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Release Information for Veeam Backup for AWS v5

KB ID: 4305
Product: Veeam Backup for AWS | 5.0
Published: 2022-06-15
Last Modified: 2023-03-10
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Requirements

Please confirm that you are running version Veeam Backup for AWS v3 (build 3.0.0.319) or later before upgrading. You can find the currently installed build number (Server Version) in the About section under Configuration | Support Information. After installing Veeam Backup for AWS v5a, your build number will be 5.1.0.39.

What's New in Veeam Backup for AWS 5a?

Veeam Backup for AWS 5a (build 5.1.0.39) was released on November 11, 2022

New Features

  • Support for changing the AMI during the restore operation to the original location
  • Support for configurations of EC2 instances with multiple configurations of private IP address
  • Support for backing up instances that have EBS volumes encrypted with the default AWS key

Resolved Issues

  • Resolved an issue where NIC tags would sometimes not get restored
  • Resolved an issue where sometimes Test FLR would fail

What's New in Veeam Backup for AWS 5?

Amazon Aurora Backup

Amazon Aurora instances and clusters can be protected using flexible policy-based scheduling and lightning-fast database recovery to an exact point-in-time in just seconds to the original location or a new location. ​Amazon RDS snapshots also benefit from snapshot replication across AWS accounts and regions and protect yourself against outages caused by failures and disasters that affect the availability of instances that are in the same location.

Enhanced Amazon EFS Backup

Extend AWS-native backup and recovery options for Amazon Elastic File Systems (Amazon EFS) and benefit from the NEW enhanced file-level indexing option for quick and easy recoveries from any restores point in a matter of seconds**.

Configuration backup & restore

Veeam Backup for AWS can now create a backup of the full configuration on a backup repository. This allows for easy recovery when it is required to redeploy the Veeam Backup appliance from scratch, quick migration procedures, or testing.
 

Other enhancements

UI and UX

  • NEW overview dashboard — The updated overview dashboard gives a modern insight into your backup infrastructure with an overview of sessions, policy details, protected workloads, and more!
  • Full page wizards — Some wizards were updated to full-screen size to optimize the process of settings configuration.

Backup and recovery

  • Workers redesign — It is now possible to specify specific hardware configurations per region for the backup and archive process, reducing costs and improving backup and restore operations.
  • Health check for EC2 backups — A new health check feature has been added to the policy wizard for EC2 instances allowing you to perform additional health checks based on your needs.
  • Support for multiple restores for RDS instances — It is now possible to restore multiple RDS instances simultaneously, decreasing the total recovery process.
  • Support for multiple restores for EFS file shares — It is now possible to restore multiple EFS file shares at once, decreasing the total recovery process.

Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication

requires Veeam Backup & Replication v11a or later

  • Visibility into new workloads — Amazon Aurora backups are now also visible in the backup console. This allows backup administrators to have a single data protection view across on-premises and public cloud infrastructures.
  • Configuration backup & restore — Quickly create a configuration backup of the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance allowing for easy recovery when it is required to redeploy the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance from scratch, quick migration procedures, or testing.

Deployment Information

Upgrade Veeam Backup for AWS

To upgrade an existing installation, follow the steps outlined in the Updating Veeam Backup for AWS - User Guide

 

Deploy Veeam Backup for AWS

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