Best Setup for multi-tenants?

[bunger]

I currently have 2 clients with Backup and Replication, each backing up about 10 servers to a local repository.

I also have a couple of random clients with just a single agent installed on a single server, backing up to a local USB drive.

Ideally, I would like to streamline and better manage this setup as I want to implement Veeam at additional clients ( replacing their existing backups )... and implement Cloud Connect as a second layer of backup. I am not sure of the best approach though.

Definite steps would be:
install/configure Veeam Service Provider Console to manage everything

install/configure Cloud Connect server in our data center if we want to house offsite backups

Now this is where I start to get confused:
Do I leave B&R at those clients that are backing up multiple servers or do I dump B&R and just uses agents everywhere?

Can an Agent backup to a local USB drive and then backup copy to Cloud Connect?

In general, what is the best/preferred method for setting up the above scenarios?

[Mildur]

Do I leave B&R at those clients that are backing up multiple servers or do I dump B&R and just uses agents everywhere?

I recommend to leave them with a onpremise vbr server. Restoring from a cloud connect repo works fine, but you will have the internet as a bottleneck. If your customer needs fast restores, then he should have a vbr server as a primary backup target. Cloud connect will be used as a copy target.There are other limitations with cloud connect. You cannot do surebackup jobs or instant vm recovery as an example.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110

Another thing, if you use direct backup to the cloud connect server with agents, you will not be able todo application level restores. A vbr server is needed for that. And the cloud connect vbr server or the VSPC can not be used for that restore.

Can an Agent backup to a local USB drive and then backup copy to Cloud Connect?

You can use your Veeam Service Provider Console for customers with this scenario. If a customer has only a single physical machine, you can manage and monitor the backups of this agent from the VSCP. No need to install a vbr in this case. The backup target will be the Veeam Cloud Connect server. The license will also be deployed directly from the VSCP to the agent on customers machine.

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vac/p ... tml?ver=50

[unsichtbarre]

Cloud Connect and the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager are mixed bags.

Here's what works:
Setup a VBR server in your Infrastructure
Create IPsec VPN to your clients
Install Veeam Proxy/Repository on client side (that way backups are local to the production VMs)

[bunger]

Thank you!

ou can use your Veeam Service Provider Console for customers with this scenario. If a customer has only a single physical machine, you can manage and monitor the backups of this agent from the VSCP. No need to install a vbr in this case. The backup target will be the Veeam Cloud Connect server. The license will also be deployed directly from the VSCP to the agent on customers machine.

For this part, I am not really seeing where an agent could backup to a local USB drive and THEN backup copy to Cloud Connect. Ideally, I want 2 backups: a local one and one offsite.

[Mildur]

For this part, I am not really seeing where an agent could backup to a local USB drive and THEN backup copy to Cloud Connect. Ideally, I want 2 backups: a local one and one offsite.

You can do that with Veeam Service Provider Console.
Deploy two backup job policies to this client.
1) Backup to USB Disk
2) Backup to Cloud Connect
A „backup Copy“ feature isn‘t available in the agent.

If I remember correctly, Two Backup Jobs will need an Veeam Agent for Server license.

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Updated:
Workstation license will work too for a local backup job and a cloud connect backup job.

From the license comparison:

Utilizing multiple backup schedules for different datasets by creating multiple backup jobs helps achieve the desired RPO . Workstation edition only provides the ability to create an unlimited number of backup jobs to a Veeam Cloud connect repository plus a single backup job to any Veeam supported backup repository .

https://www.veeam.com/veeam_vaw_val_vam ... son_ds.pdf