Managing Worker Instances

To perform most data protection and disaster recovery operations (such as creating image-level backups in backup repositories and restoring backed-up data), Veeam Plug-In for Google Cloud uses worker instances. Worker instances are temporary Linux-based VM instances that are responsible for the interaction between the backup appliance and other Veeam Plug-In for Google Cloud components. Worker instances process backup workload and distribute backup traffic when transferring data to backup repositories.

Each worker instance is deployed in a specific Google Cloud region for the duration of the backup or restore process. For more information on regions in which Veeam Plug-In for Google Cloud deploys worker instances, see Architecture Overview.

In This Section

• Managing Worker Configurations
• Managing Worker Profiles
• Assigning Worker Instance Labels