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15.01.2020 · SAN-based Snapshots - VMware VVols vs. Veeam/Nimble Integration. We plan on purchasing a Nimble SAN in the near future. We haven't solidified our choice, yet, but our intent is to move to a VMware VVol configuration when we implement the Nimble. As I understand it, with VVols in place VM snapshot operations are offloaded to the SAN.

Virtual Volumes are modeled in vSphere exactly as today's virtual disks. ... Veeam, Veeam Availability Suite, 8u2 – 9.5.

25.07.2018 · As the end of general support for vSphere 5.5 approaches and customers plan their migrations, the amount of customer vVols conversations I’m having has significantly increased. As a fair portion of these conversations involves data protection, I thought it would be appropriate to update my previous post on Backing up vVols.

VMware vSphere. Observe the following recommendations when you use Virtual Volumes with ESXi and vCenter Server. For the best experience with Virtual Volumes functionality, you must follow specific guidelines. [Read more] Follow these best practices when provisioning storage containers on the Virtual Volumes array side.

Vvols still allow storage snapshots. If you have Veeam Enterprise Plus, you need to use VMFS if they want to use the Veeam to Nimble storage ...

Nov 26, 2021 · Backup Infrastructure (VMware, Veeam Agent integration) Backup infrastructure for storage snapshots has the following limitations: CHAP authentication is not supported for storage systems working over iSCSI. SAS connections are not supported. Veeam Backup & Replication does not display volumes and snapshots with the 'VeeamAUX' prefix in the ...

04.03.2021 · VM data travels over the SAN, bypassing ESXi hosts and the LAN. The Direct SAN access transport method provides the fastest data transfer speed and produces no load on the production network. The Direct SAN access transport mode can be used for all operations where the backup proxy is engaged: Backup. Replication.

Different solutions have been developed to mitigate these limits, like Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshots (my colleague Timo Dewin has a great ...

If you are talking about using Veeam to restore from storage snapshots, where a VM snapshot was not taken, then the only difference is you now ...

vVols represents the collaboration of VMware and the storage ecosystem towards a new storage operational model centered on the VM. Major vendors participated in the design of vVols. The ecosystem continues to grow and strengthen with solutions ready for vVols.

03.02.2017 · Veeam - 3par - vvol. Currently upgrading our vsphere storage to a 3par 8200, Our infrastructure is relatively small in size, 4 vpshere hosts, Dual HP SN3000 san switches, 1 physical Veeam backup server, MS 2040 and 8200 3par. Main reason for the upgrade is to take advantage of the vvol technology which offloads the snapshots to the 3par and ...

03.04.2019 · The short answer is yes Trim/UNMAP work very well with vVols. With traditional storage, VMFS or NFS, when a supported VM and GOS issue Trim or UNMAP, the command is passed through the vSphere storage stack and then passed to the array. With vSphere 6.7, space reclamation further matured enabling configurable UNMAP and support for SESparse disks.

Jul 04, 2016 · Veeam Backup & Replication support for VMware VSAN. Conclusion. Retaining storage policies is an important part of maintaining a solid disaster recovery plan, and leveraging VMware technologies such as SPBM, VVOLs and VSAN provides numerous benefits.

28.01.2018 · I know that Veeam B&R has support for VVOLs in general for being able to backup VMs that live in a VVOL datastore. I did notice though that when I edit the settings for a proxy and choose connected datastores, under manual selection the VVOL datastore doesn't appear. I'm trying to get this configured for a customer who is primarily using direct ...

26.11.2021 · Backup Infrastructure (VMware, Veeam Agent integration) Backup infrastructure for storage snapshots has the following limitations: CHAP authentication is not supported for storage systems working over iSCSI. SAS connections are not supported. Veeam Backup & Replication does not display volumes and snapshots with the 'VeeamAUX' prefix in the ...

VMs stored on vVols may experience a significant stun during the snapshot removal process after the backup session. KB ID: 3055. Product: Veeam ...

StarWind and Veeam + vVols. ... we have used HPE StoreVirtual VSA as storage for our VMware VMs and Veeam Backup for backing them up.

Nov 22, 2019 · Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5 U3 (9.5.0.1536), a setting was added to allow for the configuration of a delay between the detachment of hotadded disks and the request for snapshot removal. This delay can be configured using the following registry value: Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication\

22.11.2019 · After backing up a VM stored on vVol with HotAdd, snapshot removal operations stun the VM if the backup proxy server is located on a different ESXi host.

Apr 02, 2020 · With vVols, VMware offers a paradigm in which an individual virtual machine and its disks, rather than a LUN, becomes a unit of storage management for a storage system. vVols encapsulate virtual disks and other virtual machine files, and natively store the files on the storage system.

Veeam gir full støtte for VMware vSphere : VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOLs); VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN); Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) policy backup ...

Sep 09, 2016 · I know that Veeam B&R has support for VVOLs in general for being able to backup VMs that live in a VVOL datastore. I did notice though that when I edit the settings for a proxy and choose connected datastores, under manual selection the VVOL datastore doesn't appear. I'm trying to get this configured for a customer who is primarily using direct ...