Deployment Options

For Veeam Backup & Replication on Linux, Veeam provides the following deployment options:

Deployment Option	Description
Veeam Software Appliance ISO/OVA	Used to configure a Veeam Backup & Replication server or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server. This bundle includes customized Rocky Linux distribution and components that Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager requires to work properly. For more information on installing Veeam Software Appliance from the ISO or OVA file, see the following sections: Veeam Software Appliance Installation in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide. Veeam Software Appliance Installation in the Enterprise Manager User Guide. Note: To access a Linux-based Veeam Backup & Replication server remotely, you can only install the Veeam Backup & Replication console on a dedicated Microsoft Windows machine or use the web UI. For more information, see Veeam Backup & Replication Console Installation and Veeam Backup & Replication Web UI.
Veeam LiveOS ISO	Used to boot Veeam Software Appliance or Veeam Infrastructure Appliance in a live mode to resolve user authentication issues when standard methods described in the Managing User Authentication section cannot be applied. For more information, see this KB article.
Veeam Infrastructure Appliance ISO	Used as a recommended alternative for configuring Linux-based backup infrastructure components. This bundle includes customized Rocky Linux distribution and required Veeam components. For the full list of the roles that can be assigned to a Linux server deployed from Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, see Considerations and Limitations. For more information on installing Veeam Infrastructure Appliance from the JeOS ISO file, see Installing Veeam Infrastructure Appliance with ISO.

Deployment Option

Description

Veeam Software Appliance ISO/OVA

Used to configure a Veeam Backup & Replication server or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server. This bundle includes customized Rocky Linux distribution and components that Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager requires to work properly.

For more information on installing Veeam Software Appliance from the ISO or OVA file, see the following sections:

Veeam Software Appliance Installation in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
Veeam Software Appliance Installation in the Enterprise Manager User Guide.

Note: To access a Linux-based Veeam Backup & Replication server remotely, you can only install the Veeam Backup & Replication console on a dedicated Microsoft Windows machine or use the web UI. For more information, see Veeam Backup & Replication Console Installation and Veeam Backup & Replication Web UI.

Veeam LiveOS ISO

Used to boot Veeam Software Appliance or Veeam Infrastructure Appliance in a live mode to resolve user authentication issues when standard methods described in the Managing User Authentication section cannot be applied. For more information, see this KB article.

Veeam Infrastructure Appliance ISO

Used as a recommended alternative for configuring Linux-based backup infrastructure components. This bundle includes customized Rocky Linux distribution and required Veeam components. For the full list of the roles that can be assigned to a Linux server deployed from Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, see Considerations and Limitations.

For more information on installing Veeam Infrastructure Appliance from the JeOS ISO file, see Installing Veeam Infrastructure Appliance with ISO.

For Veeam Backup & Replication on Windows, Veeam provides a Veeam Backup & Replication ISO file to deploy or upgrade the following components:

Veeam Backup & Replication server. For more information, see Veeam Backup & Replication Installation on Microsoft Windows.
Veeam Backup & Replication console — can be installed on the Microsoft Windows machine with the Veeam Backup & Replication server or on a dedicated Microsoft Windows machine. For more information, see Veeam Backup & Replication Console Installation.
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager server — can be installed on the Microsoft Windows machine with the Veeam Backup & Replication server or on a dedicated Microsoft Windows machine. For more information, see Enterprise Manager Deployment on Windows in the Enterprise Manager User Guide.