This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.System Requirements
The protected Veeam Agent computer must meet requirements listed in the table below.
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The following system requirements apply to Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows operating in the standalone mode. To learn about system requirements for Veeam Agent managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Agent Management Guide. |
Specification | Requirement |
Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor. Memory: 2 GB RAM. Disk Space: 150 MB for product installation. Network: 1 Mbps or faster1. System firmware: BIOS or UEFI. Drive encryption: Microsoft BitLocker (optional)2. 1 High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. 2 Only Microsoft BitLocker is supported for drive encryption. Other drive encryption products are not supported. |
OS | Both 64-bit and 32-bit (where applicable) versions of the following operating systems are supported1:
1 Consider the following:
2 Veeam CBT driver is supported only if Microsoft Windows update KB3033929 is installed on the Veeam Agent computer. 3 Microsoft Windows 10 Education is supported starting from build 10586 and later. |
File System | Microsoft Windows FAT32/exFAT, NTFS, ReFS file systems are supported. The supported file system must reside on a volume that is 64 TB or smaller, because Veeam Agent uses the Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider to create a volume shadow copy during the backup. To learn more about the limitation, see this Microsoft KB article. |
Software | The following required 3rd party software is included in the setup program:
When installing the product, the setup program checks whether all prerequisite software is available on the target computer. If some of the required software components are missing, the missing software is installed automatically. If you plan to use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows with Veeam Backup & Replication, you must install Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 on the Veeam backup server. |
Microsoft SQL Database | Microsoft SQL Server 2012 SP4 Express LocalDB Edition (installed with the product). |
Backup Source
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows supports backup of data that resides in the following types of storage:
- Local (internal) storage of the protected computer.
- Direct attached storage (DAS), such as USB, eSATA or Firewire external drives (USB sticks and SD cards are not supported).
- Storage Area Network (SAN), such as iSCSI connected volumes.
Backup Target
Backup can be performed to the following types of storage:
Disk-based storage
- Local (internal) storage of the protected computer (not recommended).
- Direct attached storage (DAS), such as USB, eSATA or Firewire external drives, and raw device mapping (RDM) volumes.
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as SMB (CIFS) share.
- Storage Area Network (SAN), such as iSCSI connected volumes.
- Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 or later backup repository.1
Cloud storage
- Veeam Cloud Connect 9.5 Update 4 or later cloud repository.
- Microsoft OneDrive storage (for Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, 8.x and 10).
1 Advanced integration with HPE StoreOnce storage appliances via the HPE StoreOnce Catalyst technology is not supported. If you want to use an HPE StoreOnce storage appliance as a Veeam backup repository, add the HPE StoreOnce repository to the backup infrastructure as a CIFS share.
Network
Consider the following:
- Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows should be able to establish a direct IP connection to the Veeam Backup & Replication server. Thus, Veeam Agent cannot work with Veeam Backup & Replication that is located behind the NAT gateway.
- Domain names of the Veeam Agent computer, Veeam Backup & Replication server and other servers in the Veeam backup infrastructure must be resolvable into IPv4 addresses.
