Veeam: Free Virtualization White Papers

Author: Kirsten Stoner, Technical Analyst, Product Strategy

Veeam® Backup & Replication™ Community Edition is the must-have, free solution that provides host-based backups for virtual machines, along with protection for physical endpoints and servers. Community Edition offers a tremendous set of capabilities, allowing users to have an efficient data protection strategy in place. Features such as being able to schedule backup jobs, replicate critical machines and perform application-level restores are requirements that are not allowed to be short-listed in any data protection solution. This white paper describes in detail the different features you can utilize when getting started with Community Edition and how these features can help meet the demands for modern data Availability. Read now

Flash storage provides options for both data protection and Availability. Since not all applications are created equal, this is especially important for apps with a need for speed, which can take advantage of all-flash storage for faster protection and restoration. Read this Redmond Tech Talk paper to find expert views shared by industry authorities from Veeam® and Pure Storage on the benefits of using an all-flash data management solution like the joint Veeam/Pure Storage solution. Read now

One of the best ways to avoid data loss is to leverage primary and secondary storage systems to ensure your systems are Always-On™ and available. NEW Veeam Availability Suite™ v9 introduces integration with the EMC VNX and VNXe series of hybrid flash storage. This integration provides data centers with new ways to enhance Availability by unleashing the power of storage snapshots for backup, replication and recovery tasks. In addition to the integration with the EMC VNX and VNXe storage families, Veeam Availability Suite delivers enhanced integration with EMC Data Domain storage devices.

This white paper highlights the features, setup and best practices for using Veeam with EMC VNX/VNXe hybrid flash storage and Data Domain secondary storage, including how to:

Increase Availability for VNX/VNXe storage with Veeam Explorer™ for Storage Snapshots and Backup from Storage Snapshots
Connect Data Domain storage appliances to Veeam
Configure and ensure optimal performance for EMC primary and secondary storage

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IT teams are under extreme pressure to modernize their data centers to support dramatic data growth, cloud computing and business-critical initiatives like Digital Transformation. Today’s data centers must be built for speed, simplicity and reliability. The good news is that there’s a solution to these challenges. Read this TechTarget paper to learn what it takes to manage and protect your data on all-flash systems and the value of the Pure Storage/Veeam® joint solution in empowering IT teams to meet their key IT modernization goals. Read now

Veeam® customers and partners know that, when combining Cisco and Veeam, performance, reliability and ease of management are always expected results. Together, Cisco and Veeam bring high-performance Availability and reliable data protection to assist customers in the journey to Cloud Data Management™. Read this Cisco + Veeam Customer Reference Book and learn about:

Why today’s businesses require new levels of IT efficiency
How Cisco and Veeam can solve those IT challenges
Eight customers who have found success while using Cisco/Veeam solution

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Application data has become a critical business resource. Data analytics and AI deep learning require lots of data – the more data you have, the better you can train AI models and the more you can profit from business opportunities. However, data traditionally locked away in application silos needs to be freed from its application chains and made accessible whenever and wherever it is needed.

This white paper reviews the features of Veeam Availability Suite and the benefits of Pure Storage integration with Veeam’s Universal Storage API.
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As production servers are being consolidated with virtual environments at a rapid rate, data protection via backups is as important as ever. Because of this, virtual infrastructures are becoming the standard.

In this white paper learn more on how Veeam’s latest plug-in for FUJITSU Storage AF S2/DX S4 and Veeam Backup & Replication will:

Provide options to perform virtual machine backups which were only possible with Virtual Volumes (VV0L)
Improve performance of business critical applications
Leverage Fujitsu’s storage snapshots between the backup for better Recovery Point Objectives (RPO)

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IDC surveyed 300 HCI IT managers to understand how modern production infrastructure (HCI) and modern data protection are interdependently beneficial to each other and their organizations.

See the findings below:

63% are using HCI for production today
54% plan to replace existing legacy with HCI
80% think prepackaged data protection is key
75% think HCI compatibility with existing data protection software is critical

Learn how early integration of HCI and data protection yields greater benefits.

Register and download the IDC Report on HCI Data Protection to find out more. Read now

Author: Anthony Spiteri, Senior Global Technologist, vExpert, VCIX-NV and VCAP-DCV

In January 2019, Veeam® Software announced general availability for new Cloud Data Management™ capabilities as part of Veeam Availability Suite™ 9.5 Update 4 that make it easier than ever for Veeam Cloud & Service Provider (VCSP) partners to deliver Veeam-powered services to market. In this whitepaper, we share the new core features included in Update 4, how they work, what’s in it for partners, and key resources to help partners take full advantage of these powerful enhancements. Read now

This report covers the key considerations IT professionals must adopt when taking educational institutions online.

This report discusses:

The common misconception that geo-redundancy is enough to protect and back up a school’s Microsoft Office 365 data
How paperless classrooms are enabling teachers and students to excel both at school and beyond
The growing legal obligation to store student data for longer and varying amounts of time
How storing data in a safe, secure location can help monitor student growth

Learn more by downloading our white paper, Safeguarding Student Data for the Future. Read now