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Step 2. Choose Server

At the Server step of the wizard, specify server settings for the VMware backup proxy:

  1. From the Choose server list, select a Microsoft Windows or Linux server to which you want to assign the VMware backup proxy role.

If the server is not added to the backup infrastructure, click Add New to open the Add Server wizard. For more information, see Adding Microsoft Windows Servers or Adding Linux Servers.

Note

If a user account specified for the Linux server does not have root or elevated to root permission, Veeam Backup & Replication will direct you to the Edit Linux Server wizard. In this wizard, you can change the user account.

  1. In the Proxy description field, provide a description. The default description contains information about the user who added the VMware backup proxy, date and time when the VMware backup proxy was added.
  2. By default, Veeam Backup & Replication analyzes the VMware backup proxy configuration, defines to which datastores it has access and automatically selects the best transport mode depending on the type of connection between the VMware backup proxy and datastores.

For Microsoft Windows backup proxy, you can manually select the data transport mode. Click Choose on the right of the Transport mode field. In the opened window, select one of the following modes: Direct storage access, Virtual appliance or Network. For more information, see Transport Modes.

  1. In the Options section of the Transport Mode window, specify additional options for the selected transport mode:
    • [For the Direct storage access and Virtual appliance transport modes] If the primary transport mode fails during the job session, Veeam Backup & Replication will automatically fail over to the Network transport mode. To disable failover, clear the Failover to network mode if primary mode fails, or is unavailable check box.
    • [For the Network mode] You can choose to transfer VM data over an encrypted TLS connection. To do this, select the Enable host to proxy traffic encryption in Network mode (NBDSSL) check box. Traffic encryption puts more stress on the CPU of an ESXi host but ensures secure data transfer.

Note

In some cases, the VMware backup proxy may not be able to use some transport modes due to known limitations. For more information, see Transport Modes.

  1. In the Connected datastores field, specify datastores to which the VMware backup proxy has a direct SAN or NFS connection. By default, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically detects all datastores that the VMware backup proxy can access.

You can set up the list of datastores if you want the VMware backup proxy to work with specific datastores. Click Choose on the right of the Connected datastores field, choose Manual selection and add datastores with which the VMware backup proxy must work in the Direct storage access mode.

Important

If the VMware backup proxy is located on the Veeam Cloud Connect service provider side, the list of selected datastores is overridden. In this case, Veeam Backup & Replication automatically detects datastores that the VMware backup proxy can access.

  1. In the Max concurrent tasks field, specify the number of tasks that the VMware backup proxy must handle in parallel. If this value is exceeded, the VMware backup proxy will not start a new task until one of current tasks finishes.

Veeam Backup & Replication creates one task per every VM disk. The recommended number of concurrent tasks is calculated automatically based on available resources. Backup proxies with multi-core CPUs can handle more concurrent tasks. For example, for a 4-core CPU, it is recommended that you specify maximum 4 concurrent tasks, for an 8-core CPU — 8 concurrent tasks. When defining the number of concurrent tasks, keep in mind network traffic throughput in the virtual infrastructure.

Important

Limitation of concurrent tasks is ignored:

  • For vCD backup jobs.
  • If the VMware backup proxy acts as a target proxy for a Veeam Cloud Connect job.
  1. Click Next.

Step 2. Choose Server