VBR-13 study plan

Week 1chapters 1–4 · about 10 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 1. Data protection strategy and the Veeam Data Platform
  • 2. Architecture: the backup server and core components
  • 3. Deploying v13: Veeam Software Appliance, Windows installs and licensing
  • 4. Securing the backup infrastructure
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Veeam transport modes: Direct SAN, HotAdd and Network.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 2chapters 5–9 · about 12 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 5. Protecting virtual machines: backup jobs and backup methods
  • 6. Agents, physical machines and unstructured data
  • 7. Repositories: hardened, immutable, object storage and scale-out
  • 8. Backup copy, long-term retention and the 3-2-1 rule
  • 9. Replication, CDP and infrastructure optimisation
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Forward, forever forward and reverse incremental backup in Veeam, The Veeam Linux hardened repository, Veeam backup copy: immediate copy vs periodic copy, Veeam backup, replica or CDP: choosing by RPO and RTO.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 3chapters 10–14 · about 12 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 10. Recovery verification: SureBackup and virtual labs
  • 11. Choosing and performing a recovery
  • 12. Malware detection, incident response and post-incident recovery
  • 13. Enterprise applications and plug-ins
  • 14. Enterprise Manager, monitoring, troubleshooting and calculators
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 4review Done

• Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
• Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
• Check the exam coverage map against Veeam’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
• Read the official Veeam course outline once more and tick off every objective.

Week 1chapters 1–2 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 1. Data protection strategy and the Veeam Data Platform
  • 2. Architecture: the backup server and core components
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Veeam transport modes: Direct SAN, HotAdd and Network.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 2chapters 3–4 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 3. Deploying v13: Veeam Software Appliance, Windows installs and licensing
  • 4. Securing the backup infrastructure
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 3chapters 5–6 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 5. Protecting virtual machines: backup jobs and backup methods
  • 6. Agents, physical machines and unstructured data
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Forward, forever forward and reverse incremental backup in Veeam.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 4chapters 7–8 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 7. Repositories: hardened, immutable, object storage and scale-out
  • 8. Backup copy, long-term retention and the 3-2-1 rule
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: The Veeam Linux hardened repository, Veeam backup copy: immediate copy vs periodic copy.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 5chapters 9–10 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 9. Replication, CDP and infrastructure optimisation
  • 10. Recovery verification: SureBackup and virtual labs
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Free study notes for this week: Veeam backup, replica or CDP: choosing by RPO and RTO.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 6chapters 11–12 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 11. Choosing and performing a recovery
  • 12. Malware detection, incident response and post-incident recovery
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 7chapters 13–14 · about 5 hours Done

• Read these chapters:
  • 13. Enterprise applications and plug-ins
  • 14. Enterprise Manager, monitoring, troubleshooting and calculators
• After each chapter, cover its key takeaways and explain each one out loud. Re-read any you can’t.
• Look up any unfamiliar term in the VBR-13 glossary.

Exam skill areas this week: Course objectivesCourse topics

Week 8review Done

• Go back through every chapter’s key takeaways. Anything you can’t explain without looking, re-read that section.
• Re-read the common-trap callouts: they mark the answers that look right but aren’t.
• Check the exam coverage map against Veeam’s own outline, in case it has changed since the book was checked.
• Read the official Veeam course outline once more and tick off every objective.