Step 5. Specify Mount Server Settings

At the Mount Servers step of the wizard, specify settings for the mount servers that you plan to use for restores that work with guest OS files and application items.

During the restore process, Veeam Backup & Replication mounts the VM disks from the backup file residing in the hardened repository to the mount server. As a result, VM data does not have to travel over the network, which reduces the load on the network and speed up the restore process.

At least one mount server is required for file-level and application items restore. If the Windows mount server or the Linux mount server is not selected, Veeam Backup & Replication will fail over to the default mount server. For more information on mount servers and default mount server selection, see Mount Servers.

To configure the mount server settings:

1. From the Windows mount server list, select a Microsoft Windows server that you want to use as a mount server. The Windows mount server list contains only Microsoft Windows servers added to the backup infrastructure. For more information, see Adding Microsoft Windows Servers.
2. From the Linux mount server list, select a Linux server that you want to use as a mount server. The Linux mount server list contains only Linux servers added to the backup infrastructure and Veeam Software Appliance. For more information, see Adding Linux Servers.

3. Click Configure settings to open the Mount Server Settings window.
4. To make the hardened repository accessible by the Veeam vPower NFS Service, select the Enable vPower NFS service on the mount server check box. Veeam Backup & Replication will enable the vPower NFS Service on your selected mount server.

5. To customize network ports used by the vPower NFS Service, click Ports. For information on ports used by default, see Ports.

6. In the Instant recovery write cache folder field, specify a folder that will be used for writing cache during mount operations.