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Rescanning Appliances

If Veeam Backup for AWS appliances become unavailable, for example, due to connectivity problems, you can rescan the appliances. Note that the appliance rescan option is disabled for available Veeam Backup for AWS appliances.

To rescan a Veeam Backup for AWS appliance, do the following:

  1. Open the Backup Infrastructure view.
  2. In the inventory pane, select Managed Servers.
  3. In the working area, select the necessary Veeam Backup for AWS appliance, and click Rescan appliance on the ribbon. Alternatively, you can right-click the appliance and select Rescan.
  4. In the opened window, click Yes.

Veeam Backup & Replication will remove from the configuration database all data collected about the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance. Then Veeam Backup & Replication will recollect data including the following one: last 24-hour session results, data about all created snapshots, backups and jobs.

Resynchronize appliance