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In an era defined by relentless data growth and ever-evolving threats, protecting your information is a strategic imperative. Lenovo, in close partnership with Veeam, delivers a portfolio of validated solutions that tightly integrate our industry-leading hardware with the Veeam Data Platform. These systems are rigorously tested and validated through the Veeam Ready program, giving you confidence that your data resilience infrastructure will safeguard your most important asset.
This document outlines the challenges facing modern organizations, explains the importance of verified solutions, and highlights how Lenovo’s certified offerings deliver performance, reliability, simplicity, and security for all organizations.
Business Challenges in Data Resilience
Organizations today are confronted with a handful of pressing data resilience problems:
- Explosive data growth stresses data resilience windows and storage capacity.
- Integration risk arises when mixing unverified software, servers, and storage.
- Performance and scalability must keep pace with expanding workloads.
- Reliability and compliance demand proven, auditable solutions.
- Complexity and management overhead divert precious IT resources.
- Introduction of AI systems in the environment can cause risks and vulnerabilities that may go undetected.
Organizations want confidence and simplicity in their data resilience environment. They seek solutions that are validated to work, scale to meet demand, and simplify deployment and management. This is precisely what the Veeam Ready program addresses, by using and validating Lenovo’s hardware that meets Veeam’s strict standards for functional compatibility and performance.
The Veeam Ready Certification
Veeam’s certification program exists to cut the integration guesswork. Each Lenovo product that earns the Veeam Ready badge has passed exhaustive tests for compatibility and performance. Lenovo systems certified for Veeam define a known-good combination of hardware and software, documented with best practices, so your deployment starts on solid ground. The program covers multiple categories – primary repositories, archive targets, appliances, Kubernetes, and more; our focus here is on the categories most relevant to data resilient repositories and appliances.
- Lenovo verified compatibility with the complete Veeam feature set.
- Proven performance under realistic workloads.
- Guidance baked into the certification: tuned settings and documented practices.
- Coverage across typical deployment scenarios through defined categories.
Lenovo + Veeam: A Powerful Partnership
Combining Lenovo’s engineering pedigree with Veeam’s market-leading software yields a solution greater than the sum of its parts. Our long-standing alliance ensures customers benefit from:
- End-to-end compatibility and unified support from two committed vendors.
- High performance and dependable operation forged through testing.
- Simplified deployment and management: pre-validated blueprints and guides.
- Enhanced security and compliance built into certified designs.
- Joint innovation and future readiness – certified on day one for new Veeam versions.
Solutions Overview
Lenovo’s certified portfolio spans unified and all-flash arrays, hyperconverged platforms, and rack servers, giving you choices tailored to your environment. Below, we summarize Lenovo’s Veeam Ready Certified Systems and what they bring to a Veeam-powered data protection solution:
The following image lists the Veeam Ready Categories.
Figure 1. Veeam Ready Categories
| Lenovo Systems | Veeam Ready Category | Key Benefits & Role in Solution | Veeam Certified Systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H Unified Hybrid Storage Array | Veeam Ready Repository Primary Target v12 | High-Performance Primary Backup Storage: Certified as a primary backup target for Veeam. Unified storage (SAN/NAS) with hybrid flash. Ideal for enterprises needing tier-1 backup repositories with proven performance and advanced data resilience capabilities. | ThinkSystem DM Series Storage DM5000H, Unified Hybrid Storage Arrays |
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3200F, DM5200F and DM7200F Unified Storage Arrays | Veeam Ready Repository Primary Target v12 | High-Performance Primary Backup Storage: Certified as a primary backup target for Veeam. Unified storage (SAN/NAS) with hybrid flash. Ideal for enterprises needing tier-1 backup repositories with proven performance and advanced data resilience capabilities. | ThinkSystem DM Series Storage DM3200F, Unified Hybrid Storage Arrays |
| Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4800H and DE4800F Storage Arrays | Veeam Ready Repository Primary Target v12 | Reliable & Efficient Backup Storage: Certified as primary repository storage. Delivers a balance of performance and cost-effectiveness, perfect for SMBs or distributed sites. | ThinkSystem DE Series Storage DE4800H, Hybrid SAN Storage Arrays |
| Lenovo ThinkAgile VX650 V3 2U Integrated System and VX650 V3 2U Certified Node | Veeam Ready Repository Primary Target v12 | Hyperconverged Infrastructure as Backup Target: Lenovo’s VMware-based HCI platform (ThinkAgile VX) is certified by Veeam as a backup repository solution. This means the same HCI cluster running VMs can also efficiently store Veeam backups on vSAN. | ThinkAgile VX Series VX650 V3 nodes, vSAN HCI Integrated Systems |
| Veeam Ready Appliance Hardened v12 | Certified Veeam Backup Server/Repository: This powerful yet compact 1U server is validated to run Veeam roles (Backup & Replication server, proxy, or hardened repository). Ideal for SMBs building a dedicated Veeam backup appliance or for enterprises adding a backup node at an edge site. | ThinkSystem SR630 V3 and SR630 V4 (1U Rack Server, 2-socket Intel) | |
| Veeam Ready Appliance Hardened v12 | Scalable Backup Infrastructure Node: A 2U rack server certified as a Veeam appliance, bringing more expansion, allowing it to support larger Veeam deployments. Perfect as the backbone of an enterprise Veeam backup server cluster or as a high-capacity Linux repository. | ThinkSystem SR650 V3 and SR650 V4 (2U Rack Server, 2-socket Intel) | |
| Veeam Ready Kubernetes v8 | Unified storage optimized for Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes: enabling reliable backup, restore, and migration for Kubernetes environments. | ThinkSystem DM Series and DG Series Astra Trident CSI | |
| TS4300 Tape Library | Veeam Ready Tape v13 | Modular Design Tape Library: high-density, highly scalable, easy-to-manage solution designed to keep data securely stored long-term. Its modularity allows to increase cartridge and drive capacity as needed. | TS4300 Tape Library |
Delivering Value to Enterprise and SMB Customers
Whether you lead IT at a large organization or wear all the hats at a smaller company, Lenovo’s validated solutions translate into tangible advantages:
- Fast, worry-free deployment – start with a validated design instead of building from scratch.
- Confidence in operations – robust hardware meets resilient software, so Data Protection run reliably.
- Scalable performance – grow your environment while keeping pace with certified configurations.
- Stronger security and compliance – integrated immutability, encryption and audit readiness.
- Ongoing innovation – enjoy immediate certification for each new Veeam release and continual enhancements.
Secure, Simple, Scalable with Lenovo and Veeam
Data is a company's most valuable and vulnerable asset, driving decision-making and innovation, but also highly prone to cyber threats. Digital transformation initiatives and cloud adoption increase exposure to these risks by expanding the attack surface. Lenovo recognizes the need for robust data protection and has partnered with Veeam, a leading data protection company. Our strategic alliance provides comprehensive, scalable security solutions, including data encryption, backup and recovery, access control, and compliance management. Lenovo ensures customers can protect, recover, and comply at scale, adapting to the changing needs of businesses and mitigating risks.
Choosing Lenovo’s Veeam Ready certified solutions is a strategic decision. You gain confidence that your infrastructure is dialed in from day one, relief from complex integration burdens, assurance that your deployment can scale and adapt as your business evolves, and a partner committed to innovation and resilience. In a world where downtime and data loss carry steep consequences, trust the validated Lenovo-Veeam combination to deliver enterprise-grade protection within reach of organizations of all sizes.
For More Information
Lenovo offers a range of certified systems and reference architectures for Veeam solutions, including:
- Solution Brief: Achieving SAP HANA Data Resilience with Lenovo and Veeam
- Solution Brief: IT Modernization and Hybrid HCI Data Resilience with Lenovo and Veeam
- Solution Brief: Ensuring Compliance with Secure Offsite Data Protection from Veeam and Lenovo
- Veeam Software Solution Product Guide
- Lenovo Preconfigured Solutions for Veeam
Validated Systems:
- Lenovo ThinkAgile VX Series
- Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3
- Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V3
- Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V4
- Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 V4
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Storage DE4800H
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Storage Arrays DM5000H
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Storage Arrays DM3200F
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DG Storage Arrays, Astra Trident CSI
- IBM TS4300 Tape Library
- Additional Lenovo Certifications reference link here
Take the Next Step
Ready to enhance your data resiliency? Contact your Lenovo sales representative or authorized channel partner to:
- Receive more information tailored to your environment.
- Schedule a live demonstration
- Arrange a remote proof of concept.
- For additional details, you can also explore the Lenovo and Veeam partnership web page and find more on Veeam's solutions at Veeam
Authors
Alejandro Perez is a WW Enterprise IT Solution Manager within Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG). He leads the adoption and integration of Enterprise Infrastructure solutions, serving as the Subject Matter Expert for targeted solution architectures. He collaborates with organic and 3rd party SW ecosystem partners to drive innovation and contribute to the company's success. With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, he has a strong background in Edge Computing, Business Development, and SAP HANA. He is passionate about bringing new technologies to the market and developing new solutions for regional markets.
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