Veeam Backup & Replication

Architecture, installation and

configuration of backup copying

Mark Twomey
Systems Engineer, UK&I
mark.twomey@veeam.com
Module architecture
Backup server

Load distribution
Backups VM 3
Virtualisation hosts

Production DSS
Backup copies
repository

Backup proxy
How backup is done – VMware
How backup is done – Hyper-V
Main components
Veeam Backup Server
Backup infrastructure management
Veeam Backup Server
What is it in charge of?

• Centre of control and

settings
• Coordinating tasks,
schedule
management
• Setting up all system
components
Veeam Backup Server
Services and components:
• Veeam Backup Service coordinating tasks
• Veeam Backup Shell user interface
• Veeam Backup Catalog Service
search in guest OS files
• Veeam Backup SQL Database
storing data over backup infrastructure, tasks, sessions.
• Veeam Backup Broker Service (VMware ONLY)
Veeam Backup Server
64-bit OS only:
• Microsoft Windows Server 1709
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP
Veeam Backup Server
Hardware
• CPU: x86-64 processor.
• Memory: 4 GB RAM + 500 MB RAM for every concurrent task
• Disk Space: 2 GB for the product + 4.5 GB for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2. 10 GB
for every 100 VM in the system catalogue
• Network: 1 Gbps or faster
Veeam Backup Server
SQL DB
• Local or remote installation on Microsoft SQL Server (both Full and Express Editions are
supported):
• Microsoft SQL Server 2017 for Windows
• Microsoft SQL Server 2016
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP3 Express Edition is included
into installer)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Installation
Installing Veeam Backup & Replication
Launching the installation wizard
License agreement
Browsing for the license file
Selecting features
Missing features
Advanced settings
Authentication and MS SQL
Ports and ACL
vPower Cache and indexation
Checking the settings
Settings of Veeam Backup Server
Setting up the backup environment
Vmware
Adding a virtualization environment
New VMware
New VMware
New VMware
Delegation of authority
Creating a new account in
vCenter with backup rights

Granular permissions for VMware

https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_9_0_permissions_pg.pdf
Confirming the configuration
Scalability

Broker service collects and

caches topology of vSphere
infrastructure in RAM for the
quickest possible access

vCenter Server

Broker Service

Veeam server
Backup & Replication
Backup and replication
tasks
Hyper-V
Adding a virtualization environment
Adding a new Hyper-V
Specify FQDN or IP-address

FQDN or IP-address
Selecting a type of Hyper-V
Hyper-V account
Installing components
Confirming the configuration
Checking availability
Backup Proxy Server
Assigning, configuring and scaling
Veeam Backup Proxy
What is it in charge of?
• Handling jobs on its own.
• Responsible for the whole backup traffic.
• Releases the load of Veeam backup server.
Veeam Backup Proxy
In what manner?
• Acts like a source-side data mover.
• Reads data of VM Snapshot on DSS.
• Compresses and deduplicates data.
• Sends data to the backup copy storage or to another Backup Proxy
Veeam Backup Proxy
Requirements?
• A physical or a virtual machine with Windows Server
• Balancing load among Proxy servers
• Can be installed both on a local and on a remote site
Veeam Backup Proxy
Hardware
• CPU: x86 with 2 cores (vCPUs)+ 1 core (vCPU) for every extra concurrent task.
• Memory: 2 GB RAM + 200 MB for every extra concurrent task.
• Disk Space: 300 MB.
• Network: 1 Gbps or faster for an on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps
or faster for an off-site one.
Veeam Backup Proxy
OS
Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP2.
So, which proxy shall be used - a
physical or a virtual one?
VMware transport modes
Direct SAN, HotAdd, NBD, Direct NFS
Image-Level Backup for VMware
Veeam Backup & Replication uses features of vSphere VADP

Performsnapshot
Delete
Create backup

Read/Write Read only

Redo log Current

Updated VMDK
VMDK
Initial VMDK Snapshot
with changes of initial VMDK
applied

ESX(i) datastore Backup repository

VM Snapshot
VMware. Direct SAN/NFS Access Mode

Veeam backup server

Source Data Mover Data Mover

ESX(i) host

Production
storage VMware
Backup
backup proxy
repository
VMware. Virtual Appliance Mode

A source host

Proxy backup

Veeam Backup
server

VM Snapshot Repository
VMware. Network Mode
Veeam backup
server

Source
ESX(i) host

Production VMware
Backup
storage backup proxy
repository
Transport Mode (VMware)
Transport Mode Hyper-V
On-Host Proxy, Off-Host Proxy
VSS components

VSS Writer VSS Requestor

Volume Shadow
Copy Service

VSS Provider

Disk Volume
VSS components Hyper-V
Virtual Machine

VSS Writer

VSS Writer VSS Requestor

Volume Shadow
Copy Service

VSS Provider

Disk Volume
Hyper-V. On-host Backup Mode
Veeam backup
server

Transport
service
Source
Hyper-V host
Transport
service

Volume

Shared storage

Backup
repository
Volume
snapshot
Hyper-V. Off-host Backup Mode
Veeam backup
server

Source
Hyper-V host
Transport Transport
service service

Volume

Shared storage

Backup
repository
Volume Offhost
snapshot backup proxy
Veeam Backup Proxy (Off-host)
Requirements
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V role enabled
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V role enabled
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V role enabled
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with Hyper-V role enabled
Both host and off-host backup proxy should have the same versions of Microsoft
Hyper-V.
Off-host backup with CSV (SAN): one requires a VSS hardware provider that
supports transportable shadow copies.

!Not required for off-host backup with SMB shared storage.

Proxy settings
VMware proxy
VMware proxy
VMware proxy
VMware proxy
Parallel processing
VMware proxy – Traffic rules
VMware proxy – Traffic rules
VMware proxy – Traffic rules
VMware proxy
Hyper-V proxy
Hyper-V proxy
Choosing a VSS Provider for a volume
Choosing a VSS Provider for a volume
Backup Repository
Assigning, configuring and scaling
Veeam Backup Repository

• A Windows or a
Storing backup files Linux server, NAS
Technically, it is a folder
data and metadata server.
on a disk
during replication • Specialised
deduplication storage
Veeam Backup Repository
Hardware
• CPU: x86 (x86-64 recommended)
• Memory: 4 GB RAM + 2 Gb (32bit-OS) or 4 Gb (64bit-OS) MB for every extra
concurrent task.
• Network: 1 Gbps or faster for an on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps
or faster for an off-site one.
Veeam Backup Repository
OS
Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 /2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 /2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP2.
• Linux (bash shell, SSH and Perl are required). www.veeam.com/kb2007
• 64-bit edition of Linux must be able to run 32-bit programs. Pure 64-bit Linux editions are
not supported
Backup storage

Backup repository
Backup file types
• VBK - Full backup file
• VIB/VRB - Incremental backup file
• VBM - Backup metadata file
• VLB – Transaction logs backup
• VSB – Veeam Synthetic backup
Repository types
Adding systems of backups storage
Windows Backup Repository
Linux Backup Repository
Adding Repository
Choosing a repository type
Selecting a server
Configuring options
Configuring options
CIFS(SMB) Share Backup Repository
Adding Repository
Data Domain Backup Repository
StoreOnce Backup Repository
Adding Repository
Adding Repository
Adding Repository
Gateway Server
An auxiliary component between proxy and repository

A physical or a virtual machine:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 /2012 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 /2008 R2 SP1
• Microsoft Windows 10
• Microsoft Windows 8.x
• Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
• Microsoft Windows Vista SP2.
ExaGrid/Quantum Backup Repository
Scale-Out Backup Repository
Scale-out scenarios
Scale-out scenarios - Simple
Scale-out scenarios - Advanced
Scale-out scenarios - Distributed
Advanced settings
Notification settings
Notification settings
Users and roles
Backup I/O Control
• Production DSS availability during a backup:

• Backup I/O control (patent pending)

• Automatic Intelligent Load Balancing understands latency on datastore
• Taking care BOTH of efficiency AND of availability.
Backup I/O Control
Backup I/O Control
Settings backup
Restoring settings
2 modes are available:
• Choose Restore if you
want to recover settings on
the same server.
• Choose Migrate to migrate
to another Veeam backup
server.
Backup Job
Special things about creating a backup task
Backup job
Specifying a job name
Adding objects
Selecting machines via search
Disk exclusions
Choosing a proxy server
Choosing a repository
Specifying a backup type
Backup Mode
Special things about storing backups and restoration points
Incremental Backup
Reverse Backup mode
Synthetic and Active Full
Compression and deduplication
Compression and deduplication are
carried out by Veeam Data Mover
service
Encryption
Encryption
• 2 recovery keys are used, one for users
and one to be stored in Enterprise
Manager. It allows recovery if a user
forgets his key.
• A symmetric AES 256-bit is used. It
adds around 5% load to recovery
and backup.
Storage integration
Schedule and backup window
Checking the settings
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