Note: Although still relevant, the VSE tool described in this section will be taken down in the not-too-distant future in favor of the new VSE tool.

VSE advanced

To be able to access the advanced functions of the VSE you will need the password, please speak to your Veeam representative for it.

The advanced mode adds the following

Custom sites
Save and load workloads
Access to the settings
Advanced RvTools import modelling
Additional output information on the estimation
Additional bandwidth related information

Custom sites

Object Navigation

When you are logged in you will see a new link in the navbar called ‘Sites’.

As standard the VSE has two sites:

Site_A
Site_B

In this screen you can modify the existing names of the sites as well as adding as many sites as you need.

There are also the following fields:

WAN speed - Mbps
Internet speed - Mbps

Both of these influence outputs seen in the logged in version of the details page.

Resetting sites

You are able to reset the site; however note that doing this will reset all the sites and DELETE ALL THE WORKLOADS.

Save and load workloads

On the workload page when logged in you will see the following:

import export

If you have a workloads in the VSE you will be able to save them out to a text file with a JSON string.

You will be able to save this to your computer and then upload it again at a later stage. Note that this is all processed by the browser, no data is sent to any back-end server.

The workloads file also contains:

Site information
Settings information

What this means is if you alter any of the settings they will be reloaded when you reload the workloads.

Access to the settings

When logged in you will have access to the settings tab.

Note that you will need to press ‘Update’ for the

Import Export

The settings that can be modified are:

Tab	Field	Details
VBR Server	Number of VMs with Per-VM	The quantity of VMs with per-VM backups jobs
VBR Server	Number of VMs with Per-Job	The quantity of VMs with per-Job backup jobs
VBR Server	VBR Concurrent Jobs	The concurrent jobs per-VBR server
VBR Server	Memory per Concurrent Job	The amount of memory per-concurrent job
Database settings	Concurrent Jobs for Cores	The concurrent jobs for the cores below
Database settings	Cores for * concurrent jobs	The quantity of cores required for the concurrent jobs above
Database settings	Concurrent Jobs for Memory	The concurrent jobs for the RAM below
Database settings	Concurrent for * Concurrent Jobs	The quantity of RAM required for the concurrent jobs above
Enterprise Manager Settings	Use API-Memory Added	Additional RAM required for API use
Enterprise Manager Settings	Use API-Cores Added	Additional Cores required for API use
Enterprise Manager Settings	Multiple VBR - Memory Added	Additional Cores for Multiple VBR instances
Enterprise Manager Settings	Multiple VBR - Cores Added	Additional Memory for Multiple VBR instances
Enterprise Manager Settings	Self Service- Memory Add	Additional Memory for Self Service
Enterprise Manager Settings	Self Service- Cores Add	Additional Cores for Self Service
Proxy Settings	Ingest Per CPU Core - Full (MB/s)	The ingest rate per-CPU core on Full backup
Proxy Settings	Ingest Per CPU Core - Inc (MB/s)	The ingest rate per-CPU core on Incremental backup
Proxy Settings	Proxy task consumes memory (GB)	The amount of RAM required per Proxy Task (calculated)
Repository Settings	Change Rate Modifiers	The multiplier added to each GFS type
Repository Settings Other Settings	Task/Core Ratio	The Repository Task limit per-core
Repository Settings Other Settings	Repo Consumes Memory (GB)	The quantity of RAM required per-task
Repository Settings Other Settings	Use RPC Calculation	Switches between RPC and the original capacity calculation
Server Minimums	VBR Minimums	Minimum Core and RAM required for the VBR server
Server Minimums	SQL Minimums	Minimum Core and RAM required for the SQL server
Server Minimums	Virtual Proxy	Minimum Core and RAM required for a virtual proxy
Server Minimums	Physical Proxy/ Repo	Minimum Core and RAM required for the Physical Proxy/Repo server
Server Minimums	Enterprise Manager	Minimum Core and RAM required for the Enterprise Manager server

Advanced RvTools import modelling

Import Export

The advanced import allows you to model with a subsection of the RvTools data at a DV and cluster level.

As standard all the RvTools data is loaded into the form.

The workflow is as follows:

Import the RvTools
Select a data center (will update subtotal)
Select a cluster (will update subtotal)
Add those resources to a total
When all resources have been added update the form
Review the import information
Delete the loaded RvTools data if required

If you make a mistake with the capacity added to the total you can use the “clear” button.

Additional output information on the estimation

On the dashboard you will find a “details” button underneath the per-site proxy and repository total requirements section.

Sizing Details

This shows the required resources per-service without the minimums added, this allows you to see the raw figures and compare them to your own calculations.

Sizing Details2

The advanced mode adds the following:

Backup copy throughput estimate
Backup copy time estimate
Internet upload time estimate

Backup copy throughput estimate

The VSE will calculate the approximate throughput for each site based on a specified backup copy window. The VSE will account for both ingress and egress bandwidth for that site.

per-site_bandwidth

Backup copy/ internet upload time site

The VSE will equally split the bandwidth specified in the site configuration between each workload assigned to that site. For example, if the site has 1000Mbps and there are four workloads, each will have 250Mbps.