Veeam Certified Architect Package (VMCA)

1. Introduction

2. Overview of Veeam Products

• Veeam Products
• Veeam Availability Suite
• Key Concepts

3. Deployment

• Core Components and Their Interaction
• Optional Components
• Deployment Scenarios
• Prerequisites
• Upgrading Veeam Backup and Replication

4. Initial Configuration

• Adding Servers
• Adding a VMware Backup Proxy
• Adding a Hyper-V Off-host Backup Proxy
• Adding Backup Repositories
• Performing Configuration Backup and Restore
• Managing Network Traffic
• Global Notification Settings
• Getting to Know User Interface

5. Protect

• Creating Backup Jobs
• Creating Restore Points with VeeamZIP and Quick Backup
• Backup Copy
• Replication
• Creating VM/File Copy Jobs

6. Verification

• SureBackup Recovery Verification
  SureReplica

7. Entire VM Recovery

• Data Recovery
• Working with Veeam Backup & Replication Utilities
• Insight into Recovery from Replica

8. Objects Recovery

• Item-Level Recovery
• Guest OS File Recovery

9. Advanced Data Protection

• Tape Device Support
• SAN Storage Systems Support
• Support for Deduplicating Storage Systems
• Veeam Cloud Connect
• Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
• vCloud Director Support

10. Veeam ONE Features and Functionality

• Auto Discovery of Backup and Virtual Infrastructure
• Business Categorization
• Pre-Defined Alerting
• Unattended Monitoring
• Reporting and Dashboards
• Agentless Data Gathering
• Hyper-V Specific Features
• Veeam ONE Deployment
• Veeam ONE Assessment Tool

11. Product Editions

• Product editions comparison
• Full and free functionality modes

12. Troubleshooting

• How to identify the problem
• How to review and analyze the issue
• Search for additional information
• Veeam support

13. Additional Resources

14. Design and Sizing

• DNS and name resolution
• Veeam backup server
• Backup and replication database
• Proxy server
• Transport modes
• Repository server
• WAN accelerator
• Interaction with hypervisors

15. Infrastructure

• Stages of Proof of Concept
• Assessment using Veeam ONE
• Important data to collect (Veeam ONE + infrastructure accounts)

16. Security

• Permissions

17. Design Scenario: Part 1

• Discovery
• Create a design based on the customer environment

18. Optimizations

• Backup and replication database
• Proxy server
• Repository server
• WAN accelerator
• Tape
• Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
• Indexing
• Antivirus on Veeam servers and guest VM (if VSS is used)
• Protecting Veeam backup and replication configuration

19. Design Scenario: Part 2

• Create a design based on the customer’s evolving environment

20. Automation

• Veeam backup server
• VMware vSphere tags

21. Audit and Compliance

• Auditing
• Compliance
• SureBackup and SureReplica

22. Troubleshooting

• Deep dive into reading log files
• Common issues
• Troubleshooting mode (SureBackup/SureReplica)

• Get more functionality out of Veeam solutions
• Identify and resolve issues more efficiently
• Gain a distinction from your peers
• Maximize your expertise on consulting/professional services for the Veeam Availability Suite solution
• Aim for the VMCA title and comply with some of the certifications requirements for Platinum ProPartners and Veeam Accredited Service Partners (VASPs)
• Gain professional advantage with the highest level of Veeam technical certification
• Aim for career advancement

It is recommended students have a solid virtualization, backup, and recovery knowledge base.

• System engineers/Administrators
• Backup /Virtualization administrators
• Solution architects/Consultants
• Generally speaking, any IT specialist interested in becoming an industry-recognized expert and architect on Veeam solutions and Veeam Availability Suite™