BE2010 + Veeam ?
Hello everyone,
I'm currently researching a B2D2T solution for my new virtualized environment and I have settled on Veeam for handling the primary B2D portion of my setup. My next step is to find an application that will push the Veeam backups to tape, and I've used Backup Exec before so I started there. I called Sales and was informed that the file extensions Veeam uses (VBK/VBR) are on the "Unsupported" list with BE. This is a little puzzling because they're just flat, simple files and apparently they cannot be supported just because they're produced by a competing product?
Anyone do anything similar? Anyone from Sym want to comment on the support issue? Is there a distinction between guaranteeing the integrity of the file backed up / restored within Veeam or simply that support will not help me in any way once they find out what type of files I’m attempting to work with?
Well, if it means anything, I restored data last week using BE 2010 R2, from a tape backed up in 2007 by Brightstor ARCserve Backup 11.5...that's also a competing product.
We're also going this route with our Vm environment. BE 2010 R2 (I haven't checked for R3) is a bit clunky to set up and back up VMs, and the throughput I managed to get doesn't come close to Veeam. Something Symantec needs to look at.
That said, there is no reason NOT to backup the Veeam output files. Like you said, they're simply flat files. You can either back those files up during the day, meaning no strain on your servers, or schedule Veeam to kick off a job in BE once it completes.
Your restore procedure is the exact opposite...restore files using BE to disk; restore from Veeam. There is also no reason not to run Veeam and BE on the same server. I do that on 2 of my sites with no integration issues whatsoever.
