Before You Begin

Before you create a virtual lab, check the following prerequisites:

  • A valid license for Enterprise edition of Veeam Backup & Replication must be installed on the backup server.
  • You can configure a virtual lab on the following types of hosts:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2022 with the Hyper-V role enabled
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 with the Hyper-V role enabled
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 with the Hyper-V role enabled
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 with the Hyper-V role enabled
    • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
    • Microsoft Windows 10 with the Hyper-V role enabled
    • Microsoft Windows 11 with the Hyper-V role enabled

Note

Starting from Veeam Backup & Replication 12, you can verify VMware vSphere backups and Veeam Agent backups using Hyper-V virtual lab. To learn about SureBackup limitations for Veeam Agent backups, see Veeam Agent Management Guide.

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