Before You Begin

Prerequisites

Before you configure the backup job, check the following prerequisites:

• A valid license must be installed. For more information, see Licensing.
• The target location where you plan to store backup files must have enough free space.
• [For Veeam Backup & Replication repository targets] You can store created backups in a backup repository only if the backup server runs Veeam Backup & Replication 13.0.1.
• [For Veeam Backup & Replication repository targets] If you plan to use a Veeam Backup & Replication repository as a target for backups, you must pre-configure user access permissions on this backup repository. To learn more, see Setting Up User Permissions on Backup Repositories.

Considerations and Limitations

Before you configure the backup job, consider the following:

• You can exclude specific devices from backup, such as SAN LUNs or multipath devices. To do this, you must edit the veeam.ini Veeam Agent configuration file. For more information, see Excluding Devices from Backup.
• When you configure the backup job with the Backup Job wizard, Veeam Agent creates the job with default values for the following advanced settings: compression level and data block size. You can specify custom values for these settings in the command line interface when you create a new backup job or edit an existing backup job. For more information, see Creating Backup Job in Command Line Interface and Editing Backup Job Settings.

• You cannot save the backup of entire computer on the local computer disk. Use an external hard drive or USB drive, network shared folder or backup repository as a target location.
• Veeam Agent automatically stops running the backup job session if it has not finished after 21 days (504 hours).

Excluding Devices from Backup

To specify devices that must be excluded from backup, do the following:

1. On the Veeam Agent computer, open the veeam.ini configuration file located in the /etc/veeam directory.
2. In the backup section, uncomment the ignoreDevices line.
3. Specify the devices that you want to exclude. Use a semicolon to separate device names. For example:

You can also use a wildcard character (an asterisk) to specify a range of devices whose names follow the same convention. For example:

Navigating Backup Job Wizard

The Backup Job wizard window comprises the following areas:

• The navigation pane, located on the left of the window, displays the list of wizard steps and currently selected step of the wizard.

• The working area displays controls relating to a specific step of the wizard.
• The buttons area, located at the bottom of the window, displays buttons that you can use to switch between steps of the wizard (Previous and Next) and close the wizard (Cancel and Finish).

In the Backup Job wizard, the use of a mouse is not supported. To navigate the Backup Job wizard and associated dialog windows, you can use the following keys:

• [Tab] — to switch between displayed controls in the working area and buttons in the buttons area. The currently selected control or button is highlighted with a green color.
• [Up] and [Down] — to switch between items in a scrollable list.
• [Space] — to select the necessary item in a list. The selected item's mark may vary in different steps of the wizard.

• [Enter] — to proceed to the next step of the wizard or to open a directory.
• [Backspace] — to return to the previous step of a wizard.

• [Esc] — to cancel the backup job configuration and exit the wizard.