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• ↓ My view on IT from the trenches
• ↓ Note
• ↓ Use root access with care and only when needed
• ↓ Use the web host management console & enable SSH on demand
• ↓ Never turn off the web console unless you have guaranteed VM console access
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"The release of Veeam Backup & Replication v13.1 introduces a significant new capability: the Application Backup Repository (ABR). Positioned as a secure landing zone for application‑generated backups, ABR brings hardened storage, snapshot lifecycle management, and immutability to workloads that generate backups of data or configurations to an NFS share. Databases and network devices come to mind and are mentioned in the documentation here: Application Backup Repositories – Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide."

"“Configuration data of network devices: firewall or switch configurations.”"

"These “backups” or exports traditionally operate outside Veeam’s agent‑based or hypervisor‑based protection models. But while ABR is a powerful addition, it’s important to understand where it truly fits and where it doesn’t. When I first read the blog posts from Michael Cade and Anthony Spiteri, my first use case were network and IoT devices as they both mention it."

"In particular, the idea that “network devices and IoT systems” can directly use ABR is more theoretical than realistic for most devices. The majority of those devices do not have an NFS client to write to an NFS share directly. That said, we can leverage the Application Backup Repository to improve backup and recovery services to our (internal) customers."

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My view on IT from the trenches

Note

Use root access with care and only when needed

Use the web host management console & enable SSH on demand

Never turn off the web console unless you have guaranteed VM console access

The Security Officer must be on call