Veeam Backup &amp; Replication has a great new feature in the works for the next version of their backup software: automated recovery verification.  It’s the ability to have the backup software boot a backup image and verify that it actually runs. The VM boots into an isolated environment without the need to uncompress it first.  It’s not available yet, but this is the first recorded demo of it – definitely worth the time to watch the 6 min video:

<a href="http://www.vmwarevideos.com/video-vmdoug-demos-automated-verification-in-next-version-of-veeam-backup">http://www.vmwarevideos.com/video-vmdoug-demos-automated-verification-in-next-version-of-veeam-backup</a>