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Using Nutanix Prism Central Categories with Veeam Backup 12.2

Categories (in other systems they can be called labels or tags) are used to group entities based on a key-value pairing. For example, we can group a set of VMs and mark them as production environments and apply some policies, while another part of VMs will be marked as tests with a different type of policy applied.

With the release of Veeam Backup 12.2 and the added Prism Central integration, VBR is now aware of Prism Central Categories and can back up all VMs under the specified category in a backup job.

In this article, we will look at how to create a category in Prism Central, how to attach it to the VM, and, sure, how to use VBR with categories.

Veeam Backup 12.2 and Nutanix Prism Central integration

With the release of 12.2, Veeam introduced a new long-awaited feature: Nutanix Prism Central integration, which simplifies the management of large Nutanix clusters, managed by Prism Central instance.

In this article, we will look at how to connect the VBR Server to the Prism Central Instance and perform backup and recovery tasks.

Deploying Prism Central on Nutanix Community Edition 2.1 using offline bundle

Sometimes deploying Prism Central using an Internet connection is not an option, or a specific version may not be available. In this case, we can download PC deployment files from the Support Portal and deploy it using the Prism Central 1-click deploy from Prism Element method.

In this article, we will look at how to deploy a PC using an offline bundle.

Deploying the Proxmox Virtual Environment 8 on VMware vSphere for lab purposes

When I look at the virtualization platform, I look not only at the functionality but also at the ecosystem, including backups. When Veeam released version 12.2, where Proxmox support was added, I decided that it was time to learn this platform for a bit.

Previously I didn’t have experience with PVE, and this post is my journey on deploying this virtualization platform for lab purposes.

I considered writing a series of posts but later decided to put all the content into one large post.

In this post, I will cover how to deploy PVE nodes, create a 3-node cluster, connect shared storage, create a VM, and enable high availability.

Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 Release

A new Veeam release brings us a lot of new features including:

Long awaited Proxmox VE Support!;
Integration with Nutanix Prism Central;
Support for backup and recovery for MongoDB;
Full vSphere 8.0 Update 3 support;
VeeamONE Proxmox VE, RedHat KVM, and Oracle KVM support;
And more more!

You can check the Release Notes for VBR here and for VeeamONE here.

Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE): Day-two operations. How to get a Kubeconfig file?

The Kubeconfig file contains information needed to connect to the Kubernetes cluster. In this article, we will look at how to get a Kubeconfig file to connect to the NKE-deployed Kubernetes clusters.

Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE): Day-two operations. Enabling Advanced Kubernetes Management

Advanced Kubernetes Management is a feature of the NKE that provides extra visibility for Kubernetes clusters in the Prism Central interface. It allows you to get information about deployed resources in clusters in a pretty simple manner.

In this article, we will look at how to enable and use the Advanced Kubernetes Management feature.

Nutanix Kubernetes Engine (NKE): Day-two operations. Updating Kubernetes and OS image versions.

This is the third article in the NKE series. Before, I wrote about how to deploy Kubernetes clusters using NKE and how to add or remove workers.

In this article, we will cover update procedures and look at how easily we can update the host OS version and Kubernetes using NKE.

VMware vSphere 8.0 Update 3 is out

Today, a new version of VMware vSphere 8.0 has been released. It is a major update that contains tons of new features in different areas, including live patch management, partial maintenance mode, embedded vCLS, and more and more.

I do not want to copy all well-written info here but to share a few links.

What’s New in vSphere 8 Update 3?

What’s New with vSphere 8 Core Storage

What’s New in vSphere Update 3 for vSphere IaaS control plane?

VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3 Release Notes

VMware vCenter Server 8.0 Update 3 Release Notes

Free Nutanix NCA or NCP exam until June 28

It’s time for free Nutanix exams again. You can use this promo code, KCNZTWMSTY, to get a 100% discount on one of the exams: NCA or any NCP.

The code is valid until June 28, but you can schedule your exam date for later, until July 31. Register today and take your exam when it is convenient.

Check out this page for the certification information. And let me remind you that on my blog I have a few preparation guides, including
NCA 6.5 exam and NCP-MCI 6.5 exam.