Backup & Replication

Veeam

Backup & Replication

Cloud Edition

Quick StartGuide

February, 2013

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Сontents

Introduction

Deployment

System Requirements

Permissions

Licensing

Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition Installation

Use Cases

Use Case 1: Uploading Files to the Cloud

Use Case 2: Restoring Backup Files from the Cloud

Use Case 3: Restoring VM Guest OS Files from the Cloud

Introduction

Many companies today choose to store a copy of their data off-site to protect against such disasters as storage failure, system crash or accidental errors. One of the most popular options for offsite backup is to use a cloud storage service such as Amazon S3, Windows Azure or Google Cloud Storage.

Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition lets you leverage the secure online cloud services: you can now create backup files with Veeam Backup & Replication and keep them in the cloud. In case a disaster strikes and a local backup copy is lost, you can restore your data from the cloudat any time.

Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition combines all the functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication together with Veeam Cloud Backup — a new component that offers a convenient and easy way to work with the cloud storage. Veeam Cloud Backup will help you to:

Upload Veeam Backup files to the cloud
RestoreVeeam Backup files from the cloud
Restore VM guest OS files directly from Veeam Backup files in the cloud

With Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition, you can rest easy knowing that your backups are safe in the cloud and available 24/7.

Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition supports over 15 different cloud storage service providers including: Amazon S3,Amazon Glacier, Windows Azure, Google Cloud Storage, OpenStack, Rackspace, DreamObjects and HP Cloud. You can also use the File System option to copy data to local disks, SAN and NAS.

About This Guide

This guide introduces you to Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition and lets you quickly start uploading Veeam Backup files to the cloud and restoring them with Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition.

This guide describes three data protection and disaster recoveryuse cases:

Uploading Veeam Backup files to the cloud
Restoring Veeam Backup files from the cloud
Restoring VM guest OS files from the cloud

The use cases are demonstrated by the example of the Amazon Cloud Storage and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) services.However, the use casescan be applied to other cloud storage services as well.

Help and Support

This guide covers only typical uses cases of work withVeeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition and should be regarded as a supplement to existing technical documentation.

The complete set of documentation on Veeam Backup & Replication can be found at:

To learn about the full Veeam Cloud Backup functionality, use the built-in help: select HelpContents from the main menu of Veeam Cloud Backup or press [F1] on the keyboard.

Deployment

In this section, you will find system requirements to the Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition components and a step-by-step description of the installation procedure.

System Requirements

Before you start the installation process, make sure that the machines on which you plan to install the Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition components meet the requirements provided below:

Veeam Backup & Replication Console

Specification / Requirement
Hardware / CPU: any modern x86/x64 processor (minimum 2 cores recommended)
RAM: 4 GB for local Microsoft SQL Server installation
HDD: 2 GB on the system disk (required to extract all components from the setup package during the product installation)
Network: 1 Gbps
OS / Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported:

Microsoft Windows XP SP3
MicrosoftWindows Server 2003 SP2
MicrosoftWindowsVista SP2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 SP2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 SP1
MicrosoftWindows 7 SP1
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012

SQL Database / Local or remote installation of the following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported:

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Full and Express Edition)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (Full and Express Edition)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (Full and Express Edition; Express Edition is included in the setup)
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Full and Express Edition)

Software / .NET Framework 4.0 (included in the setup)

Veeam Cloud Backup Console

Specification / Requirement
Hardware / CPU: any modern x86/x64 processor (minimum 2 cores recommended)
RAM: 4 GB
HDD: 25 MB
Network: 1 Gbps
OS / Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported:

Microsoft Windows XP SP3
MicrosoftWindows Server 2003 SP2
MicrosoftWindowsVista SP2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 SP2
MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2 SP1
MicrosoftWindows 7 SP1
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Note that Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 are not supported for the file-level restore from the cloud scenario.
Software / .NET Framework 4.0 (included in the setup)
Cloud Storage / A registered cloud service account. Make sure that you have signed up for the cloud storage service (required for Use Cases 1 and 2) and for the Virtual Machines hosting service (required for Use Case 3).

Permissions

Veeam Cloud Backup integrates with Veeam Backup & Replication via the Veeam.Backup.Notifier.exe utility that comes with Veeam Cloud Backup. The utility adds the records about the backup plan sessions performed in Veeam Cloud Backup to the Veeam Backup & Replication SQL database. As a result, the backup sessions become available in the History view of the Veeam Backup & Replication console.
To enable the components integration, you need to install all components of Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Editionon the same machine where the Veeam Backup & Replication SQL database is deployed. The local system account under which the Veeam.Backup.Notifier.exe runs requires the administrator rights on the Veeam Backup & Replication SQL database.

Licensing

All components of Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition use the same license file. The license file should contain a Cloud backupoption. If you use a license without the Cloud backupoptionthat you previously obtained for Veeam Backup & Replication, you will not be able to use Veeam Cloud Backup.

Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition Installation

To deploy Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition, you need to install three components:

Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup & Replication patch
Veeam Cloud Backup

The Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition setup is distributed in two ways:

On a DVD image with Veeam Backup Management Suite. This type of installation should be used if you do not have Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 installed. In this case, you need to install all components of Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition.
Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition is also recommended if you have Veeam Backup & Replicationearlier than 6.5 installed, for example, 6.1 or 6.0.
As a setup archive. The setup archive contains a patch for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 and Veeam Cloud Backup only. This type of installation should be used if you already have Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 installed. In this case, you need to install only a patch for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 and Veeam Cloud Backup.

NoteFor file-level restore, the Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition components should be installed and configured in a specific way. To learn more, see the Use Case 3: Restoring VM Guest OS Files from the Cloud section.

Prerequisites

Make sure that the machine(s) on which you plan to install Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Cloud Backup meet the specified requirements.
Make sure that you have a valid license for Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition. To learn more, see the Licensing section.
Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition uses a Microsoft SQL server. It is recommended that you install all components of Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition and Microsoft SQL server on the same machine.

Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Editionfrom the DVD Image

This type of installation is recommended for users who do not have Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 installed.

Insert the DVD or mount an image file. Burn the downloaded ISO image file to a blank CD/DVD or mount the installation image using disk image emulation software. If you are installing Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition on a virtual machine, use built-in tools of the virtualization management software to mount the installation image to the virtual machine.

Launch the splash window. After you mount or insert the disk with Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition setup, Autorun will open a splash screen with Veeam Backup Management Suiteinstallation options. If Autorun is not available or disabled, run the Setup.exe file from the CD/DVD disk.

Install Veeam Backup & Replication. Click the Veeam Backup & Replication box on the splash screen and follow the steps of the installation wizard. You can install Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Free Edition. To learn more about the Veeam Backup & Replication installation, see
Install a patch. After you install Veeam Backup & Replication on the machine, you need to install a patch that will let you integrate Veeam Backup & Replication with Veeam Cloud Backup. Click the Veeam Backup & Replication Patch box on the splash screen and follow the steps of the installation wizard.
Install Veeam Cloud Backup. Click the Cloud Backup box on the splash screen and follow the steps of the wizard.
Install a license. Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Cloud Backup use the same license file. Keep in mind that the license file should contain a Cloud backupoption.

If you have installed Veeam Backup Free Edition, you need to provide a license for Veeam Cloud Backup. After the installation process is complete, launch Veeam Cloud Backup. In the Specify license file location field, provide a path to the license file.

If you have installed Veeam Backup & Replication (specified alicense with the Cloud Backup option during the Veeam Backup & Replication installation), you will not need to install a license for Veeam Cloud Backup. When you install a license for Veeam Backup & Replication, it is propagated to Veeam Cloud Backup.

NoteWhen you install a license in Veeam Cloud Backup, it is not propagated to Veeam Backup & Replication. To install a license in Veeam Backup & Replication, select HelpLicense from the main menu.

Upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication components.After you install a patch, the servers in the Veeam Backup & Replication console may be marked as outdated. To update components installed on the servers, select Upgrade from the main menu of Veeam Backup & Replication.

Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition from the Setup Archive

This type of installation is recommended for users who already have Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 installed.

Download the veeam_cloud_backup_addon.zip file from the web site and extract it.
Install a patch. Run the veeam_backup_X.X.X.X.patchX_setup.exe file from the downloaded archive to install a patch that will let you integrate Veeam Backup & Replication with Veeam Cloud Backup.
Install Veeam Cloud Backup. Run the VeeamCloudBackup_vX.X.X.XSERVERvX.XX.exefile from the downloaded archive and follow the steps of the installation wizard.
Install a license. To enable the Veeam Cloud Backup functionality, you need to install a license that contains the Cloud backup option. The license is requiredboth for Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Backup Free Edition.

In Veeam Backup & Replication, select HelpLicense from the main menu. Click the Install License button and select the necessary LIC file. The installed license will be automatically propagated to Veeam Cloud Backup.

Upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication components. After you install a patch, the servers in the Veeam Backup & Replication console may be marked as outdated. To update components installed on the servers, select Upgrade from the main menu of Veeam Backup & Replication.

Use Cases

In this section, you will find a step-by-step description of the most typical uses cases for Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition:

Use Case 1: Uploading Veeam Backup Files to the Cloud
Use Case 2: Restoring Veeam Backup Files from the Cloud
Use Case 3: Restoring VM Guest OS Files from the Cloud

Use Case 1: Uploading Files to the Cloud

To upload backups of your VMs to the cloud, you need to use a combination of two Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud edition components:

First, you need to create backups with Veeam Backup & Replication and store them to the on-site backup repository
Second, you need to use Veeam Cloud Backup to upload a copy of created backup files from the backup repository off-site to the cloud storage

To uploadfiles to the cloud storage, Veeam Cloud Backup uses backup plans. A backup plan is actually a task for files upload. In the properties of the backup plan you define what files needto be uploaded to the cloud, what cloud service account should be used, to whichbucket the files should be placed and so on.You can run backup plans manually or schedule them to run automatically by the defined schedule.

After the installation of the Veeam Cloud Backup, you need to configure a backup plan that will upload your backup files to the cloud storage. Out-of-the box, Veeam Cloud Backup comes with a pre-configured backup plan that uploads files from the default Veeam Backup repository to the cloud. You canadjust this backup plan and run itor create a new backup plan.

With Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition, you can chain a VM backup and a backup file upload. To do that, in the post-job properties of a backup job you can define that you want to run a configured backup plan right after the backup job completes.

C:\Program Files\Veeam\Cloud Backup\cbb.exe" plan -r "Veeam backup"

In this case, Veeam Backup & Replication will first create backups for selected VMs and put it to the selected repository. After that, Veeam Backup & Replication will automatically launch a backup plan in Veeam Cloud Backup that will upload a copy of the created backup files from the backup repository to the cloud.

Prerequisites

Make sure that you have installed all the components of Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition as described in the Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Edition section.
Make sure that in the backup repository you have backup file(s)that you want to upload to the cloud.
It is strongly recommended that the backups youupload to the cloud are created in the incremental backup mode. In reversed incremental backup chains, the latest backup file always contains a full VM image that is updated with every backup cycle. This means that you will need to upload a large backup file with the full VM image at every run of the backup plan, which will take much time and consume a lot of traffic. With incremental backup, you will need to upload only small increments.
Make sure that you have a registered cloud storage account. For most cloud storage providers, you shouldhave the following account information:

Access Key

Secret Key

Bucket Name

For example, if you useAmazon S3 or Amazon Glacier, you can generate an access key and a secret key on theSecurity Credentials page of your account.

(for Amazon users) In the clock settings of the machine on which Veeam Cloud Backup is installed, set the timezone that matches your location and make sure that the system time is synchronized. If the system time is out of sync for more than 15 minutes, Amazon will not process your requests.

Procedure

In Veeam Cloud Backup, click the Backup Plans tab.
In the working area, click the Veeam backup plan to expand it and view its details.