Veeam Backup for Google Cloud
Comprehensive, agentless protection for Google Cloud data. Secure backup beyond snapshots, with cost efficiency and 5x faster recovery.
- Relentless security to overcome ransomware and cyber threats
- Fast, reliable recovery with near-zero RTOs
- Zero compromise on SLAs or budget across hybrid cloud
Overview
Native protection for Google Cloud Platform
Veeam Backup for Google Cloud is built for protection and disaster recovery of Google Cloud Platform environments. It delivers native protection for Google Cloud workloads in one of the most cost-effective and secure ways on the market, with image-level backups and cloud-native snapshots that go beyond native tools.
Challenge
Google Cloud gives you a scalable platform to build and run applications. However, native snapshots alone often fall short on long-term retention, portability, and cyber resilience, and your data remains your responsibility to protect. Veeam closes that gap with secure, policy-based backups and fast, flexible recovery.
Protection built for Google Cloud
Benefits
Secure, Cost-Efficient Protection for Google Cloud
Elevate resilience for Google Cloud and go beyond native snapshots with Veeam's powerful policy-based protection. Reliably recover from ransomware, accidental deletion, and other data loss scenarios with secure, encrypted backups and full- and file-level restores that are easy to use and cost-optimized.
Relentless Security
Secure access and management to overcome ransomware and cyber threats.
Fast, Reliable Recovery
Powerful recovery options with near-zero RTOs and 5x faster restores.
Zero Compromise
Backup that meets SLAs and budget requirements across hybrid cloud.
Key Capabilities
Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Key Features
Strong encryption ensures data integrity and protection against cyber threats.
Backup data is logically separated from production for cyber resilience.
Least-privilege IAM and role-based access controls (RBAC).
Image-level backups and cloud-native snapshots of VM and database instances.
Full-instance or granular recovery for precise data restoration.
Optimized recovery technologies help meet stringent RTOs.
Lifecycle backups to cost-effective, long-term Google Cloud storage buckets.
Wizard-driven, automated workflows and self-service options.
Consistent management across hybrid and multi-cloud* environments.
* When combined with Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam-Supported Google Cloud Services
Protect compute, disks, databases, and object storage across Google Cloud Platform.
How It Works
How Veeam protects Google Cloud data, from deployment to recovery.
Deploy and configure Veeam Backup for Google Cloud directly from the Google Cloud Marketplace, agentlessly.
Protect Compute Engine VMs and databases with policy-based backup, storing data in cost-effective long-term buckets.
Restore full instances or files up to 5x faster, and integrate with Veeam Backup & Replication for hybrid and multi-cloud management.
Deployment Options
Veeam gives you the freedom of choice. Find the best-fit software and services model for your organization.
Own, control, back up, and recover all your data regardless of where it resides, including within Google Cloud, with a software-only delivery model.
Unblock cloud teams with Veeam's Backup as a Service, so they can protect their data while staying focused on managing Google Cloud services.
Offload data protection to a managed services expert, with partners delivering service levels ranging from hands-on to fully managed.
Packaging Options
Check out the table below to assess the benefits and control levels of each delivery model, from software-only to managed services.
| Backup Software Veeam Data Platform |
Backup Service Veeam Data Cloud for Google Cloud |
Managed Services BaaS for Google Cloud |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud-native Data Protection | Available Across All Deployment Options | ||
| Control of Architecture | Fully customizable by end user | Solution designed end-to-end by Veeam | Varies by partner |
| Control of Infrastructure | Fully customizable by end user | Infrastructure managed by Veeam | Varies by partner |
| Encryption & Air-Gap | Available Across All Deployment Options | ||
| Policy-Based Automation | Available, with some mapping required by end user | Fully automated wizard | Available, with varying degrees of implementation by partner |
| Unified Across Clouds/Data Center | Developed uniquely for hybrid and multi-cloud | Standalone deployment for Google Cloud | Varies by partner |
| Service Level Management | 24x7 Support | 24x7 Support | Services ranging from hands-on to fully managed |
Frequently Asked Questions
Veeam Backup for Google Cloud is Veeam's self-managed, cloud-native backup built for protection and disaster recovery of Google Cloud Platform environments, deployed in your own Google Cloud project. It delivers native, agentless protection for Google Cloud workloads in a cost-effective and secure way, so you can recover reliably from ransomware, accidental deletion, and other data loss scenarios.
Veeam protects Google Compute Engine virtual machines, Persistent Disk, Cloud SQL for MySQL and PostgreSQL, Cloud Storage, and Google Cloud Spanner. It creates image-level backups and cloud-native snapshots of VM and database instances, and keeps backed-up data in cost-effective, long-term Google Cloud storage buckets.
Veeam uses AES 256-bit encryption, least-privilege IAM, and role-based access controls to protect data integrity against threats including ransomware. Backup data is logically air-gapped from production, helping ensure your backups remain recoverable even during an attack.
Veeam leverages optimized recovery technologies that let businesses restore data up to 5x faster to help meet stringent RTOs. It supports both full-instance and file-level recovery, giving you flexibility to restore exactly what you need through wizard-driven, automated workflows.
Yes. Veeam provides comprehensive, agentless protection for Google Cloud data, going beyond native snapshots. You deploy and configure it from the Google Cloud Marketplace, then protect VMs and databases with policy-based backup, without installing agents inside each workload.
Yes. Veeam Backup for Google Cloud offers consistent management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments and integrates with Veeam Backup and Replication and the broader Veeam Data Platform. You can manage Google Cloud protection alongside on-premises and other clouds from a unified view.