question on veeam backup
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I am not decided yet on purchasing server 2016 (or 2019). Part of me does not want to invest in those unless I've decided to move ahead with our current ERP and current file server and not change anything, just update the versions of server and SQL. But If I can figure out something else in the next year or two, I may just stick with the server 2012r2 that I am currently good on licensing for.
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@JaredBusch said in question on veeam backup:
Install Windows 10 on the bare metal and just run Veeam on it.
Do not add the Hyper-V roll. there is no point to it and you will not be able to back it up if you only have a Veeam license for 2 hosts anyway.
I typically have a left over desktop or something that I use to run Veeam itself, with the backup storage being a NAS.
But in the situation that I have left over server hardware with zero need for Virtualization of it, I would just install Veeam there. I would also buy a Windows 10 license for it instead of pay for a Server 2016 license.
The OS doens't matter to Veeam beyond being Windows.
Backup the Veeam config to a USB drive or something in case the thing pukes and you need to set it all back up.
the only thing that windows 10 doesn't have is deduplication, which is why veeam is currently running in server 2012r2
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@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
@JaredBusch said in question on veeam backup:
Install Windows 10 on the bare metal and just run Veeam on it.
Do not add the Hyper-V roll. there is no point to it and you will not be able to back it up if you only have a Veeam license for 2 hosts anyway.
I typically have a left over desktop or something that I use to run Veeam itself, with the backup storage being a NAS.
But in the situation that I have left over server hardware with zero need for Virtualization of it, I would just install Veeam there. I would also buy a Windows 10 license for it instead of pay for a Server 2016 license.
The OS doens't matter to Veeam beyond being Windows.
Backup the Veeam config to a USB drive or something in case the thing pukes and you need to set it all back up.
the only thing that windows 10 doesn't have is deduplication, which is why veeam is currently running in server 2012r2
How does dedupe work on a backup server? Are the backups already compressed data streams?
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@Dashrender said in question on veeam backup:
@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
@JaredBusch said in question on veeam backup:
Install Windows 10 on the bare metal and just run Veeam on it.
Do not add the Hyper-V roll. there is no point to it and you will not be able to back it up if you only have a Veeam license for 2 hosts anyway.
I typically have a left over desktop or something that I use to run Veeam itself, with the backup storage being a NAS.
But in the situation that I have left over server hardware with zero need for Virtualization of it, I would just install Veeam there. I would also buy a Windows 10 license for it instead of pay for a Server 2016 license.
The OS doens't matter to Veeam beyond being Windows.
Backup the Veeam config to a USB drive or something in case the thing pukes and you need to set it all back up.
the only thing that windows 10 doesn't have is deduplication, which is why veeam is currently running in server 2012r2
How does dedupe work on a backup server? Are the backups already compressed data streams?
This.
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I presume it works by being able to dedupe all backups against the other backups from other backup jobs. I have the compression level set to dedupe-friendly as opposed to "optimal" which is the default setting. I probably set it up this way because I probably read somewhere that windows dedupe was more effective than veeam compression, but I've honestly never done an A:B test to know for sure in my environment. Maybe my next step should be to configure multiple jobs to test the various likely settings that might be used and see what has the best overall storage ratio. That might help give more information about where should be, or at least the storage veeam.
I also just remembered that I had the thought a week ago or so that windows dedupe might be hurting my restore times and overall performance, and that might a reason not to use it (this thought applied to my file server too).
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@Donahue That is used if you have a backup appliance, such as ExaGrid, that you are sending your backups to.
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@NerdyDad said in question on veeam backup:
@Donahue That is used if you have a backup appliance, such as ExaGrid, that you are sending your backups to.
I think I remember reading that windows dedupe should have used this setting too, but that was a few years back and my memory is a little fuzzy.
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According to Veeam:
If you plan to back up VMs running Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and later, and Data Deduplication is enabled for some VM volumes, it is recommended that you deploy the Veeam Backup & Replication console and mount server on a machine running same or later version of Microsoft Windows Server with Data Deduplication feature enabled. Otherwise, some types of restore operations for these VMs (such as Microsoft Windows File Level Recovery) may fail.
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@Kris_K yep, that was it!
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However, like I mentioned a few posts up, I have considered not deduping my file server. I am also considering replacing it entirely with something different like NC, but I havent got that far yet.
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@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
However, like I mentioned a few posts up, I have considered not deduping my file server. I am also considering replacing it entirely with something different like NC, but I havent got that far yet.
So you're deduping the storage on the backup server AND running dedup on the fileserver?
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@Dashrender said in question on veeam backup:
@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
However, like I mentioned a few posts up, I have considered not deduping my file server. I am also considering replacing it entirely with something different like NC, but I havent got that far yet.
So you're deduping the storage on the backup server AND running dedup on the fileserver?
currently, yes. And since my storage is all intermingled, it makes it very hard to know how much belongs to either. I don't like it and I am working on changing it all around.
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@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
@Dashrender said in question on veeam backup:
@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
However, like I mentioned a few posts up, I have considered not deduping my file server. I am also considering replacing it entirely with something different like NC, but I havent got that far yet.
So you're deduping the storage on the backup server AND running dedup on the fileserver?
currently, yes. And since my storage is all intermingled, it makes it very hard to know how much belongs to either. I don't like it and I am working on changing it all around.
Intermingled?
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@Dashrender said in question on veeam backup:
@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
@Dashrender said in question on veeam backup:
@Donahue said in question on veeam backup:
However, like I mentioned a few posts up, I have considered not deduping my file server. I am also considering replacing it entirely with something different like NC, but I havent got that far yet.
So you're deduping the storage on the backup server AND running dedup on the fileserver?
currently, yes. And since my storage is all intermingled, it makes it very hard to know how much belongs to either. I don't like it and I am working on changing it all around.
Intermingled?
my backups and my production stuff for the most part are currently running on synology NAS's.
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@JaredBusch said in question on veeam backup:
The OS doens't matter to Veeam beyond being Windows.
That's a good piece of knowledge.
