Configuring Backup Proxies

In the backup infrastructure, the off-host backup proxy acts as a “data mover”. While the backup server performs the role of the job manager, the off-host backup proxy is responsible for actual data handling. It retrieves VM data from the source volume, processes and transfers it to target.

By default, source Microsoft Hyper-V hosts perform the role of default backup proxies and let you perform backup and replication in the on-host mode. Resources of such local backup proxy may be sufficient if you use Veeam Backup & Replication to protect VMs in a small virtual environment or for testing purposes. For larger virtual environments, you need to deploy a number of off-host backup proxies to offload VM data processing and transport tasks from source Microsoft Hyper-V hosts.

To configure an off-host backup proxy, you must assign the off-host backup proxy role to a Microsoft Windows server added to the backup infrastructure.

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