Childerhose Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication.

Design and deploy a secure and resilient Veeam 12 platform using best practices
3. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-83763-728-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten

Veeam is one of the leading modern data protection solutions, making it a necessary skill for anyone responsible for backing up virtual environments. This new edition of Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication is revised and updated to cover Veeam version 12.
This edition covers some new features added to the application, such as VeeaMover, Per Machine Backup chains, and MFA on the console. The book guides you through implementing modern data protection solutions for your cloud and virtual infrastructure with Veeam while helping you master advanced concepts such as Continuous Data Protection (CDP), extended object storage support, VeeaMover, and security settings. You'll dive deep into other new features as well, such as Direct to Object storage, Object to Tape and learn about CDP from a service provider perspective with Veeam Cloud Connect (VCC).
By the end of this Veeam book, you'll be able to successfully implement Veeam Backup & Replication to secure your environment and enable disaster recovery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Childerhose, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Netzwerksicherheit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Betriebssysteme Virtuelle Maschinen, Virtualisierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Server

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents - Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations
- Core Architecture Enhancements
- Scale-Out Backup Repository – What's New
- Tape Server and Other Enhancements
- Veeam's New Enhanced Security Features
- Object Storage – What's New and Enhancements
- What's New in NAS Backup
- CDP and Veeam Cloud Connect

Leseproben

1

Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations

Veeam Backup & Replication v12 is part of the Veeam Availability Suite, the newest release for Veeam, and allows you to back up all your workloads, including cloud, virtual, physical, and applications. As we have seen from previous versions, it is simple yet flexible to meet your most challenging environment needs. This chapter will discuss how to install and upgrade the software, what components make up Veeam Backup & Replication v12, and some and . There will be practical examples throughout this chapter of optimizing specific elements that make up the Veeam environment. We will also touch on some websites, such as the , to give you resources to help you set up Veeam in your environment. As they say about Veeam – “ ”

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

• Understanding the best practices and optimizations for Veeam installation
• Configuring and optimizing Proxy Servers
• How to set up Repository Servers for success
• Understanding the Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR)
• Upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication to v12

Technical requirements

To ensure a successful installation, you will require the following:

• You must have Windows Server 2019/2022 deployed with the necessary disk space to install the application (2012/2008 R2 SP1 is also currently supported). Windows 10 and other modern Windows desktop operating systems are also supported. Please see the following website for the operating system requirements: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/system_requirements.html?ver=120#backup-server.
• You must have downloaded the latest ISO file from www.veeam.com, which requires registering on the site and allows you to obtain a trial license. At the time of writing, version 12.0.0.1420 is the current release.
• website: https://bp.veeam.com/vbr/.
• Veeam documentation website: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/overview.html?ver=120.

Understanding the best practices and optimizations for Veeam installation

Installing Veeam Backup & Replication v12 is a straightforward process. Setting up Veeam, if not done right, can lead to components not working correctly and poor performance, among other things. It will protect your data and environment with minimal configuration when set up correctly. This section will go through the installation process and touch on the best practices and optimizations for your environment.

Installing Veeam Backup & Replication v12

Before installing Veeam Backup & Replication v12, you must ensure that you have a server deployed, based on the in the preceding section, with enough disk space for the installation.

Note

Veeam will configure the default backup repository on the drive with the most available disk space, whether it’s the OS drive, Application drive, or Catalog drive.

As a best practice for installing Veeam, the disk layout should be similar to the following so that you can separate components to ensure the best possible performance:

• OS drive: This is where your operating system resides and should be used only for this.
• Application drive: This will be your application installation drive for Veeam and all its components.
• Catalog drive: Veeam uses a catalog that can generate around 10 GB of data per 100 VMs backed up with file indexes. If this will be a significant storage requirement for your deployment, it may be advisable to allocate to a separate drive.

Once your server is ready and you have downloaded the ISO file and mounted it, follow these steps to install Veeam:

1. Run the setup.exe file on the mounted ISO drive:

Figure 1.1 – Main installation screen

1. Click on Install Veeam Backup & Replication:

Figure 1.2 – Veeam Backup & Replication install option

1. You will see the License Agreement window at this point. You must click I Accept to continue:

Figure 1.3 – License Agreement

1. You will now need to provide a valid license file, whether you’ve purchased it or it’s a trial; if you do not have this at this stage of the installation, you can click Next to continue, and Veeam will operate in the . When you obtain the license file, you can install that within the application under the menu and License:

Figure 1.4 – License dialog window

1. After clicking Next, the installer will do a system check for any required prerequisites. Should something be missing, you will be prompted and have the option to install the missing components:

Figure 1.5 – System Configuration Check – missing components

1. Once all the components get installed, you will be taken to the following screen. Unlike in previous Veeam Backup & Replication versions, this screen does not allow you to input a user account to run the services. Instead, with v12 of Veeam, you need to select the Customize Settings link:

Figure 1.6 – Option to specify different settings

Note

Under the default configuration, you will see a new option for using PostgreSQL Server, which we will look at once the installation is completed.

1. You will now be able to enter a user account for the Veeam services, better known as a Service Account. There are some recommended settings for this service account:
   • You must have Local Administrator rights on the Veeam server.
   • If you are using a separate SQL Server and not the Express edition (Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP2 Express edition) included as part of the Veeam installation, you will require permission to create the database. The same goes for the PostgreSQL option.
   • You will need full NTFS permissions to the folder containing the catalog.

For more details about these permissions, please visit https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/required_permissions.html?ver=120:

Figure 1.7 – Server user account

I am using an account I created on my lab server for this setup. In contrast, in a production scenario, you would already have a service account set up in Active Directory to enter at this stage.

1. You will now select your database options, including the required Windows or SQL credentials. Click Next to continue:

Figure 1.8 – Database server selection and credentials used

1. The following screen allows you to change the installation locations for the installation components. Click Next once you have completed this part of the installation:

Figure 1.9 – Installation paths for the application

1. You will then be prompted for the Port Configuration properties to be used. You can leave them as their defaults. Then, click Next:

Figure 1.10 – Port Configuration selection

With the release of Veeam Backup & Replication v12, you can now use a different database type – . This choice allows users to transition from Microsoft SQL, which requires licensing (SQL Express does not but has a 10 GB limit for the database size), but PostgreSQL does not because it is open source. The PostgreSQL database can be installed directly on the Veeam Backup Server or any other database server, such as Windows or Linux. For more details on PostgreSQL, please see the section at the end of this...

Über Autor(innen)

Childerhose Chris :

Chris Childerhose is an information technology professional with over 26 years of experience in network/systems architecture, network and systems administration, and technical support. He is a Veeam Vanguard/Veeam Legend and is a Veeam Certified Architect and Veeam Certified Engineer. He also has the following certifications: vExpert, VCAP-DCA, VCP-DCV, and MCITP. He currently works for ThinkOn as the lead infrastructure architect, where he designs the infrastructure for all client services offered. Chris is also an avid blogger on all things virtual, focusing on Veeam and VMware.