[V13] Initial feedback on the Managed Hardened Repository ISO

[schewee]

Downloaded the ISO and took it for a spin in my homelab. I was able to install the Appliance using the ISO into a VM in Proxmox with the following specs:

- 4vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 256GB SSD (SATA0, virtual disk)
- 2x256GB HHDs (SATA1-2, virtual disk)
- UEFI/TPM/yadda

I realize homelabs aren't your target demo so feel free to ignore

Initial feedback:

- Some kind of disk configuration wizard during the OS installation would be ideal. I'm fairly certain the OS was correctly installed on SATA0 but it appears SATA1/2 were turned into a LVM RAID0. My backup server, where I would install this later, has 1xNVMe and 5xHDDs in it and I would rather those HDDs be a RAID10/5/6 over a RAID0.
-- To add to this, I cannot delete/recreate the repo via the WebUI as it's the last (only) repo on the host
-- I suspect I can get into the CLI via SSH and futz with all this?
- Logging in via the Windows Console did not prompt me for MFA like the WebUI does
- Might be worth noting in the WebUI under Managed Servers -> Add Server -> Virtualization Platforms: "To add Promox/Nutanix AVH hosts please install the Windows Console". I originally thought Proxmox had been dumped before checking the Windows Console

Other than that everything appears to be up and running. I have not tried to run a backup yet but I can't imagine that won't work. I figured the biggest hurdle would be installation on non-Enterprise hardware.

Once I know more about how to re-configure disks I'll probably install this on my backup server. Once less Windows installation in my homelab

[HannesK]

Hello,
thanks for the feedback.

disk configuration: to get disk configuration DISA STIG compliant is a complex topic. To "feel the pain", I recommend to try to install Rocky Linux with DISA STIG profile manually. The other disks are a striped logical volume, yes. We expect that all volumes presented to the ISO are a RAID. The system is not built for "plain disks".

adding repo / web UI: the web UI is a "preview". Adding a new repo and then deleting the old should work (I did not test), but even if not, then it's a matter of time to fix that. For everything not working right now, the windows console is the way to go

SSH: yes you can

MFA: good catch, yes. We are aware and thinking about how to align that. Right now the solution is to enable MFA for veeamadmin in the Users & Roles. However, we recommend strongly against using host admin for day-to-day VBR management operations (this is also documented in What's New).

hardware: yes, we expect VMs or "datacenter grade" hardware (aka hardware RAID controller, all hardware on Red Hat Hardware Compatibility List)

Best regards
Hannes

[bigal.nz]

I could not for the life of me see where to download the latest ISO. Can you direct me to it, or is it not available for Community Ed users?

[Gostev]

https://www.veeam.com/products/download ... b=previous
Although we don't recommend using this for new deploying going forward as it will be discontinued after some time and will stop receiving security updates.

BTW its main discussion thread is here, this includes all links too
veeam-backup-replication-f2/managed-har ... 96192.html