If you specify a DNS name of the Veeam backup server, make sure that the Veeam backup server name is resolved into IPv4 address on the machine where Veeam Agent is installed. The Veeam Backup Service in Veeam Backup & Replication listens on IPv4 addresses only. If the Veeam backup server name is resolved into IPv6 address, Veeam Agent will fail to connect to the Veeam backup server.

<vbr_port> — port over which Veeam Agent for Linux must communicate with Veeam Backup & Replication.

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --address 172.17.53.1 --port 10006

Changing Account to Connect to Veeam Backup Server

Editing Connection to Veeam Backup Server Note:

If you change an account to connect to the Veeam backup server and then start a backup job targeted at the backup repository managed by this backup server, Veeam Agent will start a new backup chain on the backup repository.

To change an account whose credentials will be used to connect to the Veeam backup server, use the following command:

veeamconfig vbrserver edit --login <username> --domain <domain> --password <password>

where:

<username> — name of the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository.
<domain> — name of the domain in which the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository is registered.
<password> — password of the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository.

For example:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --login veeam --domain tech --password P@ssw0rd2

Changing Several Backup Server Parameters

You can change several parameters for the connection to the Veeam backup server simultaneously. For example, the following command changes the name and connection settings for the Veeam backup server:

user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --name vbr02 ---address 172.17.53.2 --port 10006