Veeam Backup & Replication: infrastructure, jobs, verification and security
For administrators and technicians who run Veeam Backup & Replication: the backup server, proxies, repositories, scale-out and hardened repositories; backup chains, synthetic and active fulls, retention and GFS; backup copy jobs; health checks and SureBackup; Instant Recovery and guest OS file restore; and protecting the system with MFA, four-eyes authorization and Veeam's hardening guidance.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 55 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 2 Oct 2026
- Veeam
Skills you'll practise
- Describe the roles of the backup server, backup proxy, backup repository, scale-out backup repository and hardened repository
- Explain how forward incremental and forever forward incremental chains, synthetic fulls and active fulls differ
- Read a job's retention and GFS settings and say how far back it can restore
- Choose between a health check, SureBackup, Instant Recovery and guest OS file restore for a given need
- Apply Veeam's security features: hardened repository immutability, MFA, four-eyes authorization and backup server network restrictions
Course outline
- 1.Veeam Backup & Replication essentialsVideo · 2 min
- 2.The backup infrastructureLesson · 18 min
- 3.Jobs, backup chains and retentionLesson · 18 min
- 4.Verification, recovery and securing VeeamLesson · 19 min
- 5.Veeam Backup & Replication: infrastructure, jobs, verification and security: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 19 questions
- 6.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Backup Server
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: VMware Backup Proxies
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Backup Repositories
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Scale-Out Backup Repositories
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Hardened Repository
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: How Immutability Works
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Backup Methods
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Forward Incremental Backup
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Synthetic Full Backup
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Active Full Backup
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Short-Term Retention Policy
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Long-Term Retention Policy (GFS)
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Backup Copy
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Health Check for Backup Files
- Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: SureBackup
And 7 more.
See it with your own jobs and topics
Tell us about your team and we'll walk you through setup, from choosing jobs to your first skills check.