Today is the big day! Veeam has released the Update 2 for Backup & Replication v8 but also for Veeam ONE v8. About B&R there are many new features and improvements, in particular we can find the support to VMware vSphere 6 and for Hyper-V 4K vhdx. The other good news is the integration support to Endpoint Backup Free, that allow IT Admin to restore data from B&R console (and not only!). These are the list of new features:
Engine
- Job performance improvements
- Slow backup storage optimization
- 64-bit Linux data mover
- Linux data mover update
- Direct data mover communication
- vPower NFS performance
- VeeamZIP performance
- Replication from backup file enhancements
VMware
- vSphere 6 support
- vCloud Director 5.6 support
- VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) support
- VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) 2.0 support
- Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) policy backup and restore
- Support for Fault Tolerant VMs (FT VMs) for backups and replicas
- vSphere 6 tags integration
- Cross-vCenter vMotion awareness
- Quick Migration to VVols
- Hot-Add transport mode of SATA virtual disks
- vSphere tags priority
- Disable CBT reset
Storage integration
- Granular rescan settings
- NetApp integration enhancements
Hyper-V
- SMB3 restore performance
- Hyper-V Integration Services status check
- Replica VM adjustment
File-Level Recovery
- Native 4K disk support
- Linux ACL preservation
- Linux host selection
- Restored files logging
- SNMP traps
Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server
- Improved restore performance
- Increased scalability
- Log truncation retry
- SQL database restore
- Improved issues reporting
Veeam Cloud Connect
- Multiple subscriptions support
- Reconnect performance improvements
- Enhancements for service providers
Tape
- Job performance
- Synthesized full backup enhancements
- Third-party tape handling
User Interface
- Manual job chain execution
- Disable network traffic rules
- Improved guest credentials test
Setup
- Silent install
PowerShell
- Support in Free Edition
Integration with Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE
- Centralized monitoring
- Offsite protection
- Backup encryption
- Application item-level recovery
- Disk export
Veeam Backup & Replication v8 Update 2