Veeam Kasten release 6.0.0 is available!

Hi! Veeam released the Kasten K10 6.0.0 last week, a robust version to improve cloud-native data protection and mobility.

The main capabilities and features are:

• Veeam Data Platform Integration;
• Application Fingerprinting;
• Multi-cluster License Management;
• Transform Library;
• Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization;
• Deploy Kasten K10 directly from Amazon EKS Console;
• Ransomware Protection integrations: Kyverno, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security, AWS Guard Duty, Grafana, AWS Secrets Manager;
• More Cloud Native Integrations: Kubernetes v1.26, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12, Google Anthos, VMware Tanzu, Cisco Hyperflex + Red Hat OpenShift.

Below I describe some of the new capabilities:

K10 and Veeam Data Platform Integration

Kasten can be connected to Veeam Data Platform V12, allowing centralized visibility and management of Kubernetes backups in Veeam Backup & Replication V12.

As made available since the release 5.5.9, Kasten enables Instant Recovery capabilities. At this release, it is a feature that requires vSphere 7.0.3+ and a Veeam Backup server version V12. It is based on Instant First-Class Disk (FCD) Recovery feature from Veeam Backup & Replication v12. Tanzu is not supported at this moment.

In this case, a vSphere cluster is hosting the Kubernetes cluster. K10 asks the Veeam Backup server to make an Instant First Class Disk (FCD) Recovery and then creates Persistent Volumes that use those FCDs.

The vPower architecture is the same: FCDs exist in a vPower NFS datastore created by the Veeam Backup server. The application will run using these resources once the Instant Recovery has been completed.

To conclude the operation, you must migrate FCDs to the production environment or stop publishing them. Veeam Backup & Replication uses the Quick Migration mechanism to migrate the disks – with no interruption in the service.

For more information about K10 and VBR integration, refer to the following user guide:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/kasten_integration/overview.html?ver=120

For more information about the Instant First Class Disk (FCD) Recovery, refer to:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/kasten_integration/fcd_disk_recovery.html?ver=120

K10 Multi-cluster Manager

For those familiar with Veeam Backup & Replication, it is a capability like the VBR´s Enterprise Manager, allowing unified management of licensing across multiple clusters.

Using a single license, K10 multi-cluster manager enables licensing all clusters in the same multi-cluster system. It is achieved by installing a single license on the primary cluster, which will then distribute license leases to secondary clusters.

All excess license capacity on secondary clusters will contribute to a global pool of licenses maintained by the primary cluster.

For more information, refer to:

https://docs.kasten.io/latest/multicluster/license.html?highlight=license

Integration with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

It is possible to protect the Red Hat OpenShift Virtual Machine with Kasten! As we know, OpenShift Virtualization is included in OCP and allows the creation and execution of Virtual Machine workloads alongside container workloads.

For more information, refer to:

https://docs.kasten.io/latest/usage/openshift_virtualization.html?highlight=openshift%20virtualization

For more information and videos about the Kasten K10 6.0.0 release, it is worth accessing:

https://www.veeam.com/blog/how-kasten-k10-v6-0-simplifies-kubernetes-data-protection.html

https://docs.kasten.io/latest/releasenotes.html#relnotes-6-0-0

I hope this post is useful!