To configure Veeam backup agent job settings on a managed computer from scratch, you must assign a backup policy to it. A backup policy describes configuration of a Veeam backup agent job, and can be used as a saved template. Backup policies speed up the process of configuring backup job settings on managed computers: instead of specifying backup job settings manually, you can apply settings from a preconfigured backup policy to a group of computers.
By default, Veeam Availability Console includes two predefined backup policies:
- Workstation: File level backup. Personal files. Local drive. Daily schedule.
- Server: Entire computer. Microsoft Exchange Server. Cloud backup. Daily schedule.
In addition to predefined backup policies, you can create multiple custom backup policies with different configuration settings and assign them to different groups of computers. For example, you can configure backup policies for different machine types, applications, departments and so on.
Backup policies can be configured both in the Veeam Availability Console Administrator Portal and Client Portal. Predefined backup policies and policies configured by the Portal Administrator are available to all departments in the Client Portal. Backup policies configured by Department Administrators are available to this department only, but can be managed by the Portal Administrator. For information on working with backup policies in the Client Portal, see Veeam Availability Console User Guide for Enterprises.
In This Section
- Creating Backup Policies
- Assigning Backup Policies
- Modifying Backup Policies
- Updating Backup Job Configuration
- Copying Backup Policies
- Removing Backup Policies
