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.

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

1. Download the latest version of the Veeam Software Appliance VMware OVA file from the Veeam website.
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. Veeam Backup & Replication will launch the Initial Configuration wizard.
5. To complete the Initial Configuration wizard, follow the procedure described in the Installing Veeam Software Appliance from ISO section, starting from the Read and Accept License Agreements step.