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Table of Contents
Lab 1: VM backup capabilities......................................................................................................................................5
Lab 1.1: Configure your installation for your environment ................................................................................................. 6
Lab 1.2: Working with backup jobs for virtual machines ................................................................................................... 7
Lab 2: Veeam Agent backup capabilities .................................................................................................................. 13
Lab 2.1: Automate deployment of Veeam Agents ........................................................................................................... 14

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Lab 2.2: Working with backup jobs for physical servers .................................................................................................. 16

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Lab 3: NAS backup capabilities ................................................................................................................................. 18
Lab 3.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for file share backups .......................................................................................... 19

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Lab 3.2: Working with backup jobs for file shares .......................................................................................................... 20
Lab 4: Building replication capabilities..................................................................................................................... 22

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Lab 4.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for virtual machine replication .............................................................................. 23
Lab 4.2: Working with replication jobs .......................................................................................................................... 25

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Lab 5: Second site backup ........................................................................................................................................ 27
Lab 5.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for copying backups to the second site location ..................................................... 28

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Lab 5.2: Working with backup copy jobs ....................................................................................................................... 29
Lab 6: Restoring from backup ................................................................................................................................... 30
Lab 6.1: Recover a virtual machine from a lost hypervisor host to a different virtualization platform ................................... 31

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Lab 6.2: Recover a single virtual machine after a user-error deleted all files ..................................................................... 32
Lab 6.3: Recover an entire file share ............................................................................................................................ 33
Lab 6.4: Perform a bare metal recovery from an agent backup ....................................................................................... 34
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Lab 7: Objects recovery ............................................................................................................................................ 36
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Lab 7.1: Recover an accidentally deleted active directory user ........................................................................................ 37

Lab 7.2: Recover an unavailable Microsoft SQL Server database ...................................................................................... 38
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Lab 7.3: Recover multiple files from a Microsoft Windows server ..................................................................................... 39
Lab 7.4: Recover an individual file from a Linux server ................................................................................................... 40
Lab 8: Testing Backup and Replication..................................................................................................................... 41
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Lab 8.1: Perform automated backup recovery verification ............................................................................................... 42

Lab 8.2: Perform automated replica recovery verification ................................................................................................ 44
Lab 9: Veeam ONE overview ..................................................................................................................................... 47
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Lab 9.1: Connect Veeam ONE to the Veeam Backup & Replication environment ............................................................... 48
Lab 9.2: Connect Veeam ONE to the virtualization environment ...................................................................................... 49
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Lab 9.3: Configure Veeam ONE server settings .............................................................................................................. 50

Lab 9.4: Configure Veeam ONE software components .................................................................................................... 51
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Lab 10: Post-class lab exercises for after class has ended ...................................................................................... 52
Lab 10.1: Configure your installation for object storage .................................................................................................. 53
Lab 10.2: Working with a Scale-Out Backup Repository .................................................................................................. 54
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Lab 10.3: Perform a secure restore .............................................................................................................................. 55

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Lab 10.4: Disaster failover to a Microsoft Hyper-V replica and failback to production ......................................................... 56
Lab 10.5: Disaster failover to a VMware vSphere replica and undo failover ....................................................................... 57
Lab 10.6: Working with replica failover plans ................................................................................................................. 58
Lab 10.7: Planned failover to a Microsoft Hyper-V replica ............................................................................................... 60
Lab 10.8: Working with an On-Demand Sandbox ........................................................................................................... 61
Lab 10.9: Working with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager ............................................................................................ 63

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Lab 1: VM backup capabilities

Expected time to complete all exercises is 45 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 1.1: Configure your installation for your environment
Lab 1.2: Working with backup jobs for virtual machines

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Lab 1.1: Configure your installation for your environment

To configure the Veeam® Backup & Replication™ installation for your environment, the first steps are to add the source
hypervisors containing production virtual machines to allow Veeam Backup & Replication to extract data and produce backups.
Your environment contains both Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere and you will add each hypervisor one by one.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure your installation for your environment

Task 1: Add the VMware vCenter Server

1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console shortcut.

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2. Click the Connect button.

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Important: Connecting to the console can take a few minutes, please have some patience.

3. In the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view (the icon looks like a globe with
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4. On the Server ribbon, click the Add Server button.
5. In the newly opened Add Server window, select VMware vSphere.
6. Select vSphere.

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7. In the newly opened New VMware Server window, enter:
a. Name: vcenter01.vmce.lab

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b. Description: VMware vCenter Server
8. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
9. Click the Add... button.

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10. In the newly opened Credentials window, enter:
a. Username: [email protected]
b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
c. Description: VMware vCenter Server
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In the Credentials window, click the OK button.
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Back in the New VMware Server window, on the Credentials step, click the Apply button.
On the Apply step, click the Finish button.

Task 2: Add the Microsoft Hyper-V server to the Veeam Backup Server
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1. On the Server ribbon, click the Add Server button.
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2. In the newly opened Add Server window, select Microsoft Hyper-V.

3. Select Hyper-V.
4. In the newly opened New Hyper-V Server window, enter:
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a. DNS name or IP address: hyperv01.vmce.lab

b. Description: Microsoft Hyper-V host
5. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
6. Select the Microsoft Hyper-V server (standalone) radio button.
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7. On the Type step, click the Next > button.

8. Next to the Credentials drop-down menu, click the Add... button.
9. In the newly opened Credentials window, enter:
a. Username: [email protected]
b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
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c. Description: Domain admin account in UPN format

10. In the Credentials window, click the OK button.
Note: Generally, you would need to select credentials for the account that has local administrator permissions on the added
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Hyper-V Server. In our case, the Hyper-V server is domain joined, so we are using a domain credential.

11. Back in the New Hyper-V Server window, on the Credentials step, click the Next > button.
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12. On the Apply step, keep the default settings and click the Apply button.
Note: This process will take a few minutes, please have some patience.
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13. On the Results step, click the Next > button.

14. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Note: The hyperv01.vmce.lab host is now added as a managed server.

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Lab 1.2: Working with backup jobs for virtual machines

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with creating backup jobs for the virtualized workloads. The requirements
from the Chief Information Officer (CIO) are as follows:
• Maximum data loss in time: 24 hours
• Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days
• Confidential data must have a full backup produced every month and retained for 12 months on-site
• Virtual machine(s) with the Linux operating system must be manually selected
• Any virtual machine with the vSphere tag RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D must be included in backups without manual work
• Application consistency on all virtual machines with the vSphere tag RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D

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• Highest priority for processing all virtual machines with the vSphere tag RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D
• Backup of Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs

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• Confidential data must be encrypted
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Create, modify and delete a backup job
• Identify backup methods available

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Task 1: Create an encrypted Hyper-V backup job
1. In the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the Home view (the icon looks like a house).

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2. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Job.
3. Select Virtual machine.

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4. Select Microsoft Hyper-V....
5. In the newly opened New Backup Job window, enter:
a. Name: Backup: Confidential data

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b. Description: Confidential data that must be encrypted.
6. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
7. Click the Add... button.
8. In the newly opened Add Objects window, expand the hyperv01.vmce.lab host.
9. Select the HyperV-Tiny virtual machine.
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for VMware vSphere instead of Microsoft Hyper-V.
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11. Back in the New Backup Job window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
Note: Every successful backup job session creates a new restore point that lets you roll back VM data to an earlier point in
time. To control the number of restore points in the backup chain, you must specify retention policy settings. The retention
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policy defines how many restore points you want to retain on disk and thus how 'far' you are able to roll back. After the allowed
number of restore points is exceeded, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically removes the earliest restore point from the
backup chain. There are two options:
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Restore points: Veeam Backup & Replication keeps the last N restore points, where N is the specified number of restore
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Days: Veeam Backup & Replication keeps restore points created during the last N days, where N is the specified number of
days.
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The daily retention policy can be helpful if you periodically create off-schedule backups. For example, you create a daily backup
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job and you want to store retention points for 14 calendar days. If you select 14 restore points and manually create off-
schedule backups, there will be several restore points in one day. So, you will have retention points for less than 14 days. In
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this case, you can use the days option.

Important: To ensure that the requirement Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days is met, we will modify the retention
policy from restore points to days and adjust days kept to 14.

12. Increase the Retention policy to: 14 days

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Important: To ensure the requirement Confidential data must have a full backup produced every month and retained for 12
months is met, we will enable the GFS retention policy and configure it to keep 12 monthly full backups.

13. Back in the New Backup Job window, tick the Keep certain full backups longer for archival purposes check box.
14. Click the Configure... button.
15. In the newly opened Configure GFS window, tick the Keep monthly full backups for: check box.
16. Increase Keep monthly full backups for: to: 12
Important: It is not required to enable weekly full backups to have monthly or yearly full backups when configuring GFS. If
you are wondering which full backup will be used for the monthly full, please ask your instructor to explain it at the end of this

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17. In the Configure GFS window, click the OK button.
18. Back in the New Backup Job window, click the Advanced button.
Important: Veeam Backup & Replication provides the following methods (modes) for creating backup chains:

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Reverse incremental: When the reverse incremental backup method is used, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a backup
chain that consists of the full backup file (VBK) and a set of reverse incremental backup files (VRBs) preceding it. This backup

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method helps you save space on the backup storage because Veeam Backup & Replication stores only one full backup file (if
you do not schedule periodic full backups) and removes incremental backup files once the retention period is exceeded.

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Forever forward incremental: When the forever forward incremental (FFI) backup method is used, Veeam Backup &

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Replication creates a backup chain that consists of the first full backup file (VBK) and a set of forward incremental backup files
(VIBs) following it. This backup method helps you save space on the backup storage because Veeam Backup & Replication
stores only one full backup file and removes incremental backup files once the retention period is exceeded. To meet retention
policy settings, Veeam Backup & Replication injects data of an incremental file into the full backup file before deleting the
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increment. Such transformations can lead to the fragmentation of the full backup file, and you have to schedule the compact of
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full backup file operation. This operation produces additional I/O load on the backup storage. Overall, the FFI method produces
the medium I/O impact on the storage compared to other backup methods.
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Forward incremental: When the forward incremental (FI) backup method is used, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a
backup chain that consists of multiple full backup files (VBKs) and sets of forward incremental backup files (VIBs) following each
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full backup file. Full backups can be created using synthetic full and/or active full method. By doing regular full backups, the
backup chain is split into shorter series. This lowers the chances of losing the backup chain completely and makes this backup
method the most reliable. This backup method requires more storage space than other methods because the backup chains
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contains multiple full backup files and sometimes Veeam Backup & Replication stores more restore points than specified in the
retention policy settings due to the specifics of the FI retention policy. The FI backup method produces the lowest I/O impact
on the backup storage. However, the impact on the backup storage increases on days when synthetic full backups are
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scheduled, and impact on the production storage increases on days when active full backups are scheduled.

19. In the newly opened Advanced Settings window, select the Reverse incremental (slower) radio button.
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20. Click the Storage tab.

Important: To ensure the requirement Confidential data must be encrypted is met, we will enable the Enable backup file
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encryption option and configure it with a secure password.

21. Tick the Enable backup file encryption check box.

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22. In the Encryption section, click the Add... button.

23. In the newly opened Password window, enter:
a. Hint: Instructor-led technical training providing extensive information on Veeam solutions
b. Password: vmce
Note: It is strongly recommended that you provide a meaningful hint that will help you recall the password. The password hint
is displayed when you import an encrypted file to the Veeam backup server and access it.

24. In the Password window, click the OK button.

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25. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the OK button to acknowledge configuration
backup has been disabled.
Important: Currently, configuration backup does not have encryption enabled. Because you just enabled encryption for a job,
configuration backup has been disabled until you enable the encryption of configuration backup. If even one job has encryption
enabled, configuration backup will not be performed unless it also has encryption enabled. This is due to security risks.

26. Back in the Advanced Settings window, verify the encryption password hint is displayed then click the OK button.
27. On the Storage step, click the Next > button (this will cause an expected error to appear).

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Important: An expected error will appear: GFS retention is not compatible with the reverse incremental backup
mode.

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28. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the OK button.
29. Click the Advanced button.
30. In the newly opened Advanced Settings window, select the Incremental (recommended) radio button.

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31. Untick the Create synthetic full backups periodically check box.
32. In the Advanced Settings window, click the OK button.
33. Back in the New Backup Job window, notice an exclamation mark is displayed next to the Keep certain full backups

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longer for archival purposes option.
34. Point the mouse cursor at the yellow triangle icon to display the warning.

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Important: The tool tip warning text should read: Enable periodic fulls, or schedule a script to create them. Because GFS
retention is enabled, periodical full backups must be produced, otherwise we will not be able to meet the requirement of

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keeping one full backup every month for 12 months.

35. Click the Advanced button.

36. In the newly opened Advanced Settings window, tick the Create synthetic full backups periodically check box.
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In the Advanced Settings window, click the OK button.
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Back in the New Backup Job window, on the Storage step, confirm the exclamation mark is gone then click the Next
> button.
On the Guest Processing step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
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Important: To ensure the requirement Maximum data loss in time: 24 hours is met, we will configure the job to run
automatically with the default selection of daily at this time and Everyday to ensure that the job runs every 24 hours.
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40. At the top of the window, tick the Run this job automatically check box.
41. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
42. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
43. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Important: It is very important this backup job is launched on the first day of the class. Do not wait for any jobs
to finish - continue immediately with the lab exercises.
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Task 2: Create a vSphere backup job for Linux servers

1. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Job button.
2. Select Virtual machine.
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3. Select VMware vSphere....

4. In the newly opened New Backup Job window, enter:
a. Name: Backup: vSphere-Tiny (manual).
b. Description: Backup job for the vSphere-Tiny Linux server.
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5. Click the Next > button on the Name step.

6. Click the Add... button.
7. In the newly opened Add Objects window, expand the vcenter01.vmce.lab vCenter Server.
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8. Expand the Production data center.

9. Expand the esx01.vmce.lab host.
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10. Select the vSphere-Tiny virtual machine.

11. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
12. Back in the New Backup Job window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
Important: To ensure the requirement Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days is met, we will modify the retention policy
from restore points to days and adjust days kept to 14.

13. Increase the Retention policy to: 14 days

14. Click the Advanced button.

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15. In the newly opened Advanced Settings window, untick the Create synthetic full backups periodically check box.
Important: Selecting backup method (mode) Incremental (recommended) while both Create synthetic full backups
periodically and Create active full backups periodically are unticked will cause Veeam Backup & Replication to use the
third backup method: Forever forward incremental.

16. In the Advanced Settings window, click the OK button.

17. Back in the New Backup Job window, on the Storage step, click the Next > button.
18. On the Guest Processing step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
Important: To ensure the requirement Maximum data loss in time: 24 hours is met, we will configure the job to run

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19. Tick the Run the job automatically check box.
Important: If you do not schedule a job, you must be aware of two limitations:

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2. Automatic retry will be ignored for jobs that are not configured to run automatically.

20. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.

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21. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
22. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Note: If you forgot to select Run the job when I click Finish, start the backup job manually.

Important: Do not wait for this job to finish before moving to the next exercise.

Task 3: Clone a backup job

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In the Home view, in the Jobs section, select Backup.
Select the Backup: Confidential data job.
On the Home ribbon, click the Clone button.
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Task 4: Delete a backup job

1. Select the disabled Backup: Confidential data_clone1 job that was just created.
2. On the Home ribbon, click the Delete button.
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3. In the newly opened Confirm Deletion window, click the Yes button to confirm deleting the Backup: Confidential
data_clone1 job.

Task 5: Create a vSphere backup job for Windows servers

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1. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Job button.

2. Select Virtual machine.
3. Select VMware vSphere....
4. In the newly opened New Backup Job window, enter:
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a. Name: Backup: Windows servers (tags)

b. Description: Backup job for the vSphere Windows servers.
Important: To ensure the requirement Highest priority for processing all Microsoft Windows Server-based servers is met we
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will enable the High priority option on this job.

5. Tick the High priority check box.

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Important: When ticking this box, Veeam Backup & Replication will prioritize this job higher than other similar jobs and
allocate resources to it in the first place of the queue.
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6. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

7. Click the Add... button.
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Important: To ensure the requirement Any virtual machine with the vSphere tag RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D must be included
in backups without manual work is met, we will add the vSphere tag RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D to the backup job instead of
individual servers.

8. In the newly opened Add Objects window, in the top right corner, click the VMs and Tags button (the icon looks like a
single luggage tag).
9. In the search field at the bottom of the window, enter object name: RPO

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10. Click the Start Search button (the icon looks like a magnifying glass).
11. Select the RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D tag.
12. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
13. Back in the New Backup Job window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
Important: To ensure the requirement Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days is met, we will modify the retention policy
from restore points to days and adjust days kept to 14.

14. Increase the retention policy to: 14 days

15. Back in the New Backup Job window, on the Storage step, click the Next > button.

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Important: To ensure the requirement Application consistency on all virtual machines with the vSphere tag RPO-24H-

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RETENTION-14D is met, we will enable the application-aware processing option on this job.

16. Tick the Enable application-aware processing check box.

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Note: Enable application-aware processing is used to freeze the VMs when the snapshot is created. This leads to the creation
of a transactionally consistent backup that ensures successful recovery of VM applications without any data loss.

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17. Click the Applications... button
Important: To ensure the requirement Backup of Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs is met only for specified servers

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containing Microsoft SQL Server, we will enable the Perform copy only option on this job for transaction logs on all other
servers.

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18. In the newly opened Application-Aware Processing Options window, select RPO-24H-RETENTION-14D
19. Click the Edit... button.
20. In the newly opened Processing Settings window, in the Transaction logs section, select the Perform copy only
(lets another application use logs) radio button.

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Important: In this window, the persistent guest agent can be activated. If you want to perform guest processing in a highly
secure way, you can install persistent agent components (Guest Helper and Log Shipping Service) on protected VMs. Persistent
agent components installed on protected VMs require very limited and clearly defined ports to communicate with Veeam Backup
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Web Services.

21. In the Processing Settings window, click the OK button.

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22. Back in the Application-Aware Processing Options window, click the Add... button.
23. In the newly opened Add Objects window, tick the Show full hierarchy check box.
24. In the search field at the bottom of the window, enter object name: sharepoint
25. Click the Start Search button.
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26. Select SHAREPOINT01.

27. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
Important: Do not click the OK button now as this will exit the Application-Aware Processing Options window
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before you have a chance to edit the settings for the SHAREPOINT01 server.

28. Back in the Application-Aware Processing Options window, confirm the SHAREPOINT01 server is selected
automatically, then click the Edit... button.
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29. In the newly opened Processing Settings window, click the SQL tab.
Important: To ensure the requirement Backup of Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs is met, we will enable the Backup
logs periodically option on this job for an individual database server.
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30. Select the Backup logs periodically (backed up logs will be truncated) radio button.
Note: For this setting to take effect, you should ensure that the full or bulk-logged recovery model is turned on for the required
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process the SQL Server virtual machines log files. If full model is enabled, but neither the backup nor truncate logs option is
selected, logs will increase in size and occupy disk space.

31. In the Processing Settings window, click the OK button.

32. Back in the Application-Aware Processing Options window, click the OK button.
33. Back in the New Backup Job window, click the Guest OS credentials drop-down menu.
34. Select [email protected].
35. On the Guest Processing step, click the Next > button.

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Important: To ensure the requirement Maximum data loss in time: 24 hours is met, we will configure the job to run
automatically with the default selection of daily at this time and Everyday to ensure that the job runs every 24 hours.

36. Tick the Run the job automatically checkbox.

37. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
38. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
Important: Do not wait for any jobs to finish before ending the lab.

39. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Task 6: Modify a backup job
The operations team has requested that the Hyper-V backup proxy component always runs directly on each Microsoft Hyper-V

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1. Select the Backup: Confidential data job.
2. On the Job ribbon, click the Edit button.

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3. In the left-hand step pane, click the Storage text link.
4. In the Backup Proxy: section, click the Choose... button.

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Note: By default, if the off-host backup proxy is misconfigured or not available, backups will be performed using on-host
backup proxy mode. If this behavior is unwanted, simply untick the Failover to on-host backup mode if no suitable off-

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5. In the newly opened Backup Proxy window, select the On-host backup radio button.
6. In the Backup Proxy window, click the OK button.
7. Back in the Edit Backup Job [Backup: Confidential data] window, on the Storage step, click the Finish button.

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Lab 2: Veeam Agent backup capabilities

Expected time to complete all labs is 50 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 2.1: Automate deployment of Veeam Agents
Lab 2.2: Working with backup jobs for physical servers

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Lab 2.1: Automate deployment of Veeam Agents

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with configuring automatic deployment of Veeam Agents for the physical
workloads. The requirements from the CIO are as follows:
• Automatic deployment of Veeam Agent for Windows to any servers added to the Active Directory (AD) group "Veeam
Agent for Windows Protection Group"

Task 1: Prepare Microsoft Active Directory for agent backups

1. From the desktop, launch Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. Expand the vmce.lab domain.

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3. Select the Computers container.
4. Click the Action menu.

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5. Select New.
6. Select Group.
7. Enter group name: Veeam Agent for Windows Protection Group

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8. In the New Object - Group window, click the OK button.
9. Select the PHYSICAL-WINDOW computer.
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10. Click the Action menu.
11. Select Add to a group....
12. Enter object name: Veeam Agent for Windows Protection Group.

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13. In the Select Groups window, click the OK button.
Note: If a new window entitled Name Not Found is displayed, you have incorrectly entered the group name. Click the Cancel
button and correct the name, then click the OK button.

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Verify that the Add to Group operation was successfully completed.
In the Active Directory Domain Services window, click the OK button.
Close the Active Directory Users and Computers window.
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1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
2. Click the Connect button.
3. Navigate to the Inventory view.
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4. Select Physical Infrastructure.

5. On the Protection Group ribbon, click the Add Group button.
6. Enter:
7. Name: Protection group for Active Directory security group
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8. Description: Automated deployment of Veeam Agent for Windows to servers in a security group
9. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
10. On the Type step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
11. Click the Change button.
12. Click the Account drop down menu.
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13. Select the [email protected] account.

14. In the Specify Domain window, click the OK button.
15. Click the Add... button.
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16. In the search field at the bottom of the window, enter object name: veeam agent
17. Click the Start search button.
18. Select the Veeam Agent for Windows Protection Group security group.
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19. In the Add Objects window, click the OK button.

20. On the Active Directory step, click the Next > button.
21. Untick the All virtual machines checkbox.
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not want to protect virtual machines using Veeam Agents, unless, for example, the virtual machine does not support hypervisor
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snapshots.

20. Untick the All computers that have been offline for over 30 days checkbox.
21. On the Exclusions step, click the Next > button.
22. Click the Add... button.
23. Select Standard account....
24. Enter:
25. Username: VMCE\Administrator
26. Password: Pa%%w0rd

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27. Description: Domain admin account in pre-Windows 2000 format required.

28. In the Credentials window, click the OK button.
29. Click the Test Now button.
30. Verify that the test has completed successfully.
31. Click the Close button.
32. On the Credentials step, click the Next > button.
33. Tick the Install changed block tracking driver on Windows Server OS checkbox.
34. Tick the Perform reboot automatically if required checkbox.
35. On the Options step, click the Next > button.

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32. On the Review step, click the Apply button.
33. Wait for the text Creating database records for protection group to be displayed.
34. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.

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35. On the Summary step, keep the default settings and click the Finish button.
36. Wait for the Agents discovery session window to open.
37. Select the PHYSICAL-Windows server when it appears in the inventory.

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Important: If status has reached Success and you do not see the PHYSICAL-Windows server listed in the
inventory of the Agents discovery session window, please ask your trainer for assistance.

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Wait for the text Processing finished to be displayed.
Click the Close button.
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Lab 2.2: Working with backup jobs for physical servers

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with creating backup jobs for the physical workloads. The requirements
from the CIO are as follows:
• Automatic deployment of Veeam Agent for Windows to any servers added to the Active Directory (AD) group "Veeam
Agent for Windows Protection Group"
• Maximum data loss in time: 24 hours
• Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days
• Any physical servers added to the AD group "Veeam Agent for Windows Protection Group" must be automatically included
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• Leverage the Veeam Changed Block Tracking driver
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• Create a backup job
• Identify backup methods available

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Task 1: Create a backup job for a protection group
1. Navigate to the Home view.
2. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Job button.

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3. Select Windows computer....
4. On the Job Mode step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
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6. Name: Agent Backup: Servers in Protection Group
7. Description: Agent backup job using a protection group
8. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

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Important: To ensure the requirement Any physical servers added to the AD group "Veeam Agent for Windows Protection
Group" must be automatically included in a backup job is met, we will add the previously created protection group as the source
for this backup job.

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Click the Add... button.
Select Protection group....
Select Protection Group for Active Directory security group.
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11. On the Computers step, click the Next > button.
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Important: To ensure that the requirement Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days is met, we will adjust the retention
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13. Increase the amount of restore points to: 14 days

14. Click the Advanced button.
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Important: When producing agent backups, the backup method can either be forever forward incremental or forward
incremental with either periodical active full backups or periodical synthetic full backups.
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In some cases, you need to regularly create a full backup. For example, your corporate backup policy may require that you
create a full backup on the weekend and run incremental backup on work days. To let you conform to these requirements,
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows lets you create active full backups.
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In some situations, running active full backups periodically may not be an option. Active full backups are resource-intensive and
consume considerable amount of network bandwidth. As an alternative, you can create synthetic full backups. In terms of data,
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the synthetic full backup is identical to a regular full backup. Synthetic full backup produces a VBK file that contains all data that
you have chosen to back up.
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- The synthetic full backup does not use network resources: it is created from backup files you already have on the target
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- The synthetic full backup produces less load on the production environment: it is synthesized right on the target location.

15. In the newly opened Advanced Settings window, review the options on the Backup tab.
16. Click the Cancel button.
17. Back in the New Agent Backup Job window, on the Storage step, click the Next > button.

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18. On the Guest Processing step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
19. Tick the Run the job automatically checkbox.
20. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
21. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish checkbox.
22. Click the Finish button.
Important: Do not wait for any jobs to finish before moving to the next task.

Task 2: Create a backup job for an individual server

1. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Job button.

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2. Select Linux computer....
3. On the Job Mode step, keep the default settings and click the Next button.

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4. Enter:
5. Name: Agent Backup Linux
6. Description: Agent backup job for an individual server
7. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

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8. Click the Add... button.
9. Select Individual computer....
10. Enter host name: physical-linux.vmce.lab

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11. Click the Add... button.
12. Select Linux account....

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a. Username: administrator
b. Password: Pa%%w0rd

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14. Tick the Elevate account privileges automatically checkbox.
15. Tick the Add account to the sudoers file checkbox.
16. Enter:
a. Root password: Pa%%w0rd

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b. Description: Linux admin
In the Credentials window, click the OK button.
In the Add Computers window, click the OK button.
On the Computers step, click the Next > button.
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19. Increase the amount of restore points to: 14 days

20. On the Storage step, click the Next > button.
21. On the Guest Processing step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
22. Tick the Run the job automatically checkbox.
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23. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.

24. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish checkbox.
25. Click the Finish button.
Important: Do not wait for any jobs to finish before ending this lab.
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Lab 3: NAS backup capabilities

Expected time to complete all labs is 30 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 3.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for file share backups
Lab 3.2: Working with backup jobs for file shares

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Lab 3.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for file share backups

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with deploying additional Veeam components required for creating file
share backups and adding the file share to Veeam Backup & Replication so they can be used in file share backup jobs.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure your installation for your environment

Task 1: Deploy required Veeam components for creating file share backups
A cache repository is a storage location where Veeam Backup & Replication keeps temporary metadata and uses it to reduce
the load on the file share during the backup procedure. The cache repository keeps track of all objects that have changed

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between each backup session. This allows performing incremental backups from the file share very fast and very efficiently.
You can assign the role of a cache repository to a simple backup repository added to the Veeam Backup & Replication

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infrastructure. To minimize the network load during backup, locate the cache repository closer to the file share in the computer
network: at the best they should be one hop away from each other.
1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console shortcut.

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2. In the newly opened Veeam Backup & Replication 11 window, click the Connect button.
3. In the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view.
4. In the Backup Infrastructure view, select Backup Repositories.

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5. On the Backup Repository ribbon, click the Add Repository button.
6. In the newly opened Add Backup Repository window, select Direct attached storage.
7. Select Microsoft Windows.

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8. In the newly opened New Backup Repository window, enter:
a. Name: File Share Cache Repository
b. Description: Backup repository exclusively used as a cache repository for file shares

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9. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
10. Verify the Repository Server drop-down menu defaulted to VEEAM-VBR.vmce.lab.
11. Click the Populate button.
12. Select the E:\ drive.
13. On the Server step, click the Next > button.
14. Modify the Path to folder to: E:\File Share Cache Repository
15. On the Repository step, click the Next > button.
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18. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.
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19. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

20. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the No button to keep the configuration backup at
the default location.
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repository.
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Task 2: Add the file share to the Veeam Backup Server

1. In the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the Inventory view.
2. In the Inventory view, select File Shares.
3. On the File Share ribbon, click the Add File Share button.
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4. In the newly opened Add File Share window, select SMB share.
5. In the newly opened New File Share window, enter SMB server or file share: \\nas.vmce.lab\Storage
6. Tick the This share requires access credentials check box.
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7. Click the Credential drop-down menu.

8. Select [email protected] (Domain admin account in UPN format).
9. Click the Next > button.
10. Click the Cache Repository drop-down menu.
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11. Select File Share Cache Repository.

12. On the Processing step, click the Apply button.
13. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.
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Lab 3.2: Working with backup jobs for file shares

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with creating backup jobs for the file share on \\nas.vmce.lab\Storage. The
requirements from the CIO are as follows:
• Maximum data loss in time: 12 hours
• Backups must be kept on-site for: 14 days
• Keep a maximum of four file versions
• Any files or folders skipped must result in a warning issued
• Access Control List (ACL) must be processed for both files and folders
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:

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• Identify backup methods available

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Task 1: Create a NAS backup job
1. In the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the Home view.

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2. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Job button.
3. Select File share....
4. In the newly opened New File Backup Job window, enter:

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a. Name: NAS Backup: NAS.vmce.lab
b. Description: Backup of Network Attached Storage
5. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

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6. Click the Add... button.
7. In the newly opened Select File or Folder window, verify the selected server is \\nas.vmce.lab\Storage.
8. In the Select File or Folder window, keep the default folder selection of \\nas.vmce.lab\Storage and click the OK

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button.
9. Back in the New File Backup Job window, select \\nas.vmce.lab\Storage.
10. Click the Advanced button.

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folders could be present due to the Veeam producing snapshots to avoid file locks.

11. In the newly opened File Filters window, click the Cancel button.
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13. Verify the Backup repository defaulted to Default Backup Repository.
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14. Decrease the Keep all file versions for the last setting to: 14 days.
15. Click the Advanced button.
16. In the newly opened Advanced Settings window, select the Limit the number of both recent and archived file
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versions radio button.

17. Decrease the Active file versions limit to: 4.
18. Click the ACL Handling tab.
19. Select the Files and folders (slower) radio button.
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Selecting Folder-level only to back up permissions and attributes from folders only - in this case the restored files will inherit
permissions from the target folder. Mind that Veeam Backup & Replication does not collect ACL handling settings of the source
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file share root folder, so you cannot restore them. Before restoring an entire file share, you will have to specify required ACL
handling settings for the root folder of the target file share.
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20. Click the Notifications tab.

21. Tick the Make file or folder processing issues result in a job warning check box.
Important: Without this check box, no warnings will be issues if a file or folder is skipped and in turn not backed up during job
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22. In the Advanced Settings window, click the OK button.

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24. On the Secondary Target step, skip adding a secondary target and click the Next > button.
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25. Tick the Run the job automatically check box.

26. Select the Periodically every radio button.
27. Click the Periodically every drop-down menu with a current value of 1.
28. In the Periodically every drop-down menu, select 12.
29. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
30. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
31. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Important: Do not wait for any jobs to finish before moving to the next step.

Task 2: Create a file share backup job view

1. In the Home view, in the left-hand navigation pane, select the Jobs node.
2. Click the View ribbon.
3. On the View ribbon, click the Add Node button.
4. Enter View name: File Share
5. Tick the Add this view to the job management tree check box.
6. In the Workload section, tick the File check box.
7. In the Job type section, tick the Backup check box.

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9. In the Home view, in the left-hand navigation pane, select the newly created File Share node.

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10. Confirm the newly created NAS Backup: NAS.vmce.lab job is visible.
11. Close the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication console window.

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Lab 4: Building replication capabilities

Expected time to complete all labs is 30 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 4.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for virtual machine replication
Lab 4.2: Working with replication jobs

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Lab 4.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for virtual machine replication

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with deploying additional Veeam components required for replicating virtual
machines to the disaster recovery (DR) site.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure your installation for your environment

Task 1: Deploy required Veeam components for replicating virtual machines to the production
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previous job session. By default, Veeam leverages native hypervisor Changed Block Tracking (CBT) features if possible. Use of

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CBT increases the speed and efficiency of block-level replication operations.
A backup repository is required for storing replica metadata. The backup repository must be deployed in the source site, as
close to the source host as possible. When you perform incremental replication, the source Veeam Data Mover communicates
with the Veeam Data Mover Service on the backup repository to obtain replica metadata and quickly detect changed blocks of

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data between two replica states.
The source Veeam Data Mover reads the VM data from the read-only VM disk and copies it. During incremental job sessions,
the source Veeam Data Mover uses CBT to retrieve only those data blocks that have changed since the previous job session. If

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CBT is not available, the source Veeam Data Mover interacts with the Veeam Data Mover on the backup repository to obtain
replica metadata and uses this metadata to detect blocks that have changed since the previous job session.

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1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console shortcut.
2. In the newly opened Veeam Backup & Replication 11 window, click the Connect button.
3. In the bottom left corner of the window, navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view.

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4. In the Backup Infrastructure view, select Backup Repositories.
5. On the Backup Repository ribbon, click the Add Repository button.
6. In the newly opened Add Backup Repository window, select Direct attached storage.
7. Select Microsoft Windows.
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Click the Next > button on the Name step.
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metadata for VM replicas - checksums of read data blocks required to streamline incremental sessions of the replication job.
During replication jobs, Veeam Backup & Replication frequently reads and writes small portions of metadata from/to the backup
repository.
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10. Verify the Repository Server drop-down menu defaulted to VEEAM-VBR.vmce.lab.

11. Click the Populate button.
12. Select the E:\ drive.
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13. On the Server step, click the Next > button.

14. Modify the Path to folder to: E:\Replica metadata
15. On the Repository step, click the Next > button.
16. On the Mount Server step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
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17. On the Review step, keep the default settings and click the Apply button.
18. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.
19. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Task 2: Deploy required Veeam components for replicating virtual machines to the DR site
To collect, transform and transport VM data during the VM replication process, Veeam Backup & Replication uses Veeam Data
Movers. Veeam Data Movers communicate with each other and maintain a stable connection.
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For every replication job, Veeam Backup & Replication requires three Veeam Data Movers:
• Veeam Data Mover hosted on the backup repository that is storing replica metadata (deployed in the previous task)
• Source Veeam Data Mover hosted on the source backup proxy (this has already been deployed and used for producing
backups)
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• Target Veeam Data Mover hosted on the target backup proxy (this will be deployed now)
1. Back in the Backup Infrastructure view, select Backup Proxies.
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2. On the Backup Proxy ribbon, click the Add Proxy button.

3. Select VMware backup proxy....
4. In the newly opened New VMware Proxy window, click the Add New... button.
5. In the newly opened Add Server window, select Linux.
6. In the newly opened New Linux Server window, enter:
a. DNS name: veeam-pxy02.vmce.lab
b. Description: DR site Linux-based proxy
7. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

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8. Click the Credentials drop-down menu.

9. Select administrator (Linux admin).
10. On the SSH Connection step, click the Next > button.
11. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the Yes button to trust the remote server.
Note: There might be a small delay before the wizard continues, please have some patience.

12. Back in the New Linux Server window, on the Review step, click the Apply button.
13. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.
14. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
15. Back in the New VMware Proxy wizard window, enter proxy description: DR site Linux-based proxy

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17. On the Traffic Rules step, click the Apply button.

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18. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.
19. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Lab 4.2: Working with replication jobs

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with creating replication jobs for the virtualized workloads. The
requirements from the CIO are as follows:
• Maximum data loss in time: 24 hours
• Replicas must be able to roll back in time: three days
• Application consistency on all Microsoft Windows Server-based servers
• Scope of Microsoft Hyper-V: Only the HyperV-Tiny virtual machine
• Scope of VMware vSphere: SHAREPOINT01 and any dependencies required for automated recovery testing
• Windows Servers must have IPv4 settings changed to network in the DR site automatically

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• Least possible load on production Microsoft Hyper-V hosts during replication
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• Create a replication job

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Task 1: Create a Microsoft Hyper-V replication job
1. Back in the Backup Infrastructure view, navigate to the Home view.
2. On the Home ribbon, click the Replication Job button.

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3. Select Microsoft Hyper-V....
4. In the newly opened New Replication Job window, enter:
5. Name: Replication: HyperV-Tiny from backup.

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6. Description: Replication job reading from backup on every run instead of production
7. On the Job step, click the Next > button.
8. Click the Add... button.

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9. In the newly opened Add Objects window, expand the hyperv01.vmce.lab host.
10. Select HyperV-Tiny.
11. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
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Back in the New Replication Job window, click the Source... button.
In the newly opened Source Repositories window, select the From backup files (latest VM state available in
backups) radio button.
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12. Tick the Default Backup Repository check box.

13. In the Source Repositories window, click the OK button.
14. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
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15. In the Host or cluster section, click the Choose... button.

16. In the newly opened Select Server window, select hyperv01.vmce.lab.
17. In the Select Server window, click the OK button.
18. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Destination step, click the Next > button.
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19. Click the Repository for replica metadata drop-down menu.

20. Select Replica metadata (Backup repository exclusively used for replica metadata).
21. Lower Restore points to 3.
22. On the Job Settings step, click the Next > button.
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23. On the Data Transfer step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
24. Tick the Run the job automatically check box.
25. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
26. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
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Important: Do not wait for the replication jobs to complete.
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Task 2: Create a VMware vSphere replication job

1. On the Home ribbon, click the Replication Job button.
2. Select VMware vSphere....
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3. In the newly opened New Replication Job window, enter:

4. Name: Replication: Microsoft SharePoint
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5. Description: Replication job with network remapping and re-IP

6. Tick the Network remapping (for DR sites with different virtual networks) check box.
7. Tick the Replica re-IP (for DR sites with different IP addressing scheme) check box.
8. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
9. Click the Add... button.
10. In the newly opened Add Objects window, enter object name: sharepoint01
11. Click the Start Search button.
12. Select SHAREPOINT01.

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13. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.

14. Back in the New Replication Job window, click the Add... button.
15. In the newly opened Add Objects window, enter object name: dc02
16. Click the Start Search button.
17. Select DC02.
18. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
19. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
20. In the Host or cluster section, click the Choose... button.
21. In the newly opened Select Host window, expand the vcenter01.vmce.lab VMware vCenter Server.
22. Expand the DR data center.

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24. In the Select Host window, click the OK button.

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25. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Destination step, click the Next > button.
26. Click the Add... button.
27. In the newly opened Network Mapping window, in the Source network section, click the Browse... button.

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28. In the newly opened Select Network: window, enter object name: production
29. Click the Start Search button.
30. Select Production.

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31. In the Select Network: window, click the OK button.
32. Back in the Network Mapping window, in the Target network section, click the Browse... button.
33. In the newly opened Select Network: window, enter object name: dr failover

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35. Select DR Failover.
36. In the Select Network: window, click the OK button.

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37. Back in the Network Mapping window, click the OK button.
38. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Network step, click the Next > button.
39. Click the Add... button.
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In the newly opened New Re-IP Rule window, enter:
Default gateway: 192.168.2.1
Preferred DNS server: 192.168.2.101
Alternate DNS server: 192.168.1.101
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45. In the New Re-IP Rules window, click the OK button.
46. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Re-IP step, click the Next > button.
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47. Click the Repository for replica metadata drop-down menu.

48. Select Replica metadata (Backup repository exclusively used for replica metadata).
49. Lower Restore points to keep to 3.
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50. On the Job Settings step, click the Next > button.
51. On the Data Transfer step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
52. Tick the Enable application-aware processing check box.
53. Click the Guest OS credentials drop-down menu.
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54. Select [email protected] (Domain admin account in UPN format).

55. Click the Test Now button.
56. In the newly opened Guest Credentials Test window, wait for all tests to reach status Success.
57. In the Guest Credentials Test window, click the Close button.
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58. Back in the New Replication Job window, on the Guest Processing step, click the Next > button.
59. Tick the Run the job automatically check box.
60. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
61. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
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62. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

Important: Do not wait for the replication jobs to complete before ending this lab.
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57. Close the Veeam Backup and Replication console window.

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Lab 5: Second site backup

Expected time to complete all labs is 45 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 5.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for copying backups to the second site location
Lab 5.2: Working with backup copy jobs

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Lab 5.1: Prepare Veeam infrastructure for copying backups to the

second site location
As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with deploying additional Veeam components required for copying backups
to a second site location.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure your installation for your environment

Task 1: Deploy required Veeam components in the second site location

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1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console .
2. Click the Connect button.

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3. Navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view.
4. In the Backup Infrastructure view, select Backup Repositories.
5. On the Backup Repository ribbon, click the Add Repository button.

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7. Select Linux.
8. Enter:

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a. Name: VEEAM-REP01 with XFS fast cloning.
b. Description: DR site Backup Repository on Linux with XFS file system that has reflink enabled

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backup copy jobs.

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9. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
10. Click the Add New... button.
Note: The Repository servers list contains only those servers that have been added to Veeam Backup & Replication previously.

wizard first to add it as a managed server.

11. Enter:
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b. Description: DR site Linux-based Backup Repository
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12. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

13. Click the Credentials drop down menu.
14. Select administrator (Linux admin).
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15. On the SSH Connection step, click the Next > button.
16. In the Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the Yes button to trust the remote server.
Note: There will be a small delay before the wizard continues, please have some patience.
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17. On the Review step, Click the Apply button.

18. On the Apply step, click the Finish button.
19. Back in the New Backup Repository window, verify the Repository Server changed to the newly added veeam-
rep01.vmce.lab (DR site Linux-based Backup Repository).
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20. On the Server step, click the Next > button.

21. Enter path to folder: /backups/xfs/backups
22. Click the Populate button.
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23. Verify the capacity is 80 GB.

24. Tick the Use fast cloning on XFS volumes checkbox.
Important: Fast cloning on XFS requires the disk has been formatted with the XFS file system and has reflink enabled.
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25. Click the Advanced button.

26. Tick the Use per-machine backup files checkbox.
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27. In the Storage Compatibility Settings window, click the OK button.

28. Back in the New Backup Repository window, on the Repository step, click the Next > button.
29. On the Mount Server step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
30. On the Review step, keep the default settings and click the Apply button.
31. On the Apply step, click the Next > button.
32. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Lab 5.2: Working with backup copy jobs

As the backup administrator, you have been tasked with sending copies of all production site backups to a second site location.
The requirements from the CIO are as follows:
• Backups of the VMware vSphere environments are to be sent to the second site location as soon as possible
• Database transaction logs must also be copied to the second site location
• Backups must be kept off-site for: 30 days
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Create and modify backup copy jobs

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Task 1: Create a backup copy job
1. Navigate to the Home view.

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2. On the Home ribbon, click the Backup Copy button.
3. Select Virtual Machine.
4. Select VMware vSphere backup....

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5. In the newly opened New Backup Copy Job window, enter:
6. Name: Backup Copy: Send backups to an off-site location
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8. Verify the Copy mode defaulted to Immediate copy (mirroring).

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backup repository. Veeam Backup & Replication copies only restore points created by source backup jobs (backup jobs that you

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this capability in job settings.

7. On the Job step, click the Next > button.

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Click the Add... button.
Select From jobs....
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In the Select Jobs: window, click the OK button.
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12. Tick the Include database transaction log backups (increases bandwidth usage) check box.
13. On the Objects step, click the Next > button.
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14. Click the Backup repository drop-down menu.

15. Select the VEEAM-REP01 with XFS fast cloning (DR site Backup Repository on Linux with XFS file system
that has reflink enabled) backup repository.
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16. Increase retention policy days to keep to: 30 days.

17. On the Target step, click the Next > button.
18. On the Data Transfer step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
19. On the Schedule step, keep the default settings and click the Apply button.
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20. On the Summary step, keep the default settings and click the Finish button.
Note: The Backup Copy job in mirror mode starts automatically copying the last restore points from the source repository to
the target backup repository. All new restore points will be copied immediately.
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Task 2: Modify a backup copy job

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1. In the Home view, in the left-hand navigation pane, in the Jobs section, select the Backup Copy node.
2. Select the newly created Backup Copy: Send backups to an off-site location job.
3. On the Backup Copy ribbon, click the Edit button.
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4. In the newly opened Edit Backup Copy Job window, on the Job step, click the Next > button.
5. Click the Add... button.
6. Select From jobs....
7. Select the Backup: Windows servers (tags) job.
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8. In the Select Jobs: window, click the OK button.

9. Back in the Edit Backup Copy Job window, on the Objects step, click the Next > button.
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10. On the Target step, keep the existing settings and click the Next > button.
11. On the Data Transfer step, keep the existing settings and click the Next > button.
12. On the Schedule step, keep the existing settings and click the Apply button.
13. On the Summary step, keep the existing settings and click the Finish button.
Important: Do not wait for this job to finish before continuing to the next exercise or ending the lab.

14. Close the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication console window.

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Lab 6: Restoring from backup

Expected time to complete all labs is 45 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 6.1: Recover a virtual machine from a lost hypervisor host to a different virtualization platform
Lab 6.2: Recover a single virtual machine after a user-error deleted all files
Lab 6.3: Recover an entire file share
Lab 6.4: Recover a physical server to a new server

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Lab 6.1: Recover a virtual machine from a lost hypervisor host to a

different virtualization platform
The company suffered from a power outage causing the aging hardware of the standalone Microsoft Hyper-V is unable to boot
and since the hardware support contract has expired the CIO has decided to consolidate on VMware vSphere as the single
virtualization platform. You have been tasked with recovering all virtual machines previously running on the failed Microsoft
Hyper-V host to the VMware vSphere platform and power them on as soon as possible.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

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Task 1: Perform an Instant VM Recovery from Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware vSphere

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1. From the desktop, Launch Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
2. Click the Connect button.
3. On the Home ribbon, click the Restore button.

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5. In the newly opened Restore window, select Restore from backup.
6. Select Entire VM restore.

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7. Select Instant Recovery to VMware vSphere.
8. In the newly opened Instant Recovery to VMware vSphere window, enter machines to restore: HyperV-Tiny
9. Double click on the HyperV-Tiny search result.

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10. Confirm HyperV-Tiny is added to the list of machines to restore.
11. On the Machines step, click the Next > button.
12. In the Host section, click the Choose... button.

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13. In the newly opened Select Host window, expand the vcenter01.vmce.lab VMware vCenter server.
14. Expand the Production data center.
15. Select the esx01.vmce.lab host.
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In the Select Host window, click the OK button.
On the Destination step, click the Next > button.
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On the Secure Restore step, keep the default setting and click the Next > button.
On the Reason step, leave the Restore reason blank and click the Next > button.
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21. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
22. In the newly opened Restore Session window, wait for the text Waiting for user to start migration to be displayed.
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23. In the Restore Session window, click the Close button.

24. Back in the Home view, select Instant Recovery (1).
25. Select HyperV-Tiny.
26. On the Instant VM Recovery ribbon, click the Migrate to Production button.
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27. After the Resolving default settings... text disappears, an expected error Failed to login is displayed, click the OK
button.
28. In the newly opened Quick Migration window, in the Host or cluster: section, click the Choose... button.
29. In the newly opened Select Host window, expand the vcenter01.vmce.lab vCenter server.
30. Expand the Production data center object.
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31. Select the esx01.vmce.lab host.

32. In the Select Host window, click the OK button.
33. Back in the Quick Migration window, on the Destination step, click the Next > button.
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34. On the Transfer step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
35. On the Ready step, keep the default settings and click the Finish button.
36. In the newly opened Quick Migration Job window, click the Show Details button.
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37. In the Quick Migration Job window, select HyperV-Tiny.

Note: The window might extend outside the visible screen area. Simply drag the Quick Migration Job window up until you
can see the OK button.
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38. In the Quick Migration Job window, wait for the text Processing finished to be displayed.
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39. In the Quick Migration Job window, click the OK button.

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Lab 6.2: Recover a single virtual machine after a user-error deleted all
files
Due to a user-error, all files have been deleted inside the vSphere-Tiny virtual machine on the VMware vSphere platform. You
have been tasked with recovering this virtual machine while putting the least possible load onto the production network and
storage systems.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

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Task 1: Perform an Entire VM restore with quick roll back
1. In the Home view, in the Backups section, select Disk.

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2. Expand the Backup: vSphere-Tiny (manual) backup job.

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3. Verify the vSphere-Tiny virtual machine has at least one restore point.
4. In the Backup: vSphere-Tiny (manual) backup job, select vSphere-Tiny.
5. On the Backup ribbon, click the Entire VM button.

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6. In the newly opened Full VM Restore window, on the Virtual Machines step, keep the default selection and click the
Next > button.
7. Tick the Quick rollback (restore changed block only) check box.

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restore.

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that are necessary to revert the VM or VM disk to an earlier point in time. Incremental restore significantly reduces the recovery
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8. On the Restore Mode step, click the Next > button.

9. On the Reason step, leave the Restore reason blank and click the Next > button.
10. In the newly opened Veeam Backup & Replication window Click the Show VM(s) text link to verify it is only
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vSphere-Tiny that will be powered off during the restore.

11. In the Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the OK button.
12. Click the OK button to confirm the original virtual machine will be deleted from the infrastructure in the Veeam Backup
and Replication window.
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13. Tick the Power on target VM after restoring check box.

14. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
15. In the newly opened Restoring VM window, wait for the text Restore completed successfully to be displayed.
Note: To use incremental restore/quick rollback, make sure that the following requirements are met:
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- The backup file from which you plan to restore a VM or a VM disk is created with the Use Changed Block Tracking option
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16. In the Restoring VM window, click the Close button.

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Lab 6.3: Recover an entire file share

A folder on an important file share has been accidentally deleted. You have been tasked with recovering this folder back to the
same file share.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Task 1: Delete a folder from the file share

1. From the Windows task bar, launch the File Explorer.
2. Navigate to: \\nas.vmce.lab\storage

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3. Select the Project Haslund folder.
4. Click the Home ribbon.

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5. On the Home ribbon, click the Delete button.
6. In the newly opened Delete Folder window, click the Yes button to confirm permanently deleting the folder.
7. Minimize the File Explorer window.

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Task 2: Restore the deleted folder back to the file share
1. Back in the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication console window, in the Home view, in the

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Backups node, in the Disk section, expand the NAS Backup: NAS.vmce.lab backup job.
2. Select the \\nas.vmce.lab\Storage file share.
3. On the Backup ribbon, click the Files and Folders button.

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4. In the newly opened Backup Browser window, in the middle pane, select the Project Haslund folder.
5. On the File ribbon, click the Restore button.
6. Select Overwrite.

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7. Wait for the text Restore stopped to be displayed
8. In the Restoring files to window, click the Close button.
9. Close the Backup Browser window.
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Using the Windows task bar, switch back to the File Explorer window.
Confirm the previously deleted Project Haslund folder has been restored.
Close the File Explorer window.
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Lab 6.4: Perform a bare metal recovery from an agent backup

A physical server has failed and expected time to recovery using hardware service is three days. You have been tasked with
recovering this physical server to a different cold standby server.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Task 1: Prepare recovery media for bare metal recovery

1. Back in the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication console window, in the Home view, in the
Backups node, in the Disk section, expand the Agent Backup: Servers in Protection Group job.

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3. On the Backup ribbon, click the Recovery Media button.

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4. In the newly opened Create Recovery Media window, on the Recovery Media step, keep the default selection and
click the Next > button.
5. Enter ISO file name: C:\Users\Administrator.VMCE\Desktop\RecoveryMedia.iso

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6. On the Image Path step, click the Next > button.
7. On the Ready to Apply step, click the Next > button.
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Task 2: Perform bare metal recovery from an agent backup
1. Minimize the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window.

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2. From the desktop, launch the vSphere Client shortcut.
3. In the newly opened Google Chrome window, enter:
a. User name: [email protected]
b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
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Click the Login button.
Select the PHYSICAL-Windows virtual machine.
Click the Actions text link.
Select Power.
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9. In the newly opened Confirm Power Off window, click the Yes button to confirm powering off this virtual machine may
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cause loss of data.

10. Wait for the PHYSICAL-Windows virtual machine to reach a powered off state.
11. Click the Actions text link.
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12. Select Delete from Disk.

13. In the newly opened Confirm Delete window, click the Yes button.
14. Select the PHYSICAL-BM virtual machine.
Note: The PHYSICAL-BM virtual machine has been pre-created for this lab exercise to avoid spending time on creating a new
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empty machine.

15. Click the Datastores tab (located under the Actions text link).
16. Click the ESX01:Local text link.
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17. Click the Files tab.

18. Click the Upload Files button.
19. In the Open window, select Desktop.
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21. Click the Open button.
22. Wait for the upload to complete.
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23. Click the Menu button.

24. Select Host and Clusters.
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26. Click the Edit Settings button (icon looks like a VM with pencil).
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27. In the newly opened Edit Settings window, click the CD/DVD drive 1 drop-down menu.
28. Select Datastore ISO File.
29. In the newly opened Select File window, select the ESX01:Local datastore.
30. Select the RecoveryMedia.iso file.
31. In the Select File window, click the OK button.
32. In the CD/DVD drive 1 section, tick the Connect At Power On check box.

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Note: Depending on the screen resolution, the checkbox might be labeled Connect....

33. In the Edit Settings window, click the OK button.

34. Click the Actions text link.
35. Select Power.
36. Select Power On.
37. Click the Summary tab.
38. Click the Launch Remote Console text link.
39. Click the Open VMware Remote Console button.
40. In the newly opened PHYSICAL-BM - VMware Remote Console window, click the Send Ctrl+Alt+Del to virtual

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machine button (icon looks like three squares with an arrow)
41. Click inside the console window.

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42. Wait for the text Press any key to boot from CD or DVD. to be displayed (immediately press the Enter keyboard
button when this text is displayed).
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43. Press the Enter button on the keyboard while the text Press any key to boot from CD or DVD. is displayed.
Note: If the text disappeared before you had a chance to press the keyboard button, simply click the Send Ctrl+Alt+Del to

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44. Wait for the Veeam Recovery Media screen to appear.
45. Click the Bare Metal Recovery button.
46. Wait for the Volume Level Restore window to appear.
47. Select the Network storage radio button.
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On the Backup Location step, click the Next > button.
Select the Veeam backup repository radio button.
On the Network Storage step, Click the Next > button.
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52. On the Backup Server step, click the Next > button.
53. On the Backup step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
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54. On the Restore Point step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
55. On the Restore Mode step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
56. On the Summary step, click the Restore button.
57. Verify the text Restore process finished is displayed.
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58. On the Progress step, click the Finish button.

59. In the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows window, click the Yes button to confirm to reboot the computer now.
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60. On your keyboard, press the CTRL+ALT buttons to release the mouse from the PHYSICAL-BM - VMware Remote
Console window.
61. Verify the Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to unlock text is displayed.
62. Close the PHYSICAL-BM console window.
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63. Close the vSphere Client window.

64. Using the Windows task bar, switch to the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window.
65. Maximize the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window.
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Lab 7: Objects recovery

Expected time to complete all labs is 45 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 7.1: Recover an accidentally deleted active directory user
Lab 7.2: Recover an unavailable Microsoft SQL Server database
Lab 7.3: Recover multiple files from a Microsoft Windows server
Lab 7.4: Recover an individual file from a Linux server

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Lab 7.1: Recover an accidentally deleted active directory user

An active directory administrator has accidentally deleted an active directory user and requested you to restore the user named
test user. Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Determine which restore feature is appropriate
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Task 1: Delete an active directory user

1. From the desktop, launch Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. In the newly opened Active Directory Users and Computers window, select the Users container.

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3. Scroll down until the test user user is visible.
4. Select the test user user.

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5. Click the Delete button (the icon looks like a red X).
6. In the newly opened Active Directory Domain Services window, click the Yes button.
7. Back in the Active Directory Users and Computers window, do not close this window.

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Task 2: Perform the restore using the Veeam Explorer for Active Directory
1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console shortcut.

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2. In the newly opened Veeam Backup & Replication 11 window, click the Connect button.
3. In the Home view, in the Backups section, select Disk.
4. Expand the Backup: Windows servers (tags) backup job.

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5. Select the DC01 virtual machine.
6. On the Backup ribbon, click the Application items button.
7. Select Microsoft Active Directory....

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8. In the newly opened Microsoft Active Directory Object Restore window, on the Restore Point step, select the
oldest restore point.
9. On the Restore Point step, click the Next > button.
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On the Reason step, leave the reason blank and click the Next > button.
On the Summary step, click the Browse button.
In the newly opened Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory window, expand the vmce.lab domain.
On the Home ribbon, click the Compare with Production button.
On the Home ribbon, click the Show Changed Objects Only button.
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16. Select the Users container.
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17. Select the test user user.

18. On the Objects ribbon, click the Restore objects button.
19. Select Restore objects to DC0X.vmce.lab.
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20. Wait for the restore to complete.

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21. In the newly opened Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory window, click the OK button.
22. Close the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory window.
23. Using the Windows task bar, switch to the Active Directory Users and Computers window.
24. Select the Users container.
25. Click the Refresh button or press the F5 keyboard button.
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26. Verify the test user user appears (it may be required to scroll to the bottom of the user list).
27. Close the Active Directory Users and Computers window.
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Lab 7.2: Recover an unavailable Microsoft SQL Server database

A typo in a script has wreaked havoc in a Microsoft SQL Server database on the SHAREPOINT01 server and the database team
has requested the database to be recovered as fast as possible from the most recent backup. Learning objectives covered in
this exercise:
• Determine which restore feature is appropriate
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Task 1: Perform the restore using the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server
1. Back in the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window, inside the Backup: Windows servers

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2. On the Backup ribbon, click the Application items button.

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3. Select Microsoft SQL Server....
4. In the newly opened Microsoft SQL Server Database Restore window, on the Restore Point step, keep the default
settings and click the Next > button.

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5. On the Reason step, leave the reason blank and click the Next > button.
6. On the Summary step, click the Browse button.
7. Wait for the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server window to load.

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8. Select the testdb database.
9. On the Database ribbon, click the Instant Recovery button.
10. Select Instant Recovery of database latest state to SHAREPOINT01\SQLEXPRESS.

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11. In the newly opened Instant Recovery Wizard window, review the options and click the Recover button.
12. In the newly opened Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server window, click the OK button to confirm starting the
restore.

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Lab 7.3: Recover multiple files from a Microsoft Windows server

The contents of the Important Files folder located in the root of the C:\ drive of the DC01 server have been lost. You have
been tasked with restoring all files back to the original folder from the most recent backup. Learning objectives covered in this
exercise:
• Determine which restore feature is appropriate
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Task 1: Delete contents of the Important Files folder

1. From the Windows task bar, launch the File Explorer.

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3. Select the invoice.docx file.

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5. Click the Home menu.
6. Click the Delete button.

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7. In the newly opened Delete Multiple Items window, click the Yes button to permanently delete these 3 items.
8. Close the File Explorer window.

Task 2: Perform the restore using the File Level Restore Wizard for Microsoft Windows

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1. Back in the veeam-vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window, in the Backup: Windows servers (tags)
job, select the DC01 virtual machine.

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2. On the Backup ribbon, click the Guest Files button.
3. Select Microsoft Windows....
4. In the newly opened File Level Restore window, on the Restore Point step, keep the default settings and click the

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5. On the Reason step, leave the reason blank and click the Next > button.
6. On the Summary step, click the Browse button.
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Wait for the Backup Browser window to open.
Expand the C:\ drive.
Select the Important Files folder.
Select the quote.docx file.
Press the CTRL + A keyboard buttons to select all files.
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13. Select Overwrite.
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14. In the newly opened Restoring files to DC01 window, click the Show details button.
15. Wait until the Restore completed text is displayed.
16. In the Restoring files to DC01 window, click the Close button.
17. Close the Backup Browser window.
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Lab 7.4: Recover an individual file from a Linux server

An auditor is questioning whether the mydata.tgz file has been modified or not on the vSphere-Tiny Linux-based virtual
machine and has requested to be provided with a copy of the file from the oldest possible restore point. Learning objectives
covered in this exercise:
• Determine which restore feature is appropriate
• Perform a restore responding to a number of recovery scenarios

Task 1: Perform the restore using the File Level Restore Wizard for Linux
1. Expand the Backup: vSphere-Tiny (manual) backup job.

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3. On the Backup ribbon, click the Guest Files button.

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Note: The Veeam multi-OS restore wizard enables you to recover guest OS files from several file systems for VMware vSphere

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and Microsoft Hyper-V - such as Linux, Unix, BSD, MacOS and many others.

5. In the newly opened Guest File Restore Wizard window, on the Restore Point step, select the oldest restore point.

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6. On the Restore Point step, click the Next > button.
7. Click the Linux server: drop-down menu.
8. Select veeam-pxy02.vmce.lab.

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managed Linux servers or a special File Level Recovery helper (FLR helper) - a small virtual appliance based on the stripped-

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down Linux kernel. Whenever you perform file-level restore, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically starts the FLR appliance
and mounts the VMDK files to the FLR appliance as virtual hard drives. VMDK files are mounted directly from backup files,
without prior extraction of the backup content, which makes the restore process much faster compared to competitive

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On the Helper Host step, click the Next > button.
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solutions. You can then copy individual files and folders from VM disks to your local machine drive or a network share.

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On the Reason step, leave the reason blank and click the Next > button.
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12. Wait for the FILE LEVEL RESTORE window to open.
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13. Expand vSphere-Tiny-flat.vmdk_0

14. Select the tce folder.
15. Select the mydata.tgz file.
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16. On the Home ribbon, click the Copy To button.

17. In the newly opened Select Destination window, enter path to folder: C:\Users\Administrator.VMCE\Desktop
18. In the Select Destination window, click the Restore button.
19. In the Copying files to C:\Users\Administrator.VMCE\Desktop window, wait for the restore to complete.
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20. In the Copying files to C:\Users\Administrator.VMCE\Desktop window, click the Close button.
21. Close the Backup Browser window.
22. Close the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication console window.
23. On the desktop, verify the mydata.tgz file is present.
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Lab 8: Testing Backup and Replication

Expected time to complete all labs is 60 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 8.1: Perform automated backup recovery verification
Lab 8.2: Perform automated replica recovery verification

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Lab 8.1: Perform automated backup recovery verification

The compliance team has implemented a new requirement that backups of the business-critical server vSphere-Tiny are
automatically verified to be recoverable every month. You have been tasked with configuring this for the vSphere-Tiny virtual
machine backups as an initial proof of concept before final approval by the compliance team. Requirements from the CIO:
• Automated recovery testing must be performed once a month
• Silent data corruption caused by the backup storage must be detected
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Perform verification of a backup

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Task 1: Create a basic single-host virtual lab for automated testing of backups
1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication console.

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2. Click the Connect button.
3. Navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view.
4. In the SureBackup section of the Backup Infrastructure view, select Virtual Labs.

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5. On the Virtual Lab ribbon, click the Add Virtual Lab button.
6. Select VMware vSphere....
Important: The virtual lab is an isolated virtual environment in which Veeam Backup & Replication verifies VMs. In the virtual

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lab, Veeam Backup & Replication starts VMs from the application group and the verified VM. The virtual lab is used not only for
the SureBackup verification procedure, but also for U-AIR, On-Demand Sandbox™ and staged restore.

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The virtual lab itself does not require that you provision extra resources for it. However, VMs running in the virtual lab consume

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CPU and memory resources of the ESXi host where the virtual lab is deployed. All VM changes that take place during recovery
verification are written to redo log files. By default, Veeam Backup & Replication stores redo logs on the datastore selected in
the virtual lab settings and removes redo logs after the recovery process is complete.

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The virtual lab is fully fenced off from the production environment. The network configuration of the virtual lab mirrors the
network configuration of the production environment. For example, if verified VMs and VMs from the application group are
located in two logical networks in the production environment, the virtual lab will also have two networks. The networks in the
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7. Enter:
a. Name: Virtual Lab Production site.
b. Description: Virtual lab to be used in the production site
8. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
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9. In the Host section, click the Choose... button.

10. In the newly opened Select Server window, enter object name: esx01
11. Click the Start Search button.
12. Select the esx01.vmce.lab host.
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13. In the Select Server window, click the OK button.

14. Back in the New Virtual Lab window, on the Host step, click the Next > button.
15. On the Datastore step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
16. Click the Configure... button.
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18. Enter:
a. IP address: 192.168.1.254
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b. Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

c. Default gateway: 192.168.1.1
d. Preferred DNS server: 192.168.1.101
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19. In the Network Settings window, click the OK button.
20. Back in the New Virtual Lab window, on the Proxy step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
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21. On the Networking step, keep the default selection of Basic single-host (automatic configuration) and click the
Next > button.
22. On the Ready to Apply step, click the Apply button.
23. On the Applying Configuration step, click the Finish button.

Task 2: Create a SureBackup job for automated testing of backups

1. Navigate to the Home view.
2. On the Home ribbon, click the SureBackup Job button.

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3. Select VMware vSphere....

4. In the newly opened New SureBackup Job window, enter:
a. Name: SureBackup: vSphere-Tiny
b. Description: Automated restore tests from backups
5. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
6. On the Virtual Lab step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
7. On the Application Group step, keep the default selection of No application group and click the Next > button.
8. Tick the Link jobs checkbox.
9. Click the Add... button.
10. In the newly opened Select Jobs window, select the Backup: vSphere-Tiny (manual) job.

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11. In the Select Jobs window, click the OK button.
12. Back in the New SureBackup Job window, on the Linked Jobs step, click the Next > button.

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the mounted disks. If during the scan the antivirus detects malware, Veeam Backup & Replication will either abort the restore
process or restore the machine or its disks with restrictions depending on secure restore settings. You can perform secure
restore only for machines that run Microsoft Windows.

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enable the feature Validate entire virtual disk content (detects silent data corruption).

13. Tick the Validate entire virtual disk content (detects silent data corruption) check box.

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14. On the Settings step, click the Next > button.
15. Tick the Run the job automatically check box.
16. Select the Monthly at this time radio button.
17. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
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Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
On the Summary step, click the Finish button. or
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Lab 8.2: Perform automated replica recovery verification

The compliance team has implemented a new requirement that replicas of the business-critical Microsoft SharePoint Servers
application are automatically verified to be recoverable every month. Since the application to be tested is dependent on Active
Directory it is critical the Domain Controller located on the DR site is used as a part of the test to confirm the application will
continue to operate even if the production site Domain Controller DC01 is lost. You have been tasked with configuring this for
the SHAREPOINT01 virtual machine replica and to use the DR site domain controller DC02 for the tests.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Perform verification of a replica

Task 1: Create an advanced single-host virtual lab for automated testing of replicas

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2. In the SureBackup section of the Backup Infrastructure view, confirm Virtual Labs is still selected.
3. On the Virtual Lab ribbon, click the Add Virtual Lab button.
4. Select VMware vSphere....
5. In the newly opened New Virtual Lab window, enter:

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a. Name: Virtual Lab DR site
b. Description: Virtual lab to be used in the disaster recovery site
6. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

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7. In the Host section, click the Choose... button.
8. In the newly opened Select Server window, enter object name: esx02

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9. Click the Start Search button.
10. Select the esx02.vmce.lab host.
11. In the Select Server window, click the OK button.

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12. Back in the New Virtual Lab window, on the Host step, click the Next > button.
13. On the Datastore step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
14. Click the Configure... button.
15. In the newly opened Network Settings window, click the Use the following IP address radio button.
16. Enter:
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c.
IP address: 192.168.2.254
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.2.1
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e. Alternate DNS server: 192.168.1.101
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17. In the Network Settings window, click the OK button.

18. Back in the New Virtual Lab window, on the Proxy step, click the Next > button.
19. Select the Advanced single-host (manual configuration) radio button.
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20. On the Networking step, click the Next > button.

21. An expected error Unable to resolve default network settings is displayed, click the OK button.
Important: If you don't understand why this network settings error was displayed, please ask your instructor at the end of this
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22. Click the Add... button.

23. In the newly opened Network Mapping window, click the Browse... button.
24. In the newly opened Select Production Network window, enter object name: dr
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25. Click the Start Search button.

26. Select the DR port group.
27. In the Select Production Network window, click the Add button.
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28. Back in the Network Mapping window, replace the text in the Isolated network field with the text: VLAB DR
Important: It is critical you do not skip the step of replacing the isolated network name.
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29. In the Network Mapping window, click the OK button.

30. Back in the New Virtual Lab window, on the Isolated Networks step, click the Add... button.
31. In the newly opened Network Mapping window, click the Browse... button.
32. In the newly opened Select Production Network window, enter object name: DR Failover
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34. Select the DR Failover port group.
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35. In the Select Production Network window, click the Add button.
36. Back in the Network Mapping window, enter isolated network: VLAB DR Failover
Important: It is critical you do not skip the step of changing the isolated network name.

37. In the Network Mapping window, click the OK button.

38. On the Isolated Networks step, click the Next > button.
39. Click the Add... button.

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40. In the newly opened vNIC Connection Settings window, click the Choose isolated network to connect this vNIC
to drop down menu.
41. Select VLAB DR (DR).
42. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the OK button to dismiss the unable to resolve
network settings warning.
Important: If you don't understand why this network settings warning was displayed, please ask your instructor at the end of
this lab.

43. Back in the vNIC Connection Settings window, enter:

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44. Untick the Enable DHCP service on this interface check box.
45. In the vNIC Connection Settings window, click the OK button.
46. Back in the New Virtual Lab window, click the Add... button.

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47. In the newly opened vNIC Connection Settings window, click the Choose isolated network to connect this vNIC
to drop down menu.
48. Select VLAB DR Failover (DR Failover).

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network settings warning.

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a. IP address: 192.168.1.1
b. Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

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51. Untick the Enable DHCP service on this interface checkbox.
52. In the vNIC Connection Settings window, click the OK button.

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Important: To enable communication between isolated networks, select the Route network traffic between vNICs check box.
Make sure that the IP address of the proxy appliance in the isolated network matches the IP address of the gateway in the
production network.
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vNICs check box.
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54. On the Network Settings step, click the Next > button.
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55. On the Static Mapping step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
Note: Static IP mapping is used when it is necessary to provide many clients with access to an isolated VM. The static IP
address is assigned to the proxy appliance network adapter connected to the production network, and IP traffic directed to the
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specified static IP address is routed by the proxy appliance to the VM powered on in the isolated network.

56. On the Ready to Apply step, click the Apply button.

57. On the Applying Configuration step, click the Finish button.
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Task 2: Create an application group for the dependent DC02 server

1. In the Backup Infrastructure view, in the SureBackup section, select Application Groups.
2. On the Application Group ribbon, click the Add Group button.
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4. In the newly opened New Application Group window, enter:
a. Name: DR Active Directory
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5. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
6. Click the Add... button.
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7. Select From replicas....

8. In the newly opened Select Replica window, expand the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint job.
9. Select the DC02 virtual machine.
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10. In the Select Replica window, click the Add button.

11. Back in the New Application Group window, select the DC02 virtual machine.
12. Click the Edit... button.
13. In the newly opened Verification Options window, tick the DNS server check box.
14. Tick the Domain Controller (Authoritative Restore) check box.
15. In the Verification Options window, click the OK button.
16. Back in the New Application Group window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
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Task 3: Create a SureBackup job for automated testing of replicas

1. Navigate to the Home view.
2. In the Jobs section of the Home view, select SureBackup.
3. On the Home ribbon, click the SureBackup Job.
4. Select VMware vSphere....
5. In the newly opened New SureBackup Job window, enter:
a. Name: SureBackup: DR site Microsoft SharePoint replica
b. Description: Automated restore tests from replicas
6. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
7. Verify the Virtual Lab drop-down menu defaulted to Virtual Lab DR site.

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8. On the Virtual Lab step, click the Next > button.
9. Click the Application Group drop-down menu.

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10. Select DR Active Directory.
11. On the Application Group step, click the Next > button.
12. Tick the Link jobs check box.

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13. Click the Add... button.
14. In the newly opened Select Jobs window, select the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint job.
15. In the Select Jobs window, click the OK button.

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16. Back in the New SureBackup Job window, select the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint job.
17. Click the Edit... button.
18. In the newly opened Verification Options window, tick the Web Server checkbox.

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19. In the Verification Options window, click the OK button.
20. Back in the New SureBackup Job window, on the Linked Jobs step, click the Next > button.
21. On the Settings step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.

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22. Tick the Run the job automatically check box.
23. Select the Monthly at this time radio button.
24. On the Schedule step, click the Apply button.
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Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Lab 9: Veeam ONE overview

Expected time to complete all labs is 45 minutes maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 9.1: Connect Veeam ONE™ to the Veeam Backup & Replication environment
Lab 9.2: Connect Veeam ONE to the virtualization environment
Lab 9.3: Configure Veeam ONE server settings
Lab 9.4: Configure Veeam ONE software components

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Lab 9.1: Connect Veeam ONE to the Veeam Backup & Replication
environment
The next step in configuring the Veeam ONE installation for your environment is to connect it to your Veeam Backup Server
from the Veeam Backup & Replication installation to allow Veeam ONE to monitor your data protection solution.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure Veeam ONE

Task 1: Add the Veeam Backup Server to the Veeam ONE server

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1. From the desktop, launch Veeam ONE Client.
2. In the newly opened Veeam ONE 11 window, click the Connect button.

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3. On the toolbar, click the Add Server.

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4. In the newly opened Add Server window, select Veeam Backup & Replication.
5. In the newly opened Add Veeam Backup & Replication Server window, enter DNS name: veeam-vbr.vmce.lab
6. On the Connection step, click the Next button

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a. Username: [email protected]
b. Password: Pa%%w0rd

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9. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Lab 9.2: Connect Veeam ONE to the virtualization environment

To configure the Veeam ONE installation for your environment, the first steps are to add the source hypervisors containing
production virtual machines to allow Veeam ONE monitor your virtualization environment. Your environment contains both
Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere and you will add each hypervisor one by one.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure Veeam ONE

Task 1: Add the VMware vCenter Server to the Veeam ONE server
1. On the toolbar, click the Add Server button.

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2. In the newly opened Add Server window, select VMware vSphere.
3. In the newly opened Add VMware Server window, enter DNS name: vcenter01.vmce.lab

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4. On the Connection step, click the Next button.
5. Enter:
a. Username: [email protected]

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b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
6. On the Credentials step, click the Next button.
7. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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Task 2: Add the Microsoft Hyper-V server to the Veeam ONE server
1. On the toolbar, click the Add Server.

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2. In the newly opened Add Server window, select Microsoft Hyper-V.
3. In the newly opened Add Microsoft Server window, enter DNS name: hyperv01.vmce.lab
4. Select the Hyper-V host radio button.

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5. On the Connection step, click the Next button.
6. Enter:
a. Username: [email protected]

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b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
On the Credentials step, click the Next button.
On the Summary step, click the Finish. or
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Lab 9.3: Configure Veeam ONE server settings

The operations team has requested you configure the SMTP server settings as well as the credentials that will be used to collect
data from the guest OS of Windows and Linux-based virtual machines. Additionally, the Veeam ONE Business View should
automatically categorize based on vSphere Tags.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure Veeam ONE

Task 1: Configure the Veeam ONE Guest OS Credentials

1. In the newly opened Server Settings window, in the Linux VMs Guest OS Credentials section, enter:

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a. Login: administrator
b. From: Pa%%w0rd

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2. In the Windows VMs Guest OS Credentials section, enter:
a. Login: [email protected]
b. Password: Pa%%w0rd

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Task 2: Configure the Veeam ONE SMTP server settings
1. In the Server Settings window, in the left-hand navigation pane, click the SMTP Settings step.

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a. SMTP server: management.vmce.lab
b. From: [email protected]

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3. Click the Send Test Email button.
4. In the newly opened Test Email Settings window, enter email address: [email protected]
5. In the Test Email Settings window, click the OK button.

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6. In the newly opened Windows can't open this type of file (.eml) window, click the Try an app on this PC text link.
7. In the newly opened How do you want to open this file? window, select Notepad.
8. Tick the Always use this app to open .eml files check box.
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In the How do you want to open this file? window, click the OK button.
Note: A basic SMTP e-mail server has been installed on the MANAGEMENT server for testing purposely only - this app will open
the test e-mail in Notepad. In a production environment, the corporate SMTP server should be specified.
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10. In the newly opened Notepad window, confirm the text This is a test e-mail message sent by Veeam ONE is
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11. Close the Notepad window.

12. Back in the Veeam ONE Client window, click the OK button to dismiss the test message has been sent message.

Task 3: Configure the Veeam ONE Business View settings

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1. In the Server Settings window, in the left-hand navigation pane, click the Business View step.
2. Select the From vCenter Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager radio button.
3. In the Server Settings window, click the OK button.
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Lab 9.4: Configure Veeam ONE software components

The operations team has requested you configure Veeam ONE to collect performance data from the virtualization environments
as well as monitor the Veeam Backup Server and ensure performance data collected is retained for a period of 36 months to
ensure they can provide data according to requests from the auditors looking to confirm service level agreements (SLAs) are
being met.
Learning objectives covered in this exercise:
• Configure Veeam ONE

Task 1: Configure the Veeam ONE retention policy period

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1. Close the Veeam ONE Client window.
2. From the desktop, launch the Remote Desktop Connection

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3. In the newly opened Remote Desktop Connection window, enter computer: VEEAM-VBR
4. In the newly opened Windows Security window, enter password: Pa%%w0rd
5. In the Windows Security window, click the OK button.

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6. From the VEEAM-VBR desktop, double click the Recycle Bin.
Note: This opened the File Explorer window.

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7. In the File Explorer window, navigate to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Veeam\Veeam ONE Settings
folder.

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8. Launch the VeeamOneSettings application.
9. In the newly opened Veeam ONE Settings window, click the Retention Policy Period tab in the top middle part of
the window.

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10. Increase the Virtual Infrastructure performance data retention period to: 36 months.
11. Increase the Backup Infrastructure performance data retention period to: 36 months.
12. Click the Apply Retention button.
13. In the newly opened Retention Policy window, click the OK button to confirm the new retention policy settings have
been applied.

Task 2: Configure the Veeam ONE data collection mode

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Back in the Veeam ONE Settings window, in the left-hand menu, click the Scalability step.
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2. Select the Optimized for Typical Deployment (less than 100 hosts and 1500 VMs) radio button.
3. In the Veeam ONE Settings window, click the Save button.
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4. In the newly opened Save Settings window, click the OK button to confirm restarting Veeam ONE services.
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5. Back in the Veeam ONE Settings window, click the Close button.
6. Close the VEEAM-VBR - Remote Desktop Connection window.
7. In the newly opened Remote Desktop Connection window, click the OK button to confirm disconnecting the remote
session.
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Lab 10: Post-class lab exercises for after class has ended
Expected time to complete all labs is three hours maximum.

This module contains the following lab exercises:

Lab 10.1: Configure your installation for object storage
Lab 10.2: Working with a Scale-out Backup Repository™
Lab 10.3: Perform a secure restore
Lab 10.4: Disaster failover to a Microsoft Hyper-V replica and failback to production

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Lab 10.5: Disaster failover to a VMware vSphere replica and undo failover
Lab 10.6: Working with replica Failover Plans

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Lab 10.7: Planned failover to a Microsoft Hyper-V replica
Lab 10.8: Working with an On-Demand Sandbox
Lab 10.9: Working with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

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Lab 10.1: Configure your installation for object storage

In this lab exercise, you will connect to S3-compatible object storage.

Task 1: Connect to object storage

1. From the desktop, launch the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
2. Click the Connect button.
3. Navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view.
4. In the Backup Infrastructure view, select Backup Repositories.
5. On the Backup Repository ribbon, click the Add Repository button.

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6. In the newly opened Add Backup Repository window, select Object storage.
7. Select S3 Compatible.

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8. In the newly opened New Object Storage Repository window, enter:
a. Name: minio
b. Description: On-premises object storage

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9. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
10. Enter service point: http://s3.vmce.lab:9000
11. Click the Add... button.

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12. In the newly opened Credentials window, enter:
a. Access key: vmce
b. Secret key: Pa%%w0rd

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c. Description: Minio on-premises object storage
13. In the Credentials window, click the OK button.
14. Back in the New Object Storage Repository window, on the Account step, click the Next > button.

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15. In the Bucket section, click the Browse... button.
16. In the newly opened Select Bucket window, select the veeam bucket.
17. In the Select Bucket window, click the OK button.
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21.
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Enter: vmce or
Back in the New Object Storage Repository window, in the folder section, click the Browse... button.
In the newly opened Select Folder window, click the New Folder button.

Press the Enter keyboard button to confirm the new folder name.
In the Select Folder window, click the OK button.
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23. Back in the New Object Storage Repository window, on the Bucket step, click the Apply button.
24. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Lab 10.2: Working with a Scale-Out Backup Repository

In this lab exercise, you will create a new Scale-out Backup Repository and add some standalone backup repositories as
extents.

Task 1: Temporarily disable a job

1. Navigate to the Home view.
2. In the Backup Copy section of the Home view, select the Backup Copy: Send backups to an off-site location
backup copy job.
3. On the Job ribbon, click the Disable button.

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Task 2: Create a Scale-out Backup Repository
1. In the Backup Infrastructure view, select Scale-out Repositories.

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2. On the Scale-out Repository ribbon, click the Add Scale-out Repository button.
3. In the newly opened New Scale-out Backup Repository window, enter:
a. Name: Scale-out Backup Repository

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b. Description: On-premises with offload to S3 object storage
4. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
5. Click the Add... button.

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6. In the newly opened Extents window, tick the VEEAM-REP01 with XFS fast cloning check box.
7. In the Extents window, click the OK button.
8. Back in the New Scale-out Backup Repository window, on the Performance Tier step, click the Next > button.

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Important: A question will be displayed in a new window, this is expected.

9. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the Yes button to update all jobs targeting the

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VEEAM-REP01 with XFS fast cloning to instead target this new scale-out backup repository.
Back in the New Scale-out Backup Repository window, on the Placement Policy step, keep the default selection of
Data locality and click the Next > button.
Tick the Extend scale-out backup repository capacity with object storage: check box.
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13. In the newly opened Override window, tick the Move oldest backup files sooner if scale-out backup repository
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is reaching capacity check box.

14. In the Override window, click the OK button.
15. Back in the New Scale-out Backup Repository window, on the Capacity Tier step, click the Apply button.
16. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Task 3: Re-enable the previously disabled backup copy job

1. Navigate to the Home view.
2. In the Home view, in the Jobs node, select Backup Copy.
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4. On the Backup Copy ribbon, click the Disable button.
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Lab 10.3: Perform a secure restore

In this lab exercise, you will perform a secure restore.

Task 1: Perform a secure restore

1. In the Backups node, select Disk.
2. Expand the Backup: Windows servers (tags) backup job.
3. Select the DC01 virtual machine.
4. Click the Entire VM button on the Backup ribbon.
5. In the newly opened Full VM Restore window, on the Virtual Machines step, keep the default settings and click the

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Next > button.
6. On the Restore Mode step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.

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7. Tick the Scan the restored machine for malware prior to performing the recovery check box.
Note: During secure restore, Veeam Backup & Replication mounts disks of the machine that you plan to restore to the mount

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server. On the mount server, Veeam Backup & Replication triggers an antivirus to scan files from the mounted disks. If during
the scan the antivirus detects malware, Veeam Backup & Replication will either abort the restore process or restore the machine
or its disks with restrictions depending on secure restore settings.

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8. Select the Abort VM recovery radio button.
9. On the Secure Restore step, click the Next > button.

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10. On the Reason step, leave the Restore reason blank and click the Next > button.
11. In the newly opened Veeam Backup & Replication window, click the OK button to confirm the VM will be powered off
during restore.

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However, in the event malware is found the original VM will NOT be powered off.

In the newly opened Veeam Backup & Replication window, click the OK button to confirm the existing VM will be
deleted from the infrastructure.
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13. Back in the Full VM Restore window, tick the Power on target VM after restoring check box.
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14. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

Important: The malware scan is expected to take up to 16 minutes before it will detect the malware on the DC01 server.
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15. Confirm the text Malware detected is displayed.

16. In the VM restore window, click the Close button.
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Lab 10.4: Disaster failover to a Microsoft Hyper-V replica and failback to

production
In this lab exercise, you will perform a failover to a replica virtual machine on the VMware vSphere platform and then perform
an undo failover.

Task 1: Perform a failover

1. From the Windows task bar, launch the Hyper-V Manager.
2. In the Actions pane on the right-hand side, click the Connect to Server... text link.

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3. In the newly opened Select Computer window, enter another computer: hyperv01.vmce.lab
4. In the Select Computer window, click the OK button.

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5. In the Virtual Machines pane, select HyperV-Tiny.
6. In the Actions pane, click the Turn Off... text link.
7. Minimize the Hyper-V Manager window.

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8. Back in the Veeam Backup and Replication console, in the Home view, select the Replicas section.
9. Select HyperV-Tiny.
10. On the Replica ribbon, click the Failover Now button.

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11. In the newly opened Hyper-V Failover window, on the Virtual Machines step, keep the default settings and click the
Next > button.
12. On the Reason step, leave the reason blank and click the Next > button.

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13. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
14. Wait for the text Failover completed successfully to be displayed.
15. In the Restore Session window, click the Close button.

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Task 2: Perform a failback to production
1. Verify the HyperV-Tiny virtual machine is still selected.
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Confirm the Status is Failover.

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On the Replica ribbon, click the Failback to Production button.
In the newly opened Failback window, on the Replicas step, keep the default setting and click the Next > button.
On the Destination step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
Tick the Power on target VM after restoring checkbox.
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8. In the newly opened Restore Session window, watch the failback process until the log displays the Failback
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9. In the Restore Session window, click the Close button.
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Task 3: Commit failback to production

1. Verify the HyperV-Tiny virtual machine is still selected.
2. Confirm the Status is Failback.
3. On the Replica ribbon, click the Commit Failback button.
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Note: When you commit failback, you confirm that you want to get back to the production VM. Veeam Backup & Replication
resumes replication activities for the VM to which you failed back.

4. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the Yes button to confirm the commit failback.
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Note: The failback protective checkpoint (snapshot) that saves the pre-failback state of a VM replica is not deleted - Veeam
Backup & Replication uses this checkpoint (snapshot) as an additional restore point for the VM replica. With the pre-failback
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5. Watch the failback process until the log displays the Failback commit operation stopped text.
6. In the Restore Session window, click the Close button.
7. Review the current state of the HyperV-Tiny virtual machine and confirm it is Ready.
8. From the Windows task bar, switch to the Hyper-V Manager window.
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9. Confirm the HyperV-Tiny virtual machine state is Running.

10. Close the Hyper-V Manager window.
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Lab 10.5: Disaster failover to a VMware vSphere replica and undo

failover
In this lab exercise, you will perform a failover to a replica virtual machine on the Microsoft Hyper-V platform and then perform
a failback to production.

Task 1: Perform a failover

1. Minimize the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window.
2. From the desktop, launch the vSphere Client.

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a. User name: [email protected]

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b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
4. Click the Login button.
5. In the top left part of the vSphere Client window, click the Menu button.

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6. Select Hosts and Clusters.
7. Click the SHAREPOINT01 virtual machine text link.
8. Click the Shut Down Guest OS button (icon looks like a red square).

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machine(s) as a part of the failover process. Leaving production VMs powered on during failover will cause issues such as

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9. In the newly opened Confirm Guest Shut Down window, click the Yes button to confirm guest shutdown.

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10. Minimize the Google Chrome window.
11. From the Windows task bar, switch to the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
12. In the Home view, in the Replicas section, select Ready.
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Select SHAREPOINT01.
On the Replica ribbon, click the Failover Now button.
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In the newly opened VMware Failover window, on the Virtual Machines step, keep the default settings and click the
Next > button.
On the Reason step, leave the reason blank and click the Next > button.
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17. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
18. Watch the failover process until the log displays the Failover completed successfully text.
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19. In the Restore Session window, click the Close button.

20. Using the Windows task bar, switch back to the vSphere Client window.
21. On host esx02.vmce.lab, select the SHAREPOINT01_replica virtual machine.
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22. Verify the SHAREPOINT01_replica virtual machine has been powered on.
23. Minimize the vSphere Client window.

Task 2: Undo Failover

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1. Back in the Veeam Backup and Replication console, in the Home view, in the Replicas section, select Active (1)
2. Select SHAREPOINT01.
3. On the Replica ribbon, click the Undo Failover button.
4. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the Yes button to confirm you are aware that
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undo failover resets the replica VM to the latest state.

5. In the newly opened Restore Session window, click the Close button.
6. Using the Windows task bar, switch back to the vSphere Client window.
7. Wait until the SHAREPOINT01_replica virtual machine is powered off.
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8. On host esx01.vmce.lab, select the SHAREPOINT01 virtual machine.

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9. Inside the vSphere Client (do not click the Google Chrome refresh button), click the Refresh button (icon looks like a
circled arrow).
10. Click the Power on button (icon looks like a green triangle).
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Lab 10.6: Working with replica failover plans

In this lab exercise, you will create a failover plan and then perform a failover using the failover plan and finally perform an
undo failover using the failover plan.

Task 1: Create an additional VMware vSphere replica

1. In the Home view, in the Jobs node, select Replication.
2. Select the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint job.
3. On the Job ribbon, click the Edit button.
4. In the newly opened Edit Replication Job window, modify the name to: Replication: Microsoft SharePoint and

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5. On the Name step, click the Next > button.

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6. Click the Add... button.
7. In the newly opened Add Objects window, enter object name: SMTP01
8. Click the Start Search button.

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9. Select the SMTP01 virtual machine.
10. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
11. Back in the Edit Replication Job window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Finish button.

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12. Confirm the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint and SMTP server job is selected.
13. On the Job ribbon, click the Start button.
14. Wait for the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint and SMTP server job to start.

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15. Wait for the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint and SMTP server job status to reach Stopped.

Task 2: Create a failover plan

1. Deselect the Replication: Microsoft SharePoint and SMTP server job.
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On the Home ribbon, click the Failover Plan button.
Select VMware vSphere....
In the newly opened New Failover Plan window, enter:
a. Name: Failover plan
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5. On the General step, click the Next > button.
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6. Click the Add VM button.

7. Select From infrastructure....
8. In the newly opened Add Objects window, expand the vcenter01.vmce.lab VMware vCenter Server.
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9. Expand the Production data center.

10. Expand the esx01.vmce.lab host.
11. Hold the CTRL button and select the SMTP01 and SHAREPOINT01 virtual machines.
12. In the Add Objects window, click the Add button.
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13. Select SMTP01.

14. Click the Up button.
15. Click the Set Delay... button.
16. In the newly opened Boot Delay window, lower the boot delay to: 30 seconds.
17. In the Boot Delay window, click the OK button.
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18. Back in the New Failover Plan window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Apply button.
19. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

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1. Using the Windows task bar, switch back to the vSphere Client window.
2. Select the SMTP01 virtual machine.
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3. Inside the vSphere Client window, click the Refresh button (do not use the browsers refresh button).
4. Click the Shut Down Guest OS button.
5. In the Confirm Guest Shut Down window, click the Yes button.
6. Select the SHAREPOINT01 virtual machine.
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7. Click the Shut Down Guest OS button (looks like a red square).
8. In the Confirm Guest Shut Down window, click the Yes button.
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9. Minimize the vSphere Client window.

10. Back in the Home view, in the Replicas section, select Failover Plans.
11. Select the Failover plan failover plan.
12. On the Failover Plan ribbon, click the Start button.
13. Watch the failover process until the log displays the Job finished text.
14. In the Executing failover plan: Failover plan window, click the Close button.

Task 3: Undo a failover through the failover plan

1. Back in the Home view, in the Replicas section, click on Active (2).

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2. Confirm both the SMTP01 and SHAREPOINT01 virtual machines are in the Failover status.
3. In the Replicas section of the Home view, select Failover Plans.
4. Confirm the Failover Plan status is Completed.
5. Select the Failover plan failover plan.
6. On the Failover Plan ribbon, click the Undo button.
7. Click the Yes button to confirm that undo failover plan will reset all replica VMs in the plan to the latest state.
8. Click the Close button.
9. Using the Windows task bar, switch back to the vSphere Client window.
10. Wait until both the SMTP01_replica and SHAREPOINT01_replica virtual machines have been powered off (it may be
required to click the refresh button)

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11. Select the SMTP01 virtual machine.
12. Click the Power On button.

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13. Select the SHAREPOINT01 virtual machine.
14. Click the Power On button.
Note: Please verify that both the SMTP01 and SHAREPOINT01 virtual machines are in a powered on state before continuing.

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Lab 10.7: Planned failover to a Microsoft Hyper-V replica

In this lab exercise, you will perform a planned failover.

Task 1: Perform a replica planned failover

1. In the Replicas section of the Home view, select Ready.
2. Select HyperV-Tiny.
3. On the Replica ribbon, click the Planned Failover button.
4. In the newly opened Hyper-V Planned Failover window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
5. On the Reason step, leave the restore reason blank and click the Next > button.

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6. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
Note: When you start the planned failover, Veeam Backup & Replication performs the following steps:

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1. The failover process triggers the replication job to perform an incremental backup and copy the un-replicated changes to the
replica.

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3. The failover process triggers the replication job to perform another incremental backup run and copy a portion of the
lastminute changes to the replica. The replica becomes fully synchronized with the source VM.

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4. The VM is failed over to its replica.

7. Watch the planned failover process until the log displays the Failover completed successfully text.

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Note: This process will take a maximum of six minutes, please have some patience.

8. In the Restore Session window, click the Close button.

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Select HyperV-Tiny.
On the Replica ribbon, click the Permanent Failover button. or
In the Home view, in the Replicas section, select Active (1).

In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, click the Yes button to proceed with permanent
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13. Watch the permanent failover process until the log displays the Permanent failover is completed text.
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Lab 10.8: Working with an On-Demand Sandbox

In this lab exercise, you will launch an On-Demand Sandbox from backups.

Task 1: Create an application group for the On-Demand Sandbox

1. Navigate to the Backup Infrastructure view.
2. In the Backup Infrastructure view, In the SureBackup section, select Application Groups.
3. On the Application Group ribbon, click the Add Group button.
4. Select VMware vSphere....
5. In the newly opened New Application Group window, enter:

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a. Name: On-Demand Sandbox from backups: Microsoft SharePoint
b. Description: Sandbox that will keep running until stopped or interrupted by the source job

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6. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
7. Click the Add... button.
8. Select From backups....

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9. In the newly opened Select Backup window, expand the Backup: Windows servers (tags) job.
10. Hold the CTRL keyboard button and select the DC01 and SHAREPOINT01 virtual machines.
11. In the Select Backup window, click the Add button.

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12. Back in the New Application Group window, select DC01.
13. Click the Edit... button.
14. In the newly opened Verification Options window, tick the DNS server check box.

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15. Tick the Domain Controller (Authoritative Restore) check box.
16. Tick the Global Catalog check box.
17. In the Verification Options window, click the OK button.

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18. Back in the New Application Group window, select SHAREPOINT01.
19. Click the Edit... button.
20. In the newly opened Verification Options window, tick the Web Server check box.
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In the Verification Options window, click the OK button.

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Back in the New Application Group window, on the Virtual Machines step, click the Next > button.
On the Summary step, click the Finish button.

Task 2: Create a SureBackup job for the On-Demand Sandbox

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1. Navigate to the Home view.
2. In the Jobs node, select SureBackup.
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3. On the Home ribbon, click the SureBackup Job button.

4. Select VMware vSphere....
5. In the newly opened New SureBackup Job, enter:
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a. Name: On-Demand Sandbox: Microsoft SharePoint

b. Description: On-Demand Sandbox for Microsoft SharePoint developers
6. On the Name step, click the Next > button.
7. Click the Virtual lab drop-down menu.
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8. Select Virtual Lab Production site.

9. On the Virtual Lab step, click the Next > button.
10. Click the Application group drop-down menu.
11. Select the On-Demand Sandbox from backups: Microsoft SharePoint application group.
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12. Tick the Keep the application group running after the job completes check box.
Important: If the keep the application group running after the job completes check box is ticked the lab will not be powered
off when the SureBackup job completes and you could use On-Demand Sandbox for testing, troubleshooting or training.
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13. On the Application Group step, click the Next > button.
14. On the Linked Jobs step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
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15. On the Settings step, keep the default settings and click the Next > button.
16. On the Schedule step, keep the default settings and click the Apply button.
17. Tick the Run the job when I click Finish check box.
18. On the Summary step, click the Finish button.
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Task 3: Test connectivity to the virtual machines inside the On-Demand Sandbox
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1. Double-click the newly created On-Demand Sandbox: Microsoft SharePoint SureBackup job.
2. In the newly opened On-Demand Sandbox: Microsoft SharePoint window, wait until the text SHAREPOINT01 -
Running test scripts is displayed has a green check box next to it.
3. In the On-Demand Sandbox: Microsoft SharePoint window, click the Close button.
4. Confirm the On-Demand Sandbox: Microsoft SharePoint job status is 99% completed.
5. In the bottom left corner of the screen, click the Microsoft Windows logo.
6. Right-click the Windows PowerShell tile.
7. Select Run as Administrator.

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8. In the newly opened Administrator: Windows PowerShell window, enter: ping 192.168.255.103
9. Press the Enter button on the keyboard. (the expected outcome is four times request timed out)
Note: These ping requests will time out because even though the masquerade network is 192.168.255.X, there is no route to
this network from this server. A static route is automatically configured as needed on the VEEAM-VBR backup server;
however, this is does not happen on management servers.

10. Enter: route ADD 192.168.255.0 MASK 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.254

Important: This command just created a static route to reach the 192.168.255.0/255.255.255.0 network inside the virtual lab

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11. Enter: ping 192.168.255.103
12. Confirm four Reply from 192.168.255.103 are displayed.
13. Close the Administrator: Windows PowerShell window.
14. In the bottom left corner of the screen, click the Microsoft Windows logo.

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15. Click the Remote Desktop Connection tile.
16. In the newly opened Remote Desktop Connection window, enter: 192.168.255.103
17. In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click the Connect button.

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18. In the newly opened Windows Security window, enter password: Pa%%w0rd
19. In the Windows Security window, click the OK button.

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20. In the newly opened Remote Desktop Connection window, confirm the name of the certificate from the remote
computer is SHAREPOINT01.vmce.lab.
21. In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click the No button.

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22. Close the Remote Desktop Connection window.
23. Confirm the On-Demand Sandbox: Microsoft SharePoint job is still selected.
24. On the SureBackup ribbon, click the Stop button.
25. In the newly opened Veeam Backup and Replication window, confirm stopping the job by clicking the Yes button.

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Lab 10.9: Working with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

In this lab exercise you will add the Veeam Backup & Replication backup server to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

Task 1: Connect Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager to the Veeam Backup Server
1. Minimize the veeam-vbr.vmce.lab - Veeam Backup and Replication window.
2. From the desktop, launch the Google Chrome application.
3. Navigate to the URL: https://veeam-vbr.vmce.lab:9443.
4. Click the Advanced button.
5. Click the Proceed to veeam-vbr.vmce.lab (unsafe) text link.

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6. Enter:
a. Username: [email protected]

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7. Click the Sign in button.
8. Click the Configuration button in the top right corner.

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9. Click the Add... button.
10. In the newly opened Backup Server Settings window, enter:
a. DNS name: veeam-vbr.vmce.lab

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b. Description: Production Veeam Backup server
c. Username: [email protected]
d. Password: Pa%%w0rd

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11. In the Backup Server Settings window, click the OK button.
12. Navigate to the Sessions view.
13. Click the Refresh button.

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14. Wait until all tasks are in a Success status.
15. Navigate back to the Backup Servers view.
16. Click the Refresh button.
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Verify the Build column has been populated.

Navigate to the Roles view.

Click the Add... button.
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Task 2: Delegate restore privileges in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
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3. Enter account: VMCE\restoreoperator
4. Click the Role drop-down menu.
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5. Select Restore Operator.

6. Tick the Files and folders check box.
7. Tick the Allow restore of files with these extensions only: check box.
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8. Enter allow restore of files with these extensions only: docx

9. In the Add Role window, click the OK button.
Note: To provide for the recoverability of Exchange items, you will need an application-consistent backup (with VSS enabled) of
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the Exchange server VM. To check corresponding job settings, you can go to the Jobs tab in Veeam Backup Enterprise
Manager, select the backup job that contains the Exchange server and choose to Edit it.

10. Navigate to the Settings view.

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11. Click the Directory Account tab.

12. Enter:
a. Username: VMCE\Administrator
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b. Password: Pa%%w0rd
13. Click the Save button.
Note: This user account will be used for Active Directory and Exchange restores and requires corresponding permissions to
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access Microsoft Active Directory and the mailbox. It needs Exchange Administrator rights and administrator's rights for all
mailboxes.
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14. In the top right corner, click the VMCE\Administrator text link.
15. Select Sign Out.
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16. Enter user name: [email protected]

17. Enter password: Pa%%w0rd
18. Click the Sign in button.
19. Click the Files tab.
20. Enter search backups of: DC01
21. Select the DC01 machine.
22. Click the Mount button.
23. Enter file name to search for: *.pptx
24. Click the Search button. (it is expected that zero results are found)

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Important: No results will be found because PPTX is not an allowed extension for the currently logged in user.

25. Enter file name to search for: *.docx

26. Click the Search button.
27. Select the quote.docx file.
28. Click the Download button (if the download buttion is not visible, click the Other Actions button first)
29. In the Download window, click the Yes button to confirm download of this object.
30. Select the only available row in the File Restore History section.
31. Wait until the text Restored files are available for download is displayed.
32. Confirm the download starts automatically.

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33. Click the VMCE\restoreoperator text link in the top right corner.
34. Select Sign Out.

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35. In the bottom right hand corner of the Google Chrome window, click the X button to close the download bar.
36. Close the Google Chrome window.

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