Veeam Backup and

Replication Operations
Guide
Volume 1
Based on Version 11a
Focused on Microsoft Hyper-V

By:
Dave Kawula Cristal Kawula
Emile Cabot Cary Sun
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Foreward
Here is another book by Dave, Cristal, Cary and Emile; what a significant milestone!

Ask yourself one question: Why? There are so many technologies, but why do we use what we
use? Why do we do what we do? The answer is how. It’s how we use something. I like to explain
sometimes compliance in this way. No product or technology is inherently compliant. It’s how it
is implemented and how it is audited. The same goes for technology implementations; it’s about
how we use them. The how is the why.

Operations are still cool. There are so many razzle-dazzle job titles and buzzwords in the market
today, but in the end, Operations are Operations. DevOps, PlatformOps, SRE (Sire Reliability
Engineer), Platform Engineering… I do not need to go on, but no technology will take care of
itself across all disciplines. How it is used, implemented, monitored, etc., matters today.
Technology still needs humans and their knowledge.

Expert advice is the difference. We all learn from each other. When taking on the next new
challenge, where does one go first? We look for resources to consume. Blogs, books like this, and
social profiles; the established experts are the trusted advisors in the technology space. Call it
community, social sharing, or what you want; we all find ourselves going to the go-to experts of a
particular space.

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Above and Beyond. What Dave, Cristal, Cary and Emile put forth in this book is outstanding in
their practicing advice for technology. They could easily focus on their professional
responsibilities and keep them narrow. But writing a book is hard work! Editing a book is hard
work! I’ve not discussed this with them, but I’m sure they aren’t doing it for the money of writing
a book. They write this book because they go above and beyond, share, and care.

I’m sure you will enjoy this book, and a big congratulations on this book, Dave, Cristal, Cary and
Emile.

Best Regards,

Rick W. Vanover Microsoft MVP, VMware vExpert, Cisco Champion

Senior Director, Product Strategy - Veeam Software
Twitter: @RickVanover

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About the Authors

Dave Kawula – Microsoft MVP
Dave is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with over 20 years of experience in the IT
industry. His background includes data communications networks within multi-server
environments, and he has led architecture teams for virtualization, System Centers, Exchange,
Active Directory, and Internet gateways. Very active within the Microsoft technical and
consulting teams, Dave has provided deep-dive technical knowledge and subject matter
expertise on various System centers and operating system topics.

Dave is well-known as an evangelist for Microsoft, 1E, and Veeam technologies. Locating Dave is
easy as he speaks at conferences and sessions each year, including TechEd, Ignite, MVP Days
Community Roadshow, and VeeamOn.

Recently Dave has been honoured to take on the role of Conference Co-Chair of TechMentor and
Cyber Security & Ransomware Live with fellow MVP Sami Laiho. The lineup of speakers and
attendees attending this conference over the past 20 years is fantastic. Come down to Redmond
or Orlando in 2018 and meet him in person. Checkout his speaking site at
https://sessionize.com/dave-kawula/

He recently tied for 1st place out of 1800 speakers at the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Orlando.

As the founder and Managing Principal Consultant at TriCon Elite Consulting, Dave is a leading
technology expert for local customers and large international enterprises, providing optimal
guidance and methodologies to achieve and maintain an efficient infrastructure.

BLOG: www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter: @DaveKawula

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Cristal Kawula – Microsoft MVP

Cristal Kawula co-founded MVPDays Community Roadshow and #MVPHour live Twitter Chat. She
was also a Technical Advisory board member and the President of TriCon Elite Consulting. Cristal
is the only 2nd Woman worldwide to receive the prestigious Veeam Vanguard award.

Cristal speaks at Microsoft Ignite, MVPDays, and other local user groups. In addition, she has
been instrumental in founding MVPDays Publishing and has helped author over 25 + books.

At conferences like Microsoft Ignite, she has led community meetups on Women in IT, Parenting
in IT, Diversity in Tech, and becoming a Community Rockstar.

BLOG: http://www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter: @supercristal1

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Cary Sun – Microsoft MVP

Cary Sun is a CISCO CERTIFIED INTERNETWORK EXPERT (CCIE No.4531) and MCSE, MCIPT, Citrix
CCA with over twenty years in the planning, design, and implementation of network technologies
and Management and system integration. Background includes hands-on experience with multi-
platform, all LAN/WAN topologies, network administration, E-mail and Internet systems, security
products, PCs and Servers environment. Expertise is analyzing users’ needs and coordinating
system designs from concept through implementation. Exceptional analysis, organization,
communication, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to work independently or as an
integral part of a team to achieve objectives and goals. Specialties: CCIE /CCNA / MCSE / MCITP /
MCTS / MCSA / Solution Expert / CCA

Cary is a very active blogger at checkyourlogs.net and is permanently available online for
questions from the community. His passion for technology is contagious, improving everyone
around him at what they do.

Blog:http://www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter:@SifuSun

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Emile Cabot – Microsoft MVP

Emile started in the industry during the mid-90s working at an ISP and designing celebrity
websites. He has a solid operational background specializing in Systems Management and
collaboration solutions. He has spent many years performing infrastructure analyses and solution
implementations for organizations ranging from 20 to over 200,000 employees. Coupling his
wealth of experience with a small partner network, Emile works very closely with TriCon Elite, 1E,
and Veeam to deliver low-cost solutions with minimal infrastructure requirements.

He actively volunteers as a member of the Canadian Ski Patrol, providing over 250 hours each
year for first aid services and public education at Castle Mountain Resort and in the community.

BLOG: http://www.checkyourlogs.net

Twitter: @ecabot

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Contents

Foreward ....................................................................................................................... iii

About the Authors ......................................................................................................... v

Dave Kawula – Microsoft MVP .....................................................................................v
Cristal Kawula – Microsoft MVP .................................................................................. vi
Cary Sun – Microsoft MVP ......................................................................................... vii
Emile Cabot – Microsoft MVP ................................................................................... viii

Contents........................................................................................................................ ix

Introduction ................................................................................................................. 15
Sample Files ............................................................................................................. 15
Additional Resources ................................................................................................ 15

Chapter 1...................................................................................................................... 16

Prerequisites................................................................................................................ 16
System Requirements............................................................................................... 16
Veeam Backup and Replication Manager Server ................................................. 16
Veeam Backup and Replication Console Server .................................................. 17
Veeam Backup and Replication Off-Host Backup Proxy Server ........................... 17
Veeam Backup and Replication Proxy Server for NAS Backup ............................ 18
Veeam Backup Repository Server........................................................................ 18
Veeam Tape Server ............................................................................................. 18

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Veeam WAN Accelerator ..................................................................................... 19

Veeam Backup & Replication Gateway Server ..................................................... 19
Supported Applications ........................................................................................ 20
Firewall Ports Requirements ..................................................................................... 20
Windows Servers ................................................................................................. 20
Linux Servers ....................................................................................................... 21
Veeam Backup and Replication er Server ............................................................ 22
Veeam Backup & Replication Console ................................................................. 23
Veeam Backup Proxy server ................................................................................ 24
Windows and Linux-based Backup Repository ..................................................... 25
NFS Share Backup Repository ............................................................................. 25
Windows SMB Backup Repository ....................................................................... 26
Azure Object Storage Repository ......................................................................... 26
External Repository .............................................................................................. 27
Azure Archive Object Storage Repository ............................................................ 28
Veeam Gateway Server ....................................................................................... 29
Veeam Tape Server ............................................................................................. 30
Veeam WAN Accelerator Server .......................................................................... 30
Veeam Guest Interaction Proxy with Non-Persistent Runtime Components ......... 31
Veeam Guest Interaction Proxy with Persistent Agent Components..................... 32
Veeam Mount Server ........................................................................................... 33
Veeam Helper Appliance ...................................................................................... 33
Veeam Helper Host .............................................................................................. 34
VM Guest OS ....................................................................................................... 35
Veeam U-AIR ....................................................................................................... 36
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Application Item of Active Directory Domain Controller Restore ........................... 36

Application Item of Exchange Server Restore ...................................................... 37
Application Item of SQL Server Restore ............................................................... 37
Azure Proxy Server .............................................................................................. 38
Azure Helper Appliance ........................................................................................ 38
Azure Stack .......................................................................................................... 39
SMTP Server........................................................................................................ 39

Chapter 2...................................................................................................................... 40

Deployment .................................................................................................................. 40
Install Veeam Backup and Replication v11a ......................................................... 40
Upgrade the Existing Veeam Backup and Replication to v11a ............................. 52
Install Veeam Backup and Replication Console ........................................................... 67

Chapter 3...................................................................................................................... 74

Configuration ............................................................................................................... 74
Configuring Inventory ................................................................................................ 74
Add Microsoft Hyper-V Standalone Hosts ............................................................ 76
Add Microsoft Hyper-V Clusters ........................................................................... 83
Add Veeam Agent to Microsoft Windows Physical machines ............................... 90
Configuring Backup Infrastructure ........................................................................... 104
Adding Microsoft Hyper-V Standalone Servers................................................... 104
Adding Microsoft Hyper-V Clusters..................................................................... 113
Adding Microsoft Windows Servers .................................................................... 120
Adding Linux Server for a hardened repository................................................... 127
Adding Off-Host Backup proxy servers ............................................................... 135
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Adding a local directory on the Microsoft Windows server as Backup Repository144

Adding a local directory on the Linux server as a Hardened Backup Repository 152
Adding Network Attached Storage (SMB or CIFS Shares) as Backup Repository
........................................................................................................................... 164
Adding Rotated Drives on the Microsoft Windows server as Backup Repository 172
Adding WAN Acceleration .................................................................................. 181
General Settings ..................................................................................................... 187
Configure Notification with Free SendGrid Account of Azure .............................. 187
Configure Notification with Microsoft Office 365 NON-MFA Account .................. 216
Configure Notification with Microsoft Office 365 MFA Account ........................... 229

Chapter 4.................................................................................................................... 254

Backup and Backup Copy ........................................................................................ 254

Enable Configuration Backup.................................................................................. 255
Creating a Backup job to backup the specify VMs .................................................. 260
Creating an Immutable Backup job to backup the specified VMs ............................ 300
Creating a Backup job to backup the specified Physical Machines (Managed by
Backup Server Mode) ............................................................................................. 340
Creating a Backup job to backup the specified Physical Machines (Managed by Agent
Mode) ..................................................................................................................... 369
Creating a Backup job to backup all VMS of the Hyper-V Host ............................... 398
Creating a Backup job to backup the VMS portion of the Hyper-V Host .................. 422
Creating a Backup job using Azure Blob repositories as Cloud Redundant Data .... 451
Creating a Backup Copy Job from the backup job .................................................. 488

Chapter 5.................................................................................................................... 505

Replication ................................................................................................................. 505

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Creating a Replication job to replicate the specified VMs at the same site .............. 506
Creating a Replication job without seeding to replicate the specified VMs to the
Disaster Recovery site ............................................................................................ 539
Creating a Replication job with seeding to replicate the specified VMs to the Disaster
Recovery site .......................................................................................................... 577
Failover Virtual Machine to Disaster Recovery Site ................................................. 617
Planned Failover Virtual Machine to Disaster Recovery Site ................................... 622
Failover Undo the Virtual Machine to Production Site ............................................. 626
Failback of the Virtual Machine to the Production Site ............................................ 629
Permanent Failover of the Virtual Machine to the Disaster Recovery Site ............... 639

Chapter 6.................................................................................................................... 642

Data Restore .............................................................................................................. 642

Restore the Entire VM to the Original Location ....................................................... 643
Restore the Entire VM to the New Location ............................................................ 650
Restore VM Files .................................................................................................... 665
Restore Guest Files (or Folder) for Microsoft Windows ........................................... 673

Chapter 7.................................................................................................................... 682

Join us at MVPDays and meet great MVP’s like this in person .............................. 682
Live Presentations .................................................................................................. 682
Video Training......................................................................................................... 682
Live Instructor-led Classes ...................................................................................... 682
Consulting Services ................................................................................................ 683

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 Chapter 1 Introduction

Introduction
This book aims to showcase the fantastic expertise of our guest speakers of MVPDays Online.
They have so much passion, expertise, and expert knowledge that it only seemed fitting to write
it down in a book.

This book aims to show how to be operationally proficient using Veeam Backup and Replication,
Veeam One and various other Veeam products and tools. We hope you find immense value in
reviewing this guide and encourage you to share your operational knowledge and skills with
others in the community.

Sample Files
All sample files for this book can be downloaded from http://www.checkyourlogs.net and
www.github.com/mvpdays

Additional Resources
In addition to all the tips and tricks provided in this book, you can find extra resources like
articles and video recordings on our blog http://www.checkyourlogs.net

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Chapter 1

Prerequisites
This chapter will go over the system and port requirements. Before installing the Veeam Backup
and Replication, all conditions must be met.

System Requirements
Before installing Veeam Backup and Replication, please ensure the virtual environment and
servers meet system requirements.

Veeam Backup and Replication Manager Server

Please ensure the server meets the following system requirements for the Veeam backup and
replication manager server.

Components Description

OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 11

(version21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1, 21H2), 8.1, 7
SP1

OS Features .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later, Windows Installer 4.5,

PowerShell 5.1, SQL Server Management Objects, SQL
Server System CLR Types, Report Viewer Redistributable
2015, Universal C Runtime, Firefox, Google Chrome,
Microsoft Edge, or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 or
later, RDP client version 7.0 or later.

Option- System Center Virtual Server Manager 2019, 1807,

1801, System Center 2016 Virtual Server Manager Admin
UI, System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Server Manager Admin

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UI, System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Server Manager Admin

UI.

Database Microsoft SQL Server 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008
R2, 2008

Veeam Backup and Replication Console Server

Before installing the Veeam backup and replication console server, please ensure the server
meets the system requirements.

Components Description

OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, 11 (version21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1,
21H2), 8.1, 7 SP1

OS Features .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later, Windows Installer 4.5,

PowerShell 5.1, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge,
or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11.0 or later, and RDP
client version 7.0 or later.

Veeam Backup and Replication Off-Host Backup Proxy Server

Please ensure the server meets the following system requirements for Veeam backup and
replication off-host backup proxy server.

Components Description

OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1

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Veeam Backup and Replication Proxy Server for NAS Backup

Please ensure the server meets the system requirements of the Veeam backup and replication
proxy server.

Components Description

OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, 11 (version21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1,
21H2), 8.1, 7 SP1

Veeam Backup Repository Server

Please ensure the server meets the following Veeam backup repository server system
requirements.

permanently Description

Windows OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019contagious passion for

technologysio,n21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1,
21H2), 8.1, 7 SP1

Linux distributions CentOS 7 to 8.3, 8.41, 8.5, CentOS Stream, Debian 9.0 to
10.8, 11.0, Fedora 30 to 33, 34, 35, RHEL 6.0 to 8.3, 8.4,
8.5, openSUSE Leap 15.2, 15.3, Tumbleweed, Oracle Linux
6 (UEK3) to 8.3 (UEK R6 and UEK R6 U2), Oracle Linux 6 to
8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 (RHCK), SLES 11 SP4, 12 SP1-SP5, 15 SP0-
SP2, SP3, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS,
18permanently9.10, 20.04 LTS, 21.04, 21.10,

Veeam Tape Server

Please ensure the server meets the following system requirements for the Veeam Tape Server.

Components Description

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Windows OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, 11 (version21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1,
21H2), 8.1, 7 SP1

Veeam WAN Accelerator

Please ensure the server meets the following Veeam WAN accelerator server system
requirements.

Components Description

Wi. He has Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, 11 (version21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1,
21H2), 8.1, 7 SP1

Veeam Backup & Replication Gateway Server

Please ensure the server meets the following system requirements for the Veeam backup and
replication gateway server.

Components Description

Windows OS Platform Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, 11 (version21H2), 10 (from version 1803, 21H1,
21H2), 8.1, 7 SP1

Linux distributions CentOS 7 to 8.3, 8.41, 8.5, CentOS Stream, Debian 9.0 to
10.8, 11.0, Fedora 30 to 33, 34, 35, RHEL 6.0 to 8.3, 8.4,
8.5, openSUSE Leap 15.2, 15.3, Tumbleweed, Oracle Linux
6 (UEK3) to 8.3 (UEK R6 and UEK R6 U2), Oracle Linux 6 to
8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 (RHCK), SLES 11 SP4, 12 SP1-SP5, 15 SP0-
SP2, SP3, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 19.10,
20.04 LTS, 21.04, 21.10,

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Supported Applications
Veeam supports the following list of application-aware backups.

Components Description

Active Directory Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2, 2012, 2008
R2, 2008

Exchange Exchange 2019, 2016, 2013 SP1, 2013, 2010 SP1, 2010
SP2, 2010 SP3

SharePoint SharePoint 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010

Microsoft SQL Server SQL Server 2005 SP4, 2008 SP4, 2008 R2 SP3, 2012 SP4,
2014 SP3, 2016 SP2, 2017, 2019 2019

Oracle (Windows OS) Oracle Database 11g Release 2, 12c Release 1, 12C Release
2, 18c, 19c, 21c

Oracle (Linux OS) Oracle Database 11g Release 2, 12c Release 1, 12C Release
2, 18c, 19c, 21c

Firewall Ports Requirements

You should only open the ports required for an application to run in a production environment.
Locking an environment is required for most Cyber Security audits and best practices. The list
below is the Port requirements for Veeam Backup and Replication. This list will help you
securely build your environment, and these firewall rules for the required ports are automatically
created when you install the Veeam Backup & Replication servers. However, some Linux
distributions need to have manual firewall rules created.

Windows Servers
Windows servers require the following inbound and outbound ports opened. The
inbound/outbound ports must be opened for Windows servers as Veeam backup infrastructure
components or enable application-aware processing.

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Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup & Windows server TCP 445

replication
manager server

Microsoft Hyper-V TCP 6160

server or Off-host
backup proxy

Veeam backup TCP 2500 to

repository 3300

Veeam gateway TCP 6162

server

Veeam mount TCP 49152

server to
65535
Veeam WAN
accelerator server

Veeam tape server

Linux Servers
Linux servers require the following inbound and outbound ports opened. The
inbound/outbound ports must be opened for Windows servers as Veeam backup infrastructure
components or enable application-aware processing.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Linux servers TCP 22

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Veeam backup & TCP 6162

replication
manager server TCP 2500 to
3300

Linux Servers Veeam backup & TCP 2500 to

replication manager 3300
server

Veeam Backup and Replication er Server

The Veeam Backup and Replication Servers require the following inbound and outbound ports
opened.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup & SCVMM server WCF 8100

replication
manager server TCP 8732

Hyper-V Host server TCP 445

135

TCP 6160

TCP 6162

TCP 6163

TCP 2500 to
3300

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TCP 49152
to
65535

Veeam Backup & TCP 1433

Replication
configuration database
server

DNS server UDP 53

Veeam update HTTPS 443

notification server TCP
(dev.veeam.com)

Veeam license update TCP 443

server
(vbr.butler.veeam.com,
autolk.veeam.com)

Veeam Backup & Replication Console

The Veeam Backup & Replication Console application requires opening the following inbound
and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

TCP 9392

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Veeam backup & Veeam backup & TCP 10003

replication console replication manager
server server TCP 9396

Veeam backup & Veeam Mount TCP 2500 to

replication console server 3300
server

Veeam Backup Proxy server

The Veeam Backup Proxy server requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Windows Hyper-V Windows server TCP 49152

server/ Off-host to
backup proxy 65535

SMB (CIFS) share TCP 445

135

NFS share TCP, 111

UDP 2049

Veeam Gateway server TCP 49152

to
UDP
65535

Windows Hyper-V TCP 2500 to

server 3300

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SMB3 server Veeam backup proxy TCP 2500 to

server (onhost or 3300
offhost)

Windows and Linux-based Backup Repository

The Windows and Linux-based Backup Repositories require opening the inbound and outbound
ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup Veeam backup TCP 2500 to

proxy server repository 3300

Veeam source Veeam target TCP 2500 to

backup repository backup repository 3300

Veeam source Azure Object TCP 2500 to

backup repository storage repository 3300
gateway server

Veeam Backup Cache repository in TCP 2500 to

repository/ NAS backup 3300
secondary backup
repository

Windows server Veeam backup TCP 2500 to

running vPower repository gateway 3300
NFS Service server as a backup
repository

NFS Share Backup Repository

The NFS Share Backup Repository requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.
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Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam gateway NFS is shared as a TCP 2049

server / Veeam backup repository
UDP
backup proxy
TCP 111

UDP

NFS share as a TCP mountd_port

backup repository
UDP
(version 3)
TCP statd_port

UDP

TCP lockd_port

UDP lockd_port

Windows SMB Backup Repository

The SMB Backup Repository requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam gateway Windows SMB TCP 445

server / Veeam (CIFS) backup
135
backup proxy repository

Azure Object Storage Repository

The Azure Object Storage repository requires opening the following inbound and outbound
ports.

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Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam Azure Object TCP 443

gateway Storage
server

HTTPS *.blob.core.windows.net for the

Global region

*.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn
for China region

*.blob.core.cloudapi.de for the

Germany region

*.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net
for Government region

TCP 80

HTTP ocsp.digicert.com

ocsp.msocsp.com

*.d-trust.net

External Repository
The External Repository requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

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Veeam Azure Object TCP 443

gateway Storage
server

HTTPS *.blob.core.windows.net for

Global region

*.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn
for China region

*.blob.core.cloudapi.de for
Germany region

*.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net
for Government region

TCP 80

HTTP ocsp.digicert.com

ocsp.msocsp.com

*.d-trust.net

Azure Archive Object Storage Repository

The Azure Archive Object Storage Repository requires opening the inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Azure proxy TCP 443

appliance

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Veeam SSH 22
gateway
server HTTPS Public/private IPv4 addresses of
Azure appliance

Azure proxy Azure object TCP 443

appliance storage
HTTPS *.blob.core.windows.net for
Global region

*.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn
for China region

*.blob.core.cloudapi.de for
Germany region

*.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net
for Government region

TCP 80

HTTP ocsp.digicert.com

ocsp.msocsp.com

*.d-trust.net

Veeam Gateway Server

The Veeam Gateway Server requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

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Veeam gateway Windows SMB TCP 445

server (CIFS) backup
135
repository

NFS shares the TCP, 111, 2409

backup repository UDP

Veeam Tape Server

The Veeam Tape Server requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam backup Veeam tape server TCP 6166

and replication
manager server

TCP 2500 to 3300

Veeam tape Veeam backup and TCP 2500 to 3300

server replication
manager server

Veeam WAN Accelerator Server

The Veeam WAN Accelerator Server requires opening the following inbound and outbound
ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

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Veeam backup Veeam WAN TCP 6160

and replication accelerator server
manager server

TCP 6162

TCP 6164

Veeam WAN Veeam backup and TCP 2500 to 3300

accelerator server replication
manager server

Veeam WAN TCP 6164

accelerator server
TCP 6165

Veeam Guest Interaction Proxy with Non-Persistent Runtime

Components
The Veeam Guest Interaction Proxy with non-persistent Runtime Components requires opening
the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam backup VM guest Linux OS TCP 22

and replication
manager server

Veeam Guest TCP 6190

interaction proxy
TCP 6290

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TCP 445

Veeam Guest VM guest TCP 445

interaction proxy Windows OS
135

TCP 49152 to
65535

TCP 6167

VM guest Linux OS TCP 22

VM guest OS Veeam Guest TCP 2500 to 3300

interaction proxy

Veeam Guest Interaction Proxy with Persistent Agent

Components
The Veeam Guest Interaction Proxy with persistent Runtime Components requires opening the
following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam Guest VM guest OS TCP 6160

interaction proxy
11731

TCP 6167

TCP 6173

2500

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Veeam Mount Server

The Veeam Mount Server requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam Mount Veeam backup and TCP 9401

server replication
manager server

Veeam Backup TCP 2500 to 3300

repository

Veeam backup Veeam Mount TCP 445

and replication server
manager server TCP 2500 to 3300

TCP 6160

TCP 6162

TCP 6170

TCP 49152 to
65535

Veeam Helper Appliance

The Veeam Helper Appliance requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

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Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam helper Veeam Backup TCP 2500 to 3300

appliance repository

Veeam backup Veeam helper TCP 22

and replication appliance
manager server TCP 2500 to 3300

Veeam mount Veeam helper TCP 22

server appliance
TCP 2500 to 3300

Veeam Helper Host

The Veeam Helper Host requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam helper Veeam Backup TCP 2500 to 3300

host repository

Veeam backup Veeam helper host TCP 22

and replication
manager server TCP 2500 to 3300

TCP 6162

Veeam helper host TCP 22

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Veeam mount TCP 2500 to 3300

server

VM Guest OS
The VM Guest OS requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

VM guest OS Veeam helper TCP 21

appliance

Veeam helper VM guest Linux or TCP 20

appliance Unix OS
TCP 2500 to 3300

Veeam helper VM guest Linux or TCP 2500 to 3300

host Unix OS

Veeam backup VM guest Linux or TCP 22

and replication Unix OS
manager server

Veeam mount VM guest TCP 445

server Windows OS
135

TCP 6160

11731

TCP 6173

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2500

TCP 49152 to
65535

Veeam backup VM guest OS TCP 2500 to 3300

and replication
manager server

Veeam U-AIR
Veeam U-AIR requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

Veeam U-AIR Veeam Backup TCP 9394

Enterprise
manager server

Application Item of Active Directory Domain Controller Restore

The following inbound and outbound ports must be opened to utilize the Application Item level
restores.

Sources Target Network Port Number

Protocol

TCP 135

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Veeam backup Active directory TCP 389

and replication VM guest OS
UDP
manager server

TCP 636

3268

3269

TCP 49152 to
65535

Application Item of Exchange Server Restore

The following inbound and outbound ports must be opened to utilize the Application Item of
Exchange Server restores.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup Exchange 2003/2007 TCP 80

and replication CAS Server
443
manager server

Exchange TCP 443

2010/2013/2016/2019
CAS Server

Application Item of SQL Server Restore

To utilize the Application Item of SQL Server, the following inbound and outbound ports must be
opened.

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Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup SQL VM guest OS TCP 1433

and replication
1434 and
manager server
other

Azure Proxy Server

The Azure Proxy Server requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup Azure Proxy server TCP 443

and replication
manager server /
Backup
Repository server

Azure Helper Appliance

The Azure Helper Appliance requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup Azure helper TCP 22

and replication appliance
manager server

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Azure Stack
Azure Stack requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup Azure stack TCP 443

and replication
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manager server

SMTP Server
The SMTP Server requires opening the following inbound and outbound ports.

Sources Target Network Port

Protocol Number

Veeam backup SMTP server TCP 25

and replication
manager server

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Chapter 2

Deployment
This chapter will explain installing and upgrading Veeam Backup and Replication components. To
Install or upgrade the machine's Veeam Backup and Replication components, you must ensure
the devices meet the system requirements.

When writing this book, the most current Veeam Backup and replication version is Version
11.0.1.1261 P20220302. However, staying with the latest patching and version cadence provided
by Veeam Software is highly recommended. Critical fixes for both functionality and security are
included in the latest versions.

Install Veeam Backup and Replication v11a

Veeam released Veeam Backup and Replication v11a on September 27, 2021, and this version
has many new features.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and Replication
manager server.
2. Download the Veeam
Backup and Replication
v11a ISO image file from
the Veeam website sign-
in required).

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3. Mount
VeeamBackup&Replicatio
n_11.0.1.1261_20220302.
iso file.

4. Run Setup.exe.

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5. On the User Access

Control page, click Yes.

6. On the Veeam Backup &

Replication 11a page, click
Install.

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7. On the Please Install

prerequisite page, click
OK.

8. On the License
Agreement page, select I
accept the terms of the
Veeam license agreement
checkbox
9. Select I accept the terms
of the 3rd party
components license
agreements, click Next.

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10. Click Browse on the

Provide License page.

11. Select a license file for

Veeam Backup &
Replication and click
Open.

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12. On the Provide License

page, click Next.

13. On the Program Features

page, click Next.

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14. On the System

Configuration Check page,
if required software
components are missing,
click Install to install the
missing features.

15. Click Next after installing

the missing components.

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16. On the Default

Configuration page, click
Install.

17. If you want to specify

custom installation
settings, select. Let me
specify different settings
and click Next.

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18. On the Service Account

page, select LOCAL
SYSTEM account and click
Next.

19. On the SQL Server

Instance page, If a
Microsoft SQL Server is
not installed locally or
remotely, select Install a
new instance of SQL
Server.
20. If you want to use the
existing instance of SQL
Server, enter the instance
name in the
HOSTNAME\INSTANCE
format.
21. Enter a database name
for the Veeam Backup &
Replication configuration
database in the Database
field.

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22. Select Microsoft Windows

authentication or SQL
Server authentication. If
you select the SQL Server
authentication, enter the
credentials of the SQL
Server account, and click
Next.

23. On the Port Configuration

page, customize port
number values that will
be used for
communication between
backup infrastructure
components and click
Next.

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24. On the Data Locations

page, specify where the
write cache and indexing
data must be stored, and
click Next.

25. On the Ready to Install

page, verify Veeam
Backup & Replication
installation settings,
select Check for updates
once the product is
installed and periodically
click Install.

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26. Click Finish on the

Completing Veeam
Backup & Replication 11a
Setup Wizard page.

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Upgrade the Existing Veeam Backup and Replication to v11a

Veeam Backup and Replication v11a were released on September 27, 2021. If you are still using
an older version of Veeam and Replication, it is time to upgrade it to v11a. Veeam Backup &
Replication v11a is the newer version 11 that addresses issues reported by customers on the
original build and adds the following new features and enhancements.

Note:

The earlier version must be Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Update 4b (build 9.5.4.2866) or
later.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the existing

Veeam Backup and
replication manager
server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console.
3. Drop down the main
menu, select Help, and
click About to check
Veeam Backup &
Replication version.

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4. Make sure the existing

Veeam Backup and
Replication version meets
the requirements.

5. Drop down the main

menu and select
Configuration Backup.

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6. On the Configuration
Backup Settings page,
select Backup now to
back up the current
configuration.
7. Click OK to close the
Configuration Backup
Settings after the backup
is completed.

8. On the Home page, select

Jobs.
9. Right-click jobs and select
Disable to disable all jobs.

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10. Make sure all jobs are

disabled and close Veeam
Backup & Replication
Console.

11. Download the Veeam

Backup and Replication
v11a ISO image file from
the Veeam website. (Sign-
in required).

12. Mount
VeeamBackup&Replicatio
n_11.0.1.1261_20220302.
iso file.

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13. Run Setup.exe.

14. On the User Account

Control page, click Yes.

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15. On the Veeam Backup &

Replication 11a page, click
Upgrade.

16. Click OK to install this

prerequisite.

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17. On the License

Agreement page, select I
accept the terms of the
Veeam license agreement
checkbox
18. Select I accept the terms
of the 3rd party
components license
agreements checkbox and
click Next.

19. On the Upgrade page,

click Next.

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20. On the Provide License

page, click Browse.

21. Select the Veeam Backup

and Replication license
file, and click Open.

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22. On the Provide License

page, click Next.

23. On the System

Configuration Check page,
click Install to deploy
missing features.

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24. Click Next after installing

the missing features.

25. Select the LOCAL SYSTEM

account on the Service
Account page, specify
another user account, and
click Next.

Note:

If you would like to use the

specified user account, the
user account must be a
member of the
Administrators group on the
Veeam Backup & Replication
machine. Also, it must have
db_owner rights for the
configuration database.

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26. On the SQL Server

Instance page, click Next.

27. Click Yes on the question

pop-up message. Veeam
will automatically
upgrade the database to
the version you are
installing.

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28. Click Install on the Ready

to Install page.

29. On the Completing

Veeam Backup &
Replication 11a Setup
Wizard page, ensure the
installation succeeded,
and click Finish.

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30. Open Veeam Backup &

Replication management
console and click Connect.

31. On the Components

Update page, select the
servers and click Appl

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32. Make sure the

components update
succeeds for selected
servers and click Finish.

33. Drop down the main

menu, select Help, and
click About to check
Veeam Backup &
Replication version.

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34. Make sure the existing

Veeam Backup and
Replication version is
upgraded.

35. On the Home page, select

Jobs.
36. Right-click jobs and
unselect Disable to enable
all jobs.

37. Make sure all jobs are

enabled.

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Install Veeam Backup and Replication Console

When you install Veeam Backup & Replication, the Veeam Backup & Replication console is
automatically installed on the backup server. If you want to access Veeam Backup & Replication
remotely, you can install the Veeam Backup & Replication console on a dedicated machine.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and Replication
manager console server.
2. Download the Veeam
Backup and Replication
v11a ISO image file from
the Veeam website. (Sign-
in required).

3. Mount
VeeamBackup&Replicatio
n_11.0.1.1261_20220302.
iso file.

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4. Run Setup.exe.

5. On the User Access

Control page, click Yes.

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6. On the Veeam Backup &

Replication Console page,
click Install.

7. On the License
Agreement page, select I
accept the Veeam license
agreement checkbox
terms.
8. Select I accept the terms
of the 3rd party
components license
agreements checkbox.
9. Click Next.

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10. On the System

Configuration Check page,
the setup wizard checks if
all prerequisite software
is installed on the
machine. If required
software components are
missing, the setup wizard
will offer you to install
them. To install missing
components
automatically, click Instal.

11. Click Next after installing

the missing components.

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12. On the Default

Configuration page, click
Instal.

13. Click Finish on the

Completing Veeam
Backup & Replication 11a
Setup Wizard page.

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14. Verify that the Veeam

Backup Service is running
on the Veeam Backup
Server, and then test
connectivity to that
service from the remote
machine using the
following PowerShell
cmdlet.

Test-NetConnection -
ComputerName
<hostname/ip> -Port 9392

15. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
click Connect, enter the
Backup & Replication
manager server name or
IP address, and click
Connect.

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16. Ensure you can connect

to the Veeam Backup &
Replication manager
server without issue.

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Chapter 3

Configuration
This chapter will review the initial configurations of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.
These include:

 Virtual Infrastructure

 Backup Infrastructure

 Backup Repositories

 Cloud Repositories

 Backup and Replication

These steps must be configured before setting up Backup Jobs, covered in the next chapter.

Configuring Inventory
The Veeam backup and Replication inventory module consists of several components:

Virtual Infrastructure

Physical Infrastructure

File Shares.

The following server and host categories can be added to the virtual infrastructure:

 Microsoft Hyper-V Standalone Hosts

 Microsoft Clusters

 Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)

 Microsoft Physical Hosts

 File Shares
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Add Microsoft Hyper-V Standalone Hosts

You must add the Microsoft Hyper-V standalone hosts you plan to use as source and target for
backup, replication and other activities.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Inventory.
4. On the Inventory page,
select Virtual
Infrastructure and click
Add Server.

5. On the Add Server page,

select Microsoft Hyper-V.

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6. On the Name page,

specify a DNS name, IP
address, and description
for the Microsoft Hyper-V
server and click Next.

7. Select Microsoft Hyper-V

server (standalone) on
the Type page and click
Next.

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8. To add the credentials,

select Add on the right or
the Manage accounts link
on the Credentials page.

9. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click
Add.

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10. On the Credentials page,

enter a user name you
want to add in the
Username field.
11. In the Password field,
enter a password for the
account you want to add.
12. Enter a description in the
Description field and click
OK.

13. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click OK.

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14. On the Credentials page,

click Next.

15. On the Apply page, click

Apply.

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16. On the Results page,

ensure Veeam completes
the Microsoft Hyper-V
server adding procedure
without error and click
Next.

17. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Microsoft Hyper-V server
and click Finish.

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Add Microsoft Hyper-V Clusters

You must add the Microsoft Hyper-V clusters you plan to use as source and target for backup,
replication and other activities.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Inventory.
4. On the Inventory page,
select Virtual
Infrastructure and click
Add Server.

5. On the Add Server page,

select Microsoft Hyper-V.

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6. On the Name page, enter

a DNS name, IP address,
and description for the
Microsoft Hyper-V cluster
and click Next.

7. On the Type page, select

Microsoft Hyper-V cluster
and click Next.

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8. To add the credentials,

select Add on the right or
the Manage accounts link
on the Credentials page.

9. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click
Add.

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10. On the Credentials page,

enter a domain user
name for the account you
want to add in the
Username field.
11. Enter a password in the
Password field.
12. Enter a description in the
Description field, and click
OK.

13. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click OK.

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14. On the Credentials page,

click Next.

15. On the Apply page, click

Select All and then click
Apply.

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16. On the Results page,

ensure Veeam completes
the adding the Microsoft
Hyper-V cluster process
without error and click
Next.

17. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Microsoft Hyper-V server
and click Finish.

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Add Veeam Agent to Microsoft Windows Physical machines

Veeam Backup & Replication is a centralized control center for deploying and managing Veeam
Agent, including Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, Veeam Agent for Linux, Veeam Agent for
IBM AIX, Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris and Veeam Agent for Mac.

Physical machines running Windows, Linux, Unix, or macOS can be backed up and restored.
Backup agents are installed on each computer by Veeam Backup & Replication.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Inventory.

4. On the Inventory page,

select Physical
Infrastructure and click
Create Protection Group.

5. On the Name page,

specify a protection group
name and description for
the protection group and
click Next.

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6. Select Specify protection

scope for the created
protection group on the
Type page and click Next.

7. On the Computers page,

click Add.

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8. Specify a DNS name or IP

address on the Add
Computer page.

9. From the Credentials list,

select a user account with
administrative
permissions on the
computer and click OK.

10. If you still need to set up

credentials beforehand,
click the Manage
accounts link or Add on
the right.

11. On the Manage

Credentials page, select
the administrator account
and click Add.

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12. On the Credentials page,

enter a domain user
name for the account you
want to add in the
Username field.

13. Enter a password in the

Password field.

14. Enter a description in the

Description field, and click
OK.

15. On the Computers page,

click Test Now.

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16. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, ensure the
status is successful and
click Close.

17. On the Computers page,

click Next.

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18. On the Options page, in

the Discovery section,
define the schedule for
automatic computer
discovery within the
scope of the protection
group.

19. In the Deployment

section, from the
Distribution server list,
select a Microsoft
Windows server that you
plan to use as a
distribution server.

20. Select the Install changed

block tracking driver on
Windows Server OS check
box if you want to install
the advanced changed
block tracking (CBT) driver
on servers protected with
Veeam Agent for
Microsoft Windows.

21. Click Advanced to

customize advanced
protection group settings.

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22. On the Advanced Settings

page, specify the below
settings that will be
deployed on computers
included in the protection
group and click OK.

 Limiting
bandwidth
consumption:
specify the
maximum speed
for transferring
backed-up data
from the Veeam
Agent computer
to the target
location.

 Restrict metered
connections
usage: Veeam
Agent
automatically
detects metered
connections and
does not perform
backup when
your computer is
on such
connection.

 Restrict VPN
connection usage:
Veeam Agent for
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automatically
detect a VPN
connection and
will not perform a
backup when the
Veeam Agent
computer is on
such a
connection.

 Restrict Wi-Fi
usage to these
networks: restrict
usage of wireless
networks for
Veeam Agent
running on
Microsoft
Windows
workstations.

23. Backup I/O settings: You

can instruct Veeam Agent
for Microsoft Windows to
throttle its activities
during backup.

 Throttle agent
activity on the
type of
computers to
throttle Veeam
Agent backup
activities:
Workstations
only, Servers only
or All hosts.

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24. Security settings: You can

allow user accounts that
do not have
administrative privileges
on a Veeam Agent
computer to perform a
file-level restore on this
computer.

25. On the Advanced page,

select Notifications.

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26. On the Notification page,

select Send daily agent
status report e-mail to the
following recipients and
enter an email address for
each recipient. Multiple
addresses can be entered,
separated by a semicolon.

27. You can use global

notification settings or
specify custom
notification settings and
click OK.

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28. On the Options page, click

Next.

29. On the Review page, click

Apply.

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30. On the Apply page,

ensure the operation is
complete without error,
and click Next.

31. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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32. The Computers need to

reboot if you select install
changed block tracking
driver on Windows Server
OS.

33. Ensure the operation is

complete without error
on the Agents discovery
session page.

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Configuring Backup Infrastructure

The backup infrastructure of Veeam Backup & Replication consists of Backup proxy servers,
Backup Repositories, Object storage repositories, Scale-out Repositories, External Repositories,
WAN Accelerators, and Managed Servers.

You can install Veeam Backup & Replication components on the same physical or virtual
machine. Alternatively, you can set them up separately for a more scalable approach.

Adding Microsoft Hyper-V Standalone Servers

You must add the Microsoft Hyper-V standalone hosts you plan to use as source and target for
backup, replication and other activities. You can add them from Inventory or Backup
Infrastructure.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

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1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.

4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Managed Servers, right-
click Managed Servers
and select Add Server.

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5. On the Add Server page,

select Microsoft Hyper-V.

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6. On the Microsoft Hyper-V

page, select Hyper-V.

7. On the Name page,

specify a DNS name, IP
address, and description
for the Microsoft Hyper-V
server and click Next.

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8. Select Microsoft Hyper-V

server (standalone) on
the Type page and click
Next.

9. On the Credentials page,

click the Manage
accounts link or click Add
on the right to add the
credentials.

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10. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click
Add.

11. On the Credentials page,

enter a user name in the
Username field.

12. Enter a password in the

Password field.

13. Enter a description in the

Description field and click
OK.

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14. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click OK.

15. On the Credentials page,

click Next.

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16. On the Apply page, click

Apply.

17. On the Results page,

complete the Microsoft
Hyper-V server adding
procedure without error,
and click Next.

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18. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Microsoft Hyper-V server
and click Finish.

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Adding Microsoft Hyper-V Clusters

You must add the Microsoft Hyper-V clusters you plan to use as source and target for backup,
replication and other activities. You can add them from Inventory or Backup Infrastructure.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.
4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Managed Servers, right-
click Managed Servers,
and select Add Server.

5. On the Add Server page,

select Microsoft Hyper-V.

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6. On the Name page,

specify a DNS name, IP
address, and description
for the Microsoft Hyper-V
cluster and click Next.

7. On the Type page, select

Microsoft Hyper-V cluster
and click Next.

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8. On the Credentials page,

click the Manage
accounts link or Add on
the right to add the
credentials.

9. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click
Add.

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10. On the Credentials page,

enter a domain user
name for the account you
want to add in the
Username field.
11. Enter a password In the
Password field.
12. Enter a description in the
Description field, and click
OK.

13. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click OK.

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14. On the Credentials page,

click Next.

15. On the Apply page, click

Select All and then click
Apply.

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16. On the Results page,

complete the Microsoft
Hyper-V cluster adding
procedure without error,
and click Next.

17. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Microsoft Hyper-V server
and click Finish.

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Adding Microsoft Windows Servers

Suppose you plan to use as backup infrastructure components and servers that you plan to use
for various types of restore operations. In that case, you must add the Microsoft Windows
servers to the backup infrastructure.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.

4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Managed Servers, right-
click Managed Servers,
and select Add Server.

5. On the Add Server page,

select Microsoft
Windows.

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6. On the Name page,

specify a DNS name, IP
address, and description
for the Microsoft
Windows server and click
Next.

7. On the Credentials page,

click the Manage
accounts link or Add on
the right to add the
credentials.

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8. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click
Add.

9. On the Credentials page,

enter a domain user
name for the account you
want to add in the
Username field.

10. Enter a password In the

Password field.

11. Enter a description in the

Description field, and click
OK.

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12. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click OK.

13. On the Credentials page,

click Next.

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14. On the Review page, click

Apply.

15. On the Apply page,

complete the Microsoft
Windows server adding
procedure without error,
and click Next.

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16. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Microsoft Windows
server, and click Finish.

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Adding Linux Server for a hardened repository

Suppose you plan to use backup infrastructure components and servers that you plan to use for
various types of restore operations. In that case, you must add the Linux servers to the backup
infrastructure.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.

4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Managed Servers, right-
click Managed Servers,
and select Add Server.

5. On the Add Server page,

select Linux.

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6. On the Name page,

specify the Linux server's
DNS name, IP address,
and description and click
Next.

7. Click Add on the SSH .

Connection page and
select Single-use
credential for the
hardened repository.

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8. On the Credentials page,

enter a user name in the
Username field.

9. Enter a password In the

Password field.

10. In the SSH port field,

select 22, and click OK.

11. If you are using a non-

root account, select Add
account to the sudoers
file, select Use “su” if
sudo fails and enter the
Root password.

12. On the SSH Connection

page, click Advanced.

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13. Select Yes on the trust

warning message page.

14. On the SSH Settings page,

click OK.

15. Enter an SSH timeout in

the Service console
connection section. The
default SSH timeout is
20000 ms.

16. Configure connection

settings for file copy
operations in the Data
transfer options section.
Provide a set of ports for
transmission channels
between the source and
target hosts (one port per
task). Veeam Backup &
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range 2500-3300 by
default.

17. By default, port 6162 is

open. Veeam Data Mover
uses this port.

18. On the SSH Connection

page, click Next.

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19. On the Review page, click

Apply.

20. On the Apply page,

complete the procedure
of Linux server adding
without error, and click
Next.

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21. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Linux server, and click
Finish

22. Verify that the Linux

server has been added

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Adding Off-Host Backup proxy servers

Off-Host Backup proxy servers will retrieve VM data from the source datastore, process it and
transfer it to the destination. The off-host backup proxy removes unwanted overhead on the
production Hyper-V host.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.

4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Backup Proxies, right-click
Backup Proxies, and
select Add Hyper-V off-
host backup proxy.

5. On the Server page, click

Add New.

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6. On the Name page,

specify a DNS name, IP
address, and description
for the Microsoft Hyper-V
server and click Next.

7. On the Credentials page,

select the existing
credential. If you lack the
credential, click the
Manage accounts link or
Add on the right.

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8. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click
Add.

9. On the Credentials page,

enter a user name in the
Username field.

10. In the Password field,

enter a password.

11. Enter a description in the

Description field and click
OK.

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12. On the Manage Standard

Credentials page, click OK.

13. On the Credentials page,

click Next.

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14. On the Review page, click

Apply.

15. On the Apply page, click

Next.

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16. On the Summary page,

review the details of the
Microsoft Hyper-V server
and click Finish.

17. On the Server page, click

Next.

18. In the Proxy description

field, describe future
references.

19. In the Connected volumes

field, leave the default.

20. Enter the number of tasks

the off-host backup proxy
must handle concurrently
in the Max concurrent
tasks field.

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21. On the Traffic Rules page,

click Next.

22. You can open global

network traffic settings
and modify them directly
from the New Hyper-V
Off-Host Proxy wizard. To
do this, click the Manage
network traffic rules link
at the bottom of the
wizard.

23. On the Review page, click

Apply.

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24. On the Apply page,

complete the Hyper-V
backup proxy adding
procedure without error,
and click Next.

25. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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Adding a local directory on the Microsoft Windows server as

Backup Repository

You can add the following types of storage to the Microsoft Windows server as a backup
repository:

 A local disk.

 A directly attached disk-based storage (such as a USB hard drive).

 SCSI/FC SAN LUN in case the server is connected to the SAN fabric.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.
4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Backup Repositories,
right-click Backup
Repositories, and select
Add backup repository.

5. On the Add Backup

Repository page, select
Direct attached storage.

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6. On the Direct Attached

Storage page, select
Microsoft Windows.

7. On the Name page,

specify in the Name field.
8. In the Description field,
describe future
references.
9. Click Next.

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10. On the Server page, select

the Microsoft Windows
server you want to use as
a backup repository and
click Populate.

11. Select the disk and click

Next.

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12. On the Repository page,

click Populate to review
the disk capacity and free
space.

13. Use the Load control

settings to manage the
load on the backup
repository and avoid
storage I/O timeouts if
you need it.
14. Click Advanced.

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15. On the Storage

Compatibility Settings,
select Align backup file
data blocks, select Use
per-machine backup files,
and click OK.

Note:

Select Decompress backup file

data blocks before storing if
you use a deduplicating
storage feature or appliance.

16. On the Repository page,

click Next.

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17. Select a server from the

Mount server drop-down
list on the Mount Server
page. The mount server is
required for the
restoration of file-level
and application items.
18. Select a folder in the
Instant recovery write
cache folder field.
19. Unselect Enable vPower
NFS service on the mount
server, vPower NFS
settings are not applicable
in Microsoft Hyper-V
environments.
20. Click Next.

21. On the Review page, click

Apply.
22. Select the Search the
repository for existing
backups and import them
automatically if the
backup repository
contains backups
previously created with
Veeam Backup &
Replication.
23. Select Import guest file
system index data to the
catalog and click Apply.

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24. On the Apply page,

complete the procedure
of adding the backup
repository without error
and click Next.

25. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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26. Click Yes to change the

configuration backup
location if this is the first
new create backup
repository, and you will
be asking.

27. Verify that the Backup

Repository has been
added.

Adding a local directory on the Linux server as a Hardened

Backup Repository

You can add the following types of storage to the Linux server as a backup repository:

 A local disk.

 A directly attached disk-based storage (such as a USB hard drive).

 NFS share.

 SCSI/FC SAN LUN in case the server is connected to the SAN fabric.

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Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.
4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Backup Repositories,
right-click Backup
Repositories, and select
Add backup repository.

5. On the Add Backup

Repository page, select
Direct attached storage.

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6. On the Direct Attached

Storage page, select
Linux.

7. On the Name page,

specify in the Name field.
8. In the Description field,
describe future
references.
9. Click Next.

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10. On the Server page, select

the Linux server and click
Populate.

11. Select the disk and click

Next.

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12. On the Repository page,

click Browser for Path to
folder.

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13. On the Select Folder page,

expand the server, select
the backup folder, and
click OK.

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14. On the Repository page,

click Populate for Path to
folder.

15. On the Repository page,

select Use fast closing on
XFS volumes.
16. Select Make recent
backup immutable for 7
days. It depends on your
requirement.
17. Use the Load control
settings to manage the
backup repository's load
and avoid potential
storage I/O timeouts if
needed.
18. Click Advanced.

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19. On the Storage

Compatibility Settings,
select Align backup file
data blocks, select Use
per-machine backup files,
and click OK.

20. On the Repository page,

click Next.

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21. On the Mount Server

page, select a server. The
mount server is required
for the restoration of file-
level and application
items.
22. Select a folder in the
Instant recovery write
cache folder field.
23. Click Next.

24. On the Review page, click

Apply.
25. Select the Search the
repository for existing
backups and import them
automatically if the
backup repository
contains backups
previously created with
Veeam Backup &
Replication.
26. Select the Import guest
file system index data to
the catalog if the backup
repository contains
previously created Veeam
Backup & Replication
guest file system index
files.

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27. On the Apply page,

ensure to complete the
procedure of the backup
repository adding without
error and click Next.

28. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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29. Verify that the Backup

Repository has been
added.

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Adding Network Attached Storage (SMB or CIFS Shares) as

Backup Repository

You can use network-attached storage (SMB or CIFS Shares) as backup repositories with
Veeam Backup and Replication. A network-attached storage (NAS) device can be a shared
folder on your computer or any other physical device accessed via the Server Message Block
(SMB) protocol.
Note:
 You must deploy a gateway server because an SMB share cannot host Veeam Data
Movers. However, Veeam Backup & Replication will automatically deploy a Veeam Data
Mover on this gateway server.
 It is recommended that you deploy an additional gateway server in the remote site,
closer to the SMB repository, if you plan to move VM data to an off-site SMB repository
over a WAN link,

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

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1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.
4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Backup Repositories,
right-click Backup
Repositories and select
Add backup repository.

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5. On the Add Backup

Repository page, select
Network attached
storage.

6. On the Network Attached

Storage, select SMB
share.

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7. On the Name page,

specify in the Name field.
8. In the Description field,
describe future
references.
9. Click Next.

10. On the Share page, enter

the share folder name,
select This share requires
access credentials, and
select the managed
account from the drop-
down list.
11. Select Automatic
selection or specify the
server as the Gateway
server.
12. Click Next.

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13. On the Repository page,

click Populate to review
the disk capacity and free
space.
14. Use the Load control
settings to manage the
backup repository's load
and avoid potential
storage I/O timeouts if
necessary.
15. Click Advanced.

16. On the Storage

Compatibility Settings,
select Align backup file
data blocks, select Use
per-machine backup files,
and click OK.

Note:

Select Decompress backup file

data blocks before storing if
you use a deduplicating
storage feature or appliance.

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17. On the Repository page,

click Next.

18. On the Mount Server

page, select a server from
the drop-down list.
19. Select a folder in the
Instant recovery write
cache folder field.
20. Unselect Enable vPower
NFS service on the mount
server, vPower NFS
settings are not applicable
in Microsoft Hyper-V
environments.
21. Click Next.

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22. On the Review page, click

Apply.
23. Select the Search the
repository for existing
backups and import them
automatically if the
backup repository
contains backups
previously created with
Veeam Backup &
Replication.
24. Select the Import guest
file system index data to
the catalog if the backup
repository contains index
files for guest file systems
previously created by
Veeam Backup &
Replication.

25. On the Apply page,

complete the procedure
of adding the backup
repository without error,
and click Next.

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26. On the Summary page,

click Finish

27. Verify that the Backup

Repository has been
added.

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Adding Rotated Drives on the Microsoft Windows server as

Backup Repository
This scenario is helpful if you want to store backups on multiple external hard drives that you
intend to move between locations. The drives that are rotated can be detachable USB or eSATA
hard drives.

There are some limitations as below:

 Only one repository with rotated drives can be created on a single managed server.

 You cannot store archive full backups (GFS backups) created with backup jobs or backup
copy jobs in backup repositories with a rotated drive.

 You cannot store per-machine backup files in backup repositories with rotated drives.

 You cannot rescan backup repositories with rotated drives.

 Scale-out backup repositories do not support rotated drives.

 Repositories with rotated drives are not supported as primary backup repositories,
archive repositories, and secondary target repositories for NAS backup.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

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1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.
4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
Backup Repositories,
right-click Backup
Repositories, and select
Add backup repository.

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5. On the Add Backup

Repository page, select
Direct attached storage.

6. On the Direct Attached

Storage page, select
Microsoft Windows.

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7. On the Name page,

specify in the Name field.
8. In the Description field,
describe future
references.
9. Click Next.

10. On the Server page, select

the Microsoft Windows
server you want to use as
a backup repository and
click Populate.

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11. Select the rotated disk

drive you want to use as a
backup repository, and
click Next.

12. On the Repository page,

click Populate to review
the disk capacity and free
space.

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13. Use the Load control

settings to manage the
load on the backup
repository and avoid
storage I/O timeouts if
you require it.
14. Click Advanced.

15. On the Storage

Compatibility Settings,
select This repository is
backed by rotated drives,
and click OK.

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16. On the Repository page,

click Next.

17. On the Mount Server

page, select a server from
the drop-down list.
18. Select a folder in the
Instant recovery write
cache folder field.
19. Unselect Enable vPower
NFS service on the mount
server, vPower NFS
settings are not applicable
in Microsoft Hyper-V
environments.
20. Click Next.

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21. On the Review page, click

Apply.
22. Select the Search the
repository for existing
backups and import them
automatically if the
backup repository
contains backups
previously created with
Veeam Backup &
Replication.
23. Select the Import guest
file system index data to
the catalog if the backup
repository contains guest
file system index files
previously created by
Veeam Backup &
Replication.

24. On the Apply page,

ensure Veeam completes
adding the backup
repository process
without error, and click
Next.

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25. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

26. Verify that the Backup

Repository has been
added.

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Adding WAN Acceleration

Veeam's WAN acceleration technology optimizes data transfer to remote locations. It is explicitly
designed for off-site backup copy and replication jobs. You must deploy a pair of WAN
accelerators in your backup infrastructure to enable WAN acceleration and data deduplication
technologies.

Note:

The Veeam Universal License includes WAN acceleration. Veeam Backup & Replication Enterprise
or Enterprise Plus editions are required when using a legacy socket-based licence.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Backup Infrastructure.

4. On the Backup
Infrastructure page, select
WAN Accelerators, right-
click WAN Accelerators,
and select Add WAN
Accelerator.

5. Select a Microsoft
Windows server from the
Choose server drop-down
list on the Server page.

6. Describe comments in the

Description.

7. Specify the number of the

port in the Traffic port
field.

8. Specify the number of

connections in the
Streams field. If the link
has low latency and high
bandwidth, the default
setting (5 streams) may
sufficiently saturate it
thoroughly. The link still
needs to be fully utilized
the number of streams
may be increased.

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According to tests,
multiplying the link speed
by 1.5 is a good best
practice for estimating
the number of streams
required for high latency.

9. If your network
bandwidth exceeds 100
Mbps, Veeam
recommends using the
High bandwidth mode
option. On WAN links less
than 1 Gbps, this mode
offers significant
bandwidth savings
compared to the direct
method.

10. Click Next.

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11. Specify a path to the

folder in the Folder field
on the Cache page.

12. Specify the size for the

global cache in the Cache
size field.

13. Click Next.

Note:

If both WAN accelerators

(source and target) are set to
High bandwidth, WAN
acceleration does not use the
global cache. However,
remember that you can
deactivate the High
bandwidth mode and return
to the Low bandwidth mode
anytime.

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14. On the Review page, click

Apply.

15. On the Apply page,

complete the procedure
of WAN Accelerator
adding without error, and
click Next.

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16. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

17. Verify that the WAN

Accelerator has been
added.

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General Settings
All jobs, backup infrastructure components, and other backup server-managed objects have
general settings applied to them.

Configure Notification with Free SendGrid Account of Azure

You can configure the SendGrid account as an SMTP relay for notification settings if you want
Veeam Backup & Replication to send email notifications about backup job results.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Sign in Azure portal with a

global admin account.

https://portal.azure.com

2. On the Azure services

page, select +Create
resource.

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3. On the Create a resource

page, search and select
Twilio SendGrid.

4. On the Create Twilio

SendGrid page, select
subscribe Plan and click
Subscribe.

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5. On the Create SendGrid

Account page, select
Basics, file in all the
information and then click
Next: Tags.

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6. On the Tags page, click

Next: Review + subscribe.

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7. On the Review +
subscribe page, select I
give Microsoft permission
to use and share my
contact information so
that Microsoft or the
provider can contact me.

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8. On the Configure SaaS

account page, click
Configure account now.

9. On the Microsoft Sign-in

page, enter your account
name and click Next.

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10. Enter a password, and

click Sign in.

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11. On the Verify your

identity page, select the
identity method.

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12. Enter the code, and click

Verify.

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13. On the Permissions

requested page, select
Consent on behalf of your
organization and click
Accept.

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14. Fill in the information,

and click Get Started!

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15. On the SendGrid

Welcome page, select
Authentication a domain
instead.

16. On the Authenticate Your

Domain page, select your
DNS host, select Yes to
rewrite all tracking links
to use your chosen
domain –not
sendgrid.net, and click
Next.

17. Enter your domain name

on the Domain You Send
From the page, and click
Next.

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18. On the Install DNS

Records page, copy and
add all these records to
your External DNS
records.

19. In my case, add them to

GoDaddy.

20. If you cannot add DNS

records, select Send To A
Coworker.

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21. Type your coworker’s

email address, and click
Send. Ask your coworker
to add these DNS records.

22. On the Install DNS

Records page, select I've
added these records, click
Verify.

23. On the Verify Your

Domain page, make sure
your authenticated
domain for the domain
name was verified
without issues and click
Return to Sender
Authentication.

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24. On the Sender

Authentication page,
ensure Domain
Authentication and link
Branding status is
Verified.

25. Under the Settings page,

select API Keys.

26. On the API Keys page,

select Create API Key.

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27. On the Create API Key

page, type the API Key
Name and select
Restricted Access as API
Key Permissions.

28. Enable Mail Activity as

Access Details, click
Create & View.

29. On the API Key Created

page, copy the key.
30. Save it and click Done.

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31. Under settings, select IP

Access Management.

32. On the IP Access

Management page, click
+Add UP Address.

33. On the Caution page,

select I confirm that the IP
addresses I'm allow listing
are dedicated and will not
change without my
knowledge checkbox.
34. Select I understand that I
will only be able to access
this account (including
the API, mail sends, and
user interface) from the IP
address(es) I'm adding
checkbox.

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35. Click Confirm and

Continue.

36. On the Add IP Addresses

page, add IP addresses or
ranges you would like to
allow access to SendGrid.
Make sure to include the
public IP address of the
Veeam management
server and click Save.

37. On the Home page,

expand Settings and click
Sender Authentication.

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38. On the Sender

Authentication page, click
Authenticate Your
Domain.

39. Specify your DNS host

from the drop-down list
on the Authentication
Your Domain page.
40. Select No at Would you
also like to brand the links
for this domain?
41. Click Next.

42. On the Domain, You send

From page, specify your
FQDN name, and click
Next.

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43. Add those CNAME

records to your domain
on the Install DNS
Records page, select I’ve
added these records, and
click Verify.

44. Verify your domain

successfully on the Verify
Your Domain page and
click Return to Send
Authentication.

45. Sign Out of Account.

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46. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
47. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

48. Select General Options

from the main menu.

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49. On the Options page,

select Email Settings.

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50. Select Enable e-mail

notification (recommend)
on the Email Settings
page.
51. In the SMTP server field,
enter smtp.sendgrid.net,
and click Advanced.

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52. On the Advanced SMTP

options page, type 587 in
the Port field.
53. Use 100000 milliseconds
as the Timeout.
54. Select Connect using SSL.
55. Select This SMTP server
requires authentication.
56. Click Add to add a
credential as Log on as
account.

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57. Type apikey as Username.

58. Paste the apikey number
as a password.
59. Click OK.

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60. On the Advanced SMTP

options page, click OK.

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61. In the From field, enter an

email address you want
to use as a sender.
62. In the To field, enter an
email address of a
notification recipient. To
specify multiple email
addresses, use a
semicolon.
63. Click Test Message.

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64. Verify the test message

sent successfully, and
click OK.

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65. On the Options page, click

OK.

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Configure Notification with Microsoft Office 365 NON-MFA

Account
You can configure Microsoft Office 365 non-MFA account for notification settings if you want
Veeam Backup & Replication to send email notifications about backup job results.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Sign in Office 365 portal

with a Global Admin
account, and select
Admin.

2. On the Microsoft 365

admin center, expand
Users and select Active
users.

3. On the Active user's page,

click Veeam service
account (in my case,
VEEAM).

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4. On the account page,

select License and apps.

5. On the License and apps

page, click Add license.

6. On the Office 365 license

page, enable Assign
license to the account,
and click Save changes.

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7. Click Back <--.

8. On the account page,

select Mail. It would be
preferable to wait a few
minutes before preparing
a mailbox for the user.

9. On the Mail page, select

Manage email apps.

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10. On the Manage email

apps, select
Authenticated SMTP and
click Save changes.

11. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
12. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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13. Select General Options

from the main menu.

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14. On the Options page,

select Email Settings.

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15. Select Enable e-mail

notification (recommend)
on the Email Settings
page.
16. In the SMTP server field,
enter smtp.sendgrid.net,
and click Advanced.

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17. On the Advanced SMTP

options page, enter 587 in
the Port field.
18. Use 100000 milliseconds
as the Timeout.
19. Select Connect using SSL.
20. Select This SMTP server
requires authentication.
21. Click Add to add a
credential as Log on as
account.

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22. The SMTP server requires

authentication. Type the
office 365 service account
([email protected] in
my case) as Username,
enter the account
password, and click OK.

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23. On the Advanced SMTP

options page, click OK.

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24. In the From field, enter an

email address you want
to use as a sender.
25. In the To field, enter an
email address of a
notification recipient. To
specify multiple email
addresses, use a
semicolon.
26. Click Test Message.

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27. Ensure the test email was

successfully sent to
recipients, and click OK.

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28. On the Email Settings

page, System notifications
are sent by default
whenever a backup job
session ends with the
following states: Success,
Warning, or Failure. Keep
the default settings, and
click OK.

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Configure Notification with Microsoft Office 365 MFA Account

You can configure Microsoft Office 365 MFA account for notification settings if you want Veeam
Backup & Replication to send email notifications about backup job results.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Sign in Office 365 portal

with a Global Admin
account, and select
Admin.

2. On the Microsoft 365

admin center, expand
Users and select Active
users.

3. On the Active user's page,

click Veeam service
account (VEEAMMFA, in
my case).

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4. On the account page,

select License and apps.

5. On the License and apps

page, click Add license.

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6. On the Office 365 license

page, enable Assign
license to the account,
and click Save changes.

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7. Click Back <--.

8. On the account page,

select Mail. It would be
preferable to wait a few
minutes before preparing
a mailbox for the user.

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9. On the Mail page, select

Manage email apps.

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10. On the Manage email

apps, select
Authenticated SMTP and
click Save changes.

11. On the Active Users page,

select Multi-factor
authentication.

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12. Sign in with a Global

admin account.
13. On the multi-factor
authentication page,
select service settings.

14. On the service settings

page, select Allow users
to create an app
password to sign in to
non-browser apps, click
save and then sign out
from the office 365
portal.

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15. On the multi-factor

authentication page,
select users.

16. If the Veeam service

account is non-MFA,
follow the steps below to
enable MFA.
17. On the user's page, click
Veeam service account.

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18. On the quick steps page,

select Enable.

19. Click enable multi-factor

auth on the About helping
multi-factor auth page.

20. On the Updates,

successful page, click
Close.

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21. Sign in Office 365 portal

with a Veeam service
account

22. On the Sign in page, enter

the Veeam services
account email address.

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23. Enter password.

24. On the More information

required page, click Next.

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25. Select Fill in the

information on the Step 1
page and click Next.

26. On the Step 2 page, enter

the verification code and
click Verify.

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27. In Step 3, copy and save

the app password, and
click Done.

28. If the Veeam service

account is an existing
MFA account, follow the
below steps to add App
password authentication.
29. Sign in to the Office 365
portal with the Veeam
service account and select
View account.

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30. On the My account page,

select Security info.

31. On the Security info page,

select the +Add method.

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32. On a method, select App

password and click Add.

33. Type VBO365APP as the

name of the App
password, and click Next.

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34. Copy and keep the

password in a safe place.
It will not be shown again.
35. Click Done.

36. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.
37. Open the Veeam Backup
& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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38. Select General Options

from the main menu.

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39. On the Options page,

select Email Settings.

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40. Select Enable e-mail

notification (recommend)
on the Email Settings
page.
41. In the SMTP server field,
enter smtp.sendgrid.net
and click Advanced.

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42. On the Advanced SMTP

options page, enter 587 in
the Port field.
43. Use 100000 milliseconds
as the Timeout.
44. Select Connect using SSL.
45. Select This SMTP server
requires authentication.
46. Click Add to add a
credential as Log on as
account.

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47. The SMTP server requires

authentication, type the
office 365 service account
([email protected]
m in my case) as
Username, enter the App
password as the
password, and click OK.

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48. On the Advanced SMTP

options page, click OK.

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49. In the From field, enter

the Veeam service
account’s email address
as a sender.
50. In the To field, enter an
email address of a
notification recipient. To
specify multiple email
addresses, use a
semicolon.
51. Click Test Message.

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52. Ensure the test email was

successfully sent to
recipients, and click OK.

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53. On the Notifications page,

system notifications are
sent by default whenever
a backup job session ends
with the following states:
Success, Warning, or
Failure. Keep the default
settings, and click OK.

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Chapter 4

Backup and Backup Copy

Veeam Backup & Replication creates VM image-level backups. It treats virtual machines as
objects rather than a collection of files. Veeam Backup & Replication copies the entire VM image
at a block level when you backup a VM. Image-level backups can be used for various restore
scenarios, such as Instant Recovery, restoring full VM, recovery VM file, recovery file-level, etc.

Typically, backup technology is used for VMs with shorter RTOs. When the primary virtual
machine fails, restoring VM data from a deduplicated and compressed backup file takes some
time.

The backup copy process is job-driven. Veeam Backup & Replication fully automates backup
copying. It allows you to specify retention settings to keep the desired number of restore points
and full backups for archival purposes.

The primary goal of backup is to protect your data from disasters and virtual or physical machine
failures. On the other hand, having only one backup does not provide the necessary level of
security. The primary backup and production data may be destroyed, leaving you with no
backups from which to restore data.

It is recommended that you follow the 3-2-1 rule when developing a successful data protection
and disaster recovery plan:

3: At least three copies of your data are required: the original production data and two backups.

2: You must store copies of your data on at least two media types: local disc and cloud.

1: At least one backup must be kept off-site, such as in the cloud or a remote location.

As a result, you must have at least two backups, each in a different location. If your production
data and local backup are destroyed in a disaster, you can still recover from your off-site backup.

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Enable Configuration Backup

The configuration database of Veeam Backup & Replication can be backed up and restored. If the
backup server fails, you can quickly reinstall it and restore its configuration from a backup
configuration.
Configuration Backups can also be used to back up and restore Veeam Servers. This is useful for
the upgrade, wipe reload scenarios and disaster recovery.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. Select Configuration
Backup from the Man
menu.

4. Select Enable
configuration backup to
the following repository
checkbox on the
Configuration Backup
Settings page.

5. Select the backup

repository from the drop-
down list.

6. Specify the number of

restore points in the
Restore points to keep
the field.

7. Click Notifications.

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8. Select Send SNMP

notification on the
Configuration Backup
Notification page for this
job checkbox. If
necessary.

9. Select Send e-mail

notifications to the
following recipients check
box and enter a
recipient's email address.
You can enter multiple
addresses, each email
address separated by a
semicolon.

10. Select the Use global

notification settings
checkbox.

11. Click OK.

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12. Click Schedule, specify the

schedule according to
which configuration
backup must be created
and click OK.

13. Click Backup now if you

want to back up
manually.

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14. Select Enable backup file

encryption on the
Configuration Backup
Settings page.

15. Select a password from

the Password drop-down
list or click Add to create
a password.

16. Click OK.

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Creating a Backup job to backup the

specified VMs
To backup VMs, you must first create a backup job. The backup job specifies how, where,
and when VM data should be backed up. A single job can process one or more virtual
machines. Jobs can be started by hand or scheduled for a specific time.
This procedure creates a backup job to backup the production VMs specified.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup and click
Virtual machine.

4. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

7. Click Next.

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8. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

9. Select the VM in the list

on the Add Objects page
and click Add.

10. If you have multiple VMS

that needs backup in the
same backup job, you can
repeat the step to add
them.

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11. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

12. On the Storage, click

Choose to select a backup
proxy if you don’t want to
use the default Off-host
backup (automatic proxy
selection) setting.

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13. On the Backup Proxy

page, if you select On-
host backup mode, the
source Microsoft HyperV
host will serve as both the
source host and the
backup proxy. In this
mode, Veeam Data Mover
runs directly on the
source host, which speeds
up data retrieval but
places additional strain on
the host.

14. If you select Off-host

backup mode, Veeam
Data Mover will run on a
dedicated off-host backup
proxy. All backup
processing operations
from the source host are
routed to the off-host
backup proxy in this
model.

15. If the off-host backup

mode is selected for the
job, but there are no off-
host backup proxies
available when the job
begins, Veeam Backup &
Replication will transition
to on-host backup mode.

16. You unselect the Failover

to on-host backup mode
if no suitable off-host
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proxies available
checkbox, but if off-host
backup proxies are not
available or are not
configured properly, the
job will fail to start.

17. Click OK.

18. Select the backup

repository from the
Backup repository drop-
down list where the
created backup files must
be saved.

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19. Click Map backup is

helpful if you want to
point the job to existing
backups in this new
repository. Backup job
mapping can also be used
if the configuration
database becomes
corrupt and you need to
reconfigure backup jobs.

20. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

21. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

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22. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

23. Select the Keep certain

full backups for longer for
archival purposes. If you
need it, click Configure.

24. Select the Keep weekly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
number of weeks you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

25. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

26. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore

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points from being

modified and deleted.

27. Click OK.

28. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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29. On the Backup page,

there are two backup
modes. You need to
select one.

30. Select Reverse

Incremental (slower) to
create a reverse
incremental backup chain.

31. Select Incremental and

enable synthetic full and
active full backups.

32. Click Days to schedule full

synthetic backups on the
necessary weekdays, and
click OK.

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33. Select Incremental and

disable synthetic full and
active full backups to
create a forever forward
incremental backup chain.

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34. Select the Create active

full backups periodically
checkbox to create full
backups regularly if
needed.

35. Select the Monthly or

Weekly on selected days
options to define
scheduling settings.

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36. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Maintenance.

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37. To regularly perform a

health check on the
backup chain's most
recent restore point,
select the Perform backup
files health check (detects
and auto-heals
corruption) checkbox in
the Storage-level
corruption guard section
and set a timetable for
the health check.

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38. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept.

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39. Check the box next to

Defragment and compact
the full backup file and
specify the schedule for
the compact operation to
fully compact a full
backup periodically.

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40. On Advanced Settings,

click Storage.

41. Select the Enable inline

data deduplication
checkbox.

42. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox.

43. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks checkbox.

44. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

 None: if you
intend to keep
backup and
virtual machine
replica files on
storage devices
that support
hardware
compression and
deduplication.

 Dedupe-friendly:
if you want to
decrease the load
on the backup
proxy.

 Optimal: It
provides the best
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file size and the

procedure’s time.

 High: provides an
additional 10%
compression ratio
over the Optimal
level at about 10x
higher CPU usage.

 Extreme: provides
the smallest file
size but reduces
the performance.

45. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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46. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

47. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
still need to do, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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48. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

49. Keep the default settings.

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50. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

51. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

52. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

53. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

54. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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55. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

56. Select the Run the

following script before
the job and Run the
following script after the
job check boxes. Then,
click Browse to select
executable files from a
backup server's local
folder if you want to run
custom scripts before and
after the backup job.

57. Click OK.

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58. On the Storage page, click

Next.

59. When you add VMs

running VSS-aware
applications to the
backup job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
backup. The
transactionally consistent
backup ensures that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

60. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing check box on
the Guest Processing page
and click Applications.

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61. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the VM and click
Edit.

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62. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

63. Suppose you need Veeam

Backup & Replication to
stop the backup process if
any error occurs during
application-aware
processing. Select Require
successful processing
(recommend).

64. Suppose you must

continue the backup
process even if there is an
error during application-
aware processing. Select
Try application processing
but ignore failures.

65. Select Disable application

processing to disable
application-aware
processing for the VM.

66. Select Process transaction

logs with this job for
process transaction logs.

67. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use

68. Select the Use persistent

guest agent (optional)
checkbox to enable
persistent agent.

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69. On the Processing

Settings page, click SQL if
the VM is a Microsoft SQL
Server VM.

70. Select Truncate logs

(Prevents logs from
growing forever) to
truncate transaction logs
after a successful backup.

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71. On the Processing

Settings page, click Oracle
if the VM is an Oracle
Server.

72. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

73. Select Do not delete

archived logs if you need
Veeam Backup &
Replication to preserve
archived logs on the VM
guest OS.

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74. Select the retention policy

settings for archived logs
in the Retain log backups
section.

75. Click Choose In the Log

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76. On the Log Shipping

Servers page, Select
Automatic selection if you
need Veeam Backup &
Replication to choose an
optimal log shipping
server automatically.

77. Select Use the specified

servers only and select
checkboxes next to those
you want to use as log
shipping servers.

78. Click OK.

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79. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Exclusions and keep the
default settings.

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80. On the Processing

Settings page, click Scripts
and keep the default
settings.

81. Click OK.

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82. On the Application-

Aware Processing
Options page, click OK.

83. Select the Enable guest

file system indexing
checkbox and click
Indexing.

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84. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
select the VM, click Edit
and select Windows
indexing.

85. On the Guest file system

indexing mode page, keep
the default settings.

86. Click OK.

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87. Click Choose on the Guest

interaction proxy field on
the Guest Processing
page.

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88. On the Guest Interaction

Proxy page, select
Automatic selection to let
Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
select the guest
interaction proxy.

89. Select Prefer the

following guest
interaction proxy servers
to explicitly define which
servers will perform the
guest interaction proxy
role.

90. Click OK.

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91. Choose a user account on

the Guest Processing page
with sufficient
permissions from the
Guest OS credentials
drop-down list.

92. Click Credentials to

Customize guest OS
credentials for individual
machines and operating
systems.

93. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, select
the VM and click Set User.

94. Select Standard

credentials.

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95. Choose a user from the

Credentials drop-down
list, and click OK.

96. Repeat the steps for each

VM.

97. On the Guest Processing

page, click Test Now to
verify network
connectivity and
credentials for each
machine included in the
job.

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98. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, ensure
verification success for
each machine.

99. Click Close.

100. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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101. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

102. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

103. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

104. Click Apply.

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105. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

106. Verify that the backup

job has been added.

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Creating an Immutable Backup job to backup

the specified VMs

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup and click
Virtual machine.

4. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

7. Click Next.

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8. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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9. Select the VM in the list

on the Add Objects page
and click Add.

10. If you have multiple VMS

that needs to back up in
the same backup job, you
can repeat the step to
add them.

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11. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

12. On the Storage, click

Choose to select a backup
proxy if you don’t want to
use the default Off-host
backup (automatic proxy
selection) setting.

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13. On the Backup Proxy

page, if you select On-
host backup mode, the
source Microsoft HyperV
host will serve as both the
source host and the
backup proxy. In this
mode, Veeam Data Mover
runs directly on the
source host, which speeds
up data retrieval but
places additional strain on
the host.

14. If you select Off-host

backup mode, Veeam
Data Mover will run on a
dedicated off-host backup
proxy. All backup
processing operations
from the source host are
routed to the off-host
backup proxy in this
mode.

15. If the off-host backup

mode is selected for the
job, but there are no off-
host backup proxies
available when the job
begins, Veeam Backup &
Replication will
automatically switch to
on-host backup mode.

16. You unselect the Failover

to on-host backup mode
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if no suitable off-host
proxies available
checkbox, but if off-host
backup proxies are not
available or are not
configured properly, the
job will fail to start.

17. Click OK.

18. Select the immutable

backup repository from
the Backup repository
drop-down list where the
created backup files must
be saved.

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19. Click Map backup is

helpful if you want to
point the job to existing
backups in this new
repository. Backup job
mapping can also be used
if the configuration
database becomes
corrupt and you need to
reconfigure backup jobs.

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20. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

21. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

22. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

23. Select the Keep certain

full backups for longer for
archival purposes. If you
need it, click Configure.

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24. Select the Keep weekly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
number of weeks you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

25. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

26. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

27. Click OK.

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28. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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29. Select Incremental

(recommended) and
enable synthetic full and
active full backups. Click
Days to schedule full
synthetic backups on the
necessary weekdays, and
click OK.

Note:

The immutable backups

feature requires the usage of
forward incremental backup
mode with period fulls.

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30. Select the Create active

full backups periodically
checkbox to create full
backups regularly if
needed.

31. Select the Monthly or

Weekly on selected days
options to define
scheduling settings.

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32. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Maintenance.

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33. To regularly perform a

health check in the
backup chain, select the
Perform backup files
health check (detects and
auto-heals corruption)
checkbox in the Storage-
level corruption guard
and specify a schedule for
the health check.

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34. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept.

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35. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file checkbox and specify
the schedule for the
compact operation to
compact a full backup
periodically.

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36. On Advanced Settings,

click Storage.

37. Select the Enable inline

data deduplication
checkbox.

38. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox.

39. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks checkbox.

40. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

41. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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42. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

43. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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44. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

45. Keep the default settings.

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46. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

47. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

48. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

49. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

50. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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51. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

52. Keep the default settings.

53. Click OK.

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54. On the Storage page, click

Next.

55. When you add VMs

running VSS-aware
applications to the
backup job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
backup. The
transactionally consistent
backup ensures that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

56. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing check box on
the Guest Processing
page, and click
Applications.

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57. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the VM, and click
Edit.

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58. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

59. Suppose you need Veeam

Backup & Replication to
stop the backup process if
any error occurs during
application-aware
processing. Select Require
successful processing
(recommend).

60. Suppose you must

continue the backup
process even if there is an
error during application-
aware processing. Select
Try application processing
but ignore failures.

61. Select Disable application

processing to disable
application-aware
processing for the VM.

62. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommend).

63. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use

64. Select the Use persistent

guest agent (optional)
checkbox to enable
persistent agent.

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65. On the Processing

Settings page, click SQL if
the VM is a Microsoft SQL
Server VM.

66. Select Truncate logs

(Prevents logs from
growing forever) to
truncate transaction logs
after a successful backup.

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67. On the Processing

Settings page, click Oracle
if the VM is an Oracle
Server.

68. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

69. Select Do not delete

archived logs if you need
Veeam Backup &
Replication to preserve
archived logs on the VM
guest OS.

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70. Select the retention policy

settings for archived logs
in the Retain log backups
section.

71. Click Choose In the Log

shipping servers.

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72. On the Log Shipping

Servers page, Select
Automatic selection if you
need Veeam Backup &
Replication to choose an
optimal log shipping
server automatically.

73. Select Use the specified

servers only and then
select check boxes next to
those you want to use as
log shipping servers.

74. Click OK.

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75. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Exclusions and keep the
default settings.

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76. On the Processing

Settings page, click Scripts
and keep the default
settings.

77. Click OK.

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78. On the Application-

Aware Processing
Options page, click OK.

79. Select the Enable guest

file system indexing
checkbox and click
Indexing.

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80. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
select the VM, click Edit
and select Windows
indexing.

81. On the Guest file system

indexing mode page, keep
the default settings.

82. Click OK.

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83. Click Choose on the Guest

interaction proxy field on
the Guest Processing
page.

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84. On the Guest Interaction

Proxy page, select
Automatic selection to let
Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
select the guest
interaction proxy.

85. Select Prefer the

following guest
interaction proxy servers
to explicitly define which
servers will perform the
guest interaction proxy
role.

86. Click OK.

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87. Choose a user account on

the Guest Processing page
with sufficient
permissions from the
Guest OS credentials
drop-down list.

88. Click Credentials to

Customize guest OS
credentials for individual
machines and operation
systems.

89. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, select
the VM, and click Set
User.

90. Select Standard

credentials.

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91. Choose a user from the

Credentials drop-down
list, and click OK.

92. Repeat the steps for each

VM.

93. On the Guest Processing

page, click Test Now to
verify network
connectivity and
credentials for each
machine included in the
job.

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94. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, verify each
machine's success.

95. Click Close.

96. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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97. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

98. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

99. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

100. Click Apply.

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101. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

102. Verify the backup job has

been added

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Creating a Backup job to backup the

specified Physical Machines (Managed by
Backup Server Mode)
This procedure uses the managed backup server mode to create a backup job to back up the
specific physical production machines.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup and click
Windows computer.

4. Select the type of

protected machines and
Job on the Job Mode page
and click Next.

5. Select the Workstation

type to back up data
about workstations or
laptops.

6. Select the Server type if

you want to back up data
on standalone servers.

7. Select the Failover cluster

type if you want to back
up data on a failover
cluster.

8. Two modes can be chosen

if you select the Server
type.

9. Select the Managed by

backup server mode.

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10. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

11. Describe the Description

field.

12. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

13. Click Next.

14. On the Computers page,

click Add and select
Protection group.

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15. Select the protection

group in the list on the
Select Objects page and
click OK.

16. If you have multiple

protection groups that
need backup in the same
backup job, you can
repeat the step to add
them.

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17. On the Computers page,

click Next.

18. On the Backup Mode

page, there are three
backup modes.

19. Select the Entire

computer backup mode if
you want to back up the
entire image. Select
Include external USB
drives if required.

20. Select Volume level

backup mode for specific
computer volumes.

21. Select File-level backup

(slower) mode for
individual folders on your
computer.

22. Click Next.

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23. On the Objects page,

select Backup the
following volumes only.

24. Click Add to specify the

backup scope and click
Next.

25. Select the Backup all

volumes except the
following, and click Add to
exclude objects you do
not need from the backup
scope.

26. Click Next.

27. Select the backup

repository from the
Backup repository drop-
down list on the Storage
page.

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28. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

29. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

30. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

31. Select the Keep certain

full backups for longer for
archival purposes. If you
need it, click Configure.

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32. Select the Keep weekly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
number of weeks you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

33. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

34. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

35. Click OK.

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36. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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37. Select Create synthetic

full backups periodically
checkbox to create full
synthetic backups
periodically.

38. Select the Create active

full backups periodically
checkbox if you want to
create active full backups
regularly.

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39. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Maintenance.

40. To regularly perform a

health check in the
backup chain, select the
Perform backup files
health check (detects and
auto-heals corruption)
checkbox in the Storage-
level corruption guard
and specify a schedule for
the health check.

41. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept if required.

42. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file check box and specify
the schedule for the
compact operation to
compact a full backup if
required periodically.

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43. On the Storage page, click

OK.

44. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

45. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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46. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

47. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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48. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

49. Keep the default settings.

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50. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Integration.

51. Select the Enable backup

from storage snapshots
checkbox on the
Integration page if
required.

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52. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

53. Select the Before the job

check box if required.

54. Select the After the job

check box if required.

55. Click OK.

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56. On the Storage page, click

Next.

57. When you add Physical

machines running VSS-
aware applications to the
backup job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
backup. The
transactionally consistent
backup ensures that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

58. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing check box on
the Guest Processing page
and click Applications.

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59. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the Object, and
click Edit.

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60. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

61. Make sure that the

Enable application-aware
processing checkbox is
selected.

62. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommend).

63. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use logs.

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64. On the Processing

Settings page, click SQL if
the Physical Machine is a
Microsoft SQL Server.

65. Select from the Specify

Microsoft SQL Server
account with database
admin privileges list a
user account with access
permissions on the
database.

66. Select Truncate logs

(Prevents logs from
growing forever) to
truncate transaction logs
after a successful backup.

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67. Click Oracle on the

Processing Settings page
if the Physical Machine is
an Oracle Server.

68. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

69. Select Do not delete

archived logs if you need
Veeam Backup &
Replication to preserve
archived logs on the VM
guest OS.

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70. On the Processing

Settings page, click
SharePoint if the Physical
Machine is a SharePoint
Server.

71. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

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72. ON the Processing

Settings page, click
Scripts.

73. In the Specify admin

account for script
execution section, specify
a user account.

74. Select Disable script

execution.

75. Select Require successful

script execution if
required.

76. Select Ignore script

execution failures if
required.

77. Click OK.

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78. On the Application-

Aware Processing
Options page, click OK.

79. Select the Enable guest

file system indexing
checkbox and click
Indexing.

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80. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
select the Object, click
Edit and.

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81. On the Guest file system

indexing mode page, keep
the default settings.

82. Click OK.

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83. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
click OK.

84. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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85. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

86. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

87. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

88. Click Apply.

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89. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

90. Verify the backup job has

been added

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Creating a Backup job to backup the

specified Physical Machines (Managed by
Agent Mode)
This procedure uses the managed-by-agent mode to create a backup job to backup the specific
production physical machines.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs.

4. Right-click Jobs, select

Backup and click
Windows computer.

5. On the Job Mode page,

select the type of
protected machine.

6. Select Managed by agent

mode and click Next.

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7. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

8. Describe the Description

field.

9. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

10. Click Next.

11. On the Computers page,

click Add and select
Protection group.

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12. Select the protection

group on the Select
Objects page and click OK.

13. If multiple protection

groups need to backup in
the same backup job, you
can repeat the step to
add them.

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14. On the Computers page,

click Next.

15. On the Backup Mode

page, there are three
backup modes.

16. Select the Entire

computer backup mode if
you want to back up the
entire image. Select
Include external USB
drives if required.

17. Select Volume level

backup mode for specific
computer volumes.

18. Select File-level backup

(slower) for individual
folders on your computer.

19. Click Next.

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20. On the Objects page,

select Backup the
following volumes only.

21. Click Add to specify the

backup scope and click
Next.

22. Select the Backup all

volumes except the
following, and click Add to
exclude objects you do
not need from the backup
scope.

23. Click Next.

24. Select Local storage for

backup to a removable
device and local drive on
the Destination page.

25. Select the Shared folder

for backup to the network
shared folder.

26. Select the Veeam backup

repository if you want to
save a backup on a
backup repository
managed by the Veeam
backup server. The
Veeam Agent backup job
is configured.

27. Select the Veeam Cloud

Connect repository for
backup to the Veeam

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Cloud Connect service

provider.

28. Click Next.

29. On the Backup Server

page, enter the DNS name
or IP address in the DNS
name or external IP
address field.

30. Select the backup

repository from the
Backup repository drop-
down list on the Storage
page.

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31. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

32. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

33. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

34. Select the Keep certain

full backups for longer for
archival purposes. If you
need it, click Configure.

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35. Select the Keep weekly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
weeks you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

36. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

37. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

38. Click OK.

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39. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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40. The Create synthetic full

backups periodically
checkbox if you want to
create full synthetic
backups periodically.

41. Select the Create active

full backups periodically
checkbox to create active
full backups periodically.

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42. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Maintenance.

43. Select the Perform

backup files health check
(detect and auto-heals
corruption) checkbox and
specify the schedule for
the health check if
required.

44. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept if required.

45. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file check box and specify
the schedule for the
compact operation to
compact a full backup if
required periodically.

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46. On the Storage page, click

OK.

47. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

48. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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49. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

50. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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51. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

52. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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53. On the Storage page, click

Next.

54. On the Backup Cache

page, if required, select
the Enable backup cache
checkbox and specify the
size for the backup cache
in the Maximum size field.

55. Select Automatic

selection for Veeam
Agent to automatically
pick a location for the
backup cache.

56. Or select Manual

selection if you want to
manually specify a
location for the backup
cache and specify a path
to the folder on a

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protected computer in
the Folder field.

57. Click Next.

58. When you add Physical

machines running VSS-
aware applications to the
backup job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
backup. The
transactionally consistent
backup ensures that
machines can recover
applications without data
loss.

59. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing check box on
the Guest Processing page
and click Applications.

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60. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the Object, and
click Edit.

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61. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

62. Make sure that the

Enable application-aware
processing checkbox is
selected.

63. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommended)

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64. On the Processing

Settings page, click SQL if
the Physical Machine is a
Microsoft SQL Server.

65. Select from the Specify

Microsoft SQL Server
account with database
admin privileges list a
user account with access
permissions on the
database.

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66. Click Oracle on the

Processing Settings page
if the Physical Machine is
an Oracle Server.

67. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

68. Select Do not delete

archived logs if you need
Veeam Backup &
Replication to preserve
archived logs on the VM
guest OS.

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69. On the Processing

Settings page, click
SharePoint if the Physical
Machine is a SharePoint
Server.

70. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

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71. ON the Processing

Settings page, click
Scripts.

72. In the Specify admin

account for script
execution section, specify
a user account.

73. Select Disable script

execution.

74. Select Require successful

script execution if
required.

75. Select Ignore script

execution failures if
required.

76. Click OK.

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77. On the Application-

Aware Processing
Options page, click OK.

78. Select the Enable guest

file system indexing
checkbox and click
Indexing.

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79. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
select the Object, click
Edit and.

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80. On the Guest file system

indexing mode page, keep
the default settings.

81. Click OK.

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82. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
click OK.

83. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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84. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

85. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

86. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

87. Click Apply.

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88. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

89. Verify the backup job has

been added

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Creating a Backup job to backup all VMS of

the Hyper-V Host
This procedure creates a backup job to backup all VMS of the production Hyper-V host. The
new VMS will be backup after the backup job is created. You don’t need to modify the backup
job settings.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup and click
Virtual machine.

4. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

7. Click Next.

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8. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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9. Select the Host on the

Add Objects page list and
click Add.

10. If multiple Hosts need to

backup in the same
backup job, you can
repeat the step to add
them.

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11. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

12. On the Storage, click

Choose to select a backup
proxy if you don’t want to
use the default Off-host
backup (automatic proxy
selection) setting.

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13. On the Backup Proxy

page, if you select On-
host backup mode, the
source Microsoft HyperV
host will serve as both the
source host and the
backup proxy. In this
mode, Veeam Data Mover
runs directly on the
source host, which speeds
up data retrieval but
places additional strain on
the host.

14. If you select Off-host

backup mode, Veeam
Data Mover will run on a
dedicated off-host backup
proxy. All backup
processing operations
from the source host are
routed to the off-host
backup proxy in this
model.

15. If the off-host backup

mode is selected for the
job, but there are no off-
host backup proxies
available when the job
begins, Veeam Backup &
Replication will transition
to on-host backup mode.

16. You unselect the Failover

to on-host backup mode
if no suitable off-host

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proxies available
checkbox, but if off-host
backup proxies are not
available or are not
configured properly, the
job will fail to start.

17. Click OK.

18. Select the backup

repository from the
Backup repository drop-
down list where the
created backup files must
be saved.

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19. Click Map backup is

helpful if you have
relocated backup files to a
new backup repository
and want to point the job
to existing backups in this
new backup repository.
Backup job mapping can
also be used if the
configuration database
becomes corrupt and you
need to reconfigure
backup jobs.

20. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

21. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

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22. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

23. Select the Keep certain

full backups for longer for
archival purposes. If you
need it, click Configure.

24. Select the Keep weekly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
number of weeks you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

25. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

26. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore

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points from being

modified and deleted.

27. Click OK.

28. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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29. There are two backup

modes on the Backup
page, and you must select
one.

30. Select Reverse

Incremental (slower) to
create a reverse
incremental backup chain.

31. Select Incremental and

enable synthetic full and
active full backups. Click
Days to schedule full
synthetic backups on the
necessary weekdays, and
click OK.

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32. Select Incremental and

disable synthetic full and
active full backups to
create a forever forward
incremental backup chain.

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33. Select the Create active

full backups periodically
checkbox to create full
backups regularly if
needed.

34. Select the Monthly or

Weekly on selected days
options to define
scheduling settings.

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35. On the Advanced

Settings, Maintenance.

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36. To regularly perform a

health check in the
backup chain, check the
Perform backup files
health check (detects and
auto-heals corruption)
checkbox in the Storage-
level corruption guard
section and specify a
schedule for the health
check.

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37. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept.

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38. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file check box and specify
the schedule for the
compact operation to
compact a full backup
periodically.

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39. On Advanced Settings,

click Storage.

40. Select the Enable inline

data deduplication
checkbox.

41. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox.

42. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks checkbox.

43. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

44. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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45. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

46. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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47. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

48. Keep the default settings.

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49. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

50. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

51. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

52. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

53. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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54. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

55. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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56. On the Storage page, click

Next.

57. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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58. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

59. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

60. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

61. Click Apply.

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62. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

63. Verify the backup job has

been added

Creating a Backup job to backup the VMS

portion of the Hyper-V Host
This process creates a backup job to backup the VMS of the Hyper-V host but not all of them.

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Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup and click
Virtual machine.

4. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

7. Click Next.

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8. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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9. Select the Host on the

Add Objects page list and
click Add.

10. If multiple Hosts need to

backup in the same
backup job, you can
repeat the step to add
them.

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11. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Exclusions.

12. On the Exclusions page,

select VMS and click Add.

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13. On the Add Objects page,

expand the host.

14. Select the VM you want

to exclude and click Add.

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15. On the Exclusions page,

click OK.

16. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

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17. On the Storage, click

Choose to select a backup
proxy if you don’t want to
use the default Off-host
backup (automatic proxy
selection) setting.

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18. On the Backup Proxy

page, if you select On-
host backup mode, the
source Microsoft HyperV
host will serve as both the
source host and the
backup proxy. In this
mode, Veeam Data Mover
runs directly on the
source host, which speeds
up data retrieval but
places additional strain on
the host.

19. If you select Off-host

backup mode, Veeam
Data Mover will run on a
dedicated off-host backup
proxy. All backup
processing operations
from the source host are
routed to the off-host
backup proxy in this
model.

20. If the off-host backup

mode is selected for the
job, but no off-host
backup proxies are
available when the job
begins, Veeam Backup &
Replication will transition
to on-host backup mode.

21. You unselect the Failover

to on-host backup mode
if no suitable off-host

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proxies available
checkbox, but if off-host
backup proxies are not
available or are not
configured properly, the
job will fail to start.

22. Click OK.

23. Select the backup

repository from the
Backup repository drop-
down list where the
created backup files must
be saved.

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24. Click Map backup is

helpful if you have
relocated backup files to a
new backup repository
and want to point the job
to existing backups in this
new backup repository.
Backup job mapping can
also be used if the
configuration database
becomes corrupt and you
need to reconfigure
backup jobs.

25. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

26. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

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27. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

28. Select the Keep certain

full backups for longer for
archival purposes. If you
need it, click Configure.

29. Select the Keep weekly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
number of weeks you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

30. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

31. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore

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points from being

modified and deleted.

32. Click OK.

33. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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34. There are two backup

modes on the Backup
page, and you must select
one.

35. Select Reverse

Incremental (slower) to
create a reverse
incremental backup chain.

36. Select Incremental and

enable synthetic full and
active full backups. Click
Days to schedule full
synthetic backups on the
necessary weekdays, and
click OK.

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37. Select Incremental and

disable synthetic full and
active full backups to
create a forever forward
incremental backup chain.

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38. Select the Create active

full backups periodically
checkbox to create full
backups regularly if
needed.

39. Select the Monthly or

Weekly on selected days
options to define
scheduling settings.

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40. On the Advanced

Settings, Maintenance.

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41. To regularly perform a

health check in the
backup chain, check the
Perform backup files
health check (detects and
auto-heals corruption)
checkbox in the Storage-
level corruption guard
section and specify a
schedule for the health
check.

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42. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept.

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43. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file check box and specify
the schedule for the
compact operation to
compact a full backup
periodically.

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44. On Advanced Settings,

click Storage.

45. Select the Enable inline

data deduplication
checkbox.

46. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox.

47. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks checkbox.

48. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

49. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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50. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

51. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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52. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

53. Keep the default settings.

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54. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

55. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

56. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

57. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

58. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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59. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

60. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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61. On the Storage page, click

Next.

62. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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63. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

64. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

65. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

66. Click Apply.

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67. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

68. Verify the backup job has

been added

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Creating a Backup job using Azure Blob

repositories as Cloud Redundant Data
This procedure immediately creates a backup job to sync backup files with Azure cloud and
off-loads Azure blob after performing a full backup. It would be best to have a scale-out
repository ready before beginning this backup job.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup and click
Virtual machine.

4. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select the High priority

check box if you want the
resource scheduler of
Veeam Backup &
Replication to prioritize
this job higher than
similar jobs and allocate
resources to it in the first
place.

7. Click Next.

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8. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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9. Select the VM in the list

on the Add Objects page
and click Add.

10. If you have multiple VMS

that needs to back up in
the same backup job, you
can repeat the step to
add them.

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11. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

12. On the Storage, click

Choose to select a backup
proxy if you don’t want to
use the default Off-host
backup (automatic proxy
selection) setting.

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13. On the Backup Proxy

page, if you select On-
host backup mode, the
source Microsoft HyperV
host will serve as both the
source host and the
backup proxy. In this
mode, Veeam Data Mover
runs directly on the
source host, which speeds
up data retrieval but
places additional strain on
the host.

14. If you select Off-host

backup mode, Veeam
Data Mover will run on a
dedicated off-host backup
proxy. All backup
processing operations
from the source host are
routed to the off-host
backup proxy in this
model.

15. If the off-host backup

mode is selected for the
job, but there are no off-
host backup proxies
available when the job
begins, Veeam Backup &
Replication will transition
to on-host backup mode.

16. You unselect the Failover

to on-host backup mode
if no suitable off-host

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proxies available
checkbox, but if off-host
backup proxies are not
available or are not
configured properly, the
job will fail to start.

17. Click OK.

18. Select the Scale-out

backup repository from
the Backup repository
drop-down list.

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19. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

20. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

21. You can configure the

backup job's GFS
retention policy settings
to ignore the short-term
retention policy for some
full backups and store
them for long-term
archiving.

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22. On the Storage page,

click Advanced.

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23. On the Backup page,

Select Incrementally and
disable synthetic full.

24. In the Active full backup

session, select Create
active full backups
periodically check box.

25. Select the Monthly on or

Weekly on selected days
options to define
scheduling settings.

26. After creating a full

backup file, all backup
files start to upload from
the local directory to the
Azure blob.

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27. On the Advanced

Settings, Maintenance.

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28. To regularly perform a

health check in the
backup chain, check the
Perform backup files
health check (detects and
auto-heals corruption)
checkbox in the Storage-
level corruption guard
section and specify a
schedule for the health
check.

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29. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the check box and enter
the days you want backup
data for deleted VMs to
be kept.

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30. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file check box and specify
the schedule for the
compact operation to
compact a full backup
periodically.

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31. On Advanced Settings,

click Storage.

32. Select the Enable inline

data deduplication check
box.

33. Select Exclude swap file

blocks checkbox.

34. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks check box.

35. Select the compression

level for the backup from
the drop-down list.

36. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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37. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

38. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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39. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

40. Keep the default settings.

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41. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

42. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

43. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

44. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

45. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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46. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

47. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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48. On the Storage page, click

Next.

49. When you add VMs

running VSS-aware
applications to the
backup job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
backup. The
transactionally consistent
backup ensures that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

50. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing check box on
the Guest Processing page
and click Applications.

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51. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the VM, and click
Edit.

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52. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

53. Suppose you need Veeam

Backup & Replication to
stop the backup process if
any error occurs during
application-aware
processing. Select Require
successful processing
(recommend).

54. Suppose you must

continue the backup
process even if there is an
error during application-
aware processing. Select
Try application processing
but ignore failures.

55. Select Disable application

processing to disable
application-aware
processing for the VM.

56. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommend).

57. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use

58. Select the Use persistent

guest agent (optional)
checkbox to enable
persistent agent.

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59. On the Processing

Settings page, click SQL if
the VM is a Microsoft SQL
Server VM.

60. Select Truncate logs

(Prevents logs from
growing forever) to
truncate transaction logs
after a successful backup.

61. Click OK.

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62. On the Processing

Settings page, click Oracle
if the VM is an Oracle
Server.

63. Select a user account

from the drop-down list.

64. Select Do not delete

archived logs if you need
Veeam Backup &
Replication to preserve
archived logs on the VM
guest OS.

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65. Select the retention policy

settings for archived logs
in the Retain log backups
section.

66. Click Choose In the Log

shipping servers.

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67. On the Log Shipping

Servers page, Select
Automatic selection if you
need Veeam Backup &
Replication to choose an
optimal log shipping
server automatically.

68. Select Use the specified

servers only and then
select check boxes next to
those you want to use as
log shipping servers.

69. Click OK.

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70. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Exclusions and keep the
default settings.

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71. On the Processing

Settings page, click Scripts
and keep the default
settings.

72. Click OK.

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73. On the Application-

Aware Processing
Options page, click OK.

74. Select the Enable guest

file system indexing
checkbox and click
Indexing.

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75. On the Guest File System

Indexing Options page,
select the VM, click Edit
and select Windows
indexing.

76. On the Guest file system

indexing mode page, keep
the default settings.

77. Click OK.

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78. Click Choose on the Guest

interaction proxy field on
the Guest Processing
page.

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79. On the Guest Interaction

Proxy page, select
Automatic selection to let
Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
select the guest
interaction proxy.

80. Select Prefer the

following guest
interaction proxy servers
to explicitly define which
servers will perform the
guest interaction proxy
role.

81. Click OK.

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82. Choose a user account on

the Guest Processing page
with sufficient
permissions from the
Guest OS credentials
drop-down list.

83. Click Credentials to

Customize guest OS
credentials for individual
machines and operation
systems.

84. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, select
the VM, and click Set
User.

85. Select Standard

credentials.

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86. Choose a user from the

Credentials drop-down
list, and click OK.

87. Repeat the steps for each

VM.

88. On the Guest Processing

page, click Test Now to
verify network
connectivity and
credentials for each
machine included in the
job.

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89. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, verify each
machine's success.

90. Click Close.

91. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

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92. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

93. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

94. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on
the production
environment.

95. Click Apply.

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96. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

97. Verify the backup job has

been added

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Creating a Backup Copy Job from the backup

job
The backup copy process is job-driven. Veeam Backup & Replication fully automates backup
copying. It allows you to specify retention settings to keep the desired number of restore points
and full backups for archival purposes.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Backup copy and
click Virtual machine.

4. On the Name page, enter

a name in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. In the copy mode session,

select a backup copy
mode. You cannot change
the set mode after
configuring the backup
copy job.

7. Click Next.

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8. On the Objects page, click

Add and select From jobs.

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9. Select the job from the

jobs list on the Select jobs
page and click OK.

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10. On the Objects page, click

Next.

11. Select Include database

transacting log backups
(increases bandwidth
usage) If required.

12. Click OK in the

encryption-enabled
warning message if the
source backup job has
encryption enabled.

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13. On the Target page, select

the backup repository
from the drop-down list.

14. Click Map backup if

required. It is helpful if
you have relocated
backup copy files to a
new backup repository
and want to point the job
to existing backups in this
new backup repository.
Backup copy job mapping
can also be used if the
configuration database
becomes corrupt and you
need to reconfigure
backup jobs.

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15. Set the retention policy

settings for restore points
in the Retention Policy
field.

16. Select days or restore

points from the drop-
down list.

17. For long-term archiving,

you can configure GFS
retention policy settings
for the backup copy job

18. Select Keep specific full

backups for longer for
archival purposes, and
click Configure.

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19. On the Configure GFS

page, select the Keep
weekly full backups for
check box, and specify the
number of weeks you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

20. Select the Keep monthly

full backups for check
box, and specify the
months you want to
prevent restore points
from being modified and
deleted.

21. Select the Keep yearly full

backups for check box,
and specify the years you
want to prevent restore
points from being
modified and deleted.

22. Click OK.

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23. On the Target page, click

Advanced.

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24. On the Advanced

Settings, click
Maintenance.

25. Select the Perform

backup files health check
(detects and auto-heals
corruption) checkbox and
specify the schedule for
the health check if
required.

26. Select the Remove

deleted items data after
the checkbox and specify
the retention days
settings for deleted
workloads if required.

27. Select the Defragment

and compact full backup
file checkbox and specify
the schedule for the
compacting operation if
required.

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28. On Advanced Settings,

click Storage.

29. Select the Enable inline

data deduplication check
box.

30. Select the compression

level for the backup copy
from the drop-down list.

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31. Select the Enable backup

file encryption checkbox
to encrypt the content of
backup files.

32. Select a password from

the drop-down list. If you
haven't done so, click Add
or use the Manage
passwords link to create a
new password.

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33. On the Advanced Settings

page, select RPO Monitor.

34. Select the Alert me if a

backup is not copied
within the checkbox, and
specify the desired RPO in
minutes, hours or days.

35. Select Alert me if the log

backup is not copied
within the checkbox.

36. If you have enabled

copying of log backups,
specify the desired RPO in
minutes, hours or days.

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37. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

38. Keep the default settings.

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39. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

40. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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41. On the Target page, click

Next.

42. On the Data Transfer

page, Select Direct if you
plan to copy backup files
over high-speed
connections.

43. Select the Through built-

in WAN accelerators if
you copy backup files
over WAN or slow
connections.

44. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the source
site from the Source WAN
accelerator drop-down
list.

45. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the target
site from the Target WAN

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accelerator drop-down
list.

46. Click Next.

47. On the Schedule page,

select Any time
(continuously) if this job
can transfer data at any
time.

48. Select During the

following periods only if
required.

49. Click Apply.

50. Select Enable the job on

the Summary page when I
click the Finish checkbox.
If you want to start the
job after creating it, click
Finish.

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Chapter 5

Replication
Veeam replication is a data protection and disaster recovery solution that enables businesses to
replicate virtual machines (VMs) and their data in an offsite location. This helps to ensure that
critical data is protected and available in case of a disaster or other unexpected events that could
disrupt business operations.

Veeam replication creates a copy of the virtual machine and its data on a remote server in
another data center or a cloud environment. This copy is then kept in sync with the original VM
so that any changes made to the original are also reflected in the replica.

The replica can be quickly activated in a disaster to restore services and minimize downtime.
Veeam replication also provides several features to ensure the reliability and security of the
replicated data, including encryption, compression, and bandwidth throttling.

Veeam replication is a powerful tool for businesses that must ensure their critical data's
availability and reliability. In addition, it can help minimize the impact of disasters and other
unexpected events.

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Creating a Replication job to replicate the

specified VMs at the same site

A replication job must be configured before you can create VM replicas. The replication job
specifies how, where, and when VM data is replicated. A single job can process one or more
virtual machines.

This procedure creates a replication job to replicate the specified production virtual machines at
the same production site.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs.

4. Right-click Jobs, select

Replication

5. Click Virtual machine.

6. On the Job page, enter a

name for the replication
job in the Name field.

7. Describe the Description

field.

8. Select the High priority

check box if required.

9. Click Next.

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10. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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11. Select the objects in the

list on the Add Objects
page and click Add.

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12. On the Virtual machines

page, click Source.

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13. Select the From

production storage
(actual VM state) on the
Source Repositories page.
Veeam Replication will
retrieve VM data from
data stores connected to
the source Microsoft
Hyper-V host.

14. Select Form backup files

(latest VM state available
in backups) if required.
Veeam Replication will
read VM data from the
backup chain already in
the selected backup
repository.

15. Click OK.

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16. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

17. On the Destination page,

click Choose in the Host
or cluster session.

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18. Select the destination

host server on the Select
Host page and click OK.

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19. On the Destination page,

click Choose in the Path
session.

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20. On the Folders page,

specify a path to the
folder where VM replica
files must be stored, and
click OK.

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21. On the Destination page,

click Next.

22. Select the Repository for

metadata from the drop-
down list on the Job
Settings page.

Note:

 This setting must be

specified only for
snapshot replicas.
Legacy replicas do not
use a backup
repository for storing
metadata.

 You cannot store VM

replica metadata on
deduplicating storage
appliances.

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 You cannot store

replica metadata in a
scale-out backup
repository.

23. Enter a suffix that will be

appended to the original
VM names in the Replica
name suffix field.

24. Enter the number of

restore points in the field.

25. Click Advanced.

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26. On Advanced Settings,

click Traffic.

27. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox
(recommended). Veeam
Backup & Replication
excludes data blocks of
the hiberfil.sys and
pagefile.sys system files
from replicas.

28. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks
(recommended) check
box. Veeam Backup &
Replication does not copy
deleted file blocks ("dirty"
blocks on the VM guest
OS) to the target location.

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29. Select the compression

level for replicas from the
drop-down list.

30. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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31. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

32. Select Send SNMP

notifications for this job
checkbox. In addition,
Veeam will send traps to
the NMS when events
occur, such as when a
backup job fails or a
replication job encounters
an error.

33. Select Send email

notifications to the
following recipient
checkbox, If you want to
receive email notifications
about the job completion
status.

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34. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

35. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

36. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

37. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

38. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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39. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

40. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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41. On the Job Settings page,

click Next.

42. Click Choose to specify

Source Proxy on the Data
Transfer page.

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43. On the Backup Proxy

page, Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
selects off-host backup
proxies and select the
Failover to on-host
backup mode. Suppose no
suitable off-host proxies
are available checkbox by
default. Then, you can use
the following backup
proxy servers only check
box and choose one or
multiple off-host backup
proxies from the list if
necessary.

44. Select On-host backup If

you want to use the
Microsoft Hyper-V host as
the source host and
backup proxy.

45. Click OK.

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46. On the Data Transfer

mode session, select
Direct if you plan to copy
backup files over high-
speed connections.

47. On the Data Transfer

mode session, select
Direct if you plan to copy
backup files over high-
speed connections.

48. Select the Through built-

in WAN accelerators if
you transfer data over
WAN or slow connections.

49. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the source
site from the Source WAN
accelerator drop-down
list.

50. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the target
site from the Target WAN

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accelerator drop-down
list.

51. Click Next.

52. When you add VMs

running VSS-aware
applications to the
backup job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
backup. The
transactionally consistent
backup ensures that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

53. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing checkbox on
the Guest Processing
page, and click
Applications.

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54. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the Object, and
click Edit.

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55. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

56. Suppose you need Veeam

Backup & Replication to
stop the backup process if
any error occurs during
application-aware
processing. Select Require
successful processing
(recommend).

57. Suppose you must

continue the backup
process even if there is an
error during application-
aware processing. Select
Try application processing
but ignore failures.

58. Select Disable application

processing to disable
application-aware
processing for the VM.

59. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommended) to
process transaction logs.

60. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use

61. Select the Use persistent

guest agent (optional)
checkbox to enable
persistent agent.

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62. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Exclusions and keep the
default settings.

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63. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Scripts.

64. Select Disable script

execution and click OK.

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65. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
click OK.

66. Click Choose on the Guest

interaction proxy field on
the Guest Processing
page.

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67. On the Guest Interaction

Proxy page, select
Automatic selection to let
Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
select the guest
interaction proxy.

68. Select Prefer the

following guest
interaction proxy servers
to explicitly define which
servers will perform the
guest interaction proxy
role.

69. Click OK.

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70. Choose a user account on

the Guest Processing page
with sufficient
permissions from the
Guest OS credentials
drop-down list.

71. Click Credentials to

Customize guest OS
credentials for individual
machines and operating
systems.

72. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, select
the VM, and click Set
User.

73. Select Standard

credentials.

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74. Choose a user from the

Credentials drop-down
list, and click OK.

75. Repeat the steps for each

VM.

76. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, click OK.

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77. On the Guest Processing

page, click Test Now to
verify network
connectivity and
credentials for each
machine included in the
job.

78. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, verify each
machine's success.

103. Click Close.

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79. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

80. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

81. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

82. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on

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the production
environment.

83. Click Apply.

84. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

85. Verify the job has been

added

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Creating a Replication job without seeding to

replicate the specified VMs to the Disaster
Recovery site
This procedure creates a replication job to replicate the specified VMs to the disaster recovery
site. If a disaster strikes and the production VM stops working correctly, you can fail over to its
replica.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Replication and
click Virtual machine.

4. On the Job page, enter a

name for the replication
job in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select Network
remapping (for DR sites
with different virtual
networks).

7. Replica re-IP (for DR sites

with different IP
addressing schemes).

8. Select the High priority

check box if required.

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9. Click Next.

10. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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11. Select the objects in the

list on the Add Objects
page and click Add.

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12. On the Virtual machines

page, click Source.

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13. Select the From

production storage
(actual VM state) on the
Source Repositories page.
Veeam Replication will
retrieve VM data from
data stores connected to
the source Microsoft
Hyper-V host.

14. Or select Form backup

files (latest VM state
available in backups) if
required. Veeam Backup
& Replication will read
VM data from the backup
chain already existing in
the selected backup
repository.

15. Click OK.

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16. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

17. On the Destination page,

click Choose in the Host
or cluster session.

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18. Select the destination

host server on the Select
Host page, and click OK.

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19. On the Destination page,

click Choose in the Path
session.

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20. On the Folders page,

specify a path to the
folder where VM replica
files must be stored, and
click OK.

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21. On the Destination page,

click Next.

22. On the Network page,

click Add.

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23. On the Network Mapping

page, click Browse in the
Source network session.

24. Select the production

network on the Select
Network page to which
the original VMs are
connected and click OK.

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25. If you use VLAN IDs for

networking, select the
VLAN ID check box and
enter the VLAN ID of the
source network.

26. On the Network Mapping

page, click Browse in the
Target network session.

27. Select the DR site

network on the Select
Network page to which
replicas will be connected
and click OK.

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28. If you use VLAN IDs for

networking, select the
VLAN ID check box and
enter the VLAN ID of the
target network.

29. Click OK.

30. On the Network page,

click Next.

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31. On the Re-IP page, click

Add.

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32. On the New Re-IP Rule

page, Enter the IP
numbering scheme used
at the production site in
the Source VM section.

33. Enter the IP numbering

scheme used at the DR
site in the Target VM
section.

34. Describe the rule in the

Description field.

35. Click OK.

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36. On the Re-IP page, click

Next.

37. Select the Repository for

replica metadata from the
drop-down list on the Job
Settings page.

Note:

 This setting must be

specified only for
snapshot replicas.
Legacy replicas do not
use a backup
repository for storing
metadata.

 You cannot store VM

replica metadata on
deduplicating storage
appliances.

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 You cannot store

replica metadata in a
scale-out backup
repository.

38. Enter a suffix that will be

appended to the original
VM names in the Replica
name suffix field.

39. Enter the number of

restore points in the field.

40. Click Advanced.

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41. On Advanced Settings,

click Traffic.

42. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox
(recommended). Veeam
Backup & Replication
excludes data blocks of
the hiberfil.sys and
pagefile.sys system files
from replicas.

43. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks
(recommended) check
box, Veeam Backup &
Replication does not copy
deleted file blocks ("dirty"
blocks on the VM guest
OS) to the target location.

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44. Select the compression

level for replicas from the
drop-down list.

45. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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46. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

47. Select Send SNMP

notifications for this job
checkbox. In addition,
Veeam will send traps to
the NMS when events
occur, such as when a
backup job fails or a
replication job encounters
an error.

48. Select Send email

notifications to the
following recipients
checkbox, If you want to
receive email notifications
about the job completion
status.

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49. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

50. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

51. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

52. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

53. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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54. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

55. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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56. On the Job Settings page,

click Next.

57. Click Choose to specify

Source Proxy on the Data
Transfer page.

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58. On the Backup Proxy

page, Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
selects off-host backup
proxies and select the
Failover to on-host
backup mode if no
suitable off-host proxies
are available checkbox by
default.

59. Select Use the following

backup proxy servers only
check box and choose one
or multiple off-host
backup proxies from the
list if necessary.

60. Select On-host backup If

you want to use the
Microsoft Hyper-V host as
the source host and
backup proxy.

61. Click OK.

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62. On the Data Transfer

mode session, select
Direct if you plan to copy
backup files over high-
speed connections.

63. On the Data Transfer

mode session, select
Direct if you plan to copy
backup files over high-
speed connections.

64. Select the Through built-

in WAN accelerators if
you transfer data over
WAN or slow connections.

65. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the source
site from the Source WAN
accelerator drop-down
list.

66. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the target
site from the Target WAN

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accelerator drop-down
list.

67. Click Next.

68. When you add VMs

running VSS-aware
applications to the
replication job, you can
enable application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
replica. The
transactionally consistent
replicas ensure that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

69. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing check box on
the Guest Processing
page, and click
Applications.

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70. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the Object, and
click Edit.

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71. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

72. Suppose you need Veeam

Backup & Replication to
stop the backup process if
any error occurs during
application-aware
processing. Select Require
successful processing
(recommend).

73. Suppose you must

continue the backup
process even if there is an
error during application-
aware processing. Select
Try application processing
but ignore failures.

74. Select Disable application

processing to disable
application-aware
processing for the VM.

75. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommended) to
process transaction logs.

76. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use

77. Select the Use persistent

guest agent (optional)
checkbox to enable
persistent agent.

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78. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Exclusions and keep the
default settings.

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79. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Scripts.

80. Select Disable script

execution and click OK.

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81. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
click OK.

82. Click Choose in the Guest

interaction proxy field.

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83. On the Guest Interaction

Proxy page, select
Automatic selection to let
Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
select the guest
interaction proxy.

84. Select Prefer the

following guest
interaction proxy servers
to explicitly define which
servers will perform the
guest interaction proxy
role.

85. Click OK.

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86. Choose a user account on

the Guest Processing page
with sufficient
permissions from the
Guest OS credentials
drop-down list.

87. Click Credentials to

Customize guest OS
credentials for individual
machines and operating
systems.

88. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, select
the VM, and click Set
User.

89. Select Standard

credentials.

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90. Choose a user from the

Credentials drop-down
list, and click OK.

91. Repeat the steps for each

VM.

92. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, click OK.

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93. On the Guest Processing

page, click Test Now to
verify network
connectivity and
credentials for each
machine included in the
job.

94. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, verify each
machine's success.

95. Click Close.

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96. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

97. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

98. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

99. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on

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the production
environment.

100. Click Apply.

101. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

102. Verify the job has been

added

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Creating a Replication job with seeding to

replicate the specified VMs to the Disaster
Recovery site
This procedure creates a replication job with seeding to replicate the specified VMs to the
disaster recovery site. If a disaster strikes and the production VM stops working correctly, you
can fail over to its replica.

As a prerequisite for replica seeding, you must create a backup of the VM you intend to replicate.
Replica seeding and mapping are two technologies that help to reduce network traffic. Veeam
Backup & Replication does not need to transfer all VM data from the source host to the target
host across sites during the first session of a replication job using these technologies (during the
initial replication).

Configure replica mapping if you have ready-to-use copies of the original VMs on the host in the
DR site. These can be restored virtual machines (VMs) or replicas created by other replication
jobs. Veeam Backup & Replication will use these ready-to-use VMs as replicas after synchronizing
their states with the most current state of the original VMs. You can also use replica mapping to
reconfigure or recreate replication jobs, such as splitting one replication job into multiple jobs.

If seeding or mapping is enabled in a replication job, it must be applied to all VMs. It will be
skipped if a VM does not have a seed or is not mapped to an existing VM.

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1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

3. On the Home page, select

Jobs, right-click Jobs,
select Replication and
click Virtual machine.

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4. On the Job page, enter a

name for the replication
job in the Name field.

5. Describe the Description

field.

6. Select Replica seeding )for

low bandwidth DR sites).

Note:

As a prerequisite for replica

seeding, you must create a
backup of a VM you intend to
replicate.

7. Select Network
remapping (for DR sites
with different virtual
networks).

8. Replica re-IP (for DR sites

with different IP
addressing schemes).

9. Select the High priority

check box if required.

10. Click Next.

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11. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Add.

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12. Select the objects in the

list on the Add Objects
page and click Add.

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13. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Source.

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14. Select the From

production storage
(actual VM state) on the
Source Repositories page.
Veeam Replication will
retrieve VM data from
data stores connected to
the source Microsoft
Hyper-V host.

15. Or select Form backup

files (latest VM state
available in backups) if
required. Veeam Backup
& Replication will read
VM data from the backup
chain already existing in
the selected backup
repository.

16. Click OK.

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17. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

18. On the Destination page,

click Choose in the Host
or cluster session.

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19. Select the destination

host server on the Select
Host page, and click OK.

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20. On the Destination page,

click Choose in the Path
session.

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21. On the Folders page,

specify a path to the
folder where VM replica
files must be stored, and
click OK.

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22. On the Destination page,

click Next.

23. On the Network page,

click Add.

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24. On the Network Mapping

page, click Browse in the
Source network session.

25. Select the production

network on the Select
Network page to which
the original VMs are
connected and click OK.

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26. If you use VLAN IDs for

networking, select the
VLAN ID check box and
enter the VLAN ID of the
source network.

27. On the Network Mapping

page, click Browse in the
Target network session.

28. Select the DR site

network on the Select
Network page to which
replicas will be connected
and click OK.

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29. If you use VLAN IDs for

networking, select the
VLAN ID check box and
enter the VLAN ID of the
target network.

30. Click OK.

31. On the Network page,

click Next.

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32. On the Re-IP page, click

Add.

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33. On the New Re-IP Rule

page, Enter the IP
numbering scheme used
at the production site in
the Source VM section.

34. Enter the IP numbering

scheme used at the DR
site in the Target VM
section.

35. Describe the rule in the

Description field.

36. Click OK.

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37. On the Re-IP page, click

Next.

38. Select the Repository for

replica metadata from the
drop-down list on the Job
Settings page.

Note:

 This setting must be

specified only for
snapshot replicas.
Legacy replicas do not
use a backup
repository for storing
metadata.

 You cannot store VM

replica metadata on
deduplicating storage
appliances.

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 You cannot store

replica metadata in a
scale-out backup
repository.

39. Enter a suffix that will be

appended to the original
VM names in the Replica
name suffix field.

40. Enter the number of

restore points in the field.

41. Click Advanced.

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42. On Advanced Settings,

click Traffic.

43. Select the Exclude swap

file blocks checkbox
(recommended). Veeam
Backup & Replication
excludes data blocks of
the hiberfil.sys and
pagefile.sys system files
from replicas.

44. Select the Exclude deleted

file blocks
(recommended) check
box, Veeam Backup &
Replication does not copy
deleted file blocks ("dirty"
blocks on the VM guest
OS) to the target location.

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45. Select the compression

level for replicas from the
drop-down list.

46. Select Storage

optimization from the
drop-down list.

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47. On the Advanced

Settings, select
Notifications.

48. Select Send SNMP

notifications for this job
checkbox. In addition,
Veeam will send traps to
the NMS when events
occur, such as when a
backup job fails or a
replication job encounters
an error.

49. Select Send email

notifications to the
following recipients check
box, If you want to
receive email notifications
about the job completion
status.

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50. On the Advanced

Settings, select Hyper-V.

51. Select the Enable Hyper-V

guest quiescence check
box if application-aware
processing cannot be
used for some reason.

52. Select the Take crash

consistent backup instead
of suspending VM check
box if you do not want to
suspend VMs in the job.

53. Select the Use changed

block tracking data
(recommended) check
box.

54. Select the Allow

processing of multiple
VMs with a single volume
snapshot check box.

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55. On the Advanced Settings

page, click Scripts.

56. Keep the default settings

and click OK.

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57. On the Job Settings page,

click Next.

58. Click Choose to specify

Source Proxy on the Data
Transfer page.

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59. On the Backup Proxy

page, Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
selects off-host backup
proxies and select the
Failover to on-host
backup mode if no
suitable off-host proxies
are available checkbox by
default.

60. Select Use the following

backup proxy servers only
check box and choose one
or multiple off-host
backup proxies from the
list if necessary.

61. Select On-host backup If

you want to use the
Microsoft Hyper-V host as
the source host and
backup proxy.

62. Click OK.

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63. On the Data Transfer

mode session, select
Direct if you plan to copy
backup files over high-
speed connections.

64. On the Data Transfer

mode session, select
Direct if you plan to copy
backup files over high-
speed connections.

65. Select the Through built-

in WAN accelerators if
you transfer data over
WAN or slow connections.

66. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the source
site from the Source WAN
accelerator drop-down
list.

67. Select a WAN accelerator

configured in the target
site from the Target WAN

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accelerator drop-down
list.

68. Click Next.

69. Select Get seed from the

following backup
repository checkbox in
the Initial seeding.

70. Choose the repository

where your replica seeds
are stored from the list of
available backup
repositories.

71. Configure replica mapping

if you have ready-to-use
copies of the original VMs
on the host in the DR site.
These can be restored
virtual machines (VMs) or
replicas created by other
replication jobs. Veeam
Backup & Replication will
use these ready-to-use
VMs as replicas after
synchronizing their states
with the most current
state of the original VMs.
You can also use replica

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mapping to reconfigure or
recreate replication jobs,
such as splitting one
replication job into
multiple jobs.

72. Select Map replicas to

exist Vms, and click
Detect.

73. On the Seeding page, click

Next.

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74. When you add VMs

running VSS-aware
applications to the replica
job, you can enable
application-aware
processing to create a
transactionally consistent
replica. The
transactionally consistent
replication ensures that
applications on VMs can
be recovered without
data loss.

75. Select the Enable

application-aware
processing checkbox on
the Guest Processing
page, and click
Applications.

76. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
select the Object, and
click Edit.

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77. On the Processing

Settings, click General.

78. Suppose you need Veeam

Backup & Replication to
stop the backup process if
any error occurs during
application-aware
processing. Then, select
Require successful
processing (recommend).

79. Suppose you must

continue the backup
process even if there is an
error during application-
aware processing. Select
Try application processing
but ignore failures.

80. Select Disable application

processing to disable
application-aware
processing for the VM.

81. Select Process transaction

logs with this job
(recommended) to
process transaction logs.

82. Select Perform copy only

to let another application
use

83. Select the Use persistent

guest agent (optional)
checkbox to enable
persistent agent.

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84. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Exclusions and keep the
default settings.

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85. On the Processing

Settings page, click
Scripts.

86. Select Disable script

execution and click OK.

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87. On the Application-Aware

Processing Options page,
click OK.

88. Click Choose on the Guest

interaction proxy field on
the Guest Processing
page.

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89. On the Guest Interaction

Proxy page, select
Automatic selection to let
Veeam Backup &
Replication automatically
select the guest
interaction proxy.

90. Select Prefer the

following guest
interaction proxy servers
to explicitly define which
servers will perform the
guest interaction proxy
role.

91. Click OK.

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92. Choose a user account on

the Guest Processing page
with sufficient
permissions from the
Guest OS credentials
drop-down list.

93. Click Credentials to

Customize guest OS
credentials for individual
machines and operating
systems.

94. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, select
the VM, and click Set
User.

95. Select Standard

credentials.

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96. Choose a user from the

Credentials drop-down
list, and click OK.

97. Repeat the steps for each

VM.

98. On the Guest OS

Credentials page, click OK.

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99. On the Guest Processing

page, click Test Now to
verify network
connectivity and
credentials for each
machine included in the
job.

100. On the Guest Credentials

Test page, make sure to
verify the success of each
machine.

101. Click Close.

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102. On the Guest Processing

page, click Next.

103. Select Run the job

automatically on the
Schedule page and select
your specified schedule.

104. Define whether Veeam

Backup & Replication
should retry the backup
job if it fails in the
Automatic retry section.

105. Define the time interval

the backup job must
complete in the Backup
window section. The
backup window ensures
that the job does not
overlap with production
hours and that there is no
unnecessary overhead on

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the production
environment.

106. Click Apply.

107. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

108. Verify the job has been

added

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Failover Virtual Machine to Disaster Recovery

Site
Failing over a virtual machine to a disaster recovery site involves replicating the virtual machine
and its data to the disaster recovery site and activating the replicated copy in case of a disaster
or other disruptive event that renders the original virtual machine unavailable.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Replicas. Select
Ready.

4. Right-click the virtual

machine, and select
Failover now.

5. Select the virtual machine

and click Point on the
Virtual Machines page.

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6. Expand the Job name on

the Restore Point page,
select the necessary
restore point, and click
OK.

7. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

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8. On the Reason page, the

Restore reason, click
Next.

9. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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10. Select log on the Restore

Session page, ensure the
failover completed
processes successfully,
and click Closed.

11. On the Home page,

expend Replicas and
select Active. The virtual
machine status shows
Failover.

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Planned Failover Virtual Machine to Disaster

Recovery Site
Planned failover is the smooth manual switching from a primary VM to its replica with minor
downtime. Planned failover is proper when you know primary VMs are planning to go offline,
and you need to switch the workload from the original VMs to their replicas as soon as possible.
For example, you can use planned failover to perform data center migration, maintenance, or
software upgrades on primary VMs. You can also perform planned failover if you see signs of an
impending disaster.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Replicas. Select
Ready.

4. Right-click the virtual

machine, and select
Planned failover.

5. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

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6. On the Reason page, the

Restore reason, click
Next.

7. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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8. On the Restore Session

page, select log, ensure
the planned failover
processes were
completed successfully,
and click Closed.

9. On the Home page,

expend Replicas and
select Active. The virtual
machine status shows
Failover.

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Failover Undo the Virtual Machine to

Production Site
One method for completing failover is to use failover undo. When you undo failover, you return
to the original VM from a VM replica. When a virtual machine replica is in the Failover state,
Veeam Backup & Replication discards all changes made to the replica. This is because the
Failover state is intended to temporarily restore the virtual machine to operation quickly in the
event of a disaster.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Replicas. Select
Active.

4. Right-click the virtual

machine, and select Undo
failover.

5. On the Veeam Backup

and Replication display
windows, select Force
undo failover and click
Yes.

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6. On the Restore Session

page, select Log.

7. Ensure the undo failover

is completed successfully
and click Closed.

8. On the Home page,

expand Replicas and the
virtual machine to regular
type and Ready status.

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Failback of the Virtual Machine to the

Production Site
Failback is returning operations to the primary site after a disaster recovery event. It reverses the
failover process by replicating any changes made to the virtual machine during the Failover state
back to the primary site and then redirecting users and applications to the primary site.

Veeam Backup & Replication provides the following failback options:

 Failback to the original VM in the original location.

 Failback to a VM already recovered to a new location. This VM must be retrieved before

you perform failback.

 Failback to a VM from a replica in a different location or to any site with different

settings. During the failback process, the VM will be recovered from the replica.

Because Veeam Backup & Replication only needs to transfer differences between the
original/recovered VM and VM replica, the first two options help reduce recovery time and
network traffic. Veeam Backup & Replication must transfer the entire VM data, including its
configuration and virtual disc content, for the third option. Choose the third option if you cannot
use the original VM or restore it from a backup.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

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1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

3. On the Home page,

expand Replicas. Select
Active.

4. Right-click the virtual

machine, and select
Failback to production.

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5. Click Populate on the

Virtual Machine page to
update the replicas ready
for the failback list.

6. Select the replicas and

click Next.

7. On the Destination page,

select Failback to the
original VM if you want to
return to the original VMs
that reside on the source
hosts.

8. Select Quick rollback

(sync changed blocks
only) If you want to fasten
failback, and the original
VMs had problems at the
guest OS level.

9. Click Next.

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10. Select Failback to the

original VM restored in a
different location if the
original VMs have already
been recovered to a new
location and you want to
switch to the recovered
VMs from their replicas.

Note:

If you select this option, you

will proceed to the Target
VM.

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11. Select Failback to the

specified location to
recover VMs from
replicas. You can recover
VMs to a new location or
any location but with
different settings (such as
network settings, virtual
disk type, configuration
file path and so on).

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12. Select Power on the

target VM after restoring
and click Finish on the
Summary page.

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13. On the Restore Session

page, select Log.

14. Ensure the failback is

completed successfully
and click Closed.

15. On the Home page,

expend Replicas and
select Active.

16. The VM status changed

from Failover to Failback.

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17. Right-click the VM and

select Commit failback.

18. Click Yes in the Commit

Failback display windows.

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19. On the Restore Session

page, select log, make
sure the undo failover is
completed successfully,
click Closed

20. On the Home page, add

Replicas and the virtual
machine to regular type
and Ready status.

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Permanent Failover of the Virtual Machine to

the Disaster Recovery Site
Permanent failover is one method of completing failover. Permanent failover means
permanently switching from the original VM to its replica.

The VM replica ceases to be a replica due to permanent failover and becomes the production
VM.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Replicas. Select
the Active.

4. Right-click the virtual

machine, and select the
Permanent failover.

5. Click Yes in the Process

with the permanent
failover display window.

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6. On the Restore Session

page, select Log.

7. Ensure the permanent

failover is completed
successfully and click
Closed.

8. Delete the existing

replication job and create
a new one for the VM.

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Chapter 6

Data Restore
Veeam Backup & Replication supports the following recovery methods:

 VM recovery entails restoring entire virtual machines (VMs) to various data protection
environments, such as VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, Amazon EC2, etc.

 Disk export enables you to convert discs from various workloads (EC2 instances,
Microsoft Azure VMs, and so on) to VMDK, VHD, or VHDX formats.

 Recovery of VM files, guest OS files and folders, and application items.

 Veeam Data Integration API — to retrieve backup content via iSCSI or FUSE and analyze
data stored in this backup.

 Secure restore entails scanning data with antivirus software before restoring it to
production.

Note:

Backward compatibility is provided by Veeam Backup & Replication: backups created with
previous product versions can be restored with later product versions. Backups created with
later product versions, on the other hand, cannot be restored with previous product versions.

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Restore the Entire VM to the Original

Location
If the original VM fails, you can use Veeam Backup & Replication to restore an entire VM from a
backup file to the most recent state or a previous point.

Before the entire VM restore can occur, the VM image must be fully extracted to the production
storage. Veeam Backup & Replication copies the VM data from the backup repository to the
chosen storage, registers the VM on the desired Hyper-V host, and, if necessary, powers it on.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Backups. Select
the Disk.

4. Expand the backup job

name, right-click the
virtual machine, and
select Restore the entire
VM.

5. Select the virtual machine

and click Point on the
Virtual Machine page.

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6. Expand the backup job on

the Restore Point page,
select the restore point,
and click OK.

7. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

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8. On the Restore Mode

page, select Restore to
the original location.

9. Select the Quick rollback

(restore changed blocks
only) checkbox If you
restore a VM following a
problem at the VM guest
OS level.

10. Click Next.

11. Check the following

prerequisites before
performing a secure
restore:

 Support Microsoft
Windows only.

 The antivirus software

must be installed on
the mount server and
support the command
line interface (CLI).

 The antivirus
configuration file
must be configured
on the mount server.

 Veeam Backup &

Replication does not

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perform malware
scans for disks or
volumes that cannot
be mounted to the
mount server.

12. Select the Scan the

restored machine for
malware before
performing the recovery
check box.

13. Click Next.

14. On the Reason page,

enter a reason for
restoring the selected
VMs.

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15. Click OK on the object will

be deleted the warning
message.

16. Select Power on the

target VM after restoring
and click Finish on the
Summary page.

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17. On the Restoring VM

page, select Log.

18. Ensure the restore VM is

completed successfully
and click Closed.

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Existing jobs do not need to be updated that process the original/recovered VMs if you restore
them to the same host and choose to preserve VM UUIDs. However, if you configure restore
differently and want to process the recovered VMs, you must edit existing jobs or create new
ones.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Backups. Select
the Disk.

4. Expand the backup job

name, right-click the
virtual machine, and
select Restore the entire
VM.

5. Select the virtual machine

and click Point on the
Virtual Machine page.

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6. Expand the backup job on

the Restore Point page,
select the restore point,
and click OK.

7. On the Virtual Machines

page, click Next.

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8. Select Restore to a new

location or with different
settings on the Restore
Mode page and click
Next.

9. On the Host page, select

the virtual machine and
click Host.

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10. On the Host page, select

the target host, and click
OK.

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11. On the Host page, click

Next.

12. On the Datastore page,

select the virtual machine
and click Path.

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13. Select the target folder

and click OK on the Select
Folder page.

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14. On the Datastore page,

click Next.

15. On the Network page,

select the virtual machine
and click Network.

16. If the restored VM does

not need to connect to
any virtual network,
select the VM in the list
and click Disconnected.

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17. On the Select Network

page, select the network
for restoring the VM and
click OK.

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18. On the Network page,

click Next.

19. On the Name page, select

the virtual machine and
click Name.

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20. On the Change Name

page, enter a new name
or change the name by
adding a prefix and suffix
to the regular VM name.

21. Click OK.

22. On the Name page, select

the virtual machine and
click VM UUID.

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23. On the BIOS UUID

Settings, Select Preserve
existing VM ID if the
original VM was
decommissioned.

24. Click OK.

25. On the Name page, click

Next.

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26. Check the following

prerequisites before
performing a secure
restore:

27. Support Microsoft

Windows only.

28. The antivirus software

must be installed on the
mount server and support
the command line
interface (CLI).

29. The antivirus

configuration file must be
configured on the mount
server.

30. Veeam Backup &

Replication does not
perform malware scans
for disks or volumes that
cannot be mounted to the
mount server.

31. Select the Scan the

restored machine for
malware before
performing the recovery
check box.

32. Click Next.

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33. On the Reason page,

enter a reason for
restoring the selected
VMs and click Next.

34. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

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35. On the Restoring VM

page, select Log.

36. Ensure the restore VM is

completed successfully
and click Closed.

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Restore VM Files
If corrupted, you can restore VM files (.XML. VMCX, VMRS,.VMGS,.VHD,.VHDX). This option is an
excellent alternative to restoring the entire VM. However, you can only restore a single VM file.

When you perform a VM file restore, the VM file is restored directly from regular image-level
backups without de-staging VM images from backups first. VM files can be converted to either
the original or a new location.

Note:

If you recover a .VMCX file and import it to Microsoft Hyper-V, the VM will be registered under
the Veeam Recovery Checkpoint-(<GUID>) name. After import, you can rename the VM if
required.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

1. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

2. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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3. On the Home page,

expand Backups.

4. Select the Disk and

expand the backup job
name.

5. Right-click the virtual

machine and select
Restore VM files.

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6. Select the restore point

on the Restore Point page
and click Next.

7. On the Destination page,

select the server from the
drop-down.

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8. Click Browser in the path

to folder session.

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9. On the Select Folder page,

select the folder. Click OK.

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10. Select the files check box

from the VM files to
restore list, and click
Next.

11. On the Reason page,

enter the reason for
restoring the selected
VMs and click Next.

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12. On the Summary page,

click Finish.

13. On the Restoring VM

page, click Show Details.

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14. Select log on the

Restoring VM page,
ensure the restore VM
files are completed
successfully and click
Closed.

15. Verify restored VM files.

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Restore Guest Files (or Folder) for Microsoft

Windows
You can restore files from Microsoft Windows VMs with NTFS, FAT, and ReFS file systems using
the restore from FAT, NTFS, and ReFS methods.

You can restore files to their original or new location, use Microsoft Windows File Explorer to
work with the converted files or launch application item restore for the files.

Instructions Screenshot (if applicable)

17. Log in to the Veeam

Backup and replication
manager server.

18. Open the Veeam Backup

& Replication Console,
and click Connect.

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19. On the Home page, click

Restore and select
Microsoft Hyper-V.

20. On the Restore page,

select Restore from
backup.

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21. On the Restore from a

Backup page, select Guest
files restore.

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22. On the Guest files page,

select Microsoft
Windows.

23. On the Machine page,

expand the backup job.

24. Select the machine and

click Next.

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25. Select the restore point

on the Restore Point page
and click Next.

26. On the Reason page,

enter the reason for
restoring the selected
VMs and click Next.

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27. On the Summary page,

click Browse.

28. On the Backup Browser

page, expand the disk,
select the file or folder,
and right-click the file or
folder.

29. Select Restore and click

Overwrite or Keep.

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30. Select an account from

the Credentials drop-
down list on the
Credentials page and click
OK.

31. On the Restoring files

page, click Show Details.

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32. On the Restoring files

page, ensure the file or
folder restore is
successful and click Close.

33. Close the Backup

Browser.

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34. Verify the restored file or

folder.

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Join us at MVPDays and meet

great MVPs like this in person
If you liked their book, you would love to hear them in person.

Live Presentations
Dave frequently speaks at Microsoft conferences around North America, such as TechEd,
VeeamOn, TechDays, and MVPDays Community Roadshow.

Cristal runs the MVPDays Community Roadshow.

You can find additional information on the following blog:

www.checkyourlogs.net

www.mvpdays.com

Video Training
For video-based training, see the following site:

www.mvpdays.com

Live Instructor-led Classes

Dave has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for over 15 years and presents scheduled
instructor-led classes in the US and Canada. For current dates and locations, see the following
sites:

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 www.truesec.com

 www.checkyourlogs.net

Consulting Services
Dave and Cristal have worked with some of the largest companies in the world and have a
wealth of experience and expertise. Customer engagements are typically between two weeks
and six months.

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