Editing Connection to Veeam Backup Server
You can edit the following parameters for a connection to a Veeam backup server:
- Display name of the Veeam backup server
- IP address and port used to connect to the Veeam backup server
- Account to connect to the Veeam backup server
Changing Veeam Backup Server Name
To change a name for the Veeam backup server, use the following command:
veeamconfig vbrserver edit --name <new_vbr_name> |
where:
<new_vbr_name> — desired name for the backup server.
For example:
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --name vbr01 |
Changing IP Address and Port for Veeam Backup Server
To change the IP address and port used to connect to the Veeam backup server, use the following command:
veeamconfig vbrserver edit --address <vbr_address> --port <vbr_port> |
where:
- <vbr_address> — IP address of the Veeam backup server.
- <vbr_port> — port over which Veeam Agent for Mac must communicate with Veeam Backup & Replication.
For example:
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --address 172.17.53.1 --port 10006 |
Changing Account to Connect to Veeam Backup Server
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If you change an account to connect to the Veeam backup server and then start a backup job targeted at the backup repository managed by this backup server, Veeam Agent will start a new backup chain on the backup repository. |
To change an account whose credentials will be used to connect to the Veeam backup server, use the following command:
veeamconfig vbrserver edit --login <username> --domain <domain> --password <password> |
where:
- <username> — name of the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository.
- <domain> — name of the domain in which the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository is registered.
- <password> — password of the account that has access to the Veeam backup repository.
For example:
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --login veeam --domain tech --password P@ssw0rd2 |
Changing Several Backup Server Parameters
You can change several parameters for the connection to the Veeam backup server simultaneously. For example, the following command changes the name and connection settings for the Veeam backup server:
user@wrk01:~$ veeamconfig vbrserver edit --name vbr02 ---address 172.17.53.2 --port 10006 |