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This section covers typical connection settings for the backup infrastructure components.
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During installation, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically creates firewall rules for default ports to allow communication for the application components. |
- Backup Server Connections
- Backup Proxy Connections
- Backup Repository Connections
- EMC Data Domain System Connections
- HPE StoreOnce Connections
- Mount Server Connections
- Microsoft Windows Server Running vPower NFS Service Connections
- Proxy Appliance (Multi-OS FLR) Connections
- SureReplica Recovery Verification Connections
- WAN Accelerator Connections
- Tape Server Connections
- HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage Connections
- HPE Lefthand Storage Connections
- NetApp Storage Connections
- EMC VNX(e) Storage Connections
- VM Guest OS Connections
- Veeam U-AIR Wizards Connections
- Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller Connections During Application Item Restore
- Microsoft Exchange Server Connections During Application Item Restore
- Microsoft SQL Server Connections During Application Item Restore
- SMTP Server Connections
- Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Connections
- Veeam Explorers
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the backup server with other infrastructure components.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | vCenter Server | HTTPS TCP | 443 | Default port used for connections to vCenter Server. If you use vCloud Director, make sure you open port 443 on underlying vCenter Servers. |
HTTPS TCP | 10443 | Port used for communication with vCenter Server. | ||
ESX(i) server | HTTPS TCP | 443 | Default port used for connections to ESX(i) host. Note: When configuring firewalls, consider opening port 443 on ESX(i) hosts even if you add vCenter Server to the backup infrastructure. Port 443 may be required for backup and restore without vCenter Server, for example, if you back up a VM that hosts vCenter Server and restore it when vCenter Server is down. | |
TCP | 902 | Port used for data transfer to ESX(i) host. | ||
TCP | 22 | Port used as a control channel (only for jobs that use an ESX target with the console agent enabled). | ||
vCloud Director | HTTPS TCP | 443 | Default port used for connections to vCloud Director. | |
Linux server | TCP | 22 | Port used as a control channel from the console to the target Linux host. | |
Microsoft Windows server | TCP | 135, 137 to 139, 445 | Ports required for deploying Veeam Backup & Replication components. | |
TCP | 6160 | Default port used by the Veeam Installer Service. | ||
TCP | 6161 | [For Microsoft Windows servers running the vPower NFS Service] Default port used by the Veeam vPower NFS Service. | ||
TCP | 6162 | Default port used by the Veeam Data Mover Service. | ||
TCP, | 111, 2049+, 1058+ | [For Microsoft Windows servers running the vPower NFS Service] Standard NFS ports. If ports 2049 and 1058 are occupied, the succeeding port numbers will be used. | ||
TCP | 49152-65535 | Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. | ||
Proxy appliance (multi-OS FLR) | SSH | 22 | Port used as a communication channel from the console to the proxy appliance in the multi-OS file-level recovery process. | |
Gateway server | TCP, UDP | 135, 137 to 139, 445 | Ports required for deploying Veeam Backup & Replication components. | |
Microsoft SQL Server hosting the Veeam Backup & Replication configuration database | TCP | 1433 | Port used for communication with Microsoft SQL Server on which the Veeam Backup & Replication configuration database is deployed (if you use a Microsoft SQL Server default instance). Additional ports may need to be open depending on your configuration. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023(v=sql.120).aspx#BKMK_ssde. | |
DNS server with forward/reverse name resolution of all backup servers | UDP | 53 | Port used for communication with the DNS Server. | |
Veeam Update Notification Server (dev.veeam.com) | TCP | 80 | Default port used to download information about available updates from the Veeam Update Notification Server over the Internet. | |
Veeam License Update Server (autolk.veeam.com) | TCP | 443 | Default port used for license auto-update. | |
Veeam Backup & Replication Console | Backup server | TCP | 9392 | Port used by the Veeam Backup & Replication console to connect to the backup server. |
Linux server | Backup server | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for jobs writing to Linux target. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
Microsoft Windows server | Backup server | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for jobs writing to Microsoft Windows target. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
Management client PC (remote access) | Backup server | TCP | 3389 | Default port used by the Remote Desktop Services. If you use third-party solutions to connect to the backup server, other ports may need to be open. |
Backup Proxy Connections
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of backup proxies with other infrastructure components.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
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Communication with VMware Servers | ||||
Backup proxy | vCenter Server | HTTPS | 443 | Default VMware web service port that can be customized in vCenter settings. |
ESX(i) server | TCP | 902 | VMware data mover port. | |
HTTPS | 443 | Default VMware web service port that can be customized in ESX host settings. Not required if vCenter connection is used. | ||
Communication with Backup Repositories | ||||
Backup proxy | Linux server | TCP | 22 | Port used as a control channel from the backup proxy to the target Linux host. |
Microsoft Windows server | TCP | 49152-65535 | Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. | |
Shared folder CIFS (SMB) share | TCP | 135, 137 to 139, 445 | Ports used as a transmission channel from a backup proxy to the target CIFS (SMB) share. Traffic goes between a backup proxy and CIFS (SMB) share only if a gateway server is not specified explicitly in CIFS (SMB) backup repository settings (Automatic selection option is used). If a gateway server is specified explicitly, traffic goes between a gateway server and CIFS (SMB) share. For more information about required ports, see the Gateway server > Shared folder line below in this table.
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Gateway server | TCP | 49152-65535 | Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. | |
Gateway server | Shared folder CIFS (SMB) share | TCP | 135, 137 to 139, 445 | Ports used as a transmission channel from a gateway server to the target CIFS (SMB) share. |
Communication with Backup Proxies | ||||
Backup proxy | Backup proxy | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for replication jobs. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
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Backup proxy | Linux Server performing the role of the backup repository | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for replication jobs. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
Microsoft Windows Server performing the role of the backup repository | ||||
Backup repository | Backup proxy | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for replication jobs. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
Source backup repository | Target backup repository | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels for backup copy jobs. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
Microsoft Windows Server Running vPower NFS Service Connections | Backup repository gateway server working with backup repository
| TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels during Instant VM Recovery, SureBackup or Linux file-level recovery. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
EMC Data Domain System Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server or gateway server | EMC Data Domain | TCP | 111 | Port used to assign a random port for the mountd service used by NFS and DDBOOST. Mountd service port can be statically assigned. |
TCP | 2049 | Main port used by NFS. Can be modified via the ‘nfs set server-port’ command. Command requires SE mode. | ||
TCP | 2052 | Main port used by NFS MOUNTD. Can be modified via the 'nfs set mountd-port' command in SE mode. | ||
Backup server | Gateway server | |||
For more information, see https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-33258.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | HPE StoreOnce | TCP | 9387 | Default command port used for communication with HPE StoreOnce. |
9388 | Default data port used for communication with HPE StoreOnce. | |||
Backup server | Gateway server | |||
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Mount server | Backup server | TCP | 9401 | Port used for communication with the Veeam Backup Service. |
Backup server | Mount server | TCP | 6170 | Port used for communication with a local or remote Mount Service. |
Microsoft Windows Server Running vPower NFS Service Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Microsoft Windows server running vPower NFS Service | TCP | 1058+, 2049+ | [For Microsoft Windows servers running the vPower NFS Service] Standard NFS ports. If ports 2049 and 1058 are occupied, the succeeding port numbers will be used. |
TCP | 6160 | Default port used by the Veeam Installer Service. | ||
TCP | 6161 | Default RPC port used by the Veeam vPower NFS Service. | ||
ESX(i) host | Microsoft Windows server running vPower NFS Service | TCP | 111 | RPC service port. |
Backup repository or gateway server working with backup repository | Microsoft Windows server running vPower NFS Service
| TCP | 2500-5000 | Default range of ports used as transmission channels during Instant VM Recovery, SureBackup or Linux file-level recovery. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. |
Proxy Appliance (Multi-OS FLR) Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Proxy appliance | TCP | 22 | Port used as a communication channel from the backup server to the proxy appliance in the multi-OS file-level recovery process. |
TCP | 2500-5000 | Default range of ports used as data transmission channels. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. | ||
VM guest OS | TCP | 2500-5000 | Default range of ports used as data transmission channels. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. | |
Proxy appliance | VM guest OS | TCP | 22 | Port used as a communication channel from the proxy appliance to the Linux guest OS during multi-OS file-level recovery process. |
TCP | 20 | [If FTP option is used] Default port used for data transfer. | ||
TCP | 2500-5000 | Default range of ports used as data transmission channels. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. | ||
VM guest OS | Proxy appliance | TCP | 22 | Port used as a communication channel from the proxy appliance to Linux guest OS during multi-OS file-level recovery process. |
TCP | 21 | [If FTP option is used} Default port used for protocol control messages. |
SureReplica Recovery Verification Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | vCenter Server | HTTPS TCP | 443 | Default port used for connections to vCenter Server. |
ESX(i) server | HTTPS TCP | 443 | Default port used for connections to ESX(i) host. | |
TCP | 22 | Port used as a control channel (only for jobs that use an ESX target with the console agent enabled). | ||
Proxy appliance | TCP | 443 | Port used for communication with the proxy appliance in the virtual lab. | |
22 | Port used for communication with the proxy appliance in the virtual lab. | |||
Applications on VMs in the virtual lab | — | — | Application-specific ports to perform port probing test. For example, to verify a DC, Veeam Backup & Replication probes port 389 for a response. | |
Internet-facing proxy server | VMs in the virtual lab | HTTP | 8080 | Port used to let VMs in the virtual lab access the Internet. |
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication between WAN accelerators used in backup copy jobs.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Communication with Backup Server | ||||
Backup server | WAN accelerator | TCP | 6160 | Default port used by the Veeam Installer Service. |
TCP | 6162 | Default port used by the Veeam Data Mover Service. | ||
TCP | 6164 | Controlling port for RPC calls. | ||
Communication with Backup Repositories | ||||
WAN accelerator | Backup repository | TCP | 2500 to 5000 | Default range of ports used by the Veeam Data Mover Service for transferring files of a small size such as NVRAM, VMX, VMXF, GuestIndexData.zip and others. A port from the range is selected dynamically. |
Communication Between WAN Accelerators | ||||
WAN accelerator | WAN accelerator | TCP | 6164 | Controlling port for RPC calls. |
TCP | 6165 | Default port used for data transfer between WAN accelerators. Ensure this port is open in firewall between sites where WAN accelerators are deployed. | ||
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Tape server | TCP | 6166 | Controlling port for RPC calls. |
HPE 3PAR StoreServ Storage Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | HPE 3PAR StoreServ | HTTP | 8008 | Default port used for communication with the HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage system over HTTP. |
HTTPS | 8080 | Default port used for communication with the HPE 3PAR StoreServ storage system over HTTPS. | ||
SSH | 22 | Default command port used for communication with HPE 3PAR StoreServ over SSH. | ||
Backup proxy | HPE 3PAR StoreServ | TCP | 3260 | Default iSCSI target port. |
HPE Lefthand Storage Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | HP Lefthand storage system | SSH | 16022 | Default command port used for communication with HP Lefthand. |
Backup proxy | HP Lefthand storage system | TCP | 3260 | Default iSCSI target port. |
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | NetApp storage system | HTTP | 80 | Default command port used for communication with NetApp over HTTP. |
HTTPS | 443 | Default command port used for communication with NetApp over HTTPS. | ||
Backup proxy | NetApp storage system | TCP, UDP | 2049, 111 | Standard NFS ports. Port 111 is used by the port mapper service. |
TCP | 3260 | Default iSCSI target port. |
EMC VNX(e) Storage Connections
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | VNX File | SSH | 22 | Default command port used for communication with VNX File over SSH. |
VNX Block | HTTPS | 443 | Default port used for communication with EMC VNX Block. | |
VNXe | HTTPS | 443 | Default port used for communication with EMC VNXe and sending RESTful API calls. | |
Backup proxy | VNX Block VNXe | TCP | 3260 | Default iSCSI target port. |
VNX File VNXe | TCP, UDP | 2049, 111 | Standard NFS ports. Port 111 is used by the port mapper service. |
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the backup server with the runtime coordination process deployed inside the VM guest OS for application-aware processing and indexing.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Linux VM guest OS | TCP | 22 | Default SSH port used as a control channel. |
Guest interaction proxy | TCP | 6190 | Port used for communication with the guest interaction proxy. | |
TCP | 6290 | Port used as a control channel for communication with the guest interaction proxy. | ||
Guest interaction proxy | Microsoft Windows VM guest OS | TCP, UDP | 135, 137-139, 445 | Ports required to deploy the runtime coordination process on the VM guest OS. |
TCP | 49152-65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer) | Dynamic RPC port range used by the runtime process deployed inside the VM for guest OS interaction (when working over the network, not over VIX API). For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. | ||
TCP | 6167 | [For Microsoft SQL logs shipping] Port used by the runtime process on the VM guest OS from which Microsoft SQL logs are collected. | ||
Microsoft Windows VM guest OS | Guest interaction proxy | TCP |
49152-65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer) | Dynamic RPC port range used by the runtime process deployed inside the VM for guest OS interaction (when working over the network, not over VIX API). For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. |
* If you use default Microsoft Windows firewall settings, you do not need to configure dynamic RPC ports: during setup, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically creates a firewall rule for the runtime process. If you use firewall settings other than default ones or application-aware processing fails with the “RPC function call failed” error, you need to configure dynamic RPC ports.
Veeam U-AIR Wizards Connections
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of U-AIR wizards with other components.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
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U-AIR wizards | Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager | TCP | 9394 | Default port used for communication with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation. |
Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller Connections During Application Item Restore
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the backup server with the Microsoft Active Directory VM during application-item restore.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Microsoft | TCP | 135 | Port required for communication between the domain controller and backup server. |
TCP, | 389 | LDAP connections. | ||
TCP | 636, 3268, 3269 | LDAP connections. | ||
TCP | 49152-65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer) | Dynamic RPC port range used by the runtime coordination process deployed inside the VM guest OS for application-aware processing (when working over the network, not over VIX API).* For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. |
Microsoft Exchange Server Connections During Application Item Restore
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the Veeam backup erver with the Microsoft Exchange Server system during application-item restore.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007 CAS Server | TCP | 80, 443 | WebDAV connections |
Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013 CAS Server | TCP | 443 | Microsoft Exchange Web Services Connections
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Microsoft SQL Server Connections During Application Item Restore
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the backup server with the VM guest OS system during application-item restore.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Backup server | Microsoft | TCP | 1433,1434 and other | Port used for communication with the Microsoft SQL Server installed inside the VM. Port numbers depends on configuration of your Microsoft SQL server. For more information, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023.aspx#BKMK_ssde. |
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the backup server with the SMTP server.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
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Backup server | SMTP server | TCP | 25 | Port used by the SMTP server. Port 25 is most commonly used but the actual port number depends on configuration of your environment. |
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Connections
The following table describes network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager with other components.
From | To | Protocol | Port | Notes |
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager | Backup server | TCP | 9392 | Default port used by Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager for collecting data from backup servers. Can be customized during Veeam Backup & Replication installation. |
TCP | 49152-65535 | Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929851/en-us. | ||
TCP | 135 | Default RPC port. | ||
TCP | 9393 | Default port used by the Veeam Guest Catalog Service for catalog replication. Can be customized during Veeam Backup & Replication installation. | ||
2500 to 2600 | Ports used by the Veeam Guest Catalog Service for replicating catalog data. | |||
vCenter Server | TCP | 443 | Default port used for connection to vCenter Server and deploying Veeam plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client. Can be customized in Enterprise Manager. | |
Active Directory | TCP | As listed at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017/en-us#method1. | Ports used by Enterprise Manager Service to communicate to Active Directory; also used when performing Self-Service Restore. | |
Microsoft Search Server | TCP | 9395 | Default port used by the Veeam Backup Search Service integration component. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Search installation. | |
Microsoft SQL Server hosting the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager configuration database | TCP | 1433 | Port used for communication with Microsoft SQL Server on which the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager configuration database is deployed (if you use a Microsoft SQL Server default instance). Additional ports may need to be open depending on your configuration. For more information, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023(v=sql.120).aspx#BKMK_ssde. | |
Enterprise Manager web site (IIS extension) | Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Service | TCP | 9394 | Default port used by Enterprise Manager web site (IIS extension) to communicate with Enterprise Manager Service. Can be customized during Enterprise Manager installation. |
TCP | 9393 | Default port used to enable file search. Can be customized during Enterprise Manager installation. | ||
Browser | Enterprise Manager web site (IIS extension) | HTTP | 9080 | Default ports used to communicate with the website. Can be customized during Enterprise Manager installation. |
HTTPS | 9443 | |||
Enterprise Manager RestAPI client and/or VMware vSphere Web Client Plug-In | Enterprise Manager RESTful API | HTTP | 9399 | Default ports used to communicate with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Web API. Can be customized during Enterprise Manager installation. |
HTTPS | 9398 |