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Coco ZhouNew Here
the Data Size of the full backup in Disk was inconsistent with the size scanned in the backup task Status.

I used Agent to back up a Linux virtual machine on the UIS platform, and I found that the Data Size of the full backup in Disk was inconsistent with the size scanned in the backup task Status. See the screenshot.

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Comparison of Veeam VDRO and other solutions

In this post, we will discuss the comparison of Veeam VDOR and other Disaster Recovery products. The following table shows the comparison of some features for each solution. Please note that all this information is for your reference only . I hope this information can help you when you choose the DR solution. Please kindly let I know once if there are any mistakes in the table. Thanks. Application verification in orchestration plan in VDRO Report Template in VDRO Many-To-One Architecture in VDRO VRDO sample report VMware SRM Failover Test Export/Import SRM Configuration One-To-Many Architecture in SRM Shared Recovery Site – Central vCenter Option SRM sample report CDP settings in Zerto Reports in Zerto One-To-Many Architecture in Zerto Zerto sample report Share this:

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Veeam Data Platform vs other Backup & Recovery Solutions v2

Today I will share one hardware refreshment project for casino. Their existing environment is vSAN 6.7 (vSAN Ready Nodes) and Veeam VBR v9, both hardware and software are end of supported. My customer request to migrate the existing VMs into a new platform and prevent ransomware attacks. My competitor proposed other hypervisor and DBackup for this project. And I proposed VxRail Appliance (new generation) and Veeam v12 + Veeam immutable repository. Finally my cusotmer selected my proposed solution, the new features in Veeam v12 can help the customer to offload their daily operation. The following table is used for reference. Please let me know if I missed any core features for Veeam v12. Vinchin https://www.vinchin.com/ DBackup (鼎甲) https://www.scutech.com/

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Recovery Plan Test of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator v7.1

This is the demonstration of Veeam Recovery Plan Test. Demo Environment 1x Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2 1x Veeam Recovery Orchestrator v7.1 1x VMware vCenter Appliance 8 Update 3 1x VMware ESXi 8 Update 3 Requirements Setup a VM replication session to protect the source virtual machine (MSSQL VM). Create a Virtual Lab on Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR) Server. Enable Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (VRO) agent on VRO and VBR. Create a Recovery Plan to recover the source virtual machine. Recovery Test Execute a Recovery Plan to simulate a protected VM can power on the recovery host and verify the status of SQL service. Demonstration

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Physical to Virtual Migration with Veeam

VMware just announced to remove vCenter Converter from the list of VMware product downloads this week. If we plan to P2V migration today, we may look for another approach. Veeam is a good approach for P2V migration. Today we will discuss how to physical-to-virtual migration (P2V) with Veeam VBR. P2V Procedures 1. Install the Veeam Agent on the source host2. Create the backup job3. Restore the backup into the target host4. Migrate to production Demo Environment Veeam Backup and Replication v11aVeeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 5.0.2VMware vCenter Server Appliance 7.0 Update 2VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 (Physical host) P2V Migration Install Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows on source host. Create the backup job of the source host. Select "Entire computer", then click Next. Select "Veeam backup repository", click Next. In Backup Server, specific the FQDN/IP address of VBR. Select the backup repository, click Next. Select "Enable application-aware processing" and "

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Backup and store in H3C CAS & UIS Platform

In this moment, Veeam Backup and Replication v12 is not supported the H3C CAS/UIS platform. If you want to backup and restore the virtual machines on H3C CAS/UIS, you can backup the VM with Agent. I tested it on my lab environment. If you want to restore the VM (image level) to H3C CAS/UIS, you need to create the “Recovery media”. Then you can boot up this recovery meda on recovery VM and choose Bare Metal Reocvery. If you want to restore the volumes on VM, you can directly restore it with VBR. I hope these information can help you!

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chriswong17New Here
On-prem backup restore to AliCloud

Dear All, I have a technical issue. Installed Veeam B&R 12.1 and use pre-install agent method install to VMs in AliCloud, also backup to on-prem is successful. I read KB without mention on-prem restore to AliCloud. How dose on-prem backup restore to AliCloud?? Thanks.

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chriswong17New Here
How customize backup job issue - Veeam B&R

Dear All, I have a special technical issue, due to Veeam B&R backup existing schedule setting cannot fill the need requirement, the backup targe include the vSphere and Veeam agent for Windows / Linux. The backup requirements:.1 The schedule daily job for Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov backup to NAS A..2 After schedule daily job for Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec backup to NAS B. Existing backup schedule provide the basic daily, weekly and monthly only, how the customize backup schedule for special requirement??? Thanks.

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Delete data within a time interval on a compatible S3 repository.

Hello, We recently implemented a new retention policy for our VBM jobs, set to 6 months instead of 10 years. However, we still observe the presence of restore points from the old retention policy. Would it be possible to delete data exceeding the 6-month threshold in accordance with the new retention policy? Thank you for your responses.

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Incremental Retention

Hello, I have a question, please. I've noticed on Veeam Backup that I still have incremental and full images for some VMs that have been removed from the backup . I use a daily retention of 14 days with 12 days as immutable and some Full in GFS. Does the 14-day retention mean that Veeam will keep the restoration points created in the last 14 days indefinitely, or should these restoration points be deleted? Thank you for your assistance.

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victorwu
victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Successful Case - move the data from ExaGrid to Linux Repository

Environment: HQ: Veeam VBR v11, Veeam One v11, ExaGrid Appliance DR: Veeam VBR v11, Veeam One v11, ExaGrid Appliance Customer Requrest: Increase the storage capacity ExaGrid Appliance at each site Issues: The cost of hardware upgrade and hardware maintenance for ExaGrid Appliance is high My Propsed Solution: Upgrade Veeam v11 to v12 Replacment of ExaGrid Appliance by Linux Repository Benefit: Minimise the hardware upgrade and maintenance cost of Backup Repository In Veeam v12, it is easy to migrate the backup data between ExaGrid Appliance and Backup Repository The Veeam Hardened Repository is Veeam's native solution to provide trusted immutability for backups of Veeam Backup & Replication on a Linux server. New features in Veeam v12 Summary: I’m happy that this customer trust my proposed solution.

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asaadidiComes here often
Retention on a deactivated backup copy

Hello, We have a backup copy job that offloads data to an S3 storage. We want to change the bucket used, but for a new backup copy job. The question is: if we deactivate the first backup copy job, will it retain the applied retention settings? Currently, we have a 15-day retention, with 7 days set as immutable. Veeam 12 Thank you!

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victorwu
victorwuVeeam Vanguard
The article "Cyber Resilient for the Modern Data Center"

My new article "Cyber Resilient for the Modern Data Center" is live on Dell Technologies Education website, welcome to download it below link. 😉 Data backup and recovery solutions are critical for all mission-critical applications. Planning and designing a cyber-resilient architecture ensures data availability while enabling a business to be more agile. In this article, I proposes a cyber resilient design solution with two core features – resilient infrastructure and resilient data recovery. Website: https://education.dell.com/content/emc/en-us/home/certification-overview/knowledge-sharing.html Download: https://education.dell.com/content/dam/dell-emc/documents/en-us/2023KS_Wu-Cyber_Resilient_for_Modern_Data_Center.pdf

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change the retention type on my VBM365

Hello, I'm trying to change the retention type on my VBM365 backups from Item level to snapshot, but it doesn't give me the option to change it if I select the same folder on the S3 bucket. Will I be required to initiate a new full backup? A second question: I want to understand how Item level retention works, as it's not clear to me. I have a 5-year retention on Exchange, how does it work in the background? Thank you

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victorwu
victorwuVeeam Vanguard
VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics 4.0

VMware Skyline Health Diagnostics (SHD) has transformed to a unified diagnostic utility that brings both proactive and reactive health check and diagnosis for various VMware products like vSphere (ESXi and vCenter), vSAN, VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware Horizon, VMware SD-WAN, with many more on the road map. Skyline Health Diagnostics (SHD) is a joint initiative between VMware Engineering and VMware Global Support to enhance your support experience. SHD minimizes downtime by managing day-2 operations with ease and enables seamless upgrades. Architecture of Skyline Health Diagnostics 4.0 What’s new in SHD 4.0 Profile based diagnostics and health checks VMware Horizon & SD-WAN product support with SHD 4.0 VMware Cloud Foundation upgrade assessment Fully supported APIs available from SHD 4.0 Upgrade option with SHD 4.0 Deploy and manage SHD via a single pane of glass You can create the different types of analysis in SHD 4.0 For details, please refer to this link https://blogs.vmware.com/v

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Building Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator v6

Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator extends the functionality of Veeam Data Platform by orchestrating recovery processes, with one-click orchestration plans for critical applications, and rich features for documentation and testing. Environment and requirements Microsoft Windows 2016 Microsoft SQL 2016 VMware vSphere 8.0 and vCenter Server 8.0 Windows domain-joined machine Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator v6 installer Hardware Recommendations https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdro/userguide/system_requirements.html?ver=60 Veeam Software Download https://www.veeam.com/downloads.html Architecture Overview https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdro/userguide/architecture_overview.html?ver=60 Installation Execute the Disaster Recovery Orchestrator v6 installer, click Install. Click Ok to install these prerequisites. Click "I Accept" the License Agreements. Select the features you want to be installed. I selected all in this deployment, click Next. Click Browse to upload the license for Ve

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
My first Veeam technical paper

I am happy to announce that my first Veeam technical paper was selected for publication. This technical article provides information on multi-tier Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR). We will consider how to plan and design the cyber-resilient architecture for data recovery across three separate locations; will discuss the high-level and low-level design of this data recovery solution. This cyber-resilient architecture includes software-defined storage (SDS), unified backup and recovery software and backup hardware appliance. This paper “Cyber-Resilient for Modern Data Center” will be published after July 2023. ==================================================

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richard_chuNew Here
k10 on VMware tanzu (tkgs) failed to verify DR function

I have built two different sets of Tanzu (TKGs) tkc in VMware environment, namely tkc-east and tkc-west, respectively installed K10 in two different tkc, but failed to verify the function of DR, I want to ask, K10 DR function, does it support Run on VMware Tanzu (TKGs) environment? tkc-west > execute kubectl get pod -n kasten-io does not see the pod of k10-restore-k10restore-xxxxx K10 on Tanzu(TKGs) cross-cluster test scenario description1.tkc-east → Install K10 > Create MySQL > Config Location Profile (minio) > Config Infrastructure Profiles(vCenter) > Enable K10 DR > Run DR Policy to initiate a manual backup of the catalog. 2.tkc-west → Install K10 > Config Location Profile (minio) + Config Infrastructure Profiles (vCenter) > execute helm install k10-restore kasten..... After checking K10 Dashboard DR, K10 Restore is not displayedNo error message was displayed for the restore task tkc-west execution:helm install k10-restore kasten/k10restore --namespace=kasten-io --set sourceClusterI

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Applying Veeam Backup & Replication 11a Cumulative Patch P20211211

Before installing this cumulative patch, please confirm that you are running Veeam Backup & Replication 11a (build 11.0.1.1261) with or without earlier patches. If you are running any Veeam Backup & Replication version between 9.5 U4b and 11, you can use the ISO “VeeamBackup&Replication_11.0.1.1261_20211211.iso” to upgrade your installation directly to v11a P20211211. We can download this patch in here https://www.veeam.com/kb4245 Execute “VeeamBackup&Replication_11.0.1.1261_20211211.exe” Click Next. Click Install. It will stop all Veeam services, then start the patch upgrade. Click Finish after the patch 20211211 is installed successfully. When you login into your Veeam B&R server with console, it shows all required components update. Select all components and click Apply. It will update all components. Click Finish after all components is upgraded successfully. We can see the build number is changed to 11.0.1.1261 P20211211. Release Notes of this Patch: https://www.veeam.com/kb4215

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
My first webinar in 2023, Accelerate Your Journey with Next Generation HCI Solution

My first webinar in 2023, it's my pleasure to be a guest speaker this time. 😁 You will hear about Dell's hyper-converged VxRail offering, and how to enable you to take your virtualization proficiency to the next level and how to backup the VMs with Veeam solution. Topic: Accelerate Your Journey with Next Generation HCI Solution NOTE: Only Macau and Hong Kong customers are invited

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Perpetual per-socket licenses will be discontinued effective Dec. 31, 2022

The sale of new perpetual per-socket licenses for Veeam Availability Suite™ (VAS) and Veeam Backup & Replication™ (VBR) will be discontinued effective Dec. 31, 2022. In further support of offering broader, more capable and more hybrid options, Veeam will introduce two new updates coming in force on Jan. 1, 2023, including: Simplified migration from perpetual sockets to VUL Simple price and out-year price protection with no complex calculations and fewer restrictions Offered at same price as perpetual renewal with channel incentive options Greater recurring revenue, broader capability and less churn for increased partner reward Subscription socket SKUs to meet the needs of customers with high-density environments Same capability as perpetual sockets, but offered in subscription packaging

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Design of VxRail with Veeam Backup and Replication

The book 📓 “Dell VxRail System Design and Best Practices” was published. This chapter will discuss the third-party backup and recovery software Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR), which can provide data protection for virtual machines (VMs) and physical machines. You will see an overview and the benefits of VBR and learn about designing integration with VxRail and VBR. Please refer to below if you are interested. 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Dell-VxRail-System-Design-Practices-ebook/dp/B0BKSZ7KTR

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
Veeam's Success Story in Macau

Today I will share a successful case of using Veeam Backup & Replication Server and Dell Data Domain Appliance. I just upgraded Veeam Backup & Replication Server to v11. The Figure 1 is the high level of physical diagram. This is a great Veeam scenario for reference. Physical Diagram Figure 1 - Physical diagram Environment Preferred Site: vSAN Stretched Cluster (preferred vSAN nodes) Veeam Backup & Replication Server v11 (VM) Veeam Primary Storage Repository vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3 and vSphere 7.0 Update 3 VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 and vSphere Replication 8.5 Dell Data Domain Appliance (Primary) Secondary Site: vSAN Stretched Cluster (non-preferred vSAN nodes) VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 3 Remote Site: vSAN Standard Cluster vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3 and vSphere 7.0 Update 3 VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 and vSphere Replication 8.5 Dell Data Domain Appliance (Secondary) Logical Diagram Figure 2 is the logical diagram of this solution. Figure 2 - Logical diagram The Purpose

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victorwuVeeam Vanguard
2022 Per Socket License End-of-Sale Announcement

Starting July 1, 2022, Veeam will no longer sell per-socket licenses to new or existing customers for Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Availability Suite, and Veeam ONE. For details, please check the link below. https://www.veeam.com/migrate-to-vul.html

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DRO DB Query for Registered VMs

I’m wondering if anybody has tried getting a report of all VMs that would be registered in vCenter during failover. Our Plan Type is Storage and some of the VMs in the volume are not required to be recovered at the DR site. The Plan Report shows the VMs but I’m thinking of a DB report, for example, that would enumerate the VMs that would be registered instead of manually retrieving them from the plan. In short, a report showing a VM with “Register VM” in the Recovery Steps. Thanks.

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