Recovery point objective and recovery time objectiveīoth these terms come into play when defining your backup strategy. The following table shows how you might create a GFS rotation schedule: In such a scheme, there are three, or more, backup cycles: daily, weekly, and monthly. Combining this with a Grandfather-Father-Son ( GFS) backup media rotation scheme, for tape-based archiving, ensures that you always have a recoverable media available. This allows you to easily accomplish the 3-2-1 rule without the need for complex configurations that makes it hard to manage. You can even "daisy-chain" these jobs to each other, which ensures that as soon as the backup job is finished, the copy jobs are fired automatically. Back up your production environment once, then use the backup copy jobs to copy the backed-up data to a secondary location, utilizing the Built-in WAN Acceleration features and to tape for long-term archival. Veeam Backup & Replication lets you accomplish this goal by utilizing the backup copy jobs. This simple approach ensures that no matter what happens, you will be able to have a recoverable copy of your data.
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Software (including antivirus systems).3: Keep three copies of your data-one primary and two backupsĢ: Store the data in two different media types Make sure that none of the NFS ports are used by other It is recommended to stop the Veeam vPower NFS Service if you do not Review its logs to detect whether it has taken any actions that affectedĬonsider that other services or process may be using portsĬonfigured for the Veeam vPower NFS Service. Tip: If the antivirus has a logging or history system you can Some additional exclusions may be also needed. NFS (Configured in each repository, stored in
Server, repository server, WAN accelerator server, tape server, and Recommended to add the following items to the list of antivirusĮxclusions on all Veeam servers including Veeam backup server, proxy Process or even lead to backup file corruption. System so that it blocks the backup files, this can slow down the backup Processed by a backup proxy and repository can overload the antivirus
Systems and this also extends to Veeam backup files. Antivirus on Veeam ServersĪntivirus software monitors all 'write' operations on the operating Tape jobs if you want to store configuration backups on tape use file Remember that configuration backups are not processed with backup to Note: Backup copy jobs do not process configuration backups. Then you will be able to restore VMs, files andĪpplication data without restoring the configuration database. Stand-alone “Extract” utility (both a command line and a graphical The backup file (which VMs are in the backup file as well asĭeduplication and encryption information), even in the event thatĬonfiguration database is lost or damaged you can set up a new Veeamīackup server and import the backup files there, or even use the Of the configuration backup at the DR site.Īll data required for a restore is directly placed within One copy of the backup on the secondary site. If performing a configuration backup it is also recommended to place This will help to reduce overall Recovery Time Objective If the server is replicated successfully in the event ofĪ disaster you may start its replica in the secondary location without having to reinstall Veeam Backup & Replication. If the configuration database is external, ensure this server is If you have the backup server in the primary site it is recommended to replicate the Veeam backup server VM to the secondary site (verify network and IP mapping settings before you begin refer to įor details). Planning for Disaster Recovery of Veeam Backup Server Tip: If encryption is enabled for configuration backup the passwordsĪre also stored in the configuration backup files. Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide for further details: Required passwords during the restore process). To restore all jobs and their metadata (you will be asked for all Replication jobs (passwords are not stored by default) and can be used TheseĬonfiguration backups contain all the information about Veeam Backup & Out-of-the box Veeam automatically createsĬonfiguration backups on the default backup repository. Veeam Backup & Replication installation on a virtual machine and protect Protecting Veeam Backup & Replication Configuration Protecting Job SettingsĪs recommended by best practice for disaster recovery you can place