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Remote Connection to Veeam Backup & Replication Servers

To perform on-going management and troubleshooting, you can connect to Veeam Backup & Replication servers using the Backup & Replication Console.

The Backup & Replication Console is a client-side component that provides access to a remote backup server. The console allows you to log in to Veeam Backup & Replication and perform all kinds of data protection and disaster recovery operations as if you work on the local backup server.

For details on Veeam Backup & Replication Console, see section Backup & Replication Console of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Required Privileges

To perform this task, a user must have one of the following roles assigned: Portal Administrator, Site Administrator, Portal Operator.

Installing Backup & Replication Console

To install Backup & Replication Console:

For details, see Accessing Veeam Service Provider Console.

Do one of the following:

In the menu on the left, click Discovery and open the Discovered Backup Servers tab.
In the menu on the left, click Backup Jobs and open the Virtual Machines tab.

At the top of the list, click Download Remote Backup Console.

Save the Remote Backup Console setup file to a location that is accessible from a machine where you plan to install the console.

Log on to a machine where you plan to install the Remote Backup Console as a local Administrator.
Launch the Backup & Replication Console setup file and follow the steps of the setup wizard.
At the last step of the wizard, click Finish.

Connecting to Client Veeam Backup & Replication Servers

To connect to client Veeam Backup & Replication servers, you can use the following instruments:

Remote Access Console — allows you to log on to the client Veeam Backup & Replication server and perform the required operations in Veeam Backup & Replication.

For details, see section Remote Access Console of the Veeam Cloud Connect Administrator Guide.

Remote Desktop Connection client — allows you to launch a remote session over the RDP protocol and log on to the Microsoft Windows OS running on the client Veeam Backup & Replication server.

For details, see section Launching Remote Desktop Session to Tenant of the Veeam Cloud Connect Administrator Guide.