Veeam Backup for AWS (v5)

What is Veeam Backup for AWS?
"Veeam Backup for AWS delivers native, fully automated AWS backup and disaster recovery to effortlessly protect and manage Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS data. Built with cost-effectiveness, security and scalability in mind, you can eliminate the risk of data loss for all your AWS data while saving big through:"

Multiple NEW Veeam Updates Extend Advanced Support for Cloud Adoption and Modern Data Protection

The AWS Shared Responsibility Model... 

• AWS is responsible for security OF the cloud, i.e. the infrastructure that runs AWS Cloud services like hardware, software, networking, etc.

• Customer is responsible for security IN the cloud, e.g. operating systems, applications, network configurations and, most importantly, data.

Overview...

1. Policy-based automation of AWS-native snapshots, backups and replicas, providing simple yet flexible protection of Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS data, even at scale

2. Lightning-fast recoveries in as little as seconds from entire instances, volumes, databases and VPCs to individual files and folders

3. Cloud cost control with industry-first backup cost calculation to avoid unexpected expenses, changed block tracking and tiering to Amazon S3 for long-term retention and compliance

4. Ransomware and cybersecurity protection, isolating backup data from production through cross- account and cross-region backup

5. Introducing Veeam Backup for AWS v5 

Why Veeam Backup for AWS V3 is an amazing must-have! - Niels Engelen

NEW: "Veeam Backup for AWS V3" includes...

• Amazon RDS backup and recovery.

• Amazon VPC backup and recovery 

  • Protecting Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

• Enhanced application consistency.

• Support for AWS Outposts.

• "What's new" document.

• Introducing Veeam Backup for AWS v5

Control cloud costs while optimizing protection through a built-in backup cost estimator...

• Affordable archive: Backup Amazon EBS snapshot to Amazon S3 repositories for cost-effective long term retention. 

• Cost Calculator: Detailed pricing for each policy, to be aligned with your budget

• Optimize storage cost for long term retention backup. ​

3 key features of Veeam Backup for AWS v4

1. EFS volume protection - Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) backup

2. Integration with AWS KMS

3. Archive Tiers - Lower-cost tiering to Amazon S3 Glacier

Introducing Veeam Backup for AWS v5 - June 20, 2022  - 3 min to read

Veeam Backup for AWS Reviews & Product Details

• "Veeam Backup for AWS delivers comprehensive AWS-native backup and disaster recovery that's fully-automated, cost-effective and secure to quickly overcome ANY cloud data loss."

• "Stop babysitting backups with fully-automated Amazon EC2 backup and DR using native Amazon EBS snapshots for frequent recovery points and lightning-fast full- and file-level recoveries."

• "Control cloud costs with industry-first backup cost calculation to avoid unexpected expenses, changed block tracking and backup to Amazon S3 for long-term retention and compliance."

• "Ensure your backup data stays secure and safe with support for cross-account and cross-region backup, recovery and DR, as well as multi factor authentication to prevent brute force attacks."

• "Gain seamless data portability with backup, recovery and migration options to, from and within ANY supported environment through a portable backup format and optional Veeam Backup & Replication integration."

Integrating Veeam Backup for AWS with VBR - "With Veeam Backup & Replication version 10a and later, a VBR plugin has been released allowing for integration with the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance, granting management of certain settings through the VBR console and backup copy job support. Configuring this integration is simple."

• Deploying Veeam Backup for AWS in an Enterprise Environment - Business | July 19, 2023  4 min to read 

Veeam Backup for AWS is a third-party backup solution that provides additional features and functionality beyond what is available with the native AWS Backup program. Here are some reasons why you might consider using Veeam Backup for AWS:

• More granular control over backups: Veeam Backup for AWS provides more granular control over backup policies and schedules than the native AWS Backup program. This means you can create more customized backup plans that better meet the needs of your specific workloads.

• More efficient backup and recovery: Veeam Backup for AWS uses advanced compression and deduplication techniques to reduce the amount of data that needs to be backed up, which can significantly reduce backup times and storage costs. It also offers faster recovery times, with the ability to recover entire instances or individual files in just a few clicks.

• Cross-region and cross-account backups: Veeam Backup for AWS can perform backups across different AWS regions and accounts, which is not possible with the native AWS Backup program. This can be particularly useful if you have a multi-region or multi-account AWS infrastructure.

• Multi-cloud support: Veeam Backup for AWS can also backup and recover workloads running in other public cloud platforms, such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. This can be useful if you have a multi-cloud strategy and need to protect your data across multiple cloud environments.

Overall, Veeam Backup for AWS provides additional features and flexibility that can be useful for organizations with complex or demanding backup and recovery needs. However, it is important to note that it also comes with additional costs and management overhead compared to the native AWS Backup program

A Biased Opinion on AWS Backup for VMware

NEW! 

Veeam: Veeam Backup for AWS v4 is GA – Introducing Data protection for AWS EFS, Amazon S3 Glacier and Deep Archive Support, Increased Security with KMS integration and more - Jorge de la Cruz

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/industries/fsi-services-spotlight-aws-backup/

Integrating Veeam Backup for AWS with VBR

Veeam Backup for AWS – Deployment Step-by-Step - 15:07 video

Installing AWS plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication - KB3239

Veeam: Detailed HTML Daily Report for Veeam Backup for AWS is now available – Community Project 

Veeam: Veeam Backup for AWS v4 is GA – Introducing Data protection for AWS EFS, Amazon S3 Glacier and Deep Archive Support, Increased Security with KMS integration and more

Veeam Backup for AWS Free Edition

FREE AWS / Azure Backup 

• Unlimited workloads for 30 days

• + $250 cloud credit

• 3 months FREE when you buy

Grafana Dashboard for Veeam Backup for AWS v4

• Summary - Total number of Repositories, Policies, Protected VMs, VBA Appliance version.

• Unprotected VMs - Both, in one handy list with size, region and name. And with a great visual map to see the unprotected blue regions

• Job History Information - A simple table with the latest jobs and status, also includes whether it is a snapshot or backup job

• Duration of Policies - A simple graph showing duration per job over time

• Protected vs. unprotected VM in a simple pie chart

• Tables with all the components protected, in a very comfortable way to consume, including the new EFS Data Protection.