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VMworld 2019 Veeam Wrap Up - Supportability Announcements and Session Recaps
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VMworld 2019 Veeam Wrap Up - Supportability Announcements and Session Recaps

VMworld 2019 is almost a distant memory, and with the focus now shifting to VMworld Europe happening later in the year I wanted to round out the US event with a wrap up of Veeam happenings at the event. It was a busy week for myself at the event which is representative of how much Veeam invests into the event to retain mindshare and also to support the community. I was able to attend a number of community events in between daily recap videos, partner meetings and official Veeam gatherings. The week as usual, was extremely rewarding. My earlier (http://anthonyspiteri.net/vmworld-2019-review-project-pacific-is-a-stroke-of-kubernetes-genius-but-not-without-a-catch/) has been well read this week, showing me that VMware’s move to integrate Kubernetes into vSphere has resonated with IT Pros. While from a Veeam product point of view we were able to publicly demo for the first time our long awaited CDP feature in the session I gave with Danny Allan along with a couple new features coming in v10, while Michael Cade and David Hill took people through Veeam’s portable data format which gives us simplicity, reliability and flexibility

Announcements:

Veeam announced some important supportability milestones around the event:

  • vCloud Director 9.7 support and validation - With Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b we retain existing support for vCloud Director 9.7. Visit the Veeam KB article to learn more about this and other topics.
  • vSAN 6.7 Update 2 certification - Veeam has successfully passed the vSAN 6.7 Update 2 certification. See the VMware Compatibility Guide for details.
  • vSphere 6.5 Update 3 now supported - Veeam officially supports this release. All documentation and release notes have been updated to reflect this.
  • Veeam continues to support VMware Cloud on AWS - SDDC 1.8 is supported and Veeam is officially certified. See the Veeam KB for more info.
  • NSX‑T Support - Customers can now receive a patch from support to make Veeam Backup & Replication v9.5 Update 4b compatible. This will be integrated into the upcoming v10. See the Veeam KB for more info.
Breakout Sessions and Techtalks:

Beyond the supportability, there where a number of Veeam related sessions at the event including two breakouts and a number of vBrownBag Tech Talks. The breakouts are gated this year, but all you need to do to view the sessions online is register for a VMworld account Backups are just the start! Enhanced Data Mobility with Veeam (HBI3535BUS) Enhancing Data Protection for vSphere with What’s Coming from Veeam (HBI3532BUS) We also had a number of Veeam flavoured vBrownBag TechTalks… they have been embedded below. https://youtu.be/Okz6BuZ2LoI https://youtu.be/C7pvoOs-KpY https://youtu.be/Es9bMa5tyzI https://youtu.be/uUjQ0p\_bb\_4