[For Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131) and later] You can also use the SmartConnect service name of the storage system.
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Veeam Backup & Replication v12.1 What's new
Enterprise load-balancers awareness — NAS backup job is now aware of NetApp ONTAP and Dell EMC Isilon load balancers and can perform backups from different storage nodes depending on their current load, instead of always using a single node.
We can add the SmartConnect Service Name to Veeam.
Ok but we add the PowerScale/Isilon by it's management subnet to veeam, not the data Subnet to Veeam Storage tab. If you try to add the SSIP FQDN it generate a certificate error. PowerScale/Isilon are not meant to be managed by the SSIP FQDN but by the NS record that point to the SSIP. So i'm not sure to understand this info.
NAS backup job is now aware of NetApp ONTAP and Dell EMC Isilon load balancers and can perform backups from different storage nodes depending on their current load
Is it automatic ? Do I have to change something on my Veeam configuration or PowerScale/Isilon integration into Veeam ?
It should just work after you have configured SmartConnect in your PowerScale/Isilon cluster.
Veeam will query the SmartConnect service name and gets an IP address to connect to from the SmartConnect service.
Just to confirm my understanding —
PowerScale/Isilon clusters are typically managed through the management IP (e.g., 192.168.1.1), while SSIP (SmartConnect Service IP) is used for data transfer (e.g., 10.1.1.1) to ensure traffic is load-balanced across the nodes.
So based on what you mentioned, do you mean that as long as I register one node’s IP in Veeam NAS Filers, the backup traffic can then go through SSIPs in other data zones automatically?
Appreciate your clarification, and thanks for your help as always!
