This year we have over 85+ breakout sessions and a number of high profile speakers coming to New Orleans to help delver those sessions. We also have significant keynote speakers for the main stage sessions on each of the three days. Highlighted by Sanjay Poonen from VMware and Mark Russinovich from Microsoft. You will also hear from our executive team on the vision Veeam has for continuing to provide availability through our industry leading innovations.
Top Session Pick:
There are seven tracks available
- Technical (200-level / High level)
- Technical (300-level / Architecture)
- Technical (400-level / Internals)
- Business
- Alliance Partner
- Veeam ProPartner
- Cloud (Programs and Technologies)
I’ve gone through all the breakouts and picked out my top sessions that you should consider attending…not surprisingly there is a cloud slant to most of them, but there are also some core technology sessions that are not to be missed. The Technical Product Marketing team are well represented in the session list so it’s also worth looking to attend talks from Rick Vanover, Clint Wyckoff, Michael White, Michael Cade, Dmitry Kniazev, Andrew Zhelezko and Kirsten Stoner.
What’s New in v10: A Deeper Dive
Thursday, May 18 | 11:15-12:15
The v10 embargo has been lifted! Join Anton Gostev for a deeper dive into the new Veeam Availability Suite™ v10 functionality announced at the key note to learn additional details — and to ask your questions!
Veeam and VMware vCloud Air Network: Building a successful cloud service
Tuesday, May 16 | 11:15-12:15
Globally, service providers are enthusiastically embracing hybrid cloud as both a way of reducing costs and improving the quality of service they provide to end customers. To achieve this, service providers are looking to VMware vCloud Air Network and Veeam to help them build a scalable cost effect cloud solution. In this session, we will get into the details of the technology. We’ll focus on how these solutions are architected and what that implies in real-life implementations. A participant in this session will leave with a technical understanding of how to leverage technology from Veeam and VMware to provide a successful cloud based storage service.
Building a Comprehensive Availability Plan Leveraging Next Generation Veeam Cloud Services
Thursday, May 18 | 14:50-15:50
The notion of Always-On Availability is becoming a cornerstone of modern businesses, and rightfully so. Without the ability to support their mission-critical processes in the face of data loss or disasters, companies stand a significant risk of losing customers, money and reputation. This is why developing a comprehensive Availability plan is crucial for maintaining business operability and protecting critical data, applications and systems at any point. From planning and analysis to implementation and monitoring — each step of this plan needs to be in line with the company’s business needs, security policies and IT management procedures. Designed to address these needs, Veeam’s® next generation cloud-based backup and disaster recovery (DR) solutions offer a number of options to develop a solid Availability plan. Using Veeam’s integrated, next generation cloud Availability solutions in tandem with cloud-based backup and DR services, companies can stay ahead of major disruptions while keeping their IT spending within budget.
Unleashing the Power of the Veeam API
Wednesday, May 17 | 16:10-17:10
Many Veeam® customers are experiencing the benefits of flexible, reliable and cost-effective backups and are now ready to get even more out of their Veeam solution. This is where the Veeam API, combined with cloud infrastructure, comes in. Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager exposes its objects via the web service API based on the REST (Representational State Transfer) framework, enabling developers to query information about Veeam objects and perform basic operations. By extending the Veeam solution to other IT operational areas using the API, customers can experience many efficiency and performance benefits. This session will deliver the education and insights you need to take your usage of Veeam to the next level by leveraging APIs. I’ll provide an overview of the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager API and take a deep dive into different ways you can use the API to do more than just manage backup jobs. This session will deliver practical advice based on the experiences we have gained at iland through leveraging the API to automate and manage multiple aspects of our cloud and internal business operations.
Veeam Availability Console and the Agents: Introduction and Technical Demo
Tuesday, May 16 | 14:50-15:50
This session focuses on the new and expanded business opportunities with these Veeam solutions. Get into the weeds with the technical aspects of the products with live demos and information on how the features will impact you and your customer’s business.
How to Back Up and Restore VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) and Platform Controllers Properly
Thursday, May 18 | 13:30-14:30
There is some complexity to properly backing up vCenter and properly restoring it, especially when there are external components like databases and platform controllers. However, using Veeam and with some important knowledge, it is possible. vCenter is critically important in virtual infrastructures due to things like view and vRealize Automation, so it is very important that it is always available. If you lose some or all of the vCenter infrastructure, it is very important that you know how to recover it.
Throw your backups into ANY window
Wednesday, May 17 | 13:30-14:30
Choosing a storage solution for your backups can be a daunting task: Windows or Linux servers, SMB shares, SAN, NAS, deduplication appliances … But block cloning, a new feature in Windows 2016 and leveraged by Veeam Backup & Replication™, is promising to change this. Available for ReFS 3.1 file systems, this technology allows for insanely reduced transform times and spaceless GFS backups. Or at least, this is what marketing has told us so far, but how good is it in reality? Is an expensive and complex Storage Spaces Direct the only way to consume all the amazing new features? How can I design my new backup repository with these new options in mind? What about encryption and Veeam Scale-out Backup Repository™? Didier Van Hoye, Carsten Rachfahl (both Microsoft MVPs and Veeam Vanguards) and Luca Dell’Oca (Veeam cloud architect) have joined forces to bring you from-the-field information, tips, tricks and ideas to build your next Veeam backup repository with real-life tests and feedback gained from deploying this new powerful combination into multiple environments.
What’s New with Veeam Agent for Windows 2.0
Thursday, May 18 | 16:10-17:10
Are you running applications in the cloud? Do you still have some remaining physical servers? Do you struggle to ensure Availability of your mobile workforce? Join Veeam technical evangelist Clint Wyckoff and Dmitry Popov from product management as they dive deep into the installation, management and recovery options that the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows provide. After this session, you will have the knowledge and skills required to manually install, automate the installation and configuration deployment. You will also have the knowledge to manage and perform advanced recovery utilizing Veeam.
Availability in a profile driven World
Wednesday, May 17 | 14:50-15:50
Have you had a chance to evaluate the new VMware storage technology landscape? VMware Virtual Volumes (VVols) and Virtual SAN (vSAN) are incredible innovations. These next generation storage technologies from VMware allow for Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM) which is the way to manage virtual machine (VM) storage requirements in VMware vSphere going forward. The major challenge with traditional storage architectures is a misalignment between what the storage consumer wants and the capabilities that are provided. This results in inefficiencies through the over provisioning of storage resources. There is a strong need to provide alignment between application needs and storage resources. These storage policies are an evolution of virtual machine storage profiles, and used to ensure VMs are placed on storage that guarantees a specific level of capacity, performance, Availability redundancy and so on. When it comes to Availability, Veeam has you covered! Let’s look at a few areas where VVols and vSAN Availability can be easier than you think with Veeam.
VMware Backup Best Practices: 2017 Edition
Wednesday, May 17 | 16:10-17:10
Are you looking for the best way to back up your vSphere environment? Attend the 2017 edition of the most viewed VeeamON session to learn the latest and greatest strategies for VMware backup with Veeam, now enhanced with big data analysis! Get recommendations on the best way to deploy and size your backup server and other components — and hear what are the most typical configurations based on our support log mining! Learn the pros and cons of different VDDK-based transport modes, and how Veeam Availability Suite™ 9.5 completely changes previous recommendations on transport mode usage. And if your company wants to stay on the cutting edge, bring them back some backup and recovery considerations around new VMware storage technologies (vSAN, VVols and encrypted virtual machines) — those you won’t see mentioned in marketing papers.
Backup Repository Best Practices: 2017 Edition
Thursday, May 18 | 14:50-15:50
Backup storage is the central part of any backup strategy that can lead your efforts to either complete success or complete failure. And yet, backup storage impact is always heavily underestimated by users. In this session, you’ll learn about the most typical mistakes observed in the past nine years by over 230,000 users deploying and using Veeam Backup & Replication™, so you can avoid the same mistakes. You’ll learn how Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 has completely changed the game for many Veeam users with its advanced ReFS integration — and get a sneak peek of how v10 is going to dramatically expand your backup storage options. Finally, Anton will share lots of interesting (and sometimes scary) statistics we’ve picked up from support log mining that may change your attitude on backup storage forever!
Conclusion:
There are obviously a lot more from which to choose from and the full list can be found here. You can also download the VeeamON Mobile Application to register for sessions, organise and keep tabs on other parts of the event.
There is still time to register and attend, so if you can make it to New Orleans in three weeks, click here and get on board as it promises to be a brilliant week with a lot of great announcements, great networking opportunities and also the ability to learn about Veeam’s and our partners products.
https://www.veeam.com/veeamon/register
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
