Supported Veeam Agents
The following tables describe what Veeam Agents are supported by the Veeam Backup & Replication depending on the product usage scenario.
Veeam Backup & Replication 12 (build 12.0.0.1420) supports the following Veeam Agents:
Scenario | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Version | Veeam Agent for Linux Version | Veeam Agent for IBM AIX Version | Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris Version | Veeam Agent for Mac Version | Description |
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Veeam Agent upgrade | 4.0 | 4.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Veeam Backup & Replication 12 can detect these versions of Veeam Agent, but does not support backup operations for them. To start working with Veeam Backup & Replication 12, you must upgrade Veeam Agents. To learn more, see Upgrading Veeam Agents. |
Veeam Agent backup | 5.0 – 6.0 | 5.0 – 6.0 | 3.0 – 4.0 | 3.0 – 4.0 | 1.0 – 2.0 | Veeam Backup & Replication 12 supports backup operations for these Veeam Agent versions. Consider that if you want to use the latest functionality, you must upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Agents to the latest versions. |
Automated Veeam Agent deployment from Veeam Backup & Replication | 6.0 | 6.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | If you set up Veeam Backup & Replication 12 to deploy or upgrade Veeam Agents on protected computers included in a protection group, these Veeam Agent versions are deployed. To learn more, see Protected Computers Discovery and Veeam Agent Deployment. |
Manual Veeam Agent deployment when you work with protection groups for pre-installed Veeam Agents. | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | If you set up Veeam Backup & Replication 12 to generate Veeam Agent setup files for a manual installation, setup files for these Veeam Agent versions are generated. To learn more, see Deploying Veeam Agents Using Generated Setup Files. |