Cross Site backup

[ravinderkodan88]

Hello All,

Please assist me on below ,

Requirement : Cross Site backup.
Environment Details

Site A:
Veeam Backup & Replication Standard Edition Version 9.5U4
Standalone Backup Sever
Source : VMware vCenter
Source Storage (VM hosted on) : Dell EMC Unity 600
Target Storage (Backup Repository) : Dell EMC Isilon NL400


Site B:
Veeam Backup & Replication Standard Edition Version 9.5U4
Standalone Backup Sever
Source : VMware vCenter
Source Storage (VM hosted on) : Dell EMC Unity 600
Target Storage (Backup Repository) : Dell EMC Isilon NL400

What is best way to configure crossite backup. Site A to Site B.

1) What is network requirement ?
2) What components needed ?
3) How to calculate network load ?

Any other query I might miss, please add things to consider before setting up such solution.

[Egor Yakovlev]

Hi Vicky,

there are Restore Points simulator and Bandwidth calculator that might help you with calculations.
In terms of components, you will need to add SiteA's server with Isilon connectivity to SiteB's VBR as "Backup Repository" and set Backup Copy Job B>A. Do the same vise versa(A>B) to transfer backups other way.

/Cheers!

[ravinderkodan88]

Hi Egor,

Thanks for your reply.

Site A's server (You mean VBR Server or Proxy Server or vCenter Server itself).
And Isilon NFS as Backup Repository on site B for keeping backup copy of site A.

If you can share step by step process how can I setup this, would be really appreciable.

If my questions seems silly, I apologies for that....but its something new for me.

Regards,
Vicky

[Egor Yakovlev]

If SiteA Isilon is using NFS, then you can add it straight to SiteB VBR server as NFS Repository, and specify good Gateway Server from SiteA, so traffic won't loop around the network.

I would highly recommend you stop configuration for a moment and get familiar with Veeam Backup Infrastructure Components first. Knowing Veeam architecture will be of great help for making right decisions in the future!

/Cheers!