Environment Planning
Before you deploy Veeam Plug-in, keep in mind the following requirements and limitations.
Hosting Environments and Backup Job Names
To assign a custom name, update the Veeam configuration XML file as follows:
- On the machine with Veeam Plug-in, open the /opt/veeam/VeeamPluginforDB2/veeam_config.xml file.
- Add the customServerName parameter entry to the <PluginParameters /> line in the Veeam configuration XML file:
where <hostname.domain.tld> is a custom name of the server.
Alternatively, you can use the useFQDNInServerName parameter:
Important |
For security reasons, it is recommended to use separate repositories for different customers and limit the Veeam Repository Authentication to the specific customer. |
To ignore network traffic encryption rules, do the following:
- On the machine with Veeam Plug-in, open the /opt/veeam/VeeamPluginforDB2/veeam_config.xml file.
- Add the following parameter to the Veeam configuration XML file:
To learn more about traffic encryption, see the Enabling Traffic Encryption section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
