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VMworld 2012: SPO3292 – Veeam Backup & Replication: Tips and Tricks

VMworld 2012: SPO3292 – Veeam Backup & Replication: Tips and Tricks

Session abstract While Veeam works great right out of the box, it also provides a lot of options for configuring and tuning your backup infrastructure. Anton Gostev (@Gostev) and Doug Hazelman (@VMdoug) share expert insights and practical advice for VM backup. What’s the best and safest way to configure direct SAN backups? When is network processing mode a better choice than hot add? How to efficiently write Veeam backups to deduplicating storage, to another site, or to the cloud? What…

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Free NFR license for Veeam ONE

Free NFR license for Veeam ONE

Great news from Veeam for those who run a lab. They announced NFR (Not For Resale) licenses for Veeam One! If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional (VCP), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or a Most Valuable Professional (MVP), you can get a FREE 6-socket NFR license for Veeam ONE for your home or work lab. You can request your license via this link.

Veeam Backup And Replication 6.1 released

Veeam Backup And Replication 6.1 released

Today Veeam announced their new major release: Veeam Backup and Replication 6.1. This major release includes several improvements and some interesting new additions. VeeamZIP: Version 6.1 includes a new capability for performing ad-hoc backups. In many ways, it functions like a zip utility for VMs. For this reason, it’s called VeeamZIP. Backup a VM on-the-fly: Instead of running the regular backup job (which typically contains multiple VMs and a specified number of restore points) or creating a new backup job,…

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Free goodies: Veeam ONE Free Edition

Free goodies: Veeam ONE Free Edition

It seems today is free goodies day at least thanks to Veeam. Today they released a FREE version of Veeam ONE “Free, powerful and easy-to-use VMware management”. Quote taken from their website: Veeam ONE Free Edition is a risk-free way to experience firsthand the many benefits that Veeam ONE brings to virtualization management. With no restrictions on the number of vCenter Servers and ESX(i) hosts you can manage, Veeam ONE Free Edition lets you see how 24×7 monitoring, management reporting…

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Monitoring Veeam FLR sessions using PowerCLI

Monitoring Veeam FLR sessions using PowerCLI

Veeam Backup & Replication comes with a few built-in PowerShell cmdlets. Sadly I couldn’t find a cmdlet which allows me to monitor running Veeam FLR sessions. Keep in mind that this post only works when you run a FLR which is a non-Windows virtual machine!! When you perform a restore, Veeam Backup & Replication will start an extra virtual machine which runs with the name VeeamFLR-SERVERNAME-randomhash. The script below will see if a restore is running for a defined amount…

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