{"id":3129,"date":"2013-06-27T12:33:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T16:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2013-06-27T12:33:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T16:33:53","slug":"easy-vm-backup-with-veeam-zip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/vmware-2\/3129\/easy-vm-backup-with-veeam-zip\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy VM Backup with Veeam Zip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you run a small VMware or Hyper-V setup, perhaps for a lab or personal training, you probably haven't thought to much about backing up your virtual machines. But it is actually pretty easy and doesn't cost anything. Let me give you a quick intro to the free backup tool from Veeam. The first thing you need to do is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veeam.com\/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.html\" title=\"Visit Veeam, learn more and download\" target=\"_blank\">download it<\/a>. The install is pretty straightforward so I'll skip that part. <\/p>\n<p>When you fire it up for the first time you'll see a tree for VMware and Hyper-V. This product works for both! Right-click on whichever virtualization infrastructure you are using and add a server. It is a quick and easy wizard that should only take a minute to complete. The app should automatically enumerate all the virtual machines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-1-300x174.png\" alt=\"veeam-backup-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-1-624x361.png 624w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To create a backup right-click on a virtual machine and select Veeam zip, or you can use the menu icon. You will be ask to provide a path for the backup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-2-300x196.png\" alt=\"veeam-backup-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-2-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-2-624x408.png 624w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-2.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program will create a single zip file of all associated files for the virtual machine. It takes a few minutes for the backup to get up to speed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-3-300x197.png\" alt=\"veeam-backup-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-3-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-3-624x410.png 624w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-3.png 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eventually my backup reached 24MB\/second. When the backup finishes you can view a status report by going to History and then right-clicking on the backup. You can view stats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-4-300x196.png\" alt=\"veeam-backup-4\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-4-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-4-624x408.png 624w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-4.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or a  summary report as an HTML file in your browser<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-5-300x134.png\" alt=\"veeam-backup-5\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-5-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-5-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-5-624x280.png 624w, https:\/\/jdhitsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/veeam-backup-5.png 1116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of the files will be stored in a vbk file. This is a zip file format. You can extract files locally, or leave it alone until you need to restore something.<\/p>\n<p>There are some limitations, but remember this is a free tool not a free trial. There's no PowerShell support and it doesn't support Hyper-V on Windows 8. Those are biggies for me. Of course Veeam has a full-blown backup product that you should try out, especially if you like the idea of managing backups via PowerShell.<\/p>\n<p>I'll cover some additional features in future posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you run a small VMware or Hyper-V setup, perhaps for a lab or personal training, you probably haven&#8217;t thought to much about backing up your virtual machines. But it is actually pretty easy and doesn&#8217;t cost anything. Let me give you a quick intro to the free backup tool from Veeam. 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