Pre Sales Licencing Question for protecting cloud servers

[svennicloud]

Hello,
we want to work with the following configuration:
https://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated-cloud/

If we choose here AMD "packet M", we get the following vSphere host: 1x AMD Opteron 4386, 8 cores, 8 threads.
The next bigger host (duplicated) gives 2x AMD Opteron 4386, 16 cores, 16 threads.

As indicated here:
veeam-backup-replication-f2/read-this-f ... tml#p85109
we need only to license hosts where the protected VM is running on.

So we need one or two sockets, right?
So could be buy a "Veeam Backup Essentials"-Edition with two sockets?

We want to install an backup server (and its replication server) at another hosting company in germany.

Final question:
We will use Veeam Backup in the "wild internet" where no company firewalls will protect our VM's (neither VM to backup, nor the backup server).

Is Veeam (backup server) "hardened" for this kind of use?

Thanks!
Bye
Sven

[foggy]

Yes, seems Essentials will be enough in this case. Unless Cloud Connect is involved, VPN would be required to secure backup traffic.

[svennicloud]

Hi,
thank you for the fast answer!

Ok, that sounds good.

Are there any kind of Whitepaper/KB-Articles or whatever available about how to setup such an VPN between backed-up-VM and backup-server?

Just to understand correctly: Do I have to "protect" the endpoint of backup-endpoint running on vm to backup and the endpoint running on the backup server?
Otherwise it could be enough to encrypt the traffic between them? Should be easier to setup?

Thanks for a short clarification!

Bye
Sven

[svennicloud]

Sorry, one more question to add:

If I want to backup only complete VMWare-VMs (no diffs etc. CDP), just one complete VM from time to time, I can use:
https://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-b ... -free.html

So I will install it on backup server on remote datacenter and from there connect to vSphere-Host and tell them to make an VeamZIP-VM-Copy to backup server.
=> Is this process secure? Or do I need a VPN in this case, too?

Thanks,
Sven

[foggy]

You'd want any backup traffic going over an open internet to be secured.

[veremin]

So I will install it on backup server on remote datacenter and from there connect to vSphere-Host and tell them to make an VeamZIP-VM-Copy to backup server.
=> Is this process secure? Or do I need a VPN in this case, too?

In this case, the traffic will be isolated to remote datacenter, so, there is no need to setup a VPN tunnel. Thanks.