General Availability: Pure Storage and Veeam Plugin

Core Benefits of the Pure Storage Integration with Veeam

Agent-less Application-consistent Array-based Snapshot Backups

Veeam coordinates API calls to hypervisors and guest operating systems (VADP and VSS), eliminating VM agent requirements. This integration ensures applications remain in consistent states during FlashArray snapshot creation, providing superior recovery options for database applications.

Dramatically Reduced vSphere Backup Performance Impact

Traditional vSphere backups can keep VMs in backup state for hours, causing performance degradation through IO amplification and SCSI transaction log replay. Pure Storage snapshot integration reduces this backup window to minutes or seconds, virtually eliminating performance penalties while offloading data copying and indexing to snapshot copies.

Rapid, Granular Recovery with Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots

Organizations can now recover individual files, directories, virtual disks, or entire VMs directly from Pure Storage snapshots, dramatically reducing recovery time objectives (RTOs) through near-instantaneous data access.

Advanced Testing and Development with Veeam DataLabs

Create instant, isolated test environments from FlashArray snapshots without additional storage consumption. These environments leverage all-flash performance while Purity automatic QoS protects production workloads from resource-intensive clone operations.

Accelerated Backup and Recovery for Large Data Sets

FlashBlade® serves as a Veeam Ready Repository, enabling rapid restoration of massive data sets and critical applications. Organizations report database recovery times improving from days to minutes compared to traditional disk-based arrays.

2025 Advanced Capabilities

Multi-site Protection and SafeMode

Recent plugin versions enable:

• Immutable backup repositories with SafeMode enforcement
• Multi-site bunker architectures for enhanced data protection
• Async replication support for pod volumes
• Cross-site disaster recovery automation

Enhanced NFS and File Services Integration

Version 2.1.388 and later provide:

• FlashArray File NFS datastore snapshots
• Improved locale support, addressing previous regional compatibility issues
• Streamlined configuration workflows for mixed storage environments

Current Implementation Guidance

Authoritative Documentation Sources

For the most current technical specifications and compatibility information, reference:

• Veeam KB4129 for the official plugin release notes and compatibility matrix
• Pure Storage Support Portal for the latest integration documentation and best practices
• Updated deployment guides for Veeam v12.1+ implementations

Plugin Download and Installation

The Pure Storage plugin utilizes Veeam’s Universal Adapter APIs, enabling faster innovation cycles compared to previous Veeam-engineered integrations. This architecture allows Pure Storage to deliver features and fixes more rapidly while maintaining full compatibility with Veeam’s backup ecosystem.

Getting Started

Organizations implementing or upgrading Pure Storage-Veeam integrations should:

1. Verify the current plugin version against Veeam KB4129 compatibility requirements.
2. Review updated architectural best practices for repository design and SafeMode implementation.
3. Consult the latest deployment guides specific to Veeam v12+ environments.
4. Plan for multi-site protection capabilities if you’re implementing disaster recovery workflows.

The Pure Storage-Veeam partnership continues evolving, with quarterly plugin updates and feature enhancements. While core integration principles remain consistent, please reference current documentation for version-specific capabilities and configuration details.

Expanding the Pure Storage and Veeam Integration

The integration between Pure Storage and Veeam has continued to evolve beyond foundational snapshot orchestration. Today, the joint solution delivers deeper automation, broader fleet management capabilities, and enhanced cyber resilience across hybrid environments.

Fleet-Wide Orchestration with Pure Fusion

With the introduction of Pure Fusion™, organizations can centrally manage and automate storage services across an entire FlashArray fleet. When combined with the Veeam Data Platform, this enables:

• Automatic discovery and registration of arrays within a managed fleet
• Consistent, policy-based protection applied across multiple arrays
• Streamlined recovery workflows spanning datastores and arrays
• Centralized operational control that reduces per-array configuration overhead

This approach shifts protection from individual array management to fleet-level orchestration, improving scalability and operational consistency for large enterprise environments.

Strengthened Cyber Resilience

The integration now plays a larger role in comprehensive cyber-resilience strategies. By combining Pure SafeMode™ immutability with Veeam’s data protection and recovery orchestration capabilities, organizations can:

• Protect backup data with immutable snapshots
• Accelerate identification and recovery from ransomware or other threats
• Validate clean restore points before bringing data back into production
• Automate recovery workflows to reduce downtime and manual effort

Together, these capabilities help organizations move beyond traditional backup toward resilient, rapid recovery architectures.

Continued Innovation Through Veeam’s Universal Storage API

The Pure Storage plug-in leverages Veeam’s Universal Storage API (USAPI), enabling continued delivery of enhanced features without requiring major platform changes. Capabilities include:

• Storage-native snapshot orchestration and cataloging
• Policy-driven control of backup and replication workflows
• Support for replicated environments and multi-array architectures
• Integration with NFS and file services–based repository designs

This architecture allows Pure and Veeam to continuously expand functionality while preserving operational simplicity.

A Strategic Technology Alliance

Pure Storage’s role as an Elite Technology Alliance Partner within the Veeam ecosystem reinforces the depth of the collaboration. Joint validated solutions combine:

• FlashArray and FlashBlade performance with Veeam’s data protection platform
• SafeMode immutability and hardened repository architectures
• Support for hybrid and multi-cloud deployment models

The result is an integrated solution designed to deliver performance, operational efficiency, and resilience at enterprise scale.