Let s manage agents. Tom Sightler, Principal Solutions Architect Dmitry Popov, Product Management

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1 Let s manage agents Tom Sightler, Principal Solutions Architect Dmitry Popov, Product Management

2 Agenda Inventory management Job management Managed by backup server jobs Managed by agent jobs Recovery Recovery media Restore options

3 Inventory management

4 Inventory Former virtual machines Objects to protect Create protection groups

5 Physical infrastructure System groups Unmanaged Manually added System filters Offline Update required Untrusted

6 Protection group Individual computers Active Directory Computers from CSV file

7 Protection group Active Directory Not possible to mix objects from multiple domains Admin account is not required to view the domain

8 Exclusions Components are not installed Works for Active Directory

9 Credentials Administrator account is required Account is used for rescan, deployment and backup (application processing) For CSV and Active Directory protection group

10 Setup tips

11 Tip #1 You can use localhost\administrator

12 Tip #2 Validation is not real time

13 Tip #3.CSV file can be deleted

14 Tip #4 VMs are excluded by default

15 Tip #5 Test credentials will start rescan without deployment

16 Deployment

17 Distribution server Windows host Can be combined with other roles

18 Distribution server: Components Installer service Redistributables: Veeam Agents for Microsoft Windows and Linux Distribution service

19 Agent redistributable C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Agents\ vaw.msi is pushed to the client

20 System requirements: Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Windows backup agent Windows 7 SP1 and above Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and above Windows CBT driver Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and above

21 System requirements: Veeam Agent for Linux Deploy and manage Debian Ubuntu CentOS RHEL SLES Oracle

22 Backup agent Installer service Backup agent CBT driver (Windows)

23 Lightweight agent Installer service Backup agent

24 Lightweight agent No UI and SQL DB Default for protection group Used for managed by backup server and failover cluster jobs

25 Rescan

26 Linux fingerprints

27 Rescan tips

28 Tip #null Installer service is installed anyway

29 Tip #0 Agent can be managed by only one backup server

30 Tip #1 - Discovery issue? - RESCAN!

31 Tip #2 - Installation issue? - REBOOT and then RESCAN!

32 Tip #3 You can DISABLE periodic RESCAN

33 Tip #4 You can MOVE UNMANAGED AGENTS to custom protection groups

34 Tip #5 You can EDIT Manually Added protection group

35 Job management

36 Job type Workstation Server Failover cluster

37 Job mode Managed by backup server (job) Managed by agent (policy)

38 Managed by backup server

39 Managed by backup server Default lightweight agent No UI and SQL DB Job is controlled by backup server Host should be online

40 Managed by backup server

41 Managed by backup server Real-time stats Real-time reports

42 Repository Simple repository Scale-Out Backup Repository TM

43 Managed by agent

44 Managed by agent Full agent installation in Read Only mode UI and SQL DB Job is controlled by agent Backup server controls job configuration

45 Managed by agent

46 Managed by agent

47 Managed by agent: History Configuration upload Job stats download

48 Managed by agent Configuration is pushed from Veeam Backup & Replication TM to the agent Stats downloaded periodically by rescan job

49 Repository Local storage Shared folder Backup repository

50 Backup job tips

51 TIP #0 No mapping from standalone jobs No way to migrate standalone job to Veeam Backup & Replication

52 TIP #1 Windows agent: Multiple jobs are supported for backup server mode

53 TIP #2 Backup agent is licensed based on job type Failover cluster node is licensed per node (server counter)

54 TIP #3 Operating system volume as a source automatically adds system reserved / EFI partition to backup scope

55 TIP #4 Account from protection group is used for application-aware processing

56 Recovery

57 Recovery options Bare metal recovery Export as virtual disk Instant recovery to Hyper-V Application item recovery Restore guest files Veeam Restore to Microsoft Azure

58 Recovery options: Cluster Bare metal restore of a cluster node works Instant restore to Hyper-V skips clustered volumes during recovery Export as virtual disk functionality restores volume residing on a clustered disk as simple volume File-level and application item-level recoveries work as expected

59 Veeam recovery media OS volume backup is required Components are collected during full backup Encryption password is not included You can create recovery media via remote console to a local device

60 BMR: Cluster node Non-authoritative restore: Restoring the node to normal function, but not rolling back the cluster configuration. When the restored node begins functioning and joins the cluster, the latest cluster configuration automatically replicates to that node.

61 BMR: Shared disks Shared disks are hidden from the BMR UI, so it s impossible to restore clustered disk via Bare Metal Recovery.

62 Q&A

63 Thank you