The Update tab provides the ability to keep Endpoint Backup up-to-date. The Support tab provides some useful links. There’s also a setting to adjust the Status display to show backup duration or size. The Settings tab allows jobs and notifications to be disabled, and for jobs to be throttled when the system is busy. Note that file and volume restores can be initiated from the details screen. Selecting a restore point allowed me to drill down to details. After that, the Status tab showed the following: I ran a full backup after completing the configuration above then let scheduled backups run for a couple nights. I chose to schedule a daily backup at midnight, and could have also chosen to trigger backups at lock, logoff, or storage attach. Shown below but greyed out is forthcoming functionality that will allow backup to a Veeam Backup & Replication repository. I chose to back up to a local USB drive and keep seven (7) restore points, and could have chosen a NAS device or CIFS share. I could have also chosen to back up specific volumes, folders, or files. Once my recovery media was created, I followed the Configure Backup wizard to create a job that backed up my entire computer. I also could have chosen a USB device and made it bootable. I started by creating recovery media by following the Create Recovery Media wizard and choosing to create an ISO image file on my USB hard drive. The following items were created on my Start screen:Ī System Tray icon was installed that provides the ability to access the Endpoint Backup Control Panel as well as Backup and Restore operations:

Installation was straightforward, resulting in the following items listed in Programs and Features: I tested it on my home PC running Windows 8.1.

While Veeam Backup & Replication has long been a favorite of Kraft Kennedy consultants due to ease of installation and job configuration, and intuitive restore process for files, folders, application items, and virtual machines, a major shortcoming is that it only works with VMware and Hyper-V, which is great for environments that are entirely virtualized, but what if there is a need to back up physical servers or workstations? Enter Veeam Endpoint Backup.Ĭurrently in beta, the free Endpoint Backup provides support for Windows 7 and higher client operating systems, and for Windows 2008 and higher server operating systems.

In this post, I’ll focus on another new offering from Veeam. In my last post, I wrote about Veeam Cloud Connect.

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