System Requirements
Make sure that machines that you plan to use as Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager infrastructure components meet the listed system requirements.
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
Server Side (Veeam Software Appliance)
Specification | Requirement |
|---|---|
Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor (minimum 8 cores recommended). Memory: 16 GB RAM plus 500 MB RAM for each concurrent job. Disk Space: minimum two 240 GiB disks for Operating System and Product Installation. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
Software | ESXi 7.0 U2 (7.0.2) or later for OVA deployments. |
Client Side
Specification | Requirement |
|---|---|
Browsers | Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. The browser must have JavaScript and WebSocket protocol enabled. Enterprise Manager User Interface may not work correctly in Mozilla Firefox running on Microsoft Windows 11 22H2. |
Microsoft Excel | Microsoft Excel (to view reports exported to Microsoft Excel format). |
[Optional] VMware Cloud Director
Specification | Requirement |
|---|---|
VMware Cloud Director | VMware Cloud Director 10.4.x to 10.6.x You can use VMware Cloud Director on a backup server that is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or later. |
Other software | If your Enterprise Manager deployment uses IIS 8.5, a URL rewrite module is required to work with Veeam Self-Service Backup Portal for VMware Cloud Director. |
[Optional] Veeam Plug-in for VMware vSphere Client
Specification | Requirement |
|---|---|
VMware vSphere | VMware vSphere 7.0 to 8.0 (up to 8.0 U3). |