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Rebooting Remote Computers

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In some cases, you might need to reboot computers that run Veeam Availability Console management agents. The most often cases when you need to perform computer reboot are:

Installation of Veeam backup agents: if a pending computer reboot is detected during Veeam backup agent installation, you must reboot a computer to complete the installation process.
Installation of the CBT Driver: after you install the CBT driver, you must reboot a computer.

Required Privileges

To perform this task, a user must have one of the following roles assigned: Company Owner, Location Administrator.

Rebooting Remote Computers

To send a command to Veeam Availability Console management agents to initiate reboot of remote computers:

For details, see Accessing Veeam Availability Console.

In the menu on the left, click Managed Computers.

Open the Discovered Computers tab.
Select the necessary computers in the list.
At the top of the list, click Management Agent and choose Reboot Remote Computer.
In the displayed window, click Yes to confirm computer reboot.