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Used Ports

This section covers typical connection settings for Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, including:

 

Used PortsNote:

For more information on ports specific for Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure components, see the Used Ports section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Connections

The following ports must be opened to ensure proper operation of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and communication between components.

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

Veeam backup server

TCP

9392

Default port used by Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager for collecting data from Veeam backup servers. Can be customized during Veeam Backup & Replication installation. For more information, see Specify Service Ports.

9393

Default port used by the Veeam Guest Catalog service for catalog replication. Can be customized during Veeam Backup & Replication installation.

2500 to 2600

Ports used by the Veeam Guest Catalog service for replicating catalog data.

135

Default RPC port.

49152 to 65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and later)

Dynamic RPC port range. For more information, see this Microsoft KB article.

SQL Server hosting the Enterprise Manager configuration database

TCP

1433

Default port used for communication with Microsoft SQL Server hosting a Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager database. For more information, see Specify Installation Settings.

Additional ports may be needed depending on your configuration. For more information, see the Microsoft SQL Docs Configure the Windows Firewall to Allow SQL Server Access article.

vCenter Server

TCP

443

Default port used for connection to a vCenter Server and deploying the Veeam Plug-in for vSphere web client. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation. For more information, see Specify Service Ports.

Active Directory Domain Controller

TCP, UDP

389

Port used by Enterprise Manager service to communicate with Active Directory over the LDAP protocol.

TCP

636

Port used by Enterprise Manager service to communicate with Active Directory over the LDAPS (LDAP over TLS/SSL) protocol.

TCP

3268

Port used by Enterprise Manager service to communicate with LDAP Global Catalog.

TCP

3269

Port used by Enterprise Manager service to communicate with LDAP Global Catalog over TLS/SSL.

TCP

49152 to 65535 (for Microsoft Windows 2008 and later)

Ports used by Enterprise Manager service to communicate with Active Directory. These ports are also used during restore through Veeam Self-Service File Restore Portal. This is a default dynamic port range. For more information, see Microsoft Support KB 832017.

Veeam License Update Server (vbr.butler.veeam.com, autolk.veeam.com)

TCP

443

Default port used for license auto-update.

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
website (IIS extension)

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager service

TCP

9394

Default port used by IIS extension to communicate with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation. For more information, see Specify Service Ports.

Veeam Cloud Connect Portal
website (IIS extension)

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager service

TCP

9397

Default port used by IIS extension to communicate with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager. This port value is built-in and cannot be customized during installation.

Browser

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager website (IIS extension)

HTTP

9080

Default ports used to communicate with the website. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation. For more information, see Specify Service Ports.

HTTPS

9443

Veeam Cloud Connect Portal website (IIS extension)

HTTPS

6443

Default ports used to communicate with the website. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation. For more information, see Specify Service Ports.

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager RESTful API client
and VMware vSphere web client
plug-in

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Restful API

HTTP

9399

Default ports used to communicate with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Restful API. Can be customized during Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation. For more information, see Specify Service Ports.

HTTPS

9398

Veeam ONE Server
(optional)

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

TCP

Dynamically assigned ports

If you use Veeam Availability Suite and add a Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server to Veeam ONE monitoring scope, you must open ports required to gather data through WMI. For more information on enabling and disabling WMI traffic, see the Connecting to WMI Remotely with VBScript and Setting up a Remote WMI Connection articles of the Microsoft Windows Dev Center.

 

Used PortsNote:

Consider the following:

  • During installation, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically creates firewall rules for default ports to allow communication for the application components.
  • For more information on Enterprise Manager network connectivity, refer to the Enterprise Manager article of the Veeam Backup and Replication Best Practices documentation.

 

Ports for Restore Operations

Guest OS File Restore (Windows)

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

Mount server associated with backup repository

TCP

2500 to 6000

Ports used for file download.

Guest OS File Restore (non-Windows)

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager

Helper appliance

TCP

2500 to 6000

Ports used for file download. For more information on the helper appliance, see Preparing for File Search and Restore (non-Windows machines).

 

Used PortsNote:

Consider the following:

  • For more information on the list of ports used by the mount server associated with the backup repository during file-level restore, see the Mount Server Connections section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
  • For more information on the list of ports used by the components involved in 1-Click Restore to Original Location, see the Used Ports section of the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

 

SQL Server Database Restore

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Target remote SQL Server

Mount server associated with backup repository

TCP

3260 to 3270

Ports used for transfer of iSCSI traffic during database restore to the original Microsoft SQL Server. These ports are used during the restore process only.

Oracle Database Restore (1-Click)

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Target remote machine to which application items are restored

Machine running mount service*

TCP

3260 to 3270

Range of ports used by Veeam Backup and Replication for iSCSI traffic. Ports are open only during the application item restore session.

 

Used PortsNote:

For more information on 1-Click Database Restore to the original Oracle server machine (remote machine), see 1-Click Restore to Original Location.

 

Oracle Database Restore (Custom Settings)

From

To

Protocol

Port

Notes

Machine running mount service*

Oracle on Windows server

TCP

49152 to 65535 

Recommended dynamic RPC port range for Microsoft Windows 2008 and later. For more information, see Microsoft Support KB 832017.

TCP

1025 to 1034

Default port range for the runtime component installed on the guest machine to support restore operations in most scenarios. These ports are opened only during application item restore.

Oracle on Linux server

TCP

22

Default SSH port used as a control channel.

TCP

2500 to 5000

Default port range for data transmission.

* The mount server associated with the repository (if restoring from backup), or the Veeam backup server (if restoring from replica).

Used PortsNote:

For more information on the process of database restore with custom settings, see Restore with Custom Settings.