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Veeam Backup - Free Edition: A Getting Started Guide for the Uninitiated
From R. Vanover "How to: Get Started with Veeam Backup Free Edition" https://www.veeam.com/blog/how-to-get-started-with-veeam-backup-free-edition.html Updated October 14, 2013 (accessed May 4, 2023)
Have you heard of Veeam?! What is Veeam!
Veeam is a tool (that costs $0.00) for backing up Virtual Machines (VMs) and Hyper-V environments. Currently on version 7 (v7), an update that delivers some important new features and capabilities. Here are 12 powerful features offered by Veeam Backup Free Edition:
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VeeamZIP Backup - Creates an ad-hoc backup of a running VM, which gives you many benefits such as being able to easily copy a backup to another host without having to power off the original VM
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Veeam Explorer for Exchange -
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Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots -
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Veeam Explorer for Sharepoint -
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Quick Migration for VMware - Migrates a live VM between hosts or datastores with minimal downtime and without requiring clusters, shared storage, or even VMware vMotion or Storage vMotion
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File Copy Job
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VM Copy Job
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FastSCP Editor
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Native tape support - Datacenters still actively use tapes for backup because they remain portable, somewhat durable, and inexpensive to maintain.
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File level recovery from backup
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Whole VM recovery from backup
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VM file recovery from backup (VMX, VHD, VMDK, etc.)
Additional Features in v7
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Advanced Support for VMware vCloud Director
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Ignoring Empty Blocks
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Hardware-accelerated compression