Veeam On Nutanix With Hyper-V BP

Veeam Backup &
Replication on Nutanix
Best Practices
V0.2 March 28, 2014
Veeam Backup & Replication v7

V1.0 July 2014
Hyper-V Best Practices
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Sum m ary .................................................................. 5
2 Introduction ............................................................................... 7
2.1 Audience ............................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Purpose ................................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Synergistic Technologies ............................................................................... 7
3 Architecture ............................................................................... 8
3.1 Component Overview ..................................................................................... 8
3.2 Veeam Server Sizing ...................................................................................... 10
3.2.1 Nutanix VSS Provider ........................................................................................... 11
3.3 Deployment Model ...........................................................................................11
3.3.1 Virtualized Veeam on Nutanix ......................................................................... 12
3.4 Physical Veeam Server ...................................................................................12
3.5 Veeam Restore Options ............................................................................... 13
4 Configuration Details ............................................................. 15
4.1 Veeam Configuration Optimization ......................................................... 15
4.2 Veeam Backup Proxy Configuration ....................................................... 15
4.3 Veeam Backup Methods ............................................................................... 16
4.4 Veeam Job Configuration .............................................................................17
4.5 Nutanix Configuration ................................................................................... 19
5 Best Practice Checklist ......................................................... 20
6 Conclusion ................................................................................ 22
7 References ............................................................................... 23
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Veeam Backup & Replication v7 with Hyper-V on Nutanix | 3
1 Executive Summary
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform is a scalable virtualization platform for desktop,
server, and big-data deployments. This document makes recommendations for the
optimization and scaling of Veeam Backup and Replication v7 on Nutanix with
Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2. It shows the scalability of the Nutanix Virtual Computing
Platform and provides configuration information on the scale-out capabilities of both
Veeam Backup & Replication and Nutanix.
By deploying a Veeam proxy agent in each Hyper-V parent partition, efficient

backups taking advantage of Nutanix data locality can take place. This deployment
model allows linear scale-out of the Veeam backup solution in conjunction with
Nutanix. Starting with Nutanix NOS 3.5.4, Nutanix now features deep Microsoft VSS
integration for fast application-consistent snapshots when performing Veeam
backups.
About Nutanix
Nutanix delivers web-scale converged IT infrastructure to medium and large

enterprises with its software-driven Virtual Computing Platform, natively converging
compute and storage into a single solution to drive unprecedented simplicity in the
datacenter. Customers can start with a few servers and scale to thousands, with
predictable performance and economics. With a patented elastic data fabric and
consumer-grade management, Nutanix is the blueprint for application-optimized and
policy-driven infrastructure. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow up on Twitter
@nutanix.
About Veeam Software
Veeam enables the Always-On Business by providing solutions that deliver

Availability for the Modern Data Center, which provides excellent recovery time and
point objectives (RTPO) for all applications and data. Veeam recognizes the
challenges in keeping a business up and running at all times and addresses them with
solutions that provide high-speed recovery, data loss avoidance, verified protection,
risk mitigation, and complete visibility. Veeam Backup & Replication leverages
technologies that enable the modern data center, including VMware vSphere and
Microsoft Hyper-V to help organizations meet RTPOs, save time, mitigate risks, and
dramatically reduce capital and operational costs. Veeam Availability Suite provides
all of the benefits and features of Veeam Backup & Replication along with advanced
monitoring, reporting, and capacity planning for the backup infrastructure.
Founded in 2006, Veeam currently has 25,000 ProPartners and more than 101,000
customers worldwide. Veeams global headquarters are located in Baar, Switzerland,
and the company has offices throughout the world. To learn more, visit
http://www.veeam.com.
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Product Versions
The solution and testing provided in this document were completed with Veeam
Backup & Replication v7 on Windows Server 2012 R2, deployed on Microsoft Hyper-V
2012 R2 on the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform using Nutanix OS 3.5.4 or later.
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2 Introduction
2.1 Audience
This best practices document is part of the Nutanix solutions library and is intended
for use by individuals responsible for the architecture, design, management, and
support of Veeam Backup & Replication on Nutanix systems. Consumers of this
document should be familiar with concepts pertaining to Microsoft Hyper-V, Veeam
Backup & Replication v7, and Nutanix.
2.2 Purpose
This document covers the high level best practices for Veeam Backup & Replication
v7 and Nutanix using SMB 3.0 shares for Hyper-V 2012 R2. This best practices guide
is focused on an optimized disk-to-disk backup architecture. A Best Practice
Checklist is included to help ensure you implement all of the applicable best
practices.
2.3 Synergistic Technologies
The web-scale Nutanix solution and its data locality technology are strongly
complimented by the distributed and scale-out architecture of Veeam Backup &
Replication v7. The combined solutions leverage the strengths of both products to
provide network-efficient backups to meet recovery point objective (RPO) and
recovery time objective (RTO) requirements. The architecture is flexible enough to
enable the use of either 100% virtualized Veeam components or a combination of
virtual and physical components, depending on customer requirements and available
hardware.
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3 Architecture
Performing backups in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment requires the interaction of
several components, including the extensive usage of the Microsoft Volume Shadow
Copy Service (VSS). The Nutanix solution can leverage the Veeam scale-out proxy
architecture by placing a lightweight Veeam proxy agent on each Nutanix Hyper-V
parent partition. This reduces the network load, and leverages the data locality
feature of Nutanix. All of the components involved in the backup process are
described in the following sections.
3.1 Component Overview
Tables 1 and 2 describe the different components and virtualization/guest OS related

technologies for the joint solution.
Table 1: Backup Components
The CVM is what runs the Nutanix Distributed File

Nutanix Controller VM Server and serves all of the I/O operations for the
hypervisor and all VMs running on that host. The CVM
pools and exports storage to the hypervisor as an SMB
3.0 file share.
Veeam Backup Server The Veeam Backup Server is the core of the solution,
responsible for job management and scheduling,
indexing tasks, and general orchestration of the backup
and replication environment. The Backup Server can be
virtualized to leverage the full capabilities of the Hyper-
V and Nutanix systems.
Veeam Proxy Agent A backup proxy is a lightweight Veeam architecture

component that sits between data source and target
and is used to process jobs and deliver backup traffic. In
particular, the backup proxy tasks include retrieving VM
data from the production storage, compressing,
deduplicating and sending it to the backup repository.
The use of more than one on-host backup proxy
(executed directly in the parent partition of each Hyper-
V host) lets you easily scale your backup infrastructure
based on the size of your Nutanix system. For large
environments multiple physical proxy servers may be
required.
Veeam Repository These systems provide the memory, storing backup
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archives for future restores, and important meta-data
used during backup and replication. A repository may
be a Windows or Linux server, or a third-party NAS
device. Repositories can be either virtual or physical,
depending on requirements and available hardware. If
the repository is virtual, they should not be stored in the
same Nutanix cluster as production data to provide fault
domain isolation.
Table 2: Backup Technologies
Microsoft VSS Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service or VSS is a

built-in Microsoft framework for application-consistent
backups. Built into Windows, VSS enables the creation
of a consistent snapshot of application data, such as
Microsoft Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, or the NTFS
file system. Veeam and Nutanix can leverage VSS to
ensure application-consistent backups for VSS-aware
applications.
Microsoft VSS Provider Providers manage data volumes and create the shadow
copies of them on demand. There are three types of
providers: system, software, and hardware. All
providers must be able to do the following:
Intercept I/O requests between the file system

and the underlying mass storage system.
Capture and retrieve the status of a volume at

the time of shadow copy, maintaining a "point in
time" view of the files on the disk with no partial
I/O operations reflected in its state.
Use this "point in time" view to expose a virtual

volume containing the shadow copy data.
Nutanix supplies a VSS provider to enable

application-consistent snapshots.
Microsoft VSS Requester A requester is any application that uses the VSS API to
request the services of the Volume Shadow Copy
Service to create and manage shadow copies and
shadow copy sets of one or more volumes. A backup
application, such as Veeam Backup & Recovery, is the
primary requester type.
Microsoft VSS Writer Writers are applications or services that store
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persistent information in files on disk and that provide
the names and locations of these files to requesters by
using the shadow copy interface. Examples of
applications that have VSS writers are Microsoft
Exchange and Active Directory. You can list VSS
writers by using the vssadm in list w riters command.
3.2 Veeam Server Sizing
Sizing the Veeam Backup & Replication servers is dependent on the number of
concurrent jobs, total number of VMs, and the estimated size of the repository. The
sizing guidelines in Table 3 below are the minimum recommended by Veeam at time
of publication. The proxy servers can be deployed into the Hyper-V parent partition
or on physical servers. Both deployment models are viable, and the chosen solution is
dependent on customer requirements and available hardware.
A general rule of thumb for a physical proxy is 1 core per 50 VMs. But this number is
greatly dependent on the size of VMs and number of concurrent backups. Proper
testing for your environment is critical to ensure backup windows can be met. The
Veeam Backup and Repository server may need to upsized for environments with
specific needs. Refer to Veeam Backup & Replication v7 documentation for
additional details on sizing.
Table 3 Veeam Sizing Recommendations
Sizing should be tested in the customer environment to

Veeam Backup Proxy verify the backup window can be met.
Hyper-V Parent Partition: The lightweight agent

runs in the parent partition, so no specific resource
allocation is required.
Physical: 1 CPU core for every 50 VMs

(recommended minimum 4 cores) and 4GB RAM.
Veeam Backup Server 4GB of RAM plus 500MB of RAM for each concurrent
job. Disk space: 2GB for product, plus 10GB per 100 VMs
for guest file system catalog, and at least 10GB for VM
recovery cache folder. Additional sizing considerations
should be applied if the backend SQL server is deployed
on this server. See the Veeam documentation for
additional guidance.
Veeam Repository It can be co-located with the Backup server role for
small deployments, or on a dedicated server (physical
or virtual Windows/Linux server, NAS device, or
dedicated backup appliance), and requires sufficient
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free space to store all backup job data. If virtualized on
Nutanix the repository should reside in a secondary
Nutanix cluster, for fault domain isolation.
3.2.1 Nutanix VSS Provider
Starting with Nutanix NOS 3.5.4, VSS integration is available to customers for Hyper-
V deployments. This is a major advancement in Hyper-V support, which Veeam
Backup & Replication can leverage. NOS 3.5.4 and later supports VSS integration and
only requires administrators join the Nutanix platform to the Windows domain using
the ncli cluster join-domain command. See the Nutanix NOS upgrade guide for
additional details.
Nutanix platforms leverage the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol 3.0 to provide
shared access to files between the Nutanix CVM and Hyper-V. For deployments
leveraging Microsoft VSS on Hyper-V for application consistency, the Nutanix
platform supports up to 50 VMs per Nutanix container, but requires a gflag tuning
parameter for support. Please engage Nutanix Support to optimize the gflag
parameter for VSS optimization. There is no limit to the number of VMs per container
for deployments not leveraging VSS.
3.3 Deployment Model
As shown in the figure below, Veeam supports the repository server using a variety
of targets, including a secondary Nutanix system, existing physical servers, NAS, or
dedicated backup appliances. The following two sections provide guidance for two
of the scenarios: 1) 100% virtualized solution on Nutanix, and 2) leveraging an existing
physical backup/proxy server. A hybrid scenario is also viable, where there is a
physical Veeam repository server (when tape vaulting is required, for example), but
virtualized proxy VMs are used. This can be a good approach if physical hardware is
limited, as performance can be easily determined. The defined backup window may
be a big factor in determining how much, if any, of the Veeam infrastructure to
virtualize.
Production Servers Nutanix Secondary Cluster
Existing Physical Servers/NAS
Nutanix Production Cluster

Dedicated Backup Appliance
Figure 1 Veeam Backup & Replication Repository Options
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3.3.1 Virtualized Veeam on Nutanix
The figure shows the recommended scale-out model for Veeam Backup &
Replication. In each Hyper-V parent partition, a lightweight Veeam Proxy agent is
deployed along with the Nutanix VSS provider, which will process all the VMs
currently running on that node. All VM data is read from the local storage, then
compressed and deduplicated data is sent over the network to the Veeam
repository. Only a single Veeam Backup & Replication VM is required for this
configuration, as the Veeam on-host proxy agent is installed directly on the
hypervisor parent partition.
Figure 2 Example of Virtualized Veeam Deployment Model on Nutanix (partial view of the cluster)
If a 100% virtualized solution on Nutanix is deployed, placing the Veeam repository

server in a secondary Nutanix system is recommended for disaster recovery. This
provides maximum protection from a complete production system failure and allows
scaling out the backup repository independent of the production VMs. If your
organization has multiple remote locations, which need to replicate to a centralized
location, a Nutanix system as a replication target is also an ideal solution. Starting
with Nutanix OS 4.0, customers can leverage the Nutanix Prism Central functionality
to manage multiple Nutanix systems across different locations.
Multiple Veeam proxies will perform concurrent backups, thus enabling NDFS-style
linear scale-out backup performance. The Nutanix model preserves performance over
time by evenly distributing the backup workload across all nodes. When Proxy
servers complete one disk, the next local disk is then processed until all local VMs are
fully backed up.
3.4 Physical Veeam Server
As an alternative to deploying a virtualized Veeam repository, the figure below

shows a notional topology for a physical Veeam configuration. In this example all
Veeam roles (backup, proxy, and repository) are co-located on a single physical
server. Situations requiring backup to tape will require a physical backup server.
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As per best practice, each Nutanix node should have the Hyper-V management
interface configured to use the two 10GbE NICs. This enables optimal backup
performance, versus using the 1Gb NICs. The physical Veeam server should also have
dual 10Gb NICs, and connected to the same layer-2 network as the Hyper-V
management network. The physical server should meet the minimum Veeam sizing
requirements, based on the number of VMs you are backing up and concurrent jobs.
In larger environments multiple Veeam proxies may be required, to meet backup
window or storage capacity requirements.
Nutanix Production Nodes

Management Network
10Gb 10Gb
Veeam Physical Proxy/

Repository
Figure 3 Physical Veeam Server Topology
3.5 Veeam Restore Options
Veeam features fast recovery activities on Hyper-V, leveraging the access to the
parent partition of any Hyper-V host. First, Veeam Backup & Replication reads the
VM configuration from the backup file in the repository and creates a dummy VM
with the same settings and empty disks on the destination host. Then, it initiates
creation of a protective snapshot for the dummy VM and the VM is started. If the
Instant VM Recovery process fails for some reason, the protective snapshot
guarantees no data is lost. On the backup repository and on the destination host,
Veeam Backup & Replication deploys a pair of Veeam transport services that are
used to mount the VM disks from the backup file to the dummy VM.
Finally, on the destination host, Veeam Backup & Replication starts a proprietary
Veeam driver. The driver redirects requests to the file system of the recovered VM
(for example, when a user accesses some application) and reads necessary data from
the backup file on the backup repository via the pair of Veeam transport services
which maintain the disk mount. This process is fully supported on the Nutanix
platform.
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Figure 4 Veeam Restore Process
This technology is used to perform the following tasks:

o Recovery Verification (SureBackup, SureReplica)
o Instant VM Recovery
o Universal Application-Item Recovery (U-AIR)
Nutanix and Veeam Backup & Replication enables you to perform both image-level
and file-level restores of backups and replicas. You can restore a virtual machine as a
whole to start it on the target Hyper-V server, recover only VM hard disks, VM files or
VM guest OS files and folders, and save them on your local machine. VMs or files can
be restored at any of the available restore points. All restores are performed via the
network, and no special procedures are required to restore your data on the Nutanix
platform.
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4 Configuration Details
This section provides specific instructions on how to configure Veeam Backup &
Replication to follow best practices for a deployment on the Virtual Computing
Platform. A basic familiarity with Veeam and Hyper-V is assumed. When deploying
the Veeam servers use the latest approved Windows operating system for your
environment. Nutanix and Veeam recommend using Windows Server 2012 R2, but
this is not required.
4.1 Veeam Configuration Optimization
1. Install Veeam Backup & Replication v7 patch 4 (or later) on the backup server,
version 7.0.0.871. See KB1891 for more details.
4.2 Veeam Backup Proxy Configuration
1. If you want to use On-Host proxies, there is no dedicated installation for this
proxy type. Each Hyper-V host you add and configure to Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically becomes also a Veeam On-Host proxy.
2. If you want to use a physical proxy, launch Veeam Backup & Recovery and
navigate to the Backup Infrastructure window. Right click on Backup
Proxies and select Add Hyper-V O ffhost Backup Proxy.
Figure 5 Offhost Backup Proxy
3. Click on Add New enter the DNS name of the physical proxy. If not already
configured, add a M anaged Account which has local administrator rights on
the physical proxy.
4. If a firewall is running on the proxy, verify that 137/UDP, 138/UDP and 139/TCP
are open. If you are using the Windows firewall, enable the following three
rules shown in green:
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Figure 6 Windows Firewall Rules to Enable
5. Click through the rest of the wizard until you get to the Server screen and
change the M ax concurrent tasks to 2.
Figure 7 Maximum Concurrent Tasks
6. Accept the defaults for the remainder of the wizard and wait for the proxy to
install.
4.3 Veeam Backup Methods
Veeam and Nutanix recommend using reversed incremental backups or forward

incremental with synthetic full. In this scenario a full backup is performed on day one,
then incremental backups are performed for all subsequent days. The day one
backup may have lower throughput, due to reading of all VM data which may be in
the storage tier versus the performance SSD or RAM tiers.
Figure 8 Reversed Incremental Backup
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Figure 9 Forward Incremental with Synthetic Full Backup
Both backup methods offer the ability to execute forever-incremental backups on

the production storage, thus lowering to a minimum the load on the Nutanix system.
There are differences between the two methods in terms of space utilization and
load on the backup repository: reversed incremental offers the best space utilization
while creating higher load on the repository; forward incremental with synthetic full
has a higher space utilization while creating lower load on the repository (except for
the day when the synthetic full is executed). The choice between the two methods
depends on the available off-hours periods and the performances of the backup
repository. Refers to Veeam documentation for further design considerations.
4.4 Veeam Job Configuration
During the backup job configuration ensure that the default of using on-host
backup proxy is selected.
Figure 10 On-Host Backup Configuration
For each backup job which you configure that is located on a Nutanix SMB 3.0
container, go into the advanced settings and ensure that the changed block tracking
box is UN-checked. This is not supported on Nutanix, as the technology is only
compatible with Windows file servers.
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Figure 11 Disabling Changed Block Tracking
If you want to leverage VSS for application consistency, then in each backup job be
sure to check the box and provide the required credentials for the guest VMs. The
Veeam server will require network access to the guest VMs with this option, which
the default Windows firewall rules may block. Refer to the Veeam documentation for
more detailed firewall requirements.
Figure 12 Enabling Application Consistent Snapshots
When configuring your backup jobs, exclude the Nutanix CVMs and the Veeam
Backup and Replication server (when virtualized) from the schedule. These VMs do
not need to be backed up; you only need to save Veeam Backup Configuration using
a specific configuration option inside Veeam Backup Server, which is enabled by
default. Configure your jobs to backup multiple VMs depending on your environment
and infrastructure, so that parallel processing can be enabled for faster backups.
Also, Veeam native deduplication can be higher with an increased number of VMs
inside the same job. There is no need to manually configure which proxy is used for
VM backup operations, Veeam Backup Server will automatically distribute the VMs to
be processed to all available proxies.
Once all of the jobs are configured, monitor the jobs to ensure that each proxy is only
backing up the VMs on its host. This can be easily validated by opening the Veeam
job console, locating the VM name, and reviewing the job log in the GUI. Look for the
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text Using backup proxy. Proxies can backup off-host VMs if a local proxy is not
available for any VMs in the job schedule.
4.5 Nutanix Configuration
Upgrading the cluster(s) to 3.5.4 (or later) is required to enable VSS functionality.
You must also join the Nutanix system to the Windows domain, for the VSS
integration. See the Nutanix upgrade documentation for details.
For deployments leveraging Microsoft VSS on Hyper-V for application consistency,

the Nutanix platform supports up to 50 VMs per Nutanix container, but requires a
gflag tuning parameter for support. Please engage Nutanix Support to optimize the
gflag parameter for VSS optimization. There is no limit to the number of VMs per
container for deployments not leveraging VSS.
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5 Best Practice Checklist
The Veeam Backup & Replication v7 on Nutanix best practices can be summarized
into the following items:
General
o When deploying the Veeam Backup & Replication server, use the latest
approved Windows operating system for your environment. You must use
Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 to leverage the Nutanix VSS provider.
Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012 Hyper-V hosts do not support the
required SMB 3.0 VSS features.
o The server(s) hosting the Veeam repository can be running older operating
systems such as Windows Server 2012, or 2008 R2. Verify compatibility with
the Veeam documentation. In any case, Veeam suggests a 64 bit Windows
operating system.
o Start with a Proof of Concept, test, optimize, iterate, and scale.
o Validate guest VM firewall rules if you want Veeam to leverage in-guest VSS
capabilities.
Veeam Com ponents

o Use Veeam Backup & Replication 7.0 patch 4 (build 7.0.0.871) or later.
o Use reversed incremental backups or forward incremental with synthetic full.
Avoid active full backups.
o Deploy the lightweight Veeam Proxy agent into each Hyper-V parent partition.
o Do not backup the Nutanix CVMs or any Hyper-V parent partitions.
o Verify the default of on-host backup is selected for all backup jobs.
o Configure the Veeam jobs to back up more than one VM to enable parallel
processing and enhanced deduplication ratios.
o Verify backup jobs are using the on-host proxy backup method. To verify
this, review the backup job history, select a VM in the left pane, and in the
middle Action pane look for using source proxy and verify on-host is used.
o Configure the jobs to enable application-aware image processing if you want
VSS-enabled backups.
o Un-check the changed block tracking option for all jobs using Nutanix SMB
shares.
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Nutanix Com ponents
o Upgrade Nutanix clusters to NOS 3.5.4 or later.
o Join the Nutanix clusters to the Windows domain to enable VSS integration.
When leveraging VSS contact Nutanix support to set the gflag to increase
support up to 50 VMs per container.
o If more than 50 VMs need to be backed up with VSS, create additional
containers as needed.
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6 Conclusion
The Nutanix and Veeam Backup & Replication v7 solution provides the best of many
worlds: industry-leading performance with the ability to scale out your backup
solution as you grow your Nutanix solution. Of the converged architectures in the
market today, none can truly provide the optimal configuration for all workloads and
allow scale-out backup performance; however this has changed with Nutanix web-
scale converged infrastructure.
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7 References
Table of Figures
Figure 1 Veeam Backup & Replication Repository Options ..................................................... 11
Figure 2 Virtualized Veeam Deployment Model ......................................................................... 12
Figure 3 Physical Veeam Server Topology ................................................................................... 13
Figure 4 Veeam Restore Process ...................................................................................................... 14
Figure 5 Offhost Backup Proxy .......................................................................................................... 15
Figure 6 Windows Firewall Rules to Enable ................................................................................. 16
Figure 7 Maximum Concurrent Tasks .............................................................................................. 16
Figure 8 Reversed Incremental Backup.......................................................................................... 16
Figure 9 Forward Incremental with Synthetic Full Backup .................................................... 17
Figure 7 On-Host Backup Configuration ........................................................................................ 17
Figure 8 Disabling Changed Block Tracking ................................................................................. 18
Figure 9 Enabling Application Consistent Snapshots ............................................................... 18
Table of Tables
Table 1: Backup Components ................................................................................................................ 8
Table 2: Backup Technologies .............................................................................................................. 9
Table 3 Veeam Sizing Recommendations ..................................................................................... 10
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About the Authors
Derek Seam an is a senior solutions and performance engineer at Nutanix, Inc.,
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX) #125, and a multi-year VMware vExpert. In
this role, Derek helps design architectures combining applications with the Nutanix
platform, creating solutions that solve critical business needs and requirements, while
disrupting the infrastructure space.
Prior to joining Nutanix, Derek was an IT architect at the global leader in wireless chip
technology where he was focused on deploying secure infrastructure solutions to
support the development of solutions for the U.S. Government. In these spaces, he
has developed methodologies, reference architectures, and frameworks focusing on
the design and transformation to agile, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructures
which can be consumed in a service-oriented or cloud-like manner.
Follow Derek on Twitter at @vDerekS
Luca DellOca is EMEA evangelist at Veeam Software. Based in Italy, Luca is a

popular blogger and an active member of the virtualization community. At Veeam,
Luca creates and publishes valuable content about the latest technologies and
business trends in virtualization, with a deep focus on VMware, storage, and data
protection for service providers and large enterprises. He engages customers and
peers during webinars and public events to help them learn about modern data
protection, and how Veeam solutions can help them.
Lucas career started in information security before focusing on virtualization. Prior

to joining Veeam, Luca was a data protection manager and virtualization architect at
a service provider, where he refined his skills and knowledge about always-on
business and the requirements of such demanding environments, while helping
customers to embrace the cloud revolution.
Luca holds VCAP5-DCD and CISSP certifications, and he has become the first
worldwide VMCE (Veeam Certified Engineer).
Follow Luca on Twitter at @Dellock6
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2.1 Audience ............................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Purpose ................................................................................................................. 7

2.3 Synergistic Technologies ............................................................................... 7

3.1 Component Overview ..................................................................................... 8

3.2 Veeam Server Sizing ...................................................................................... 10

3.2.1 Nutanix VSS Provider ........................................................................................... 11

3.3 Deployment Model ...........................................................................................11

3.3.1 Virtualized Veeam on Nutanix ......................................................................... 12

3.4 Physical Veeam Server ...................................................................................12

3.5 Veeam Restore Options ............................................................................... 13

4 Configuration Details ............................................................. 15

4.1 Veeam Configuration Optimization ......................................................... 15

4.2 Veeam Backup Proxy Configuration ....................................................... 15

4.3 Veeam Backup Methods ............................................................................... 16

4.4 Veeam Job Configuration .............................................................................17

4.5 Nutanix Configuration ................................................................................... 19

5 Best Practice Checklist ......................................................... 20

By deploying a Veeam proxy agent in each Hyper-V parent partition, efficient

Nutanix delivers web-scale converged IT infrastructure to medium and large

About Veeam Software

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2.3 Synergistic Technologies

3.1 Component Overview

Tables 1 and 2 describe the different components and virtualization/guest OS related

Table 1: Backup Components

The CVM is what runs the Nutanix Distributed File

Veeam Proxy Agent A backup proxy is a lightweight Veeam architecture

Veeam Repository These systems provide the memory, storing backup

Table 2: Backup Technologies

Microsoft VSS Microsoft Volume Shadow copy Service or VSS is a

Intercept I/O requests between the file system

Capture and retrieve the status of a volume at

Use this "point in time" view to expose a virtual

Nutanix supplies a VSS provider to enable

Microsoft VSS Writer Writers are applications or services that store

3.2 Veeam Server Sizing

Table 3 Veeam Sizing Recommendations

Sizing should be tested in the customer environment to

Hyper-V Parent Partition: The lightweight agent

Physical: 1 CPU core for every 50 VMs

3.2.1 Nutanix VSS Provider

3.3 Deployment Model

Production Servers Nutanix Secondary Cluster

Existing Physical Servers/NAS

Nutanix Production Cluster

Figure 1 Veeam Backup & Replication Repository Options

If a 100% virtualized solution on Nutanix is deployed, placing the Veeam repository

3.4 Physical Veeam Server

As an alternative to deploying a virtualized Veeam repository, the figure below

Nutanix Production Nodes

Veeam Physical Proxy/

3.5 Veeam Restore Options

This technology is used to perform the following tasks:

4.1 Veeam Configuration Optimization

4.2 Veeam Backup Proxy Configuration

Figure 5 Offhost Backup Proxy

Figure 7 Maximum Concurrent Tasks

4.3 Veeam Backup Methods

Veeam and Nutanix recommend using reversed incremental backups or forward