VBR integration with Unity for SMB volume backup

[sgarga]

Hello everyone.

The current state of the customer infrastructure is this.
VBR 11.0.0.837 P20210525 (Community Edition)
Unity 5.2

What we want to do is to take backup the cifs volume that reside on the Unity.

From what i have read you can intergrade storage systems with Veeam, but on my case the v11 support only Unity OS 3.x-5.1 so i cant go with this solution. The other solution that i have think is to add the volume as File Share ( not repo Inventory -> File Shares -> Add File Share -> SMB Share) because the Unity is not supported as Nas Filler. So the first question is can i do that, it will work?

We plan to upgrade the VBR to the newest version, from what i read the storage system intergradation (snapshot) for Unity is only for VMWare Integration
and not for NAS Integration so i cant take the cifs volume backup using snapshot integration, i understand that correct? if not please give my a advice. So after the upgrade the only way to take backup the Cifs volume is by adding to the Inventory as File Share correct?

If you have implement any of this before please drop a comment

Thanks,
Best Regards
SG

[Mildur]

Hi Stefanos

The current state of the customer infrastructure is this.
VBR 11.0.0.837 P20210525 (Community Edition)
Please note that it would be a violation of our license policy and end user license agreement to provide any services (design, implementation, technical support, etc.) to a customer using the Community Edition.
Ensure that the customer is properly licensed; otherwise, you are not permitted to assist with their backup infrastructure.

VBR 11.0.0.837 P20210525
It is strongly recommended to update this environment as soon as possible. The latest release (v12.3.2) includes numerous security fixes and improvements over v11. Since the customer is currently running v11, it may be worthwhile to consider a greenfield deployment using our new Software Appliance (v13) and recreate everything from scratch. Old backups from the v11 installation can be imported if needed.
Please also keep in mind the licensing changes for NAS backups starting with v12 (500GB = 1 VUL or 1 TB capacity licensing).

Unity File Backup
Yes, you can add the file shares as "SMB File Shares" to the backup server and select "Backup from a storage snapshot at the following path". Snapshots need to be scheduled via pre-job scripts or outside of Veeam.

Best,
Fabian