Enterprise Manager Components

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager incorporates the following services and components:

• Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Service coordinates all operations performed by Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager such as backup, replication, recovery verification and restore tasks.
• Veeam Enterprise Manager Identity Service manages authentication and identity-related operations for Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.
• Veeam Catalog Service is used for guest OS file indexing, index data retention and its synchronization with the information on backup servers. It comprises a Windows service named Veeam Guest Catalog also installed on the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server. For more information, see Veeam Backup Catalog.
• Veeam Enterprise Manager Web UI Service hosts and delivers the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager web application when deployed on Linux-based systems.

• Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager REST API Service allows you to communicate with Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager using HTTP and HTTPS protocols and the principles of REST. For more information, see the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager REST API Reference.

• Veeam Updater and Veeam Updater package manager are used to manage Veeam Software Appliance updates, this includes OS and Enterprise Manager updates. For details, see Veeam Software Appliance Update.
• Veeam Host Management Service allows you to configure host settings. For details, see Host Management.

• Veeam Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client Service allows vSphere administrators to manage backup infrastructure of the virtual environment. For more information, see Veeam Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client.

• Web interfaces used to access Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager from different infrastructures:

• Main web interface is used to browse and perform operations with jobs, backups and machines, to configure Enterprise Manager functionality and control infrastructure. For more information, see Exploring Enterprise Manager.
• Veeam Self-Service File Restore Portal that allows administrators to restore files or folders from the guest OS of a virtual or physical machine. For more information, see Using Self-Service File Restore Portal to Restore Machine Guest Files.
• Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal and Veeam Plug-in for VMware Cloud Director that provide members of VMware Cloud Director organizations with a UI for self-service operations on machine protection. For more information, see Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal for Cloud Director.
• VMware vSphere Self-Service Backup Portal that provides Service Providers with a UI for managing access permissions and vSphere quotas for their customers. For more information, see vSphere Self-Service Backup Portal.

• PostgreSQL database is used to store configuration and performance data.

• Veeam Backup Search is an optional component used for guest OS file indexing of protected machines. This component is included in the installation package to provide backward compatibility with older existing deployments. For a new deployment, there is no need to install Veeam Backup Search since all operations related to guest OS file indexing and search will be performed by Veeam proprietary built-in indexing engine. For more information, see Veeam Backup Search Capabilities.