Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication - Fourth Edition

Efficiently architect proven backup strategies with Veeam 13's authoritative approach to hardened security, continuous data protection, and intelligent recovery capabilities

Key Features:

- Explore the new Veeam ONE 13 features and enhancements for monitoring Veeam

- Gain in-depth knowledge of core architecture changes including Veeam Software Appliance

- Discover the new enhanced Universal CDP, including all the enhancements

Book Description:

In today's evolving threat landscape, protecting data across virtual, physical, and cloud workloads is critical. Veeam Backup & Replication remains a leading modern data protection platform, and version 13 elevates it with AI-driven intelligence, hardened security, and a reimagined appliance architecture. This new edition equips IT professionals and backup administrators to design, deploy, and manage a resilient Veeam v13 infrastructure.

This edition covers major new features added to the application, such as Veeam Intelligence AI-driven insights, Universal Continuous Data Protection, and the Veeam Software Appliance with built-in High Availability clustering. This guides you through implementing modern data protection solutions for your cloud and virtual infrastructure with Veeam while helping you master advanced concepts such as Zero Trust security hardening and enhanced Active Directory integration. You'll dive deep into other new features as well, such as improved automation through PowerShell enhancements, and learn about CDP and disaster recovery from a service provider perspective with Veeam Cloud Connect.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to successfully implement Veeam Backup & Replication to secure your environment and ensure reliable disaster recovery across your entire infrastructure.

What You Will Learn:

- Understand installing and upgrading Veeam to v13

- Master the ability to use High Availability (HA) for disaster recovery

- Explore the new JeOS and how it is used in the infrastructure

- Explore the redesigned and enhanced console, including Veeam Intelligence

- Work with HA and CDP to ensure data resilience

- Explore new Veeam ONE features and other best practices

- Learn best practices and other recovery options now included in Veeam Backup & Replication 13

Who this book is for:

This book is for backup administrators or cloud disaster architects looking to gain expertise in all things Veeam. This book is also for IT professionals who have intermediate to advanced-level knowledge of virtualization, as well as backups and backup applications. Anyone who needs a reference guide for learning the advanced and latest features of Veeam 13 will find this book useful.

Table of Contents

- Installation - New & Upgrade - (Upgrade to v13 + Clean install with new OVA appliance)

- Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) - Hardened, New Web UI, High Availability, Enhanced RBAC, and more

- JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) - What is new, What can you deploy, Hardened out of the box, and more

- Veeam Backup Console - Refreshed UI Design, Dark mode, Credential Manager improvements, and more

- Veeam AI - Veeam Intelligence, Helping the backup admin

- Best Practices for Active Directory Domains with Veeam

- High Availability (HA) - What is new, How it works, Disaster Recovery made easy, and more

- Veeam CDP Enhancements - Universal CDP, Improved network resilience, Improved I/O journal scalability

- Other Enhancements - 64-bit Architecture, Linux Only backup infrastructure, Automatic Upgrades, and more

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