There are multiple tabs to browse through to configure for you environment. I lowered mine to 5 to save hard disk space. Select how many restore points you want to keep on disk. You can select at the Cluster level, Host level, or specific virtual machines: Click Next:Ĭlick Add and select virtual machines to be backed up by this job. You can now browse your vCenter inventory! Create a Backup Job: If the Summary looks correct click Finish: I added my user to the vCenter Administrators group. Click Next:Īdd a vCenter user account that has permissions to take snapshots and inventory. On Backup Infrastructure click VMware vSphere:Įnter the FQDN or IP address of your vCenter server. Once the installation completes click Finish: The VBRCatalog can grow large in size so ensure there is plenty of space. Guest File System Catalog: Pick a location to store the catalog folder where index files will be stored. The default location is: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\NfsDatastore There needs to be at least 10 GB of free space. VPowerNFS: Pick a location to store the instant VM recovery write cache. If you are pointing to a external SQL server ensure the user account has permissions to login and create a database (for instance elevate to sysadmin for the install). For my setup I am going to use SQL Express since my environment is really small: Here you have the option to use SQL Express or point towards a existing SQL server. Use the Administrative Account you setup for Veeam. You should now show Passed down the list, click Next:Ĭheck the box to Let me specify different settings:
This is what the Install window will look like: If your system is missing components they can be installed by clicking Install: The difference between the versions can be found here:
If you proceed without a license file Veeam will be in Free Edition. If you have a license file you can browse for it now. To proceed the EULA needs to be accepted. It will perform a resource check and request at least 2 processors.
Deploying Veeam Availability Suite – ONEįor a full list of Veeam Requirements read the latest release notes.Deploying Veeam Availability Suite – Backup & Replication.In this post I will be deploying Backup & Replication and configuring a backup job. Veeam Availability Suitecontains a backup & replication solution ( Veeam Backup & Replication) and a monitoring & reporting tool ( Veeam ONE). I wanted to try out a few backup solutions in my lab environment and decided to start with Veeam due to the popularity and ease of use.