Backup, Replication & Recovery

Veeam Backup & Disaster Recovery

VOWTECH designs, installs and manages Veeam-based backup for virtual machines, physical servers and cloud workloads. We set backup schedules around how much data you can afford to lose, keep a copy off site, replicate critical systems and test restores so recovery is proven, not assumed.

VM Backup
Off-Site Copy
Replication
Restore Testing
// OVERVIEW

A Backup Is Only as Good as the Restore

Veeam is backup and replication software used widely in virtualised environments. It takes image-level copies of whole machines, so a server can be brought back complete with its operating system, applications and settings, or a single file or mailbox item can be pulled out of the same backup without restoring everything around it.

Installing the software is not the same as being protected. What matters is the design: what is backed up, how often, where copies are kept and how long they are retained. VOWTECH builds this around two questions for each system — how much work can you afford to redo, and how long can you manage without it. This feeds directly into wider disaster recovery solutions.

We deploy Veeam for businesses in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and across the UAE running virtualised servers, physical servers or a mix of both. Backups are stored locally for fast restores and copied off site or to the cloud for resilience, in line with our cloud backup and disaster recovery service.

Backup and disaster recovery services for UAE businesses
// Backup and disaster recovery for servers and business data
// LAYERS OF PROTECTION

Three Layers in a Sound Backup Design

Each layer answers a different kind of failure. Relying on only one of them is where most recovery plans fall down.

Local Backup Repository

Backups written to dedicated storage on your own network. This is the copy used for everyday restores — a deleted folder, a failed update, a corrupted virtual machine — because it is the fastest to reach.

Fast restores over the local network
File, application and full machine recovery
Storage kept separate from production
Retention set per system

Off-Site & Immutable Copy

A second copy held away from the main site, in the cloud or at another office, with immutability where the storage supports it so backups cannot be altered or deleted for a set period.

Survives fire, theft or site loss
Protection against ransomware tampering
Encrypted in transit and at rest
Cloud or second-site target

Replication for Critical Systems

For the few systems the business cannot run without, a ready-to-start replica is kept on separate hardware or at a recovery site, so failover is a matter of powering it on rather than restoring from scratch.

Standby copies of key servers
Planned and unplanned failover
Failback once the fault is fixed
// OUR VEEAM SERVICES

Design, Deployment & Management

From a first installation to taking over a Veeam environment that nobody has looked at for a while.

Backup Design

We map your servers and data, agree recovery objectives for each and design jobs, schedules, repositories and retention to meet them without overloading the network.

Recovery ObjectivesRetentionJob Design

Installation & Configuration

The backup server, proxies and repositories are installed and connected to your hypervisor hosts, physical servers and any cloud workloads that need protecting.

Backup ServerRepositoriesHypervisor Link

Physical Server & Workstation Backup

Machines that are not virtualised, including key workstations, are protected with backup agents and managed from the same console as everything else.

AgentsPhysical ServersWorkstations

Microsoft 365 Backup

Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint sites, OneDrive and Teams data are copied to storage you control, giving an independent restore point outside the tenant.

MailboxesSharePointOneDrive

Job Monitoring & Remediation

Failed and warning jobs are reviewed and fixed rather than ignored, and repository space is watched so backups do not quietly stop when a disk fills.

Daily ChecksAlertsRepository Space

Restore Testing & DR Drills

Backups are verified by actually starting machines from them in an isolated environment, and recovery steps are written down so they can be followed under pressure.

Test RestoresIsolated LabRunbook
// HOW WE WORK

Building a Backup You Can Rely On

Five stages, ending with the one most often skipped: proving it works.

Assess

We review servers, data volumes, change rates, existing backups and the gaps in them.

Set Objectives

Acceptable data loss and downtime are agreed per system, in plain business terms.

Deploy

Veeam components, repositories and off-site targets are installed and jobs are created.

Test Recovery

Sample files, applications and whole machines are restored to confirm the design works.

Monitor & Report

Jobs are checked routinely, failures are fixed and you receive a clear picture of backup status.

// WHY VOWTECH

Why Backups Need Ongoing Attention

Backup systems tend to fail silently. The job that stopped months ago is usually discovered on the day it is needed.

Someone Is Watching

Job results are reviewed by people, so warnings are dealt with instead of piling up in an unread mailbox.

Ransomware Resilience

Off-site and immutable copies give you a clean version to restore from if production data is encrypted.

Granular Recovery

Restore one file, one mailbox item, one database or an entire server from the same backup.

Help When It Counts

VOWTECH support is available 24/7 from Abu Dhabi, with engineers who know your environment and its recovery plan.

// What We Protect
VMware Virtual MachinesHyper-V Virtual MachinesPhysical Windows ServersLinux ServersFile Servers & NASMicrosoft 365 DataDatabasesKey Workstations
// Areas We Serve
Abu DhabiDubaiAcross the UAE
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// FAQ

Veeam Backup Questions

Backup is the copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the plan and infrastructure for getting systems running again after a serious failure: where they will run, in what order they come back, who does what and how long it should take. Good backups are the foundation, but they are only one part of recovery.
It depends on how much work you could afford to repeat. A file server may be fine with a nightly backup, while a busy database or accounting system may need copies several times a day. We agree this per system during design, because backing everything up at the same frequency wastes storage and network capacity.
It helps you recover from it. No backup product prevents an attack, but keeping an off-site copy and an immutable copy that cannot be changed or deleted for a set period means there is a clean version to restore. Prevention still depends on measures such as endpoint security and patching.
Yes. We check which machines are and are not covered, job success history, repository capacity, retention, whether an off-site copy exists and when a restore was last tested. You receive a short list of findings in priority order, and we can take over day-to-day management if that is useful.
// RELATED SERVICES

Related Services

// REVIEW YOUR BACKUPS

When Did You Last
Test a Restore?

If the honest answer is not recently, talk to us. We will review what is being backed up, where the copies are kept and whether they can actually be restored.

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