DR site setup

[ashman70]

I am going to be deploying a new host to a DR site, I am just wondering if I should first setup the host at the production site, replicate all the production VM's to it and then take it to the DR site so it won't have to do full replicas over the slower 100MB connection? I will be upgrading from Veeam Enterprise to Veeam Enterprise plus so I'll have use of the WAN accelerators, although I've never used them before. Does it require that I have a veeam console setup at my DR site? I guess that would kind of make sense....

[foggy]

I am going to be deploying a new host to a DR site, I am just wondering if I should first setup the host at the production site, replicate all the production VM's to it and then take it to the DR site so it won't have to do full replicas over the slower 100MB connection?

Yes, this is a recommended approach.

I will be upgrading from Veeam Enterprise to Veeam Enterprise plus so I'll have use of the WAN accelerators, although I've never used them before. Does it require that I have a veeam console setup at my DR site? I guess that would kind of make sense....

You can have Veeam B&R console pretty much anywhere, though a good practice is to have a backup server itself located in the target site to allow for automatic failovers.

[ashman70]

I guess since I'll be changing the IP's of the DR server, I'll have to remove it and add it back into the Veeam console, correct?

Also if I choose to set Veeam up at the DR site, is there anything I need to be concerned about in terms of confusion between running two consoles at different sites?

[foggy]

I guess since I'll be changing the IP's of the DR server, I'll have to remove it and add it back into the Veeam console, correct?

You can use this workaround instead.

Also if I choose to set Veeam up at the DR site, is there anything I need to be concerned about in terms of confusion between running two consoles at different sites?

Do you mean you will have two Veeam B&R server instances, not just two management consoles? In this case, just keep in mind that they will not know about each other, so if the same servers are involved in both instances' activity, keep them at the same patch level and plan the load accordingly.

[ashman70]

Well I am thinking it makes sense to have a Veem backup server at the DR site with the Veeam console installed, that way if the production site goes down, I have the means to see the environment and facilitate fail overs and backups if necessary.

One other question, currently I have backup copy jobs running to an external drive at the production site, can I also configure backup copy jobs to the DR site as well?

[DGrinev]

Hi,

I guess since I'll be changing the IP's of the DR server, I'll have to remove it and add it back into the Veeam console, correct?

It depends on how you added DR server by hostname and then you don't need to change anything or IP then you should reconfigure the replication job.

[foggy]

One other question, currently I have backup copy jobs running to an external drive at the production site, can I also configure backup copy jobs to the DR site as well?

Yes, and they can also use WAN acceleration, if required.