A v7.0 RT update adds vSphere 5.5 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V support to Veeam Backup & Replication, making the software the first to support the latest versions of both platforms.
VMware support includes vSphere 5.5 (including support for 62TB virtual disks) and vCloud Director 5.5. Microsoft support includes Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V and free Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 (including Generation 2 virtual machines), Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.1 (as guest VMs), and System Centre 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager.
Users can install Veeam Backup & Replication and related components on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.
Update features clock at around 75, including built-in WAN acceleration, backup from storage snapshots and Virtual Lab for Hyper-V.
“We believe that enterprises who have invested in a modern datacenter shouldn’t have to wait for their backup vendor to catch up to them," the company says. "With Veeam, IT professionals will always be able to count on having modern data protection that is Built for Virtualization™ and the latest version of their hypervisor of choice.”
