Onboarding for Veeam Data Platform

Creating a backup job Selecting backup scopeCreating a backup jobTo back up data of your Microsoft 365 and on-premises organizations, you use backup jobs.A backup job is a set of configuration parameters that define a list of users, groups, sites, teams and organizations to back up, a location where to store backups, and a schedule according to which new backups must be created. This also supports immutable backups and encryption options during configuration, providing enhanced security and compliance for backup data. Creating a backup job in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 is an easy, wizard-driven process. There are six steps you will need to follow for the backup job setup:Launch the new backup job wizard Specify a backup job name Select objects to back up Select objects to exclude Specify a backup proxy and repository Specify scheduling optionsThe first backup job session always produces a full backup of all objects added to a backup job scope. Subsequent backup job sessions are inc

Supported storage Retention policiesSupported storageVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 supports a variety of different storage options, including local repository and object storage. Read this Storage Decision Guide for Microsoft 365 Backups to learn pros and cons of local storage vs. object storage.You can use block or object storage. If your goal is to implement backup copy to object storage (with or without immutability), your source repository must also be object storage. The backup copy repository retention type must also be the same as the source (snapshot or item-level). Backup repositories are supported on the following types of storage:DAS Directly attached storage (DAS) is supported, which includes DAS, USB/external serial advanced technology attachments (eSATA) and raw device mapping (RDM).Object storageFor organizations that have a cloud first strategy, Veeam supports object storage. These include AWS S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, IBM Cloud, S3-compatible (cloud and on-pre

Infrastructure planning Infrastructure components Installation packageInfrastructure planningVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 considers the size of the environment in terms of the number of objects you need to protect rather than the number of users when planning infrastructure. The solution supports primary and archive mailboxes, shared mailboxes, public folders, Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Teams (including channels and tabs).With the maximum configuration, it can now support up to 1 million objects per instance, 20,000 objects per proxy, and up to 250,000 users per deployment. In version 8, additional performance enhancements allow for greater scalability, faster restores, and support for larger repositories, which can be unlimited in size. Microsoft Exchange Primary mailboxes Archive mailboxes Shared mailboxes Public folders Resource mailboxesMicrosoft SharePointCollaboration sites Communication sites Personal sitesMicrosoft OneDrive for BusinessOneDrive for Bu

You can choose the deployment that best fits your business needs and change it when needed with ease. Your Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 deployment can come:self-managed on-premises or in the private, public and hybrid cloud environments as a Managed ServiceThe prerequisites and how these components work for each environment are very similar. IT organizations have the flexibility to choose from different designs based on their current requirements. On-premises deploymentsFor customers seeking local control over their Microsoft 365 data, on-premises deployment provides robust backup for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, and Teams. On-Premises deployment supported advanced local storage options, including repositories with immutability to protect against ransomware. Enhanced multi-factor authentication (MFA) ensures secure access to data, with the flexibility to scale from simple setups to complex infrastructures while managing both online and on-premises components seamlessl

Account and Roles   LicensingAccount and RolesLog in or create your My Account login if it's your first time.My Account is a central place to access your Veeam® products, license keys, Veeam Support, technical documents and much more! You can also use this same login to access resources on Veeam.com.Once you have access to My Account, you will be able to:Obtain your licensing: Select License Management > Production to manage and obtain your Veeam licensing (License Administrator only). The License Administrator can download the license key directly from My Account and the other users can request the license key to be sent via e-mail to the primary license administrator.Download products: Select Products to access and download your product(s). When accessing the Products Tab, a list of products appears based on the licenses owned. If you cannot see a product that you are looking for on that page, you can access “All Veeam Products”.Assign a License Administrator: If you have lost acc

We are confident that you will have continued success with the solution and leverage the wealth of resources available for you:Veeam AI Online Assistant: is a chatbot that helps with common issues and questions related to Veeam products. It is available starting from Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 and later. Customized Veeam Search Engine: use this custom tool to search official Veeam content. Veeam Help Center Technical Documentation: user guides, product overviews, release notes, what's new, etc. KubeCampus is a free online learning platform providing educational resources and hands-on labs for mastering Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. Veeam licensing FAQs (all products) Veeam Knowledge Base: find answers for customers' frequently asked questions and solutions for already resolved issues. Veeam Resource Library: a full list of white papers, technical documentation and live and recorded webinars for all Veeam products. Interactive Product Demos: these are product demos

Testing Orchestration Plans Running an Orchestration Plan ​​​​​​​Understanding ReportsTesting Orchestration PlansReview the content in this section and pay close attention to key considerations when leveraging DataLabs for Orchestration Plan testing.Manually Testing Orchestration PlansThe on-demand plan testing portion of the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator allows you to test the recovery of virtual machines inside of an isolated bubble. We've previously covered Virtual Labs and DataLabs in this training. These are the core components utilized to test orchestration plans.Automated Testing of Orchestration Plans: Utilizing the Lab Starting On-Demand Plan Test Configuring Test Scheduling (With Lab Calendar) View Testing Results Running an Orchestration PlanAfter you configure a restore plan, run a successful readiness check, and a DataLab test. The plan can be considered ready for restoration. You can invoke the various actions below for the plan, depending upon the current plan state.Schedu

Correlation between DataLabs and Virtual Labs Understand and build a Virtual Lab Isolated Networks and Network Settings Build a DataLabCorrelation between DataLabs and Virtual LabsVirtual LabVirtual Lab builds a Linux virtual machine (proxy appliance) that acts like a router and gateway between your production and Isolated Networks. Isolated network and Re-IP settings are configured in the Virtual Labs wizard. Virtual Labs is a standalone, independent feature in Veeam Backup & Replication. Veeam Recovery Orchestrator leverages this functionality for DataLabs.DataLabsDataLabs requires a Virtual Lab to be built in your Veeam Backup & Replication console. When you assign a DataLab in Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, it makes a one-to-one association between the Virtual Lab and DataLabs. DataLabs is an overlay on top of a Virtual Lab that extends recovery verification into Veeam Recovery Orchestrator.DataLabs is an important feature in Veeam Recovery Orchestrator as it allows you to te

Orchestration Plans Core Orchestration Plan Components Creating Orchestration Plans The Readiness CheckOrchestrator uses the failover and data recovery functionality provided by Veeam Backup & Replication to automate recovery actions taken in case of a software or hardware malfunction. Additionally, Orchestrator supports recovery orchestration based on replicated storage snapshots created on storage systems.Orchestration PlansThese are the plans you build to orchestrate the failover of one or a group of servers.Cloud Plan: VMs will be recovered from Veeam agent or vSphere backups into an Azure Cloud environment CDP Replica Plan: VMs will be recovered from Veeam CDP replicas Replica Plan: VMs will be recovered from Veeam replicas Storage Plan: VMs will be recovered from replicated storage volumes (NetApp or HPE) Restore Plan: VMs will be recovered from Veeam agent or vSphere backups into a VMware vSphere environment (Original or alternate location)Plan Modes and States:DISABLED: Thi

Deployment Checklist: Home vs. Administration View: Types of Inventory Groups: VM GroupsDeployment Checklist:Connect to the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator UI, shortcut on the desktop or (Veeam Orchestrator UI: https://localhost:9898). By default, you will login to the home view of Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. (URL will show /#Home)Home vs. Administration View:The Home view shows a high-level dashboard, Inventory group, Orchestration Plans, DataLabs, Lab Calendars, and Reports. Orchestration Plans are configured here, but majority of the configuration is done in the Administration view.The Administration view is where all the backend and initial integration is done before we create Orchestration Plans. This is the Gear icon in the upper right corner if you are currently looking at the home view. (URL will show /#Config) Managing Inventory: You can view the currently connect groups by clicking Inventory in the Home view.To create orchestration plans, you will use one or more inventory group

Initial Configuration Permissions and InclusionsBegin with this walk through on how to get started with Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. We also deep dive into the administration tab and review the settings that can be configured before creating recovery plans.Utilize the attached user guide link to review the deployment steps of the core Veeam Recovery Orchestrator components.To install Orchestrator, perform the following steps:Start the setup wizard Accept the license agreement Choose components to install Provide a license file Perform system configuration check Specify service account credentials Choose a SQL server Create SQL server databases Specify service ports Select a certificate for the Orchestrator UI Specify data locations Review installation summary Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication v12 [Optional] Install Veeam ONE Client on a separate machine Initial ConfigurationTo start working with the Orchestrator UI, you must perform the initial configuration of the Orchestrator

Product Overview ComponentsProduct OverviewVeeam Recovery Orchestrator allows for a much larger and broader way to perform BCDR and ransomware verifications. It too lets you validate your disaster recovery environment without impacting the production infrastructure. Furthermore, it provides automation and scheduling of tests and reports.Veeam Recovery Orchestrator works with Agent Backup Jobs, Virtual Backup Jobs, Backup Copy Jobs, Replication Jobs, and SAN Integration.It's important to understand there are three core components that make up the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator solution. These can be deployed on the same server or on different servers. It may be applicable to utilize a full version of SQL server depending on size and availability. ComponentsVeeam Orchestrator Server Service is responsible for managing orchestration plans and administering user roles and permissions Veeam Orchestrator Web UI is a web-based user interface that allows users to interact with the Veeam Orchestra

After you complete the fundamental onboarding training for Veeam Data Platform, we recommend taking this additional course on Veeam Recovery Orchestrator to achieve the speed and power with tested, orchestrated recovery. Suitable for owners of Veeam Data Platform Premium edition.In this online training we are going to give you a deep dive on Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. We will provide valuable context and nuance around certain aspects of the product. This guide delivers a guided pathway to understand, configure, and administer the product.Below, you can see a summary of your onboarding experience for Veeam Recovery Orchestrator: Step 1: Product overview and componentsStep 2: Deployment considerationsStep 3: Deploy Veeam Recovery OrchestratorStep 4: Configure Recovery OrchestratorStep 5: Understanding orchestration plansStep 6: DataLabs and Virtual LabsStep 7: Testing orchestration plans & configuring reports Feel free to forward this training on to your colleagues who may be inter

How to protect Active Directory?Backing up Domain Controller: Best practices for AD protection Active Directory Best Practice Guide How to protect Always-On Availability Groups and Failover clusters?Veeam supports Windows Server Failover clusters and Clusterless Availability Groups, but does not support Always On Availability Groups based on SQL Server Failover Cluster InstancesWith Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows With Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server Image-level How to setup notifications of backup job status?Configuring Global Email Notification Settings Can I setup role-based access for backup and restore?Veeam Backup & Replication Users and Roles Enterprise Manager Accounts and Roles Overview How to back up and restore an Oracle database?Summary of Best Practices Find more information on Veeam Explorer for Oracle in our user guide What are all the restore options available in Veeam Backup & Replication?105 recovery scenarios with Veeam Backup & Replication v12 W

Additional Proxy Options Additional Transport Concepts Additional Repositories Object Storage Veeam Hardened Repository Scale-Out Backup Repository Additional Transport Modes Veeam Console ServerThese are additional components, plug-ins and proxy options that are available to you in the Veeam Data Platform.Additional Proxy OptionsVMware CDP proxy receives VM data, prepares data for short-term restore points, compresses and deduplicates data, encrypts and decrypts data, sends data to the storage in the disaster recovery site or another VMware CDP proxy. You can assign the role of a VMware CDP proxy to any Windows-based or Linux-based virtual or physical server added to your Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure which operates as a data mover and transfers data between the source and target hosts. In this demo we will describe the progress of having a new VMware CDP Proxy server:  Hyper-V Off Host: You can deploy an off-host backup proxy to remove unwanted overhead on the prod

Deduplication, Compression & Encryption - What's the difference? Backup Copy Job Replication Continuous Data Protection Backing up with Agents and Plug-ins AgentsBased on the analysis of your RTO and RPO, you can define your protection plan and select which features are the most suitable for your business needs. It is a common practice to divide servers and applications into categories and use different protection functionality for each category based on SLA (service level agreement). You can take the following table as a reference:Related content:What Backup type do you need? Watch this video to learn the differences between backup types (image-, volume- or file-level backup) and where to configure them in the software. Deduplication, Compression & Encryption - What's the difference?Watch this demo to learn more about deduplication, compression and encryption, as well as how these play into your disaster recovery plan. Moving forward, we'll review these additional components

Restoring and testing your backup data is one of the most critically important parts of ensuring you have a solid data protection solution.Call to action for this module is to review the following restore capabilties and test them out on your test backup server data. Veeam Backup & Replication offers the following types of recovery:  Each of the above restore options also has multiple different types of restore capabilities, below we’ve provided a link to dive further into these options. Alternatively, you can continue exploring the topic in the User Guide. Check out these demo videos to discover some of these restore options in more detail:Instant file-level recovery is a great feature of Veeam Backup & Replication. It allows you to perform restores of files or folders from both VMware, Hyper-V or multiple guest OSs, without having to stage the backup itself.  With Instant VM Recovery, you can immediately restore different workloads as VMs to your production environment by run

Veeam Backup & Replication on Linux Veeam provides the following deployment options:Veeam Software Appliance ISO/OVA Veeam LiveOS ISO Veeam Infrastructure Appliance ISOVeeam Backup & Replication on Linux Veeam Backup & Replication on Windows Veeam provides a Veeam Backup & Replication ISO file to deploy or upgrade the following components:Veeam Backup & Replication server. Veeam Backup & Replication console. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server.Veeam Backup & Replication on Windows You can download the Veeam Backup & Replication installation package from MyAccount Customer Portal or from the official Veeam website. If you need more help getting started, you can post your question in the comments section below or contact us at any time and someone from the Customer Success team will be there to assist you.  Continue to Step 3.3 Configure components and create a backup jobReturn to Course OverviewReturn to Veeam University Free Home

Typically, environment size dictates your deployment model. The size of your environment takes into consideration the number of machines (physical or virtual), as well as the total size of the backed-up data. Another consideration for repository sizing is the period of retention for your backups.Below you can find a summary of the recommended system requirements. For more detailed specs, visit the User Guide.   CPU RAM GB disk Management Server (Linux-Based Backup Server) 8 cores 16 GB + (500 MB per concurrent job) Disk 1: 240 GB minimum Disk 2: 240 GB minimum Management Server (Windows-Based Backup Server) 8 cores 16 GB + (500 MB per concurrent job) 5 GB for product installation. 4.5 GB for Microsoft .NET Framework. 10 GB per 100 VM for guest file system catalog folder. Additional free disk space for Instant VM Recovery cache folder (non-persistent data, at least 100 GB recommended). At least 10 GB for storing logs. Virtual Proxy Server 2 cor

Backup repositories Transport modesBackup repositoriesA backup repository is a storage location where Veeam keeps backup files, VM copies and metadata for replicated VMs. Veeam Backup & Replication supports a variety of storage options, including:DAS Directly attached storage (DAS) is supported, which includes DAS, USB/external Serial Additional Technology Attachments (eSATA) and raw device mapping (RDM).Linux hardened repository A hardened repository is a storage location that has been secured using various techniques to prevent unauthorized access and data tampering. In the case of Veeam, a hardened repository is a Linux-based server that has been configured to meet specific security requirements and provide immutability to backup files. This would be implemented to address insider threats, and ransomware.Object storage For organizations that have a cloud-first strategy, Veeam can support object storage. These include AWS S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, IBM Cloud, S3-compatible