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    UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options

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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
      last edited by

      I find myself in between the two options as well. I really do see the upside to Veeam, but if the solution doesn't work with the infrastructure I couldn't justify changing the entire thing just for a backup solution.

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      • stacksofplatesS
        stacksofplates @dafyre
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        @dafyre said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

        I'm in the "Use an Agent" camp... Especially if you can push configuration settings, etc, via the server. (As is the case with UR Backup, IIRC).

        As part of the push command to the agent, point it to the server... and let the server manage everything.

        Me too. Puppet sets the ReaR configs on the nodes pointed to an NFS share. If I want to change anything, puppet does it for me on however many systems I want.

        So as soon as the machine is finished kick-starting and restarts, it pulls in the puppet catalog and backups are configured.

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        • Reid CooperR
          Reid Cooper
          last edited by

          Agents just feel so... reliable. I guess it is the admin in me, I want to see the backup running, not just trust that it is working from somewhere else.

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          • StrongBadS
            StrongBad
            last edited by

            There is something really nice, though, about not needing an agent. Just talk to the hypervisor, get everything that you need, and know that everything on it is backed up.

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite
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              Starting with Hyper-V Server 2016, Change Block Tracking is available. Well they are calling it Resilient Change Tracking (RCT).

              https://cdub.azurewebsites.net/2016/08/01/whats-the-scoop-on-hyper-v-2016-resilient-change-tracking-rct/

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                @black3dynamite said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                Starting with Hyper-V Server 2016, Change Block Tracking is available.

                Yeah, that's the biggest feature of the update. It's huge. But sucks for Veeam who did so much work building CBT for Hyper-V and now they will not be unique any longer.

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                • black3dynamiteB
                  black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller

                  Altaro VM Backup also had to create their own CBT for Hyper-V too.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
                    last edited by

                    @black3dynamite said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                    @scottalanmiller

                    Altaro VM Backup also had to create their own CBT for Hyper-V too.

                    I can't believe that no one has done this for XenServer or KVM yet. Seems like it would be a huge win to have it.

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                    • BRRABillB
                      BRRABill @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                      @black3dynamite said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                      @scottalanmiller

                      Altaro VM Backup also had to create their own CBT for Hyper-V too.

                      I can't believe that no one has done this for XenServer or KVM yet. Seems like it would be a huge win to have it.

                      Don't you remember the first rule of XS Club?

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @BRRABill
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                        @BRRABill said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                        @scottalanmiller said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                        @black3dynamite said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                        @scottalanmiller

                        Altaro VM Backup also had to create their own CBT for Hyper-V too.

                        I can't believe that no one has done this for XenServer or KVM yet. Seems like it would be a huge win to have it.

                        Don't you remember the first rule of XS Club?

                        I can't say.

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                          @BRRABill said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                          @scottalanmiller said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                          @black3dynamite said in UrBackup Review plus Configuration Options:

                          @scottalanmiller

                          Altaro VM Backup also had to create their own CBT for Hyper-V too.

                          I can't believe that no one has done this for XenServer or KVM yet. Seems like it would be a huge win to have it.

                          Don't you remember the first rule of XS Club?

                          I can't say.

                          No that's the first rule of Fight Club.

                          The first rule of XS Club is .... AS-IS!

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            Something I just noticed reading the UrBackup Website is that the CBT feature is $17 per Client excluding VAT.

                            That's really cheap.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              Oh this is another cool feature that was added recently.

                              Change Log 2.1.18 Image Mounting, browsing and archival.

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