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Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5
User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V

Tape Servers

Tape servers are dedicated components responsible for transferring data between data source and tape device. For more information, see Tape Devices Support.

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Licensing

Getting to Know Veeam Backup & Replication

Veeam Backup & Replication UI

Deployment

Installing Veeam Backup & Replication

Installing Veeam Backup & Replication in Unattended Mode

Installing Updates in Unattended Mode

Backup Infrastructure

Backup Infrastructure Components

Backup Server

Credentials Manager

Password Manager

Backup & Replication Console

Logging on to Veeam Backup & Replication

Virtualization Servers and Hosts

Adding Microsoft Hyper-V Servers

Adding Microsoft SMB3 Servers

Adding Microsoft Windows Servers

Adding Linux Servers

Off-Host Backup Proxy

Adding Off-Host Backup Proxies

Backup Repository

Dell EMC Data Domain

Scale-Out Backup Repository

Deployment Scenarios

Resource Scheduling

Performance Bottlenecks

Locations

Veeam Backup & Replication Settings

Specifying SNMP Settings

Installing Updates

Exporting Logs

Configuration Backup and Restore

Configuration Backup

Restoring Configuration Data

Restoring Configuration Database

Migrating Configuration Database

Backup

About Backup

Choosing VSS Provider (Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 and Earlier)

Backup of VMs on Microsoft SMB3

Backup Methods

Retention Policy

Per-VM Backup Files

Retention for Per-VM Backup Files

Transaction Consistency

Guest Processing

Copy-Only Backup

VM Guest File System Indexing

Microsoft SQL Server Logs Backup and Restore

Oracle Logs Backup and Restore

Backup Job Scheduling

Creating Backup Jobs

Importing Backups

Managing Backups

Managing Jobs

Reporting

Replication

About Replication

Remote Replica from Backup

How Remote Replica from Backup Works

Network Mapping and Re-IP

Creating Replication Jobs

Managing Replicas

Replica Failover and Failback

Replica Failover

Performing Failover

Permanent Failover

Performing Permanent Failover

Failover Plan

Creating Failover Plans

Planned Failover

Performing Planned Failover

Undo Failover

Undoing Failover

Replica Failback

Commit Failback

Committing Failback

Undo Failback

Undoing Failback

VeeamZIP

Creating VeeamZIP Files

Backup Copy

About Backup Copy

Retention Policy for Backup Copy Jobs

Methods for Archive Backups Creation

GFS Cycles

Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly Backup Cycles

Deleted VMs Retention

Creating Seed for Backup Copy Job

Creating Backup Copy Jobs

File Copy

Creating File Copy Jobs

Recovery Verification

SureBackup

Creating Application Group

Virtual Lab

Creating Virtual Lab

SureBackup Job

On-Demand Sandbox

Configuring On-Demand Sandbox

Data Recovery

Instant VM Recovery

Performing Instant VM Recovery

Entire VM Restore

VM Files Restore

Restoring VM Files

Guest OS File Recovery

Restore from FAT, NTFS or ReFS

Restore from Linux, Unix and Other File Systems

Restoring VM Guest OS Files (Multi-OS)

Restoring Application Items

Restore to Microsoft Azure

Removing Azure Proxies

WAN Acceleration

Removing WAN Accelerators

WAN Global Cache

Data Encryption

Encryption Keys

Encrypted Objects

Restoring Encrypted Data from Tapes

Tape Devices Support

Connecting Tape Devices

Working with Tape Servers

Adding Tape Servers

Media Pools

Creating Simple Media Pools

GFS Media Pools

Creating GFS Media Pools

Media Vaults

Creating Media Vaults

Tape Protection

Protecting Tapes

Tape Parallel Processing

Media Sets Created with Parallel Processing

Machines Backup to Tape

Step 7. Specify Advanced Job Settings

Step 8. Define the Job Schedule

Step 9. Finish Working with the Wizard

Linking Backup Jobs to Backup to Tape Jobs

GFS Backup to Tape

Step 8. Finish Working with the Wizard

Backup Restore from Tape to Repository

File Restore from Tape

Tape States Indicators

Extract Utility

Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe Utility

Using Veeam.Backup.DBConfig.exe Utility

Veeam Backup Validator

Veeam Backup & Replication Events

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