| KB ID: | 4221 |
| Product: | Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization 1.0 |
Beta Support
Support for this Public Beta release will be provided to all customers with a valid support contract for other Veeam products.
Veeam® Backup for Red Hat Virtualization, a feature of Veeam Backup & Replication™, provides the necessary capabilities to meet your backup targets and service level agreements with confidence.
Requirements
- Veeam Backup & Replication version 11a (build 11.0.1.1261) or newer.
- Red Hat Virtualization 4.4.8 or newer.
- DNS resolution of Veeam Backup & Replication server, Veeam Backup for RHV server, Red Hat Virtualization manager (oVirt), and all RHEV hosts.
For a full list of system requirements and known issues, review the Release Notes.
What's New
- Agentless VM Backup: Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization expands Veeam's agentless backup technology to allow for backing up Virtual Machines on Red Hat Virtualization without installing backup agents on each VM.
- Native CBT Support: Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization utilizes native CBT technology for high-speed incremental backups that help meet the RPO objectives.
- Centralized Backup Storage: Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization backup jobs can target Veeam Backup & Replication repositories, including Scale-Out-Repositories and integrated deduplication appliances.
- Restore VMs to RHV: Full VM restores to RHV, including single disk restore and restore of tags.
- Restore VMs to other platforms: VMs backed up using Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization can be restored to other hypervisors supported by Veeam Backup & Replication. Instant VM recovery allows virtual machine restore to VMware, Hyper-V, and Nutanix.
- Restore VMs to public clouds: Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization integration with Veeam Backup & Replication allows VM to be restored to public cloud providers supported by Veeam Backup & Replication (AWS, Azure, and Google cloud).
- Guest File Restore: Restore single files from Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization backups with the 'copy to' functionality.
- Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication: Backup files and backup jobs from Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization are visible in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. To meet the 3-2-1 rule, backups can be copied to tape or an offsite location with backup copy jobs or capacity tier of Scale-Out-Repositories.