Backup Infrastructure

In Veeam Backup Free Edition, you cannot configure backup proxies and backup repositories and point a VeeamZIP job to them.

• In the VMware vSphere environment, VM data is retrieved from the source ESX(i) host and processed on the Veeam backup server that performs the role of the default backup proxy. Therefore, the backup traffic goes from the source host to the backup destination through the Veeam backup server.
• In the Hyper-V environment, VM data is processed on the source Hyper-V host that performs the role of the default backup proxy. The backup traffic goes from the source Hyper-V host to the backup destination, bypassing the Veeam backup server. The Veeam backup server controls the job performance.