Why do VMs running from backups need to redirect virtual disk updates?

In the course of using Veeam Backup & Replication’s vPower capabilities, we may observe that different operations give us different options and default values. Specifically, if we are to run a virtual machine from the most recent backup for a virtual lab or Instant VM Recovery the options are different for where updates to the virtual disks are to be placed.


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Rick Vanover
Rick Vanover

Senior Director, Product Strategy

Using VM attributes to quickly determine status of VM backups

One of the cool features of Veeam Backup & Replication v5 is its ability to document the status of the virtual machine backup within the virtual machine’s annotations by using attributes. This is one of the many notification options for an individual job, which may contain one or more virtual machines. Other notification options are also available, including email and SNMP.


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Rick Vanover
Rick Vanover

Senior Director, Product Strategy