Make sure that components in the Veeam Agent management infrastructure meet system requirements listed below.
Veeam Backup Server
To learn about system requirements for the Veeam backup server, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
In addition to general system requirements applicable to a Veeam backup server, the backup server used in the Veeam Agent management scenario must meet the following requirements:
Specification | Requirement |
Software | To use the Veeam Agent management functionality, Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 or later must be installed on the backup server. |
License | To evaluate the process of automated Veeam Agent deployment, no license is required on the Veeam backup server. To configure and run Veeam Agent backup jobs in Veeam Backup & Replication, the following licenses must be installed in Veeam Backup & Replication:
For details about Veeam Agent management functionality available in different product editions, see Supported Product Editions. |
Veeam Agent Computer (Microsoft Windows)
A machine that you want to protect with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows must meet the following requirements:
Specification | Requirement |
Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor. Memory: 2 GB RAM. Disk Space: 150 MB for product installation. Network: 1 Mbps or faster*. System firmware: BIOS or UEFI. Drive encryption: Microsoft BitLocker (optional)**. * High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. ** BitLocker encrypted volumes must be unlocked at the moment when Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows starts the backup or restore operation. 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 supported*:
* Server Core installations of Microsoft Windows Server OSs are not supported. ** Microsoft Windows 10 Education is supported starting from build 10586 and higher. *** Veeam CBT driver is supported only if update KB3033929 is installed on the Veeam Agent computer. Each Veeam Agent Computer that consumes a license installed in Veeam Backup & Replication must have a unique UUID. |
File System | Microsoft Windows FAT, NTFS, ReFS file systems are supported. |
Software | The following required 3rd party software is included in the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Redistributable. During the Veeam Agent deployment process, Veeam Backup & Replication checks whether all prerequisite software is available on the target computer. If some of the required software components are missing, Veeam Backup & Replication will install missing software automatically.
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Microsoft SQL Database | Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB Edition (installed within the Veeam Agent deployment process). |
Veeam Agent Computer (Linux)
A machine that you want to protect with Veeam Agent for Linux must meet the following requirements:
Specification | Requirement |
Hardware | CPU: x86 processor (i386 or later). Memory: 1 GB RAM. Disk Space: 100 MB free disk space for product installation. Network: 10 Mbps or faster network connection to a backup target. System firmware: BIOS or UEFI. Disk layout: MBR or GPT. For virtual machines: Only full virtualization type is supported. |
OS | Linux kernel 2.6.32 or later* is supported. Both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of the following distributions are supported**:
* As long as you use kernels supplied by your distribution. ** For Debian 6, CentOS / RHEL 6.0 – 6.3, Fedora and openSUSE distributions, automatic Veeam Agent deployment from Veeam Backup & Replication is not supported. You need to install Veeam Agent for Linux directly on a target machine. For details, see the Installing Veeam Agent for Linux section in the Veeam Agent for Linux User Guide. After that, you can add this machine to the Veeam Backup & Replication inventory and start managing Veeam Agent running on the machine. |
File System | Veeam Agent for Linux supports data backup and restore for the following file systems*:
The supported file system can reside on a simple volume or LVM2 volume. * Consider the following:
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Software | Protected computer must have the following components installed*:
* To install Veeam Agent for Linux packages on a target computer, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the default package manager of the Linux distribution running on this computer. During the installation process, the package manager checks whether all prerequisite software is available on the computer. If some of the required software components are missing, the package manager will attempt to install the missing packages from a software repository configured in the OS. ** Does not apply to CentOS, RHEL, SLES distributions. For details, see the Installing Veeam Agent for Linux section in the Veeam Agent for Linux User Guide. *** Required for Veeam Agent management — a valid UUID must be obtainable either from dmidecode | grep -i uuid or from /sys/class/dmi/id/product_uuid. Each Veeam Agent that consumes a license installed in Veeam Backup & Replication must have a unique UUID. If a valid UUID cannot be obtained, Veeam will generate it automatically. |
Backup Target
Backup can be performed to the following types of disk-based storage:
For Veeam Agent backup jobs managed by the backup server
- Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 or later backup repository*.
For Veeam Agent backup jobs managed by Veeam Agent
- Local (internal) storage of the protected computer (not recommended).
- Direct attached storage (DAS), such as USB, eSATA or Firewire external drives.
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as SMB (CIFS) share.
- Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 3 or later backup repository*.
* 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 backup repository, please use it as a CIFS share.
