[RELEASE] Managed Hardened Repository ISO by Veeam

[Gostev]

Is it understood right, that now we can upgrade current working V2 Veeam hardend repos with the new Veeam Infrastructure Appliance V13 iso?
And it keeps all the backups etc.?

Of course after VBR v12 is upgraded to v13.

Correct. I personally added a note about this as we were updating the V13 What's New document last week

[rowilliams]

We are testing the managed hardened repo iso on new tech refresh and had found some odd behavior. If there are two disks showing as the same size it will fail, we had 3 disks setup, 2 were each 2TB and then once was a RAID 60 750TB drive. We combined the 2 2TB disks into a singular RAID 6 array and the install worked. The other odd thing is that the repository it created on the RAID 60 750TB array is only showing as 650TB and when looking at the OS are unable to find where the 100TB of missing data went or was assigned. Any help in understanding this would be appreciated, my current guess is maybe it was used to create a separate volume for instant VM recovery and the deploy is set to make it based upon a % of disk size?

[Gostev]

First "odd behaviour" is clearly explained in the system requirements. Did you read the first post in this topic? It even uses your exact disk layout as an example.

Second "odd behaviour" is unexpected. Perhaps 750TB is raw and 650TB is usable RAID capacity? If not then please have our Support investigate as you're the first with something like this after all this time...

[Dima P.]

please make sure VHR ISO V2 is still available for V12 users to download. To avoid confusion, we can have it under the Previous Versions tab only.

Managed Hardened Repository ISO V2 is now available for download under Previous Versions tab of the Downloads page (look for Veeam Hardened Repository ISO for v12). This should be used with VBR V12 only, for VBR V13 please deploy hardened repositories with the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance (VIA) ISO. Thank you!

[RobBM]

Hi,

Is the disk expanding currently supported ? I booted a Live CD ISO and resized the veeamrepo lvm but veeam does not reflect changes once I rescan repository.

[Gostev]

No, it's not supported.

[EviLin]

Does that mean that you cant expand the disk on Veeam Hardend Repo (V13)?

[Gostev]

This thread is about managed hardened repository ISO V2, let's not derail it with unrelated discussions about other offerings.
If you have questions about V13 appliances, please start from reviewing the corresponding sticky FAQ topic.

[JaySt]

Deployed the VHR ISO on a HPE DL380 Gen12 with a 10Gb 2-port SFP+ BCM57412 adapter.
It has trouble with the network interface activation and/or configuration. I can't get it to work.

update: no issues currently. Tried booting ubuntu live ISO, worked, came back with VHR ISO, worked as well.
Bit weird, but probably just a glitch.

[rai44]

Hi everyone,

I am preparing to deploy a dedicated physical server using the official Veeam Hardened Repository ISO (not a generic Linux install).
I have read the system requirements carefully (Hardware RAID only, RHEL HCL compatible, separate volumes, etc.). Before ordering the hardware, I want to confirm that this specific Dell configuration is fully compliant with the ISO installer requirements.

Hardware Specs (Screenshots attached):
Server: Dell PowerEdge R740.
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 5115.
RAM: 32GB DDR4 ECC.
RAID Controller: PERC H740p Mini Mono (8GB Cache + Battery). I plan to enable Write-Back cache as required.
Networking: Intel X710-DA2 (2x 10Gb SFP+).

Storage Configuration (Meeting the "Two Storage Volumes" requirement):
OS Volume: 2x 240GB Samsung PM893 SSDs (SATA Enterprise) configured in RAID 1 (VD 0).
Data Volume: 4x WD Ultrastar DC HC310 6TB (SAS 12Gb/s, 512E) configured in RAID 6 (VD 1).
Note: I selected RAID 6 because the documentation strongly recommends "at least a dual parity RAID configuration".

Questions:
HCL & Controller: Can anyone confirm if the PERC H740p is fully supported by the ISO installer without needing extra driver injection? (Since the ISO requires RHEL compatibility).
Installation: Will the ISO installer correctly detect and allow me to select the RAID 1 VD for the OS and the RAID 6 VD for the repository automatically, or are there any known partition alignment issues with this controller?
Memory: Is 32GB RAM sufficient for the ISO appliance to run smoothly with XFS Reflink on a ~12TB repository?

Thanks for your help!

[karsten123]

i would go for 2*10*4=80 GB memory. 4 GB per core. And add at least one Hot Spare drive.
i prefer SFP28. it is almost downward compatible with 10 GbE SFP+.
thanks

[MOBO]

Hi everyone,

I am preparing to deploy a dedicated physical server using the official Veeam Hardened Repository ISO (not a generic Linux install).
I have read the system requirements carefully (Hardware RAID only, RHEL HCL compatible, separate volumes, etc.). Before ordering the hardware, I want to confirm that this specific Dell configuration is fully compliant with the ISO installer requirements.

Hardware Specs (Screenshots attached):
Server: Dell PowerEdge R740.
CPU: 2x Intel Xeon Gold 5115.
RAM: 32GB DDR4 ECC.
RAID Controller: PERC H740p Mini Mono (8GB Cache + Battery). I plan to enable Write-Back cache as required.
Networking: Intel X710-DA2 (2x 10Gb SFP+).

Storage Configuration (Meeting the "Two Storage Volumes" requirement):
OS Volume: 2x 240GB Samsung PM893 SSDs (SATA Enterprise) configured in RAID 1 (VD 0).
Data Volume: 4x WD Ultrastar DC HC310 6TB (SAS 12Gb/s, 512E) configured in RAID 6 (VD 1).
Note: I selected RAID 6 because the documentation strongly recommends "at least a dual parity RAID configuration".

Questions:
HCL & Controller: Can anyone confirm if the PERC H740p is fully supported by the ISO installer without needing extra driver injection? (Since the ISO requires RHEL compatibility).
Installation: Will the ISO installer correctly detect and allow me to select the RAID 1 VD for the OS and the RAID 6 VD for the repository automatically, or are there any known partition alignment issues with this controller?
Memory: Is 32GB RAM sufficient for the ISO appliance to run smoothly with XFS Reflink on a ~12TB repository?

Thanks for your help!

as your post have got merge i guess you didnt read the first post , i wouldnt install the VHR 2.0 , i would upgrade veeam to v13 and then install the new Veeam Infrastructure Appliance as adviced i first post

[rai44]

as your post have got merge i guess you didnt read the first post , i wouldnt install the VHR 2.0 , i would upgrade veeam to v13 and then install the new Veeam Infrastructure Appliance as adviced i first post

I'm not entirely sure which option to choose in the VIA ISO: Veeam Infrastructure Appliance or Veeam Hardened Repository. I understand that the correct option for me is VHR from the VIA ISO; I only need a dedicated server for immutable backups.