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When it comes to architecting jobs for VMware vSphere virtual machines, the Automatic option for the Transport mode proxy configuration is the best option if you are not giving too much thought to the configuration. The Automatic option goes through a number of communications options checks to see what’s available on the proxy and determine the best way to back up the VM. This decision process has a number of factors that go into the mode selection for the active job. Direct SAN access is favored first in all situations, virtual appliance hot-add as the next best thing, and Network Mode as the common denominator to work in most every situation to sum up the process.
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The ability to restore files directly to the source virtual machine within the Enterprise Manager Web UI is one of the key new Veeam Backup & Replication v6 features. Best done with Active Directory security groups, 1-Click File Restore allows selected files to be restored directly to a VM’s guest-operating system, without the user requiring access to:
Dec 12th 2011
Buy now and save: New pricing February 1, 2012
On Feb. 1, 2012 Veeam Backup & Replication will have new pricing. This is timed loosely with the release of Veeam Backup & Replication v6, which brings 72 new and improved features to our flagship product. The big areas of new features are enterprise scalability, enhanced replication, and support for Hyper-V and 1-Click file restore capabilities, among other things, in the new Enterprise Manager web interface. Did you catch the series of four webinars about the new features of version 6? These webinars as well as their slides are available from our v6 launch page: Extending the lead in VM backup.
Nov 30th 2011
v6 is YOUR Release!
On the back of every Veeam business card is our motto “Listening to you, building the tools you need.”
This is important because today we have released Veeam Backup & Replication v6 after over a year of R&D effort. What makes this release so significant in my view is that it’s your release. When I say it’s your release I mean that if you take a look at all the new features and enhancements, they were almost all driven by direct customer and partner feedback.
Better Scalability? You got it!
Our new proxy/repository architecture allows you to scale out a single Backup & Replication server to thousands of VMs. You can still go with a single server and let it be the proxy and repository but as your environment grows you can now grow with it.
Enhanced Replication? Yep!
If you take a look at the What’s New around replication alone you’ll see that this is one of the areas we focused most of our attention on. Re-IP? Check. Failback? Check. Traffic Throttling? Check. Better seeding? Check.
Support for multiple hypervisors? Yes!
Now I know not everyone asked us to support but a fair number of customers and partners did, as well as a lot of Hyper-V shops that wanted the functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication. The fact that you get support for VMware and Microsoft virtualization all from a single install and interface is huge news.
I'd like to give a big Thank You to all of our customers, partners and prospects who had so much to do with this release. We get our best feedback through our forums so please continue to post great feedback there. We're already working on the next release and we'll have some BIG news to share early next year (again, from YOUR input) so watch for the countdown clock.
For a comprehensive overview of v6, please check out the webinar series that includes product demos:
While completing the beta process before releasing Veeam Backup & Replication v6, we compiled a list of new v6 features and enhancements—a total of 72! Version 6 will be released very soon, officially this quarter; but the excitement is building by the minute!
Although that earlier list is now public in the we wanted to show this in another way. We decided to create a numbered list for a better look at v6 features and enhancements: a 30,000-ft. view from the top.
WOW! What a list!
Here is the list of Veeam Backup & Replication v6 new and improved features (drum roll….):
Oct 30th 2011
Skip monster swap files with v6!
You’ve probably noticed a lot of Veeam Backup & Replication v6 promotional activities lately. We’ve previewed v6 at VMworld, SNW, TechEd and other big events. Further, we’ve just completed our special series of webinars that outline features of the upcoming release. These four webinars are now available for replay, and you can download the presentation slides as well.
Oct 24th 2011
vSphere 5 – What took us so long?
vSphere 5 was released (GA) on 24 August, 2011. Immediately after the release customers started asking us if we supported vSphere 5 with Veeam Backup & Replication. Some other vendors claimed vSphere 5 support even before it was released, so what took us so long?
We released our hotfix on 20 October, 2011, that means it took us a full 57 days to release a hotfix for Veeam Backup & Replication to FULLY support vSphere 5. One of the main issues with Veeam Backup & Replication 5.0.2 was that it didn’t work for all processing modes with VMSF5 (just like every other vendor at the time of this writing). A processing mode popular with our customers is direct SAN access utilizing the vStorage API for Data Protection (VADP). In order to support direct SAN access for VMFS 5, we had to move to the latest version of the VDDK API which was only made available the same day as the GA release of vSphere 5.
57 days to incorporate a new version of a low-level API
1368 hours to fully test
82,080 minutes to fix things that worked previously
So, rather than trying to shout from the rooftops that we supported vSphere 5 the day it was released (or even weeks before), we wanted to make sure everything worked. We make backup and DR software after all, and we don’t want our customers getting into a mess with their production data based on claims by marketing. I think Anton did a good job of explaining our position in the forums, please take a moment to read his post.
Before you go checking our downloads page for the hotfix, please be advised that it’s only available through Veeam support. Since this isn’t a full release, and not all of our customers will need it, we are only making it available via support. Of course, Veeam Backup & Replication v6 will have full support of vSphere 5 when it’s released later this year, and that will be our official release vehicle for vSphere 5.
in Las Vegas was an amazing week! The Veeam team was in full force, and we hope everyone who attended the event had a chance to stop by, say hello and check out the new features of Veeam Backup & Replication v6; which we previewed at our booth.
One of the things I like best about VMworld and other events is the constant interaction with the IT community. In doing so, I had one conversation with a Veeam customer that was a good story to share. Basically, his situation was this: an on-demand virtual lab was used to safely test and then adjust the permissions of a catch-all service account.
Aug 1st 2011
5 Commonly used terms in Veeam Backup & Replication
No matter what segment of technology we are talking about, unique terms and a never-ending acronym soup seems to follow us. Veeam Backup & Replication has a number of terms that may be used as well. These can be shown in the product itself, discussed in the forums or even in these very blogs. Here is a rundown of five common terms in the product:
Storage options for a vSphere virtual machine (VM) can be configured a number of different ways. Each option has pros and cons associated with it, and every situation of course is different. Let’s start with the two main categories of storage resources in vSphere: NFS and SAN. NFS storage has VMDK files residing on an NFS share and is a standard file server protocol.
The vSphere SAN options are where the configuration choices increase and may become confusing. SAN options include VMFS volumes on fibre channel and iSCSI shared storage resources or local disk resources on an ESX(i) server.
