Standalone and Managed Operation Modes

Veeam Agent for IBM AIX can operate in two modes: standalone mode and managed mode.

Standalone mode — in this mode, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operates as a standalone product. To use Veeam Agent operating in the standalone mode, you must install the product directly on the machine whose data you want to protect.

For Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operating in the standalone mode, data protection, disaster recovery, and administration tasks are performed in Veeam Agent by a user. You can also use Veeam Agent operating in the standalone mode with Veeam Backup & Replication. In this scenario, you can use a Veeam backup repository as a target location for Veeam Agent backups and use the Veeam Backup & Replication console to perform a number of tasks with Veeam Agent backup jobs and backups.

The current User Guide covers subjects related to Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operating in the standalone mode only.

Managed mode — in this mode, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operates under control from Veeam Backup & Replication. You can automate management of Veeam Agents on multiple computers in your infrastructure in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. You can configure Veeam Agent backup policies and perform other data protection and administration tasks on remote computers. To use the Veeam Agent management functionality in Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install Veeam Backup & Replication on the Veeam backup server.

To use Veeam Agent operating in the managed mode, you must deploy the product in one of the following ways:

Automatically from Veeam Backup & Replication
Manually using external tools

To learn more about managed Veeam Agent deployment, see the Protected Computers Discovery and Veeam Agent Deployment section in the Veeam Agent Management Guide.

For Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operating in the managed mode, data protection and administration tasks are performed by a backup administrator in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. Disaster recovery tasks are performed on the Veeam Agent machine by a user.

Features and limitations of Veeam Agent for IBM AIX operating in the managed mode are different from those in the standalone mode. To learn about Veeam Agent operating in the managed mode, see the Veeam Agent Management Guide.