How to create OneDrive Windows Backup using Veeam Agents. From the tray bar we have the Veeam Icon we can use to configure jobs settings and monitor status as well. So in this case let’s go for the menu Backup > Configure Backup. In the backup mode we can choose which volumes we want to include in the Backup job.
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This is a common confusion. No, Veeam does not install or use backup agents inside processed guests. Which has always been one of the biggest Veeam advantages anyway. With application-aware processing for Windows VMs enabled (optional functionality you have to explicitly enable), there is a small run-time coordination process that gets automatically injected into each processed VM, and executed there to coordinate system VSS activities, as well as to perform any application-specific steps required for hot backup. This process does not perform any actual data processing or data moving, so it's not the same as traditional backup agent.
This process is also not persistent, which is one of 4 key characteristics in the definition of software agent, so strictly speaking, this run-time process cannot be called 'an agent' at all. Hey - as an FYI.don't tell anyone else.we woudln't want to let the 1.9M users of Spiceworks know before we're ready.:) From the front page of our web site.rotating banner. Something new is coming. One of the things that the 'new' thing will address is entry-level pricing. You can bet it will be very, very aggressive. Will be announced by June 1.
There's a mailing list if you click on the banner for people who want to be kept informed and might want to participate in an invitation only beta. JonSchultz: Here's where I get confused; any help would be really and sincerely appreciated. Today, Unitrends puts no software on VMware. So I would assume that this means that the company doesn't have an agent. However, Unitrends does put software into the GOS or physical machine if you want to protect the system physically (at the GOS level or if you're not running virtually at all.) I don't believe that Veeam provides physical protection - so in that case Unitrends has an agent and Veeam just doesn't allow you to do physical protection. In a few weeks (release 6.3), Unitrends will be automatically installing and removing the agent for Windows.
Does this mean that Unitrends doesn't have an agent any longer on a 'non-technical' basis? In other words, should I tell marketing that they can tell say we have agentless support?
So far, I've told them that they can't say we're agentless in that scenario - that the only time they can say we're agentless is when there's.NO. software installed (we actually don't install software for things like VMware, NAS direct, and iSeries protection.) But maybe I'm getting too caught up in the 'technical' definition and am missing a really great marketing opportunity. What do you think? Vembu StoreGrid supports backing up vm's in VMware and Hyper-V and provides complete protection for virtual environments.
VMware Backup - StoreGrid provides an agentless backup of vms in VMware, where you can list and selectively backup the vms running in multiple ESX/ESXi servers from any machine. Hyper-V Backup - For backing up the vms in the Hyper-V server, the agent installed in the Host Server ensures that the vms are in a consistent state before backing up by using Microsoft VSS. We would be glad to answer any questions regarding virtual environment protection offered.
This is a common confusion. No, Veeam does not install or use backup agents inside processed guests.
Which has always been one of the biggest Veeam advantages anyway. With application-aware processing for Windows VMs enabled (optional functionality you have to explicitly enable), there is a small run-time coordination process that gets automatically injected into each processed VM, and executed there to coordinate system VSS activities, as well as to perform any application-specific steps required for hot backup.
This process does not perform any actual data processing or data moving, so it's not the same as traditional backup agent. This process is also not persistent, which is one of 4 key characteristics in the definition of software agent, so strictly speaking, this run-time process cannot be called 'an agent' at all.
Sameer@Unitrends wrote: For Veeam, on the Hyper-V host, I see that a C: Program Files (x86) Veeam Backup Transport directory is created when I selected to add this server for protection. This directory seems to have a couple of drivers (.sys files) and dlls. The VeeamFCT.sys driver is loaded in the driver stack. I don't think Veeam installs an agent in each of the guest vms, but it seems to have some software installed on the host, which would be categorized as an agent, right?
You're comparing apples to oranges. Agent per hypervisor host is OK, agent per VM is not. IMHO of course. KOOLER wrote: Sameer@Unitrends wrote: For Veeam, on the Hyper-V host, I see that a C: Program Files (x86) Veeam Backup Transport directory is created when I selected to add this server for protection. This directory seems to have a couple of drivers (.sys files) and dlls. The VeeamFCT.sys driver is loaded in the driver stack. I don't think Veeam installs an agent in each of the guest vms, but it seems to have some software installed on the host, which would be categorized as an agent, right?
You're comparing apples to oranges. Agent per hypervisor host is OK, agent per VM is not. IMHO of course.
JustinCredible wrote: When I first tried Veeam, we installed the Transport Agent on one guest per host, which allows the HotAdd capability. I would say that software is persistent.
It may not be running 24/7 but it does install an extra piece of software. I love how I'm running it now, where there is none of that (as far as I can tell). Sounds like you were setting up an additional Veeam backup proxy server for improved scalability, and the server you chose to be the backup proxy happened to be a VM. What you saw were the backup proxy service components, of course this stuff is persistent (each backup proxy is persistent).
This is not what I was talking about though. DerekA wrote: Good to see you on the SpiceWorks boards Gostev. Tons of Veeam users here. Thank you for the explanation. I am registered here for a while, but never really follow (trying to spend all the free time on Veeam forums instead). One of the partners just asked me to chime into this topic and clarify, which is why I am here;).
Note: I have used both Veeam B&R and Unitrends. @Campbell: We could spend a lot of time debating what is and isn't an agent, and not accomplish much. What matters is functionality and how much work it requires.
The bottom line line is that I want a good, reliable backup. If that requires an agent then so be it. For example, Veeam provided application consistent quiescing before VMware did so (in v.
4.1 I think). Veeam accomplished this by by injecting code. I would call that an agent, but Veeam doesn't. The name doesn't matters. What matters is the end result: a good backup. Backup agents can be a negative, but not necessarily.
Backup agents can be a negative if:. they cost money for little added value - with Unitrends there is no per agent fee, which is a positive.
they require work - with Unitrends I have to install and update the agents, which is a negative. they impact performance - Veeam B&R injects its software then removes it meaning there is no performance penalty once the backup is done, which is a positive The marketing is: what does the software do and how much work does it require (install, configure, maintain). Cost is secondary. I will pay more for software that requires less work because in the long run it costs less.