This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.

Virtualization Servers and Hosts

You can add the following types of servers and hosts to the backup infrastructure:

You can add physical machines and VMs to the backup infrastructure and assign different roles to them. The table below describes which roles can be assigned to the different types of servers.

Server Type	Source Host	Target Host	Off-Host Backup Proxy	Backup Repository
Microsoft Hyper-V Server (standalone Microsoft Hyper-V host, SCVMM or Hyper-V cluster)				(not recommended)
Microsoft SMB3 server
Microsoft Windows server
Linux server

Virtualization Servers and Hosts Note:

You can also add the following servers:

VMware vSphere servers. For more information on how to add servers, see the Adding VMware vSphere Servers section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide for VMware vSphere.
Veeam Backup for AWS servers. For more information on how to add servers, see the Deployment and Configuration section in the Integration with Veeam Backup for AWS Guide.
Nutanix AHV clusters. For more information on how to add clusters, see the Deployment section in the Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV User Guide.