Editing Connection to Veeam Backup Server

You can edit the following parameters for a connection to a 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

NOTE

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

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 — add this option if you want to change the account's password. When you run the command, Veeam Agent will prompt you to enter the password of the specified account.

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

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