Before You Begin

Before you configure the backup job, check the following prerequisites:

• The target location where you plan to store backup files must have enough free space.
• Available backup job options depend on the edition of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. Make sure that you have obtained and installed a license that support the desired product functionality. To learn more, see Licensing.
• [For Veeam Backup & Replication repository targets] You can store created backups in a backup repository only if the backup server runs Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 2. If you plan to use a commercial version of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows with Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install the Veeam Agent license in Veeam Backup & Replication in advance.
• [For Veeam Backup & Replication repository targets] If you plan to use a Veeam Backup & Replication repository as a target for backups, you must pre-configure user access permissions on this backup repository. To learn more, see Setting Up User Permissions on Backup Repositories.
• [For Veeam Cloud Connect repository targets] If you plan to use a cloud repository as a target for backups, make sure that the service provider has communicated to you the necessary data: cloud gateway settings, user account settings and certificate thumbprint.

Backup has the following limitations:

• You cannot save the backup of entire computer on the local computer disk. Use an external hard drive or USB drive, network shared folder or backup repository as a target location.
• Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows does not back up data to which symbolic links are targeted. It only backs up the path information that the symbolic links contain. After restore, identical symbolic links are created in the restore destination.