What is Veeam backup used for?

Veeam Backup & Replication is a software product developed by Veeam Software to back up, restore and replicate data on virtual machines (VMs). It was first released in 2008 and is part of the Veeam Availability Suite. Veeam was among the first vendors to develop backup software tailored to VMs.

What is Veeam backup and Replication 10?

Veeam Backup & Replication is a comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery solution. With Veeam Backup & Replication, you can create image-level backups of virtual, physical, cloud machines and restore from them. Restore: performing restore from backup files to the original or a new location.

Why do you need Veeam?

Veeam also natively protects modern workloads, like SaaS, cloud, and containers, helping you solve today’s challenges while preparing for those of tomorrow. One platform to protect all virtual, physical, and cloud native workloads. As well as one platform to deliver all capabilities, from CDP to ransomware remediation.

What type of software is Veeam?

Veeam Software is a privately held US-based information technology company owned by Insight Partners that develops backup, disaster recovery and modern data protection software for virtual, physical and multi-cloud infrastructures.

How does Veeam store backups?

Veeam Backup & Replication uses this point-in-time copy as a source of data for backup. Veeam Backup & Replication copies VM data from the source datastore at a block level. It retrieves VM data, compresses and deduplicates it, and stores in backup files in the backup repository in Veeam proprietary format.

Is veeam Russian?

Veeam, founded and owned by Russian techies Andrei Baronov and Ratmir Timashev, is currently based in Switzerland, but will now become a US company, and crucially, thus eligible to bid for US government contacts.

Is veeam an enterprise solution?

Veeam is an enterprise-grade solution for enterprise-size companies protecting a lot of critical data.

Is veeam an American company?

Veeam Software is a privately held US-based information technology company owned by Insight Partners that develops backup, disaster recovery and modern data protection software for virtual, physical and multi-cloud infrastructures. The company’s headquarters are in Baar, Switzerland and Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Where are Veeam backups stored?

We strongly recommend that you store backups in the external location like USB storage device or shared network folder. You can also keep your backup files on the separate non-system local drive.

Who is Veeam owned by?

Insight Partners
Insight Partners has Acquired Veeam. Leading software investor Insight Partners has completed the acquisition of Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™.

Who founded Veeam?

Ratmir Timashev
Andrei Baronov
Veeam/Founders
Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov founded Veeam in 2006.

Can ransomware infect Veeam backups?

Protect your Veeam Backup & Replication console But even the server backing up your environment needs to be protected from attacks like ransomware and people with the best or malicious intent.