Removing Computer from Protection Group

You can remove one or more computers from a protection group, for example, if you do not want to protect these computers with Veeam Agent any longer but want to back up data of other computers in the protection group.

When you remove a computer from a protection group, Veeam Backup & Replication removes records about the computer from the Veeam backup console and configuration database but does not uninstall Veeam Agent from the computer. You can remove Veeam Agent from the computer in advance, before you remove the computer from the protection group. To learn more, see Uninstalling Veeam Agent.

Alternatively, you can remove a computer from a protection group, and then uninstall Veeam Agent from this computer. Keep in mind that in this case you will have to uninstall Veeam Agent directly on the Veeam Agent computer.

To remove a computer from a protection group:

1. Open the Inventory view.
2. In the inventory pane, expand the Physical and Cloud Infrastructure node and select the necessary protection group.
3. In the working area, select the necessary computer and click Remove from Configuration on the ribbon or right-click the computer and select Remove from configuration.

Backups created for computers that were removed from a protection group remain intact in the backup location. You can delete this backup data manually later if needed.

Removing Computer from "Manually Added" Protection Group

Individual computers that you add directly to a Veeam Agent backup job are included in the Manually Added protection group. When you remove such a computer from the backup job, Veeam Backup & Replication does not remove the computer from the Manually Added protection group as well. The computer remains in the Manually Added protection group until you remove the computer from this protection group.

To remove a computer from the Manually Added protection group, you must edit this protection group and remove the computer at the Computers step of the Edit Protection Group wizard. To learn more, see Editing Protection Group Settings.