No longer do you have to hope you backups are working in-between tests as they can be verified to be working not just valid every backup, the ability to be able to granularly restore elements from any applications by starting a VM from the compressed backup file. Minimal host resources are required and can typically be provided by existing machines-in production, a QA lab, or even your DR (disaster recovery) site. Since you donРІР‚в„ўt have to extract the backup, running a VM from the backup is fast and requires no additional storage. You can even verify that applications are functioning properly and data is intact.Р”Р„ key component of this innovative technology is the ability to run a VM directly from a compressed backup file. We start each VM, boot the OS, and confirm that everything is running normally. During recovery verification, we automatically create VMs in an isolated environment and run them directly from the backup. Using new patent-pending technology, Veeam publishes the contents of the backup file as a datastore that an ESX host can connect to. We call this potent combination Virtualization-Powered ProtectionРІвЂћСћ, and it significantly enhances disaster recovery so you can fully realize the promise of virtualization. ItРІР‚в„ўs an ingenious solution to an age-old problem that leverages the power of virtualization and the innovation of Veeam. How do we do it? By running VMs directly from backups. But then as I learnt more I found out the system would would automatically do these tests for you by directly mounting the compressed backup file, to an ESX host and verifying the backup! So no more test one machine once a week and hope the others are ok, you can now test them all every backup!

Now when I was first told this I thought hmm this doesnРІР‚в„ўt sound as interesting as I thought it would, with Veeam recovery being so easy, its simple to do test recoveries to check your backups. So instead of just hoping that you can recover from a backup, youРІР‚в„ўll actually know that you can-because you already did so as a routine part of the backup process. ItРІР‚в„ўs the latest innovation in our SureBackupРІвЂћСћ approach to data protection. Working for a Veeam partner I was lucky enough to learn about the new functionality last week, so have been keeping my mouth closed on the subject until now.Р”Р‡rom VeeamРІР‚в„ўs Website Veeam has developed patent-pending technology that will allow you to verify the recoverability of every backup-for every virtual machine (VM), every time. There has been a lot of speculation coming from my blog and other on what this could be and as far as I am aware no one hit the nail on the head. So today was D-Day for the announcement of the new feature set coming from Veeam.

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