This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Connecting to Veeam Backup & Replication
If you want to connect a Veeam Agent computer to the Veeam backup server as a member of a protection group for pre-installed Veeam Agents, you must apply connection settings from the configuration file. The configuration file is one of the Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris setup files that you must obtain from your System Administrator. To learn more about deployment using external tools, see the Deploying Veeam Agent for Unix section in the Agent Management Guide.
To connect Veeam Agent to Veeam backup server:
- Get the configuration file from your System Administrator and upload this file to the Veeam Agent computer.
- Navigate to the directory where you have saved the configuration file and run the following command:
where:
- <file_name> — configuration file name.
- --force — with this option enabled, Veeam Agent will override additional input prompts and error messages. This parameter is optional.
Alternatively, you can specify the full path to the configuration file with the --cfg option.
For example:
