Adding Appliances

After you install AWS Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication, you must add backup appliances to the backup infrastructure. To do that, use either of the following options:

Deploy new Veeam Backup for AWS appliances from the Veeam Backup & Replication console.
Connect to existing Veeam Backup for AWS appliances if you have already deployed them from the AWS Marketplace.

Note

One backup appliance can be managed by one backup server only. If you add the appliance to the backup infrastructure of another backup server, the synchronization between the appliance and the previous backup server will be terminated, and appliance will be displayed as unavailable.

When you add a backup appliance

When you upgrade to Veeam Backup for AWS version 8.0 from Veeam Backup for AWS version 6.0 or earlier, the backup appliance operating system is upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and the configuration database is upgraded to PostgreSQL 15. For more information on the upgrade process, see Upgrading to 8.0 from Version 6.0 or Earlier.