Installing Veeam Software Appliance from OVA

You can use the OVA file to automatically deploy a VM in vSphere with predefined hardware and Veeam Software Appliance ready for configuration.

Important

The OVA file cannot be used to deploy Enterprise Manager Veeam Software Appliances.

To deploy Veeam Software Appliance using the OVA file, perform the following steps:

  1. Download the latest version of the Veeam Software Appliance OVA file from the Veeam Product Downloads page.
  2. Deploy the OVA template in vSphere. For more information on how to perform this process, see the vSphere documentation.
  3. Start the VM.
  4. Select Veeam Backup & Replication in the boot menu.
  5. Starting from the Read and Accept License Agreements step, follow the process described in the Installing Veeam Software Appliance from ISO section to complete the Initial Configuration wizard.

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