Virtual Lab Deployment Quiz

Configuring Virtual Labs in Veeam Backup & Replication

• In the initial proxy appliance configuration, users select the ESXi host, Datastore, and Networking for the proxy appliance.
• Multiple Virtual Labs can be beneficial for specific use-cases, such as testing replicated machines associated with jobs that will have their IPs changed during failover.
• The Virtual Lab appliance requires a production IP address, connectivity and routing to Veeam Backup & Replication, hostname, DNS A record entries, DNS server IPs, and a gateway IP.
• There are three different network modes to choose from: Basic Single-Host, Advanced Single-Host, and Advanced Multi-host.
• Utilizing Virtual Distributed switching for a multi-host bubble test requires Enterprise Plus licensing on VMware.
• For Virtual Standard Switching (VSS), a Virtual Switch is created for the Virtual Lab, while for Virtual Distributed Switching (VDS/DVS), a VDS is selected, and Port Groups are created.
• Isolated Network Settings require the entry of the production IP or replica re-IP subnet and gateway for each isolated networking in the Virtual Lab.
• The replica Gateway IP is only required on the isolated vNIC for that network if the Virtual Lab is being assigned to a DataLab used to test and validate replication jobs with re-IP settings.
• IP Masquerading is a 1:1 association between a subnet/route used to access the Virtual Lab virtual machine from the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
• Static IP Mapping allows the creation of a 1:1 static IP mapping of an IP address of a VM on an isolated network and allows traffic to an assignable production IP address.
• Veeam V12 currently does not support bubble testing against NSX-T SDN, impacting replication job network mappings and re-IP capabilities in networks that utilize NSX.
• vNFS is utilized for mounting an NFS datastore to the ESXi host in the form of an Instant Recovery, specifically for testing Backup and Backup Copy jobs w/ DataLabs.

Test your knowledge of virtual lab deployment with this quiz. Learn the essentials of creating and configuring a virtual lab in your VMware environment, and understand its role in Veeam Backup & Replication. Assess your grasp on virtual lab concepts and deployment best practices.