Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication
To use Veeam Agent for Mac 1.0.1 with Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install Veeam Backup & Replication 11a on the Veeam backup server. Veeam Agent for Mac 1.0 supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication 11 or later as well.
You can store backup files created with Veeam Agent for Mac on backup repositories managed by Veeam Backup & Replication. To do this, you must select a Veeam Backup & Replication backup repository as a target location in the properties of the backup policy.
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To configure and manage Veeam Agent backup policies, you must use the Veeam Backup & Replication console. To learn more, see the Creating Agent Backup Policy for Mac Computers section in the Veeam Agent Management Guide. |
Veeam Agent for Mac works with the Veeam Backup & Replication backup repository as with any other backup repository. Backup files are stored to a separate folder; you can perform standard restore operations using these files.
Information about Veeam Agent backups stored on the Veeam Backup & Replication backup repositories, backup policies and sessions becomes available in the Veeam Backup & Replication console:
- The Veeam Agent for Mac backup policy is displayed in the list of policies in Veeam Backup & Replication.
- Backup files created with Veeam Agent for Mac are displayed in the list of backups, under the Agents node.
- Performed policy sessions are available in the History view of Veeam Backup & Replication.
Backup administrators working with Veeam Backup & Replication can perform a set of operations with Veeam Agent backups:
- Perform data protection operations: create and manage backup policies, copy Veeam Agent backups to secondary backup repositories and archive these backups to tape.
- Perform restore operations: restore individual files and directories from Veeam Agent backups.
- Perform administrative tasks: disable and delete Veeam Agent backup policies, remove Veeam Agent backups and so on.