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Used Ports

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The following tables describe network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of components in the Veeam Agent management infrastructure.

Veeam Backup & Replication Connections

For information about network ports that must be opened to ensure proper communication of the backup server with backup infrastructure components, see the Used Ports section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

In addition to general port requirements applicable to a Veeam backup server, the backup server used in the Veeam Agent management scenario must have the following ports opened:

From	To	Protocol	Port	Notes
Veeam Backup Server	Veeam Agent Computer (Microsoft Windows)	TCP	6184	Default port used for communication with the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Service. If the default port number is already in use, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Service will try to use the next port number.
	Veeam Agent Computer (Microsoft Windows)	TCP	6160, 11731	Default ports used for communication with the Veeam Installer Service.
	Veeam Agent Computer (Linux)	TCP	22	Default port used as a control channel from the Veeam Backup Server to the Veeam Agent computer.
	Distribution Server	TCP UDP	135, 137 to 139, 445	Ports on a Microsoft Windows server used for deploying the Distribution Server component.
		TCP	49152 to 65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer)	Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see this Microsoft KB article.
		TCP	9380	Default port used for communication with the Veeam Distribution Service.
Distribution Server	Veeam Agent Computer (Microsoft Windows)	TCP	49152 to 65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer)	Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see this Microsoft KB article. The port range is required for communication with the Veeam Installer Service.
	Veeam Agent Computer (Microsoft Windows)	TCP UDP	135, 137 to 139, 445	Ports on the Veeam Agent computer used for deploying Veeam Agent.
	Veeam Agent Computer (Linux)	TCP	22	Default port used to establish an SSH connection for the purpose of Veeam Agent packages transmission and deployment control.

Veeam Agent Computer Connections

From	To	Protocol	Port	Notes
Veeam Agent Computer (Microsoft Windows)	Veeam Backup Server	TCP	10005	Default port used by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows operating in the managed mode for communication with the Veeam Backup server. Data between the Veeam Agent computer and backup repositories is transferred directly, bypassing Veeam backup servers.
		TCP	2500 to 5000	[For Microsoft SQL logs shipping] Ports used to collect Microsoft SQL logs from the Veeam Agent computer.
		TCP	6167, 2500 to 5000	[For Microsoft SQL logs shipping] Ports used to collect Microsoft SQL logs from the Veeam Agent computer operating as part of a failover cluster with SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups.
	Veeam Agent Computer	TCP	9395, 6183	Ports used locally on the Veeam Agent computer for communication between Veeam Agent components and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Service. If the default port number is already in use, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Service will try to use the next port number.
Veeam Agent Computer (Linux)	Veeam Backup Server	TCP	10006	Default port used for communication with the Veeam Backup server. Data between the Veeam Agent computer and backup repositories is transferred directly, bypassing Veeam backup servers.
Communication with Veeam Backup & Replication Repositories
Veeam Agent Computer	Linux server performing the role of a backup repository	TCP	2500 to 5000	Default range of ports used as data transmission channels. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned.
	Microsoft Windows server performing the role of a backup repository	TCP	49152 to 65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer)	Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see this Microsoft KB article.
		TCP	2500 to 5000	Default range of ports used as data transmission channels. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned.
	Shared folder CIFS (SMB) share	TCP UDP	135, 137 to 139, 445	Ports used as a transmission channel from the Veeam Agent computer to the target CIFS (SMB) share.
	Gateway Microsoft Windows server	TCP UDP	135, 137 to 139, 445	If a CIFS (SMB) share is used as a backup repository and a Microsoft Windows server is selected as a gateway server for this CIFS share, these ports must be opened on the gateway Microsoft Windows server.
		TCP	49152 to 65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and newer)	Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see this Microsoft KB article.
		TCP	2500 to 5000	Default range of ports used as data transmission channels. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned.