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Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 2.0 [Archived]
Configurator Reference

Application Parameters

The ApplicationSettings section in the input XML file contains Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows application settings.

<ApplicationSettings LogoText="Veeam Agent" LastCheckForUpdates="04/12/2017 01:31:07" ServiceProviderMode="False" LockDownMode="False" DisableBackupOverMeteredConnection="True" ShowBackupDuration="False" ThrottleBackupActivity="True" DisableControlPanelNotification="False" DisableScheduledBackups="False" CheckUpdates="True" CryptType="10">
<EmailReport Notification="True"><Header To="administrator@tech.local" From="administrator@tech.local" Subject="[%JobResult%] %ComputerName% - %CompletionTime%"/><Conditions Failure="True" Warning="True" Success="True"/>
 <Smtp SecureConnection="True" Port="563" Server="smtp.tech.local">
   <Credentials Password="UGFzc3dvcmQ=" UserName="QWRtaW5pc3RyYXRvcg=="/>
 </Smtp>
</EmailReport>
</ApplicationSettings>

For application settings configuration, the following parameters can be used:

General Settings

Parent Tag

Parameter

Description

ApplicationSettings

Parent tag that encapsulates information about application settings of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.

 

LogoText

Text displayed at the top left corner of the Control Panel of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. By default, the 'Veeam Agent' text is displayed.

 

ServiceProviderMode

Parameter describing if the Managed mode must be enabled. Possible values:

  • True — Managed mode is enabled.
  • False — Managed mode is not enabled.

 

LockDownMode

Parameter describing if the LockDown mode must be enabled. Possible values:

  • True — LockDown mode is enabled.
  • False — LockDown mode is not enabled.

 

DisableBackup
OverMeteredConnection

Parameter specifying if backup over metered connection must be performed. Possible values:

  • True — backup over metered connections must not be performed.
  • False — backup over metered connections must be performed.

 

ShowBackupDuration

Parameter switching the mode of displaying the backup statistics in the Control Panel of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. Possible values:

  • True — Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows displays backup duration.
  • False — Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows displays backup size.

 

ThrottleBackupActivity

Parameter specifying if Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows activities must be throttled during backup. Possible values:

  • True — backup activities are throttled.
  • False — backup activities are not throttled.

 

DisableControlPanel
Notification

Parameter specifying if Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows notifications displayed on the notification bar must be disabled. Possible values:

  • True — notifications are disabled.
  • False — notifications are enabled.

 

DisableScheduledBackups

Parameter describing if the scheduled backup job must be disabled. Possible values:

  • True — scheduled backup job is disabled.
  • False — scheduled backup job is enabled.

 

CheckUpdates

Parameter describing if Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows must automatically check for product updates. Possible values:

  • True — Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows checks for updates.
  • False — Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows does not check for updates.

 

LastCheckForUpdates

This parameter is available in the output XML file only.

Date and time of the last check for application updates.

 

CryptType

This parameter is used if you configure email notifications settings, and the SMTP server requires authentication.

Encryption method used to encrypt the user password. For more information, see Encryption of User Credentials.

 

CryptID

Required only for ProtectedDataCurrentUser and ProtectedDataLocalMachine encryption methods.

GUID based on which a pair of asymmetric keys is generated (string of 32 characters with 4dashes, for example: 12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012).

 

Notification Settings

Parent Tag

Parameter

Description

EmailReport

Parent tag that encapsulates information about email notification settings in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.

 

Notification

Parameter describing if email notifications are enabled in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. Possible values:

  • True — email notifications are enabled.
  • False — email notifications are disabled.

Header

Parent tag that encapsulates information about the header in email notifications.

 

From

Email address from which Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows sends email notifications.

 

To

Email address at which Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows sends email notifications.

 

Subject

Subject of email notifications. You can use the following variables in the subject:

  • %ComputerName%
  • %JobResult%
  • %CompletionTime%

By default, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows sends email notifications with the following subject: [%JobResult%] %ComputerName% - %CompletionTime%.

Conditions

Parent tag that encapsulates information about conditions in which Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows sends email notifications.

 

Failure

Parameter describing if Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows must send an email notification in case the backup job completes with the Failed status. Possible values:

  • True — email notifications must be sent.
  • False — email notifications must not be sent.

 

Warning

Parameter describing if Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows must send an email notification in case the backup job completes with the Warning status. Possible values:

  • True — email notifications must be sent.
  • False — email notifications must not be sent.

 

Success

Parameter describing if Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows must send an email notification in case the backup job completes with the Success status. Possible values:

  • True — email notifications must be sent.
  • False — email notifications must not be sent.

Smtp

Parent tag that encapsulates information about the SMTP server that Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows uses to send email notifications.

 

Server

Full DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server.

 

Port

Port number for communication with the SMTP server.

 

SecureConnection

Parameter specifying if the SMTP server requires authentication. Possible values:

  • True — SMTP server requires authentication. If you set the SecureConnection parameter to True, you must specify Credentials parameters.
  • False — SMTP server does not require authentication.

Credentials

This tag is used only if the SMTP server requires authentication.

Parent tag that encapsulates information about credentials used to connect to the SMTP server.

 

Username

This parameter is used only if the SMTP server requires authentication.

User name of the account used to connect to the SMTP server. The user name is specified as a text string encoded in the Base64 format.

 

Password

This parameter is used only if the SMTP server requires authentication.

Password of the account used to connect to the SMTP server. The password is encrypted. For more information, see Encryption of User Credentials.

 

 

Example

This example runs the Import command and loads the following parameters from the C:\Veeam\Configuration.xml input XML file:

Veeam.Agent.Configurator.exe -import /f:C:\Veeam\Configuration.xml

The input XML file has the following parameters:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ApplicationSettings DisableBackupOverMeteredConnection="False" ThrottleBackupActivity="True" DisableControlPanelNotification="True"/>

 

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