Veeam Backup & Replication v12.1: Architecture and Design («VMCEAD»)

1 Introduction

• Review course expectations
• Analyze architecture principles
• Review Veeam architecture methodology
• Define the scope of a design project
• List the deliverables of a design project

2 Discovery

• Describe the data gathering process
• List key data to get from stakeholders
• Describe possible tools to analyze existing environments
• Identify complexity in the environment
• Review the course scenario

3 Conceptual design 

• Clarify requirement, constraint, assumption, and risk concepts
• Identify received information as requirement, constraint, assumption, or risk
• Create high-level infrastructure and data flow diagrams

4 Logical design 

• List required Veeam components based on requirements
• Describe logical grouping parameters
• Utilize appropriate sizing tools
• Create logical designs based on the course scenario

5 Physical design

• Describe the decision making procedure
• List the considerations behind designing backup repositories and VMware backup proxies
• Explain the implications of using backup from storage snapshots
• Document physical design decisions
• Create physical designs based on the course scenario

6 Group presentation

• Produce a presentation to a customer that summarizes your design 
• Present your design 

7 Implementation and Governance

• Describe the implementation guide
• List possible backup server configurations and security configurations
• Define the job design
• List the architect obligations for implementation

8 Validation and Iteration 

• List the possible validation tests that can be performed on an implementation
• Describe validation tools and procedures
• List recovery validations that can be performed on an implementation
• Define malware detection methods
• Analyze considerations behind starting a new design cycle