
For offsite backup I’m indeed with Chris, you can consider Wasabi or Veeam Data Cloud Vault. If you prefer on-prem solutions you can simply go with tape (LTO-9 / 10) or you could consider small servers as hardened repositories based on Linux.
Another options would be appliances like OOTBI (Object First).
+21Object First has some new Mini models too which look like a NAS and a great option.
+11
Backups performed on a USB drive are not secure, either from a security standpoint, as they do not comply with the 3-2-1-0-0 rule and respective immutability, or to rule out hardware failures. Some written by
regards
+12 don't know if they will implement this feature in the future, but
No plans, as it would violate DISA STIG (USBGuard).
Best,
Fabian
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