Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication: Secure backup with Veeam 11 for defending your data and accelerating your data protection strategy, 2nd Edition

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Protect your cloud, virtual, and on-premises environments by implementing Veeam’s powerful backup and replication technology Key FeaturesGain in-depth knowledge of CDP and Hardened Repositories to use in your virtual environmentExplore Veeam’s monitoring and reporting utility - Veeam ONE - along with Linux proxy enhancementsWork with the new Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator (VDRO) for testing failovers and backupsBook Description Veeam is one of the leading modern data protection solutions, making it a necessary skill for anyone responsible for securing virtual environments. This new second edition of Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication is updated to cover Veeam version 11. This book guides you through implementing modern data protection solutions for your cloud and virtual infrastructure with Veeam, all while mastering advanced concepts such as CDP, Extended Object Storage support, Veeam ONE enhancements, and VDRO. Starting with Veeam essentials, including installation, best practices, and optimizations for Veeam Backup & Replication, you'll get to grips with the 3-2-1-1-0 rule to safeguard data. You'll understand how to set up a backup server, proxies, repositories, and more and then advance to cover a powerful feature of Veeam 11 – Continuous Data Protection (CDP). As you progress, you'll learn about immutability (also known as hardened repositories) and discover best practices for creating them. In the concluding chapters, you'll explore the new proxy option available in Linux and become well-versed with advanced topics such as CDP, extended object storage support, Veeam ONE enhancements, and VDRO. By the end of this book, you'll be equipped with the skills you need to implement Veeam Backup & Replication for securing your environment and disaster recovery. What you will learnDiscover the advanced concepts of Veeam Backup & Replication 11Master application optimization based on Veeam best practicesGet to grips with configuring CDP and working with repositories and proxiesExplore ways to protect your backups with immutable hardened repositoriesUnderstand the enhancements to backups, instant recovery, and Linux proxiesExplore the Veeam ONE enhancementsBecome well versed in Veeam Disaster Recovery OrchestratorWho This Book Is For This Veeam backup book is for IT professionals who have intermediate to advanced-level knowledge of virtualization as well as backups and backup applications. Anyone who needs a reference guide for learning the advanced features of Veeam Backup & Replication and how they are used, including best practices and optimizations, will also find this book useful. Table of ContentsInstalling and Upgrading VeeamThe 3-2-1-1-0 Rule – Keeping Data SafeCDP – Continuous Data ProtectionImmutability – Hardened RepositoriesBackup Enhancements – Jobs, Copy Jobs, Restores, and MoreExpanded Object Storage Support – Capacity and Archive TiersLinux Proxy EnhancementsInstant RecoveryVeeam ONE v11Veeam Availabilty Orchestrator (VAO) Cover Title page Copyright and Credits Dedication Contributors Table of Contents Preface Section 1: Installation – Best Practices and Optimizations Chapter 1: Installing and Upgrading Veeam Technical requirements Understanding the best practices and optimizations for Veeam installation Installing Veeam Backup & Replication v11a How to configure and optimize proxy servers How to set up repository servers for success Understanding the scale-out backup repository Upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication to v11a Summary Chapter 2: The 3-2-1-1-0 Rule – Keeping Data Safe Technical requirements Guest perspective from Rick Vanover of Veeam Introducing what the 3-2-1-1-0 rule is Importance of the 3-2-1-1-0 rule Understanding how the 3-2-1-1-0 rule applies to your backup strategy when setting up jobs Exploring what media is best suited for use with the 3-2-1-1-0 rule Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3 Scenario 4 Scenario 5 Summary Section 2: CDP and Immutability – Hardened Repositories, Backups, and Object Storage Chapter 3: CDP – Continuous Data Protection Technical requirements Understanding CDP and what it is The backup server – Veeam CDP Coordinator Service Source and target hosts with the I/O filter CDP proxies CDP policies Determining the requirements and limitations of CDP Requirements Limitations Setting up CDP – the I/O filter Configuring CDP proxies and settings Understanding CDP policies for replication Summary Further reading Chapter 4: Immutability – Hardened Repositories Technical requirements Understanding hardened repositories Learning how to configure hardened repositories in Veeam Learning how eliminating SSH protects the server Discovering how to configure backup jobs to use immutability with the hardened repositories Summary Further reading Chapter 5: Backup Enhancements – Jobs, Copy Jobs, Restores, and More Technical requirements Understanding backup job enhancements and new features High-priority jobs Background GFS retention Orphaned GFS backup retention Deleted VM retention improvements Distinguishing the new features of backup copy jobs Time-based GFS retention GFS full creation time No quarterly backups Repository as a source Daily retention Understanding restores with Linux target support and expanded platforms Linux target support Linux FLR without a helper appliance Linux FLR performance improvements Expanded platform support Discovering other enhancements, including explorers Summary Further reading Chapter 6: Expanded Object Storage Support – Capacity and Archive Tiers Technical requirements Understanding new object storage capacity and archive tiers Understanding object storage configuring capacity and archive tiers Discovering immutability with Amazon S3 Glacier and policy-based offloading Working with the archive tier for cost-optimized archiving and storage Summary Further reading Section 3: Linux Proxy Enhancements, Instant Recovery, Veeam ONE, and Orchestrator Chapter 7: Linux Proxy Enhancements Technical requirements Understanding Linux proxy enhancements and what's new in v11a Understanding how the latest enhancements can help your organization A Linux proxy server can be physical or virtual More transport modes – NBD, Direct SAN, and Hot-Add Backup from storage snapshot (iSCSI, FC) Allow quick rollback/CBT restore Persistent data mover deployed Enhanced data mover security Certificate-based authentication instead of saved Linux credentials New elliptic curve (EC) cryptography – adds EC-based SSH key pairs such as Ed25519 or ECDSA Discovering the persistent data mover with enhanced security Discovering how credentials are the past and certificates are the future Special section by Rick Vanover from Veeam – future Linux capabilities and industry direction Summary Further reading Chapter 8: Understanding Instant Recovery Technical requirements Discovering the requirements and prerequisites for Instant Recovery Exploring Instant Recovery – what is It? Investigating and understanding the Instant Recovery process and steps Exploring the migration and cancellation steps for recovery Discovering what is new in Veeam Backup & Replication v11a Instant Recovery of Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases Instant file share recovery Instant recovery of anything to Microsoft Hyper-V Summary Further reading Chapter 9: Introducing Veeam ONE v11a Technical requirements Exploring Veeam ONE – an overview Single-server architecture – typical deployment Distributed server architecture – advanced deployment Understanding Veeam ONE – installation and configuration Installation of Veeam ONE v11a Discovering monitoring – vSphere, vCloud, and Veeam Investigating and understanding reporting Exploring Veeam ONE for troubleshooting Investigating what is new in Veeam ONE v11a Major new features Enhanced Veeam Backup & Replication support Other enhancements Veeam ONE community resources Summary Further reading Chapter 10: Introducing Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator Technical requirements Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator – What is it? Prerequisites for Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator Installation of Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator Configuring Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator Working with orchestration plans for DR Investigating scripts, reports, and dashboards Scripts Reports Dashboards Summary Further reading Index About Packt Other Books You May Enjoy