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Always upgrade; we are constantly fixing bugs and adding important features (Kasten releases every 2 weeks), so do not stay on an outdated version for comfort.K10 needs at least 50% free space in Catalog Storage for upgrades. Check the K10 dashboard under Settings → System Information → Upgrade status for details on the current version, latest version, and catalog storage space. For additional details on the K10 upgrade, refer to the K10 user guide.Currently, upgrades are only supported across a maximum of four versions (e.g., 6.0.2 -> 6.5.6). If your K10 version is further behind the latest, a step upgrade process is recommended where you can use the --version flag with helm upgrade to control the version jumps.  Get ready for Step 7 of your onboarding journey. At the next step, we will explore advanced features of Veeam Kasten like multicluster manager, blueprints, Openshift virtualization backups and GitOps based deployment strategy.If you need more help getting started, you can

Step 5.1 MonitoringK10 enables centralized monitoring of all its activity by integrating with Prometheus. In particular, it exposes a Prometheus endpoint from which a central system can extract data.K10 can be installed with Grafana in the same namespace. This instance of Grafana is setup to automatically query metrics from K10's Prometheus instance. It also comes with a pre created dashboard that helps visualize the status of K10's operations such as backup, restore, export and import of applications.Using K10's Prometheus EndpointBy default, Prometheus is configured with persistent storage size 8GiB and retention period of 30d. That can be changed with:--set prometheus.server.persistentVolume.size=<size>and --set prometheus.server.retention=<days>.Prometheus requires Kubernetes API access to discover K10 pods to scrape their metrics. Thus, by default Role and RoleBinding entries are created in K10 namespace. However, if you set prometheus.rbac.create=true, global ClusterR

Step 4.1 Policy Presets Step 4.2 Profiles Step 4.3 Restoring Applications Step 4.4 Application Mobility Step 4.5 K10 Disaster RecoveryStep 4.1 Policy PresetsA PolicyPreset custom resource (CR) in K10 is used to save and reuse configurations of K10 Policies. PolicyPresets specify schedule, retention, location, and infrastructure information, while Policies specify application-specific details. Users can find detailed information about schedule settings in the Policy Scheduling section.Create a PolicyPresetThe example in the demo illustrates creating a preset for policies that execute daily, retain 1 daily and 1 weekly snapshot, and export every daily snapshot with a different retention schedule.Step 4.2 ProfilesLocation ProfilesK10 can usually invoke protection operations such as snapshots within a cluster without requiring additional credentials. While this might be sufficient if K10 is running in some of (but not all) the major public clouds and if actions are limited to a single clus

Step 3.1 Installing Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Step 3.2 Preparing for an Air-Gapped Installation of Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes (Optional) Step 3.3 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes License management Step 3.4 Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes RBAC (Authorization) Step 3.5 Operator based Installation Step 3.6 OpenShift Authentication Setup for Veeam Kasten for KubernetesStep 3.1 Installing Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)This guide helps you install Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes. Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes helps backup, restore, and disaster recovery for your Kubernetes applications. Two of the most common install methods are Helm installations and Operator-based installations. The steps in this section will show examples of a Helm installation using Azure AKS. For Operator-based installations, see the demo in Step 3.4 for an example using Red Hat OpenShift. Other environment-specific examples can be found in our of

Step 2.1 Primary and Target storage Selection Step 2.2 Business continuity and DR (Disaster Recovery) planning   Step 2.3 Preparing for Air-gapped Installation of K10 (Optional)   Step 2.4 Security RequirementsStep 2.1 Primary and Target storage SelectionPrimary Storage For Kubernetes platforms that offer both Container Storage Interface CSI and in-tree storage provisioner options, always choose the CSI provisioner. CSI drivers represent the future of storage operations in K8s as the legacy in-tree plugin-based provisioners have already been deprecated and will be removed in subsequent versions of K8s. The PVCs (Persistent Volume Claim) (Persistent Volume Claim) provisioned by these legacy in-tree provisioners are being migrated to CSI drivers. Verify that any CSI storage provisioners support VolumeSnapshots. This may be indicated in the documentation from the storage provider, but it can also be validated using K10 Tools. K10 strongly recommends using a CSI storage provisioner as a pr

Account and RolesLog in or create your My Account login if it is 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 and Veeam University.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.Assign a License Administrator: If you have lost access to the License Administrator account or would like it to be changed, please create a licensing case. The following page shows a contrast of the functions available between License Administrator and a Case Administrator: https://www.veeam.com/kb2211. Assign Case Administ

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

Self-restore portal Job best practices Common roadblocks Authentication method Least privilege approach Proxy deployment scenarios ImmutabilitySelf-restore portalVeeam Backup for Microsoft 365 provides users with the ability to explore and restore data from backups by themselves or delegate this task to somebody else in their organization. In these scenarios, Veeam Explorers are not needed to explore and restore backed-up data. Instead, users use Restore Portal — a web-based solution performing all operations in a web browser window. You can configure the Restore Portal settings and assign restore operator role to users or groups to allow the performance of self-service restore. Restore operators are allowed to explore and restore data from backups created by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 for specific organization object types: users, groups (group members only), sites, teams, or the entire Microsoft 365 organization.This article contains a summary of actions that must be performed be

  Reports Notification settings Advanced monitoring with Veeam ONE™ ReportsAs your backups start to complete successfully, you may wish to start monitoring the health and status of the environment and consider automating some common tasks.Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 allows you to create the following data protection reports:Mailbox Protection Reports Storage Consumption Reports License Overview Reports User Protection Reports Notification settingsYou can configure notification settings if you want Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to send email notifications about backup and backup copy job results. Advanced monitoring with Veeam ONE™ Monitoring Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 infrastructure and data protection operations with Veeam ONE v12 requires that you upgrade to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7.Check out the upgrade recommendations:Upgrade to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7 Upgrade to Veeam ONE v12For Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 with Subscription license, Veeam ONE monitori

 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3There are three major steps for restoring Microsoft 365 data with Veeam.Step 1The first step to setup restores is to launch the restore wizard. In this example we’ll show how to restore data from OneDrive for Business.Launch the Restore wizard.To launch the Restore wizard, you will do the following:1. Select an object that you want to restore:To restore a OneDrive for Business account, select the necessary account in the inventory pane. To restore a folder, select the necessary folder in the inventory pane. To restore a document, select a folder that contains the document in the inventory pane and select the document in the preview pane.2. On the OneDrive/Folder/Document tab, click Restore OneDrive/Restore Folder/Restore Document and select one of the following options:Overwrite — to completely overwrite existing OneDrive data. Keep — to preserve existing data and recover items with the RESTORED prefix (RESTORED-.ext).Alternatively, right-click an object that you w

Veeam Explorers for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams are designed to search and recover data between online, on-premises and hybrid Microsoft 365 deployments.  Veeam Explorer for Microsoft ExchangeTo explore and recover Microsoft Exchange mailboxes, folders, messages, tasks, contacts, and items. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePointTo explore and recover Microsoft SharePoint sites, libraries and items. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business To explore and recover Microsoft OneDrive for Business items and folders. Veeam Explorer for Microsoft TeamsTo explore and recover Microsoft Teams, channels, tabs, posts, and files with enhanced support for restoring individual components within Teams. Veeam Explorers assist the architecture with the following tasks and use cases:In-place and out-of-place restores: by default, these restores provide the capability to recover data to the original location. This is known as an in-place r

By now, you have an operational backup environment, some initial backups finished, a fine‑tuning set and are successfully monitoring and reporting. Congrats! You’ve also likely tried a test restore (hopefully you haven’t needed to do a real restore, but if you have, we’re glad you had a backup). If you haven’t, or you want to dive a bit deeper, here are some resources to help explain and guide you through the restore process.You can explore your Microsoft 365 data four key ways:1. Exploring backup jobs When exploring backup jobs, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 loads the latest restore point that was created by the selected job.2. Exploring single organizations When exploring a single organization, Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 merges and loads the latest restore points that have been created by each backup job of the selected organization, including objects (i.e. users) no longer protected in a job.3. Exploring all organizations When exploring all organizations, Veeam Backup for Micro

You can add any backup job to a backup copy job by right clicking the job and selecting Add to backup copy job.Backup copy capabilities are only available if you have specified an object repository as a target for your backup jobs. An extended backup repository where you store your backups and a backup repository where you store backup copies must be located on the same backup proxy server and have the same retention type. After Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 created backup copies, you can explore and restore, or retrieve backup copies. Suggested resourcesBackup Copy User Guide 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 3.1 Restoration capabilitiesReturn to Course OverviewReturn to Veeam University Free Home

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8 introduces more granular control for backup windows, allowing you to better manage job execution during specific periods to avoid peak times or system load. This includes enhanced capabilities for setting more detailed permitted and denied time frames. You can select one of the following options:Daily at this time. Select this option if you want to run the job daily at the specified hours. Periodically every. Select this option if you want to run the job every N minutes.Time periods can be selected in the dialog, in which you can:Set the Permitted execution time frame for the backup job. Set the Denied execution time frame for the backup job. The following is an example in which it is prohibited to run a backup job on the following days of the week:Monday from 3 a.m. up until 9:59 a.m. Thursday from 2 p.m. up until 8:59 p.m. Did you know? With Veeam you can back up your data with the lowest recovery point objectives (RPOs) in the industry - up to every

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-p

  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

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

An assumption for this course is that you are using the latest product versions and package updates. Check for available updates manually if required. You can also configure whether Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will notify you when new versions appear on Veeam servers and allow Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 to download available updates automatically.  Moving further, we’ll guide you through all the necessary steps to your best experience which are laid down at the diagram below. Step 1: Account, roles and licensingStep 2: Backup and infrastructure deploymentDeployment options Infrastructure planning & installation package Supported storage & retention policies Selecting backup scope & creating a backup job Backup job scheduling options Creating a backup copy jobStep 3: Restoration capabilitiesVeeam Explorers™ How to restore in 1-2-3Step 4: MonitoringReports Notifications Advanced monitoring with Veeam ONE™Step 5: Advanced featuresSelf-restore portal Job best practices

 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 acce

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.Schedule

  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

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