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Connecting Source Virtualization Hosts

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You must connect to the Veeam backup server virtualization hosts on which VMs that you plan to back up or replicate to the cloud are located.

Veeam Backup & Replication lets you connect the following types of hosts:

VMware vCenter Servers
Standalone ESX(i) hosts
SCVMM
Microsoft Hyper-V clusters
Standalone Microsoft Hyper-V hosts

If a host is managed by VMware vCenter Server, SCVMM or is a part of a cluster, it is recommended that you connect servers or clusters, not a standalone host. If you move VMs between hosts, you will not have to re-configure jobs existing in Veeam Backup & Replication. Veeam Backup & Replication will automatically locate migrated VMs and continue processing them as usual.

The host connection process in the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure is the same as the host connection process in a regular Veeam backup infrastructure. To learn more, see the Managing Servers section in Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide at: https://www.veeam.com/documentation-guides-datasheets.html.