Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2: Key Features & Enhancements

This week, Veeam made Generally Available Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2 (Build 12.2.0.334), continuing the innovation of our core platform with a significant update that reinforces our commitment to delivering data protection solutions that Keep Businesses Running. Building on the foundations of v12 and then v12.1, this release focuses on expanding our support for modern workloads, enhancing security measures, and improving the overall performance and scalability of our platform. While it may appear as a minor update numerically, v12.2 is packed with substantial enhancements that will drive even greater value for our customers and partners.

Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2 represents another step forward in data protection for workload and data no matter where they are housed, or where they are going, with key enhancements across cloud integration, security, continuous data protection, and scalability.

Major Features and Enhancements

The v12.2 release introduces a wide array of new features and enhancements, with the most impactful being:

Proxmox VE Integration:
Native support for host-based backups of Proxmox VE virtual machines (VMs), offering immutable backups and performance with advanced changed block tracking (CBT) integration.
MongoDB Backup Support:
Native backup and recovery support for MongoDB on Linux, providing seamless protection with storage flexibility and advanced recovery capabilities.
Nutanix Prism Central Integration:
Enhanced support for Nutanix AHV environments, including dynamic backup job scopes using VM categories and the ability to backup from secondary VM copies.
Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure Enhancements:
New support for Amazon Redshift, Amazon FSx, Microsoft Azure Data Lake (Gen2), and Azure Cosmos DB, ensuring comprehensive protection across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Veeam Cloud Vault Support:
Full visibility and management capabilities for the new one-click immutable Veeam Cloud Vault, providing proactive notifications, compliance tracking, and detailed reporting.
Veeam App for Splunk:
A new Splunk app for monitoring the health and security status of Veeam backup environments, integrating seamlessly with Splunk dashboards, alerts, and reports.
Enhanced Continuous Data Protection (CDP):
Introduction of multiple I/O filter protocol version support, allowing continued CDP policy functionality with minimized disruption during product updates.
Direct to Archive:
New support for offloading backups directly from Performance Tier to Archive Tier in scale-out backup repositories (SOBR), offering additional flexibility and cost savings.
Security Enhancements:
Improved malware detection, enhanced role-based access (RBAC) with new Incident API Operator and Security Administrator roles, and expanded Security & Compliance Analyzer checks.

I want to highlight two key enhancements that I believe are particularly significant

Veeam Backup & Replication v12.2 introduces expanded support for modern workloads, particularly with the addition of Proxmox VE and MongoDB. The integration with Proxmox VE includes features such as immutable backups, advanced CBT integration, and Veeam BitLooker for efficient backup operations. Similarly, the new MongoDB backup support enables seamless protection with Veeam’s proven backup engine, offering advanced recovery options through the new Veeam Explorer for MongoDB. These enhancements ensure that Veeam continues to provide comprehensive protection for a broader range of environments, addressing the growing needs of our customers as they adopt more diverse workloads.

The additional of Proxmox support along with a serious upgrade of capabilities for Nutanix AHV shows not only that Veeam is committed to extending platform support, but also do so as the market guides us.

The v12.2 release also marks a significant advancement in cloud workload protection, with the introduction of support for Amazon Redshift, Amazon FSx, Azure Data Lake, and Azure Cosmos DB. These enhancements allow for comprehensive, policy based protection and recovery of cloud native workloads, further reinforcing Veeam’s commitment to providing robust, scalable, and cloud-ready data protection solutions. Additionally, the new Veeam Cloud Vault support offers service providers and enterprises a powerful tool for managing immutable backups with ease, ensuring compliance and simplifying day-to-day operations.

Other Highlights…

Below are additional new features and enhancements in v12.2 that are worth noting:

Backup Engine Enhancements: Improved scalability with PostgreSQL, TLS 1.3 readiness, and enhanced encryption options.
Backup Infrastructure: New database load reduction and improved multipath support for Linux-based VMware backup proxies.
Object Storage: Enhanced performance and reduced API call frequency, improving cost-efficiency and reliability.
Tape Enhancements: Default hardware compression for tape jobs and improved source restore point monitoring.
Backup Appliances and Platform Support: Updates for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and VMware, along with new deployment and immutability improvements.
Enterprise Manager and REST API Updates: Enhanced one-click restore capabilities, faster database upgrades, and expanded REST API functionalities.

I encourage anyone using Veeam to dive into the What’s New document to fully appreciate the breadth of enhancements in v12.2. There are numerous under-the-hood improvements that streamline backup operations, reduce server load, and enhance the performance of the Backup & Replication Console.

Together with Backup & Replication v12.2, we have also released updates across the Veeam data platform: