Appendix. Configuring Bus Type Restore Priority

When restoring a VM that originally resided on a platform other than Proxmox VE, Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE attaches disks with the restored data to the target Proxmox VE VM taking into account the original disk bus types unless the following limits are exceeded: 6 SATA, 31 SCSI, 4 IDE, 16 VIRTIO disks. If a limit is exceeded, Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE attaches the remaining disks to free nodes of other bus types in the following default priority: SATA, SCSI, IDE, VIRTIO.

You can modify the default priority to define the order in which Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE processes disks that cannot be attached using their original bus types. You can also instruct Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE to ignore the original bus types of VM disks. In this case, Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE attaches disks according to the specified bus type priority.

Consider the following example. You want to restore a VMware VM that originally had 30 SATA disks and 2 IDE disks. Depending on the bus type restore priority, Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE will attach disks to the following nodes of the target VM:

Configuring Bus Type Priority on Linux Server

To modify the default bus type restore priority on a Linux-based backup server, do the following:

1. In a web browser, log in to the Host Management web console as described in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section Accessing Host Management Console.
2. Navigate to Logs and Services > Host Configuration.
3. In the Configuration Files section, select the /etc/veeam/platform-service-pve/appsettings.json file and click Export.

The file will be downloaded to your local machine.

4. Use a plain text editor to open the .JSON file.
5. Locate the RestoreDefaults configuration section.

To instruct Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE to ignore the original bus types of VM disks, set the following parameter to true:

To change the bus type priority, update the following parameter value:

6. Save the appsettings.json file.
7. Back to the web browser, select the /etc/veeam/platform-service-pve/appsettings.json file, click Import, choose the updated appsettings.json file and click Open.
8. Restart the Veeam Proxmox VE Platform Service. To do that, navigate to Logs and Services > Services, select veeam-platform-service-pve.service and click Restart.

Configuring Bus Type Priority on Windows Server

To modify the default bus type restore priority on a Windows-based backup server, do the following:

1. Close the Veeam Backup & Replication console.
2. Open a plain text editor (for example, Notepad) as Administrator.
3. In the editor, open the appsettings.json file located in the {plug-in location}\Service folder.

The default location of Proxmox VE plug-in is C:\Program Files\Veeam\Plugins\Proxmox VE. However, the location may differ depending on the specified setup settings.

4. Locate the RestoreDefaults configuration section.

To instruct Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE to ignore the original bus types of VM disks, set the following parameter to true:

To change the bus type priority, update the following parameter value:

5. Save the appsettings.json file.
6. Restart the Veeam Proxmox VE Service.