This instructor-led hands-on lab session is designed for customers who have completed the self-paced VMCE training, whether through the Veeam Learning Subscription or by purchasing the standalone VMCE self-paced course or an option to retake labs if visited the VMCE instructor led course.

The session provides practical, guided experience in a lab environment to reinforce the theoretical knowledge from the course and prepare participants for real-world deployment, operations, and certification. 

Prerequisite:  

• Certificate of completion from the self-paced VMCE training. 
• Students should have fundamental IT experience working with networking, servers, storage, cloud, virtualization and operating systems. To get the most out of this course, students should be familiar with the core fundamental concepts of Veeam Backup & Replication through hands on experience. 

Hands-On Lab Activities 

Environment Overview 

• Brief recap of Veeam Backup & Replication components 
• Orientation of the lab setup and topology 

Backup Job Configuration 

• Create and configure image-level backup jobs for VMs 
• Set up application-aware processing 
• Schedule and chain jobs 
• Backup repository setup and management 

Recovery Operations 

• Full VM recovery 
• Instant VM Recovery 
• File-level restore (Windows/Linux) 
• Application item recovery (Exchange, SQL, Active Directory) 

Backup Copy and Replication 

• Configure backup copy jobs with GFS retention 
• Set up replication jobs to a secondary site 
• Simulate failover and failback operations 

SureBackup and Restore Testing 

• Create a virtual lab and application group 
• Configure and run a SureBackup job 
• Perform automated backup verification 

Monitoring and Troubleshooting (Optional Advanced Segment) 

• Use Veeam ONE (if available) to monitor jobs and infrastructure 
• Generate reports for compliance and health status 

Session Outcomes 

• Gain hands-on experience with key VMCE-level tasks 
• Validate and reinforce theoretical knowledge from the subscription 
• Prepare for operational use of Veeam in real-world environments 
• Get ready to take and prepare for the VMCE certification exam 
• Receive a Certificate of Attendance from TD SYNNEX