SureBackup UI Improvement Request - Subnet Handling within Virtual Lab Network Settings

[micoolpaul]

Hi,

I'm curious how others are working with SureBackup Virtual Labs when using smaller subnets. I personally believe that there are some UI improvements that could benefit the setup when working with smaller or "less typical" subnet sizes.

Scenario:
Customer has 10.x.x.x subnets with a /25 CIDR (255.255.255.128 Mask).

When you use a traditional /16 or /24, Veeam will automatically insert the relevant letters for masquerading. For example:

10.10.1.1/16 - If I created a masquerade of "11.10." Veeam will then auto offer C.D as the final two octets. This is great!

Likewise if I do 10.10.10.1/24 and created a masquerade of "11.10.10." Veeam will then auto offer D as the final octet.

This all goes out the window however if we use something smaller such as /25 and can become extremely confusing. This is not so great!

Example:
10.10.1.129/25 is 10.10.1.129-255 for use by hosts, but rather than Veeam SureBackup insert the letter D again and handle this, it wants an IP, but it doesn't provide any further information, nor the help center documentation.

Proposal

It would be handy if Veeam would provide either of the following options:

1. Preferred, more flexible: A dropdown of suitable network address options to retain flexibility for users when working with these subnets.
2. Simpler: Keep the "letter" option and match the relevant octets to the Proxy appliance mask.

[HannesK]

Hello,
thanks for the request. It makes sense (same like many other requests related to SureBackup).

I have the same "issue" in my environment. I just ignore it - but as I said earlier: it makes sense to improve that

Best regards,
Hannes

[Egor Yakovlev]

Noted for internal discussion.
/Thanks for feedback!