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Installing Plug-In

The default installation package of Veeam Backup & Replication does not provide features that allow you to protect Google Cloud resources. To be able to add your Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliances to the backup infrastructure, you must install Google Cloud Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication on the backup server.

Note

Before you install Google Cloud Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication, stop all running backup policies, disable all jobs, and close the Veeam Backup & Replication console.

To install Google Cloud Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication, do the following:

  1. Log in to the backup server using an account with the local Administrator permissions.
  2. In a web browser, navigate to the Veeam Backup & Replication: Download page, switch to the Cloud Plug-ins in the Additional Downloads section, and click the Download icon to download Google Cloud Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication.
  3. Open the downloaded GCPPlugin_12.0.4.907.zip file and launch the GCPPlugin_12.0.4.907.exe  installation file.
  1. Complete the Google Cloud Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication wizard:
  1. At the License Agreement step, read and accept both the Veeam license agreement and the 3rd party components license agreement. If you reject the agreements, you will not be able to continue installation.

To read the terms of the license agreement for the 3rd party components, click View.

  1. At the Installation Path step, you can specify the installation directory. To do that, click Browse. In the Browse for folder window, select the installation directory for the product or create a new one, and click OK.
  2. At the Ready to Install step, click Install to begin installation.

Install Plug-in