System Requirements

Make sure that servers on which you plan to deploy Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure components meet system requirements listed in this section.

Cloud Gateway

Specification	Requirement
Hardware	CPU: x86 or x86-64 processor with 4 cores. Memory: 8 GB RAM for up to 500 concurrent tenant tasks. Disk Space: 300 MB for Cloud Gateway service installation. Network: 1 Gbps LAN or faster.
OS	64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 22H2 – 25H2) Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2) Microsoft Windows 10 LTS (version LTSC 2021) 64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported: RHEL 9.6 Veeam Infrastructure Appliance

Specification

Requirement

Hardware

CPU: x86 or x86-64 processor with 4 cores.

Memory: 8 GB RAM for up to 500 concurrent tenant tasks.

Disk Space: 300 MB for Cloud Gateway service installation.

Network: 1 Gbps LAN or faster.

64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:

Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 22H2 – 25H2)
Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2)
Microsoft Windows 10 LTS (version LTSC 2021)

64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:

RHEL 9.6
Veeam Infrastructure Appliance

SP Veeam Backup Server

To learn about system requirements for Veeam backup servers deployed on the SP side, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

In addition to requirements listed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, the SP backup server must meet the following requirements:

Specification	Requirement
Hardware	Memory: 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB RAM for installations with more than 100 parallel tenant tasks.
OS	64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 22H2 – 25H2) Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2) Microsoft Windows 10 LTS (version LTSC 2021)

Specification

Requirement

Hardware

Memory: 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB RAM for installations with more than 100 parallel tenant tasks.

64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported:

Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 22H2 – 25H2)
Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2)
Microsoft Windows 10 LTS (version LTSC 2021)

Note

Linux distributions are not supported for the Veeam backup servers deployed on the SP side.

The following recommendations help improve data processing performance for the SP backup server:

Specification	Recommendation
SQL Database	It is recommended to use an SQL database installed on a dedicated server. The following versions of PostgreSQL are supported: PostgreSQL 17.x (PostgreSQL 17.6 is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication 13 setup, but we strongly recommend to download and install the latest PostgreSQL 17.x version) PostgreSQL 15.x PostgreSQL 14.x The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard or Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard or Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard or Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard or Enterprise Edition

Specification

Recommendation

SQL Database

It is recommended to use an SQL database installed on a dedicated server.

The following versions of PostgreSQL are supported:

PostgreSQL 17.x (PostgreSQL 17.6 is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication 13 setup, but we strongly recommend to download and install the latest PostgreSQL 17.x version)
PostgreSQL 15.x
PostgreSQL 14.x

The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported:

Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard or Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard or Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard or Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard or Enterprise Edition

For installations with high loads (up to 1,000 parallel tenant tasks), consider performance tuning. To learn more, see this Veeam KB article.

Tenant Veeam Backup Server

To learn about system requirements for Veeam backup servers deployed on the tenant side, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

In addition to requirements listed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, the tenant backup server must meet the following requirements:

Specification	Requirement
OS	64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported: Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 22H2 – 25H2) Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2) Microsoft Windows 10 LTS (version LTSC 2021) For Linux-based server, Veeam Software Appliance ISO deployment to a virtual machine is supported for all hypervisors for which Veeam offers host-based VM backup functionality. For details, see Supported Platforms, Applications and Workloads.

Specification

Requirement

64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported:

Microsoft Windows Server 2025
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 22H2 – 25H2)
Microsoft Windows 10 (version 22H2)
Microsoft Windows 10 LTS (version LTSC 2021)

For Linux-based server, Veeam Software Appliance ISO deployment to a virtual machine is supported for all hypervisors for which Veeam offers host-based VM backup functionality. For details, see Supported Platforms, Applications and Workloads.

Cloud Repository

To learn about system requirements for backup repositories used as cloud repositories, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

Backup Proxy

To learn about system requirements for backup proxies used in the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

WAN Accelerator

To learn about system requirements for WAN accelerators deployed on the SP side and on tenant side, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.