Connection to Veeam Backup & Replication Servers

The account used to connect Veeam Backup & Replication servers must:

This role must be assigned to the account on the machine that runs Veeam Backup & Replication.

These permissions must be granted to the account on machines that run:

This includes remote access, activation and launching the DCOM application of WMI, and remote access to the root WMI namespace and sub-namespaces. For details on granting these permissions, see Configuring Permissions to Remotely Access WMI.

This permission must be granted to the account on machines that run:

    • Veeam Backup & Replication
    • Backup proxy, backup repository (Windows-based), WAN Accelerator, tape server and cloud gateway components (required to collect performance data from these servers)

Note:

You must use the account with local Administrator permissions in the following cases:

  • If machines that run Veeam ONE server and Veeam Backup & Replication server belong to different domains or workgroups.
  • If you are using the default local administrator account, UAC settings do not affect elevation behavior. If you are using a custom local administrator account, you must either configure the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy registry key or disable UAC to ensure proper elevation. UAC behavior is affected if a custom user is added to the local Administrators group, regardless of whether Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE are deployed on the same domain, different domains, or workgroups.

Veeam Analytics Service Permissions

The account used to install Veeam Analytics service on the Veeam Backup & Replication server must:

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Administrator Permissions

From Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager versions 12.3 or later, Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager monitoring users must be members of a built-in Administrators group with the following privileges configured:

For details on on granting these permissions, see Configuring Permissions to Remotely Access WMI.

For permissions for Veeam Backup & Replication servers under Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, see Connection to Veeam Backup & Replication Servers.

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