{"id":22486,"date":"2017-11-08T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=22486"},"modified":"2020-03-15T18:08:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T17:08:41","slug":"top-5-backup-solutions-vmware-hyper-v-veeam-backup-replication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-vmware-hyper-v-veeam-backup-replication\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 backup solutions for VMware &#038; Hyper-V: Veeam Backup &#038; Replication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22488 size-full\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/top-5-backup-veeam-01.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The top 5 backup solutions for\u00a0VMware &amp; Hyper-V could not be complete without including Veeam Backup &amp; Replication product.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the multiple features it provides, Veeam solution is extremely <strong>easy to configure and use<\/strong> and includes powerful capabilities to ensure data integrity and business continuity.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Blog Series<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-vmware-hyper-v-nakivo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nakivo Backup &amp; Replication<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-for-vmware-hyper-v-altaro-vm-backup\/\">Altaro VM Backup<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-for-vmware-hyper-v-micro-focus-vm-explorer\/\">Micro Focus VM Explorer<\/a> (former Trilead, HPE)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/top-5-backup-solutions-vmware-hyper-v-vembu-vmbackup\/\">Vembu VMBackup<\/a><br \/>\nVeeam\u00a0Backup &amp; Replication<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Veeam Backup &amp; Replication<\/h2>\n<p>Currently available as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/veeam-backup-and-replication-9-5-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">version 9.5<\/a>, Veeam Backup &amp; Replication is a <strong>complete software solution<\/strong> for\u00a0VMware and Hyper-V virtual platforms that can be installed on <strong>Windows-based<\/strong>\u00a0physical or virtual machines and it is suitable for\u00a0<strong>small, medium and enterprise\u00a0environments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The management of the software is made through a simple\u00a0<strong>UI\u00a0installable<\/strong> on Administrators' clients where the user can manage multiple Backup Servers with a clean and intuitive layout.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22514 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-02-600x410.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-02\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>License and available editions<\/h4>\n<p>The product is licensed per\u00a0<strong>physical CPU socket<\/strong>\u00a0and includes the first year of Maintenance &amp; Support.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22521 size-full\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-03.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-03\" width=\"458\" height=\"578\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veeam Backup &amp; Replication is available in\u00a0<strong>three editions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standard<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 limited features available. Advanced capabilities, such as Items recovery, Storage Snapshots, SureBackup, WAN Accelerator, are not included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enterprise<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 includes most of the available features with the exception of Backup from\u00a0NetApp\u00a0SnapMirror and\u00a0SnapVault and\u00a0Nimble Replicated\u00a0Copies, On-Demand<br \/>\nSandbox\u00a0for Storage\u00a0Snapshots. Scale-out Backup Repository supports max 3 extents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enterprise plus<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 all available features of the product are included.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Veeam provides also an affordable\u00a0<strong>Veeam Backup Essentials<\/strong> version\u00a0for small businesses for the protection of virtual\u00a0environments of <strong>6 CPU sockets or less<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<strong>Free edition<\/strong>\u00a0is available and includes a\u00a0<strong>license for 2 VMs<\/strong>. To test the application, Veeam Backup &amp; Replication is available as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\/data-center-availability-suite-download.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">30-day trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A detailed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\/availability-suite-pricing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pricing\u00a0<\/a>is available in the Veeam website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Backup features<\/h4>\n<p>Veeam performs an\u00a0<strong>image-based backup<\/strong>\u00a0(snapshot technology) and VM backups can be <strong>reversal or\u00a0forever incrementals<\/strong>\u00a0using the\u00a0<strong>Changed Block Tracking<\/strong>\u00a0(CBT) technology to identify and transfer only changed data to the repository. To optimize data transfer, Veeam provides the support for three transport modes:\u00a0<strong>NBD<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Hot-Add<\/strong>, and <strong>Direct Storage Access<\/strong>. To save space on the repository, VM backups are\u00a0<strong>automatically deduplicated<\/strong>\u00a0at the block level and <strong>compressed<\/strong> to ensure that the least amount of space is used.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22527 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-04-600x482.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-04\" width=\"600\" height=\"482\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The WAN Accelerator is component of the product specific for backup copy jobs and replication jobs, and allows to <strong>speed up data transfer<\/strong> over slow WAN.<\/p>\n<p>Backups are performed using the\u00a0<strong>application-aware mode<\/strong>\u00a0to ensure consistency for applications data and databases (Exchange, Active Directory, MS-SQL, SharePoint, and Oracle). <strong>Transaction Logs<\/strong> can be retained or truncated after a successful VM backup or replication and the capability is configured in the <strong>VSS section<\/strong> of Microsoft SQL and Exchange from the Guest Processing window.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22528 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-05-600x442.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-05\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veeam supports\u00a0<strong>Storage Snapshots<\/strong> for HPE, NetApp, EMC, Nimble Storage, and Cisco for faster backups and restores.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Instant VM Recovery<\/h4>\n<p>Veeam supports the Instant Recovery feature to recover VMs and files as well as\u00a0<strong>Microsoft Exchange<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Microsoft SQL Server<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Microsoft Active Directory<\/strong>, and <strong>Oracle<\/strong> objects directly from deduplicated and compressed VM backups. A full restore from backup is not required and the recovery is performed\u00a0<strong>directly from the backup<\/strong>\u00a0repository.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/veeam-9-5-direct-restore-to-azure-setup-the-infrastructure-pt1\/\">Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure<\/a>\u00a0feature allows the restore of VMs to the cloud optimizing resource allocation and minimizing costs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22529 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-06-600x467.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-06\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Copy backups Offsite and to Cloud<\/h4>\n<p>To store backup copies offsite, Veeam provides the backup copy feature to send backup to <strong>external storage<\/strong> devices or to <strong>cloud<\/strong> using the <a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/veeam-cloud-connect-backup-configuration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veeam Cloud Connect<\/a> feature. You can easily setup the copy process maintaining a\u00a0<strong>mirror of your backup repository<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22530 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-07\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-07-600x402.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-07\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Replication<\/h4>\n<p>Replication creates an\u00a0<strong>identical copy<\/strong>\u00a0of the VMs on target ESXi hosts allowing to\u00a0<strong>quickly recover a VM<\/strong>\u00a0in case the production VM fails. To recover the VMs is required to\u00a0<strong>powering on<\/strong>\u00a0the replicated VMs only.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22531 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-08\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-08-600x427.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-08\" width=\"600\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Test backups<\/h4>\n<p>To ensure you can<strong> recover a VM from a backup<\/strong>, the backup must be checked performing a recovery test.\u00a0With\u00a0<strong>SureBackup<\/strong> and <strong>SureReplica<\/strong>\u00a0technology, Veeam can verify files, applications, and virtual servers they can be restored to ensure business resiliency\u00a0through <strong>automated backup and disaster recovery (DR) testing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22533 size-large\" title=\"top-5-backup-veeam-09\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/top-5-backup-veeam-09-600x405.jpg\" alt=\"top-5-backup-veeam-09\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veeam is a powerful and complete backup solution with <strong>all the features requested<\/strong>\u00a0for maximum data protection and disaster recovery of your virtual infrastructure.\u00a0A complete guide for the installation and configuration of Veeam Backup &amp; Replication features can be found in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/category\/vmware-2\/veeam-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">these articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veeam.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.veeam.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"signature\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top 5 backup solutions for\u00a0VMware &amp; Hyper-V could not be complete without including Veeam Backup &amp; Replication product. Despite the multiple features it provides, Veeam solution is extremely easy to configure and use and includes powerful capabilities to ensure data integrity and business continuity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2879994398731222_17841400390232720":"","mastodon_115463926174894442_115463926174894442":"","linkedin_93tdZWzMZc_93tdZWzMZc":"","bluesky_did:plc:tkabz5kl2rukzdwtuongv3kz_did:plc:tkabz5kl2rukzdwtuongv3kz":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[903,2138,933],"tags":[1271,584,699],"class_list":["post-22486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vmware-en","category-backup-en","category-veeam-en","tag-backup-replication-en","tag-veeam-en","tag-vmware-en","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}