Connecting to Veeam Backup Server

To create Veeam Agent backups on a backup repository managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, you must connect to a Veeam backup server.

To connect Veeam Agent to a Veeam backup server, use the following command:

where:

• <vbr_name> — the name of the Veeam backup server that manages the backup repository.
• <vbr_address> — the IP address of the Veeam backup server.
• <vbr_port> — the port over which Veeam Agent must communicate with Veeam Backup & Replication. The default port used for communication with the Veeam backup server is 10006. If you want to use the default port, you do not need to specify the --port option.
• <username> — the name of the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository.
• <domain> — the name of the domain in which the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository is registered.
• <password> — the password of the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository. If you do not specify the password in the command, you will be prompted to enter the password during command execution.

Permissions on the backup repository managed by the target Veeam backup server must be granted beforehand. To learn more, see Setting Up User Permissions on Backup Repositories.

• <tls_cert_thumbprint> — the thumbprint of the backup server's self-signed TLS certificate. For more information on using TLS certificates for secure connections to Veeam backup server, see the Backup Server Certificate section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

For example:

When Veeam Agent connects to a Veeam Backup & Replication server, Veeam Agent retrieves information about backup repositories managed by this Veeam backup server and displays them in the list of available backup repositories. You can then specify a Veeam backup repository as a target for a backup job.