SureBackup for Nutanix

[HannesK]

Hello,
I just found this script https://github.com/mikewizzz/veeam-powe ... SureBackup but I did not try it out... what do customers think about it?

Best regards
Hannes

[JulienBubrecht]

Hello Hannes,

it looks like the script still requires a few adjustments to work properly.
At the moment, the report generation causes the entire script to fail, so I had to comment out that whole section.
In addition, the Jump VM also seems to be rather unstable.

More generally, it’s quite disappointing that Veeam still does not support SureBackup for AHV and is unable to provide any kind of release timeline. The topic has now been open for almost three years. What makes this even more frustrating is the fact that employees have to resort to rebuilding SureBackup functionality via community scripts as a workaround.
At this point, it might be time to seriously evaluate alternative solutions from other vendors.

[matteu]

+1 for this feature.
I can only agree it's a little frustrating to wait so much time for this feature to be implemented on other hypervisors.
AHV is available with VBR since some years but miss lot's of feature of Veeam suite (backup and replication + one + recovery orchestrator).

[jbalogh]

+1 more for this feature. AHV been supported in Veeam since 2018, I am sad this feature has not been implemented yet, especially with how long this thread has been open.

I haven't tried the script yet but I am going to take a look, although native support would be super nice. I am sure with all the people moving from VMware to Nutanix this thread will be more popular.

[norman.fackler]

I couldn't agree more. This thread has been open for ages, but so far it's been nothing but empty promises. This feature is essential, especially for service providers.

[ronnmartin61]

I thought I had already updated this thread following Nutanix .next but apparently failed to do so. In any case one of the announcements Nutanix made in their tech keynote was around their "cleanroom" initiative which we've been discussing internally with them for quite some time. While the APIs are not yet available we believe that when Nutanix makes these available that they will very likely give us a huge boost towards expediting SureBackup for AHV

[JulienBubrecht]

Thanks for the update.

I'm trying to better understand the gap here:
What specific APIs are currently missing from Nutanix that are required for an official SureBackup implementation?
The reason I'm asking is that solutions like this PowerShell-based approach already seem to leverage existing AHV/Prism APIs for automated recovery workflows:
https://github.com/mikewizzz/veeam-powe ... SureBackup

Is the limitation mainly that what’s available today is not sufficient for a fully supported, productized implementation (e.g. around orchestration depth, isolation, lifecycle management, or validation capabilities), and that the upcoming APIs would close that gap?
Also, has Nutanix shared any rough ETA or roadmap indication for these APIs, even at a high level?

Thanks!