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Create new backup jobs in Veeam via powershell

Luca Dell'Oca, October 6, 2015December 4, 2016

When you have to deal with a large environment and several jobs in Veeam, automation via powershell is the only possible solution.

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Veeam backup repository on CentOS 7

Luca Dell'Oca, February 19, 2015December 4, 2016

If you want to use CentOS 7 as a Veeam repository, the basic requirements are not enough, and you have to adjust the installation a little bit.

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Change all your Veeam backup jobs to the new forward forever-incremental

Luca Dell'Oca, November 24, 2014December 4, 2016

When you upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication to V8, you have available the new Forward forever-incremental mode for your backups. This is the default method for all newly created jobs, but the already existing backup jobs are not changed, because we do not want to change the user experience or create issues to I/O profiles, backup windows and such.
This great powershell script will take all your existing forward incremental backup jobs and reconfigure them to use the new forward forever-incremental mode.

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The new backup mode in Veeam Backup & Replication v8

Luca Dell'Oca, October 13, 2014December 4, 2016

When it comes to choosing a backup mode in Veeam Backup & Replication,there is a constant trade-off between space efficiency and I/O efficiency. Forward mode is I/O efficient, while Reversed is space efficient. The new method coming in v8 will combine the pros of each, to offer an even better backup experience.

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Veeam Extract Utility, quick restores without the Veeam server

Luca Dell'Oca, June 23, 2014December 4, 2016

One of the biggest misconceptions about Veeam Backup & Replication, often fueled by competitors, is that it requires the complete server installation in order to run restores. So, this becomes a Single Point of Failure, just like many other solutions from competitors. This is completely untrue: there are two main features in Veeam that make restores possible even without the server installation.

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Veeam Backup with PernixData write-back caching

Luca Dell'Oca, March 31, 2014December 4, 2016

PernixData is, as of today, the only server-side caching solution for VMware offering write-back capabilities, that is the possibility to accelerate write operations. This feature is extremely helpful in increasing performances in virtualized environments running write intensive applications like databases, mail servers and others. However, the usage of this feature requires some proper configuration in order to correctly protect VM with Veeam Backup

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Test Veeam Storage Snapshots in your lab

Luca Dell'Oca, March 18, 2014December 4, 2016

In a previous post, I described how you can configure a virtual proxy to access an iSCSI storage, in order to test DirectSAN backups. Veeam has an additional functionality, called Storage Snapshots, that improves even more DirectSAN backups performances when you have a supported storage. I’m going to show you in this post how you can configure it in your lab.

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Test DirectSAN backups without a physical Veeam server

Luca Dell'Oca, March 12, 2014December 4, 2016

One of the nice features of Veeam Backup & Replication, when it comes to backup speed, is the possibility to use DirectSAN as its backup method on vSphere environments. This option offers the best performances, but has some precise requirements at the hardware level. It could be easy to comply with them in a production environment, but what if you want to test it in your lab, where usually hardware options are limited? Don’t worry, there is a solution!

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