System Requirements
Make sure that servers that you plan to use as backup infrastructure components meet the listed system requirements.
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The information on this page is valid as of the date of the last page update. |
Limitations and Recommendations
Coexistence with Mission-Critical Production Servers
We do not recommend you to install Veeam Backup & Replication and its components on mission-critical machines in the production environment such as vCenter Server, Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Domain Controller, Microsoft Exchange Server, Small Business Server/ Windows Server Essentials and so on. If possible, install Veeam Backup & Replication and its components on dedicated machines. Backup infrastructure component roles can be co-installed.
Microsoft Windows Server Core
You can assign roles of a backup proxy, backup repository, WAN accelerator, Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure components and tape infrastructure components to machines running Microsoft Windows Server Core.
Installing Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager on a Windows OS machine without Desktop Experience (Core) is not supported.
Windows Server IoT/Windows Storage Server Support
For information about support of Windows Server IoT/Windows Storage Server, see this Veeam KB article.
Domain Member
The machine on which you plan to install Veeam Backup & Replication does not necessarily need to be a domain member. However, if you plan to restore Microsoft Exchange items from the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager UI, you must install Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager on the domain member server from the Microsoft Active Directory forest in which Microsoft Exchange mailboxes are located.
All-in-One Installations
For all-in-one installations, you can subtract 2 GB of memory resources from each but one role. These 2 GB are allotted to the OS itself, assuming each component is installed on the dedicated server.
Sharing Backup Infrastructure Components Across Veeam Installations
Using Linux-based shared backup infrastructure components across different Veeam installations is not supported.
As for non-Linux backup infrastructure components, we do not recommend using them shared across different Veeam installations due to several reasons:
- Veeam installations compete for resources.
- Backup components cannot simultaneously interact with Veeam Backup & Replication of different versions.
- Adding the same repository to different Veeam Backup & Replication installations may lead to corrupted backup and data in the database.
Native Hyper-V Replication
Do not use native Hyper-V replication especially if replication is targeted at the same scope (host, cluster, SCVMM) where the source VM resides. This can cause VM ID collision. Instead, we recommend you use Veeam replication. For more information, see Replication.
Each of the following components for unstructured data backup may consume up to 4 GB RAM per task (in case of deduplicating storage appliances, up to 8 GB RAM): backup repository, general-purpose backup proxy, cache repository. Make sure you allocate enough memory resources for your installation. For all-in-one installations, where the server performs several roles, it must have enough memory resources for all components.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor (minimum 8 cores recommended). Memory: 16 GB RAM plus 500 MB RAM for each concurrent job. Disk Space: minimum two 240 GiB disks for Operating System and Product Installation. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
Software | ESXi 7.0 U2 (7.0.2) or later for OVA deployments. |
Veeam JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) is a purpose-built, minimalistic Linux distribution developed and maintained by Veeam to streamline the deployment and management of Veeam infrastructure components. Delivered as a bootable ISO, JeOS is pre-hardened following industry security best practices and contains only the essential services and components required to operate specific Veeam roles, such as a Hardened Repository or Proxy Server.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor (minimum 8 cores recommended). Memory: 16 GB RAM. Disk Space: minimum two 120 GiB disks for Operating System and Product Installation. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
Software | ESXi 7.0 U2 (7.0.2) or later for OVA deployments. |
For more information, see the Deploying Linux Infrastructure Components section.
Veeam Backup & Replication Web UI
Specification | Requirement |
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Browsers | Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. The browser must have JavaScript and WebSocket protocol enabled. Enterprise Manager User Interface may not work correctly in Mozilla Firefox running on Microsoft Windows 11 22H2. |
Microsoft Excel | Microsoft Excel (to view reports exported to Microsoft Excel format). |
For more information, see the Veeam Backup & Replication Web UI section.
Veeam Backup & Replication Console
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor. Memory: 8 GB RAM Disk Space: 500 MB for product installation and 4.5 GB for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 installation. Network: 1 Mbps connection to the backup server. High latency and low bandwidth impact user interface responsiveness. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported:
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Software | During setup, the system configuration check is performed to determine if all prerequisite software is available on the machine where you plan to install the Veeam Backup & Replication Console. If some of the required software components are missing, the setup wizard will offer you to install missing software automatically. This refers to:
The following software must be installed manually:
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For more information, see the Backup & Replication Console section.
Specification | Requirement |
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Operating Systems | 64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:
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Software | PowerShell 7.5.1 |
For more information, see Veeam PowerShell Reference.
VMware Backup Proxy
VMware backup proxies can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option. This enables certificate-based authentication, secure industry-standard communication protocols, and automated updates that are centrally controlled via the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
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Component hardware requirements must be added to the Veeam JeOS system requirements to ensure that the assigned role has sufficient CPU and RAM resources. |
In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage backup proxies on supported operating systems of your choice.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor with 2 cores (vCPUs) minimum, plus 1 core (vCPU) for each 2 additional concurrent tasks. Using faster processors improves data processing performance. For more information, see Limitation of Concurrent Tasks. Memory: 2 GB RAM plus 1 GB for each concurrent task. The actual size of memory required may be larger and depends on the amount of data to back up, machine configuration, and job settings. Using faster memory improves data processing performance. Disk Space: 750 MB for Microsoft Windows-based proxies; 400 MB for Linux-based proxies. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported. Note that bash shell and SSH are required.
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For more information, see the VMware Backup Proxies section.
Hyper-V Off-Host Backup Proxy/Hyper-V Host as Backup Proxy
Hyper-V off-host backup proxies can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option. This enables certificate-based authentication, secure industry-standard communication protocols, and automated updates that are centrally controlled via the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
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Component hardware requirements must be added to the Veeam JeOS system requirements to ensure that the assigned role has sufficient CPU and RAM resources. |
In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage backup proxies on supported operating systems of your choice.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: modern x86-64 processor with 2 cores (vCPUs) minimum. It is recommended to add 1 core (vCPU) for each 2 additional concurrent tasks. Using faster processors improves data processing performance. For more information, see Limitation of Concurrent Tasks. Memory: 2 GB RAM plus 500 MB for each concurrent task. The actual size of memory required may be larger and depends on the amount of data to back up, machine configuration, and job settings. Using faster memory improves data processing performance. Disk Space: 300 MB. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
The Hyper-V role must be enabled on a machine performing the role of an off-host backup proxy. Note: Versions of a Microsoft Hyper-V host and off-host backup proxy must coincide. For example, if you use a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 machine with the Hyper-V role enabled as a Microsoft Hyper-V host, you must deploy the off-host backup proxy on a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 machine with the Hyper-V role enabled. |
Software | For off-host backup from CSV (SAN): VSS hardware provider that supports transportable shadow copies. The VSS hardware provider is typically distributed as a part of client components supplied by the storage vendor. Not required for off-host backup from SMB shared storage. |
For more information, see the Off-Host Backup Proxies section.
If you use the on-host backup mode, note that the source Hyper-V host performing the role of the backup proxy will require additional computing resources similar to those specified as the off-host backup proxy requirements. For more information, see On-Host Backup.
General-Purpose Backup Proxy
General-purpose backup proxies can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option. This enables certificate-based authentication, secure industry-standard communication protocols, and automated updates that are centrally controlled via the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
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Component hardware requirements must be added to the Veeam JeOS system requirements to ensure that the assigned role has sufficient CPU and RAM resources. |
In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage backup proxies on supported operating systems of your choice.
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for a general-purpose backup proxy used for unstructured data backup and Veeam Agent and storage system snapshot integration.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor with 2 cores (vCPUs) minimum. 4 cores (vCPUs) are recommended (2 cores are required) for each additional concurrent task. Using multi-core processors enhances data processing performance and enables the processing of more tasks simultaneously. Memory: [For unstructured data backup] 4 GB RAM plus 4 GB RAM for each concurrent task. [For Veeam Agent and storage system snapshot integration] 2 GB RAM plus 1 GB RAM for each concurrent task. Using faster memory improves data processing performance. For all-in-one installations, where the server performs several roles, it must have enough memory resources for all components. Disk Space: 300 MB. Network: High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:
Note: The VSS snapshot creation for SMB File Shares feature requires that all requirements listed in this Veeam KB article are met. |
For more information, see the General-Purpose Backup Proxies section.
Nutanix AHV Worker and Proxmox VE Worker
Workers process the backup workload and distribute the backup traffic when transferring data to backup repositories. If you deploy a worker using the default configuration, the following compute resources will be allocated:
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: 6 cores (vCPUs). Memory: 6 GB RAM Disk Space: 100 GB for product installation and logs. |
With the default configuration, the worker can handle up to 4 concurrent backup and restore tasks. While deploying a new worker or editing settings of an existing one, you can increase the maximum number of concurrent tasks. However, you must allocate 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM for each additional task. When configuring the maximum number of concurrent tasks, you must also take into account the network traffic throughput in your virtual infrastructure.
For more information, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV User Guide and Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE User Guide.
VMware CDP Proxy
The following table shows the minimum system requirements for a VMware CDP proxy.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU : x86-64 processor with 4 cores (8 cores before Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131)) minimum. Using multi-core processors improves data processing performance and allows for more tasks to be processed concurrently. Enabling the encryption may cause the performance reduction: in this case, increase the vCPU count up to 2 times. Memory: 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB RAM before Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131)). Using more memory allows for longer peak write I/O periods before a CDP policy switches to the disk-based write I/O cache. Using faster memory improves data processing performance. Disk Space: 300 MB plus disk-based write I/O cache (non-persistent data, at least 50 GB recommended). Larger cache allows for longer network downtime periods before a CDP policy switches to the CBT mode. Network: 100 Mbps or faster. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported. Note that bash shell and SSH are required.
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For more information, see the VMware CDP Proxies section.
Backup Repository
A Linux Hardened Repository server can be deployed from the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the corresponding option. This enables certificate-based authentication over secure, industry-leading communication protocols, eliminates the need to open SSH and additional ports, and minimizes the potential attack surface. In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage the following operating systems on your own.
The following requirements also apply to mount servers (if separate from the repository server), gateway servers for file shares, object storage and deduplication appliance-based repositories, and cache repository servers.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor. The number of cores depends on the concurrent task settings. For more information, see Limitation of Concurrent Tasks. Memory: 4 GB RAM, plus not less than 1 GB RAM for each concurrently processed machine disk. For more information, see Limitation of Concurrent Tasks. [For unstructured data backup] Not less than 4 GB RAM for each concurrently processed unstructured data source (file share or object storage); in case of deduplicating storage appliances, up to 8 GB RAM. Additionally, 1GB RAM is required for indexing each 200 million objects (files and folders). In case of all-in-one installations for unstructured data backup, where the server performs several roles, it must have enough memory resources for all components. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:
Bash shell and SSH are required to deploy the management agent (SSH connection is not required for updating Veeam components and can be disabled afterwards). For advanced XFS integration (fast clone), only the following 64-bit Linux distributions are supported:
For other distributions, XFS integration support is experimental, with kernel version 5.4 or later recommended. For more information, see this Veeam KB article. |
For more information, see the Backup Repositories section.
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Consider the following:
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Cache Repository
The following storage types can be used as a cache repository for unstructured data backup:
- Direct attached storage. You can add virtual and physical servers as cache repositories:
- Microsoft Windows server (only 64-bit versions are supported).
- Linux server (only 64-bit versions are supported).
- Network attached storage. You can add SMB (CIFS) Share or NFS Share as a cache repository.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | Cache repository hardware requirements depend on the target backup repository. For direct attached storage, network attached storage (NAS) or deduplicating storage appliance as the backup target:
For object storage as the backup target:
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OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:
Bash shell and SSH are required to deploy the management agent (SSH connection is not required for updating Veeam components and can be disabled afterwards). Perl is required only for non-persistent Veeam Data Movers. Check the full list of required Perl modules in this Veeam KB article. For advanced XFS integration (fast clone), only the following 64-bit Linux distributions are supported:
For other distributions, XFS integration support is experimental, with kernel version 5.4 or later recommended. For more information, see this Veeam KB article. |
For more information, see Cache Repository in the Backup Infrastructure for Unstructured Data Backup section.
Cache Repository for Object Storage Repository
If the cache repository works with an unstructured data source being backed up to an object storage repository, it also processes active metadata that is heavily used during backup and restore operations. So you will require more disk space for the cache repository. The volume of this disk space depends on the number of the file versions on the data source and the number of unstructured data backup jobs that protect this data source. We recommend allocating not less than 1 GB of disk space for active metadata of each 1,000,000 file versions protected with 1 file backup job or object storage backup job. If you protect the same data source, for example, with 2 different backup jobs, the volume of metadata will double. For more information, see the Unstructured Data Backups in Object Storage Repositories section.
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We strongly recommend utilizing a fast storage disk, for example, an SSD in the role of the cache repository used for working with an object storage repository. |
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor with 2 cores (vCPUs) minimum. Using multi-core processors improves data processing performance and allows for more tasks to be processed concurrently. Memory: 2 GB RAM plus 500MB for each concurrent task. Depending on the source of tape jobs, different entities are considered tasks: for machine backup to tape, a task covers a source job or a source chain if tape paralleling is enabled; for file backup to tape, a task covers an entire server or a file share. Restoring VMs directly from tape requires 400MB of RAM per 1TB of the restored virtual disk size. Tape cloning requires 1GB RAM for each concurrent task. Disk Space: 300 MB, plus 10 GB for temporary data storage for backup and restore operations. Network: 1 Gbps or faster. For system requirements for backup to tape jobs, see the Before You Begin section for backup to tape. For system requirements for large number of files in the file backup to tape job, see the Before You Begin section for file backup to tape. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported1:
1 Note that the tape server requires root access rights. For this reason, Veeam Software Appliance and hardened repository cannot be used as the tape server. |
For more information, see the Tape Servers section.
WAN accelerators can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option. This enables certificate-based authentication, secure industry-standard communication protocols, and automated updates that are centrally controlled via the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
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Component hardware requirements must be added to the Veeam JeOS system requirements to ensure that the assigned role has sufficient CPU and RAM resources. |
In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage backup proxies on supported operating systems of your choice.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor. Using multi-core processors improves data processing performance, and is highly recommended on WAN links faster than 10 Mbps. Memory: 8 GB RAM. Using faster memory improves data processing performance. Disk Space: Disk space requirements depend on the WAN Accelerator role. Source WAN Accelerator requires 20 GB per 1 TB of source data to store digests of data blocks of source VM disks. Disk space consumption is dynamic and changes as unique VMs are added to (or removed from) jobs with WAN Acceleration enabled. Target WAN Accelerator requires global cache size as defined by user (fixed amount). Disk space is reserved immediately upon selecting the WAN Accelerator as a target one in any job. For more information, see WAN Accelerator Sizing. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
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For more information, see the WAN Accelerators section.
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Global cache is not leveraged by source WAN accelerators, or by WAN accelerators operating in the High bandwidth mode, so it does not need to be allocated and populated in such cases. |
Backup Target
Backed up data can be stored in the following disk-based systems:
- Local (internal) storage of the backup repository
- Direct Attached Storage (DAS)
The DAS must be connected to the backup repository, including external USB/eSATA drives, USB pass through and raw device mapping (RDM) volumes.
- Storage Area Network (SAN)
The backup repository must be connected into the SAN fabric through hardware or virtual HBA, or software iSCSI initiator.
- Network Attached Storage (NAS)
The NAS must be able to present its capacity as NFS share (protocol versions 3.0 and 4.1 only) or SMB (CIFS) share (any protocol versions). Using SMB (CIFS) protocol for non-continuously available (CA) file shares is not recommended for reliability reasons. Using consumer-grade NAS storage without an enterprise-grade RAID controller with battery-backed write cache (BBWC) is not recommended for reliability considerations.
- Veeam Data Cloud Vault
- Amazon S3
- Google Cloud Storage
- IBM Cloud Object Storage
- Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
- Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
- 11:11 Cloud Object Storage
- Any S3-compatible object storage (on-premises appliance, or cloud storage provider)
- Dell Data Domain (DD OS version 7.9 to 8.3) with DDBoost license. Both Ethernet and Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity is supported.
- ExaGrid1 (firmware version 7.2.0 P08 or later)
- Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8001 software version 5.2.0 or later
- HPE StoreOnce (firmware version 3.18.18 or later for Gen3, 4.2.3 or later for Gen4, 5.1.0 or later for Gen 5) with Catalyst license
Both Ethernet and Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity are supported. Note that HPE StoreOnce Federated Catalyst is not supported.
- Infinidat InfiniGuard1 version 5.2.0 and later
- Quantum1 (DXi software 5.2.0 or later)
Supported Quantum DXi systems include DXiV5000, DXi4800, DXi4801, DXi9000, DXi9100, DXi9200, DXiT10.
1 These storage systems use the Veeam Transport Service. Make sure that they also meet system requirements for the backup repository.
Once backups are created, they can be copied (for redundancy) or offloaded (for long-term retention) to one of the following hot object storage types using the scale-out backup repository Capacity Tier:
- Veeam Data Cloud Vault
- Amazon S3 (including AWS Snowball Edge)
- Google Cloud Storage
- IBM Cloud Object Storage
- Microsoft Azure Blob storage (including Microsoft Azure Data Box)
- Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage
- 11:11 Cloud Object Storage
- Any S3-compatible object storage (on-premises appliance, or cloud storage provider)
Once backups are created on Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, or S3-compatible object storage systems with the archiving extension of Smart Object Storage API, they can be further archived to one of the following respective cold object storage classes using the scale-out backup repository Archive Tier:
- Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval
- Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval
- Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
- Microsoft Azure Archive Tier
- Microsoft Azure Cold Tier
- Any S3-compatible object storage with data archiving enabled
For the full list of partner-tested solutions including primary backup storage solutions, S3-compatible object storage solutions and offline storage solutions, see this Veeam page.
For information on unstructured data backup target, see Storage Repositories in the Backup Infrastructure for Unstructured Data Backup section.
Veeam CDP Source and Target Datastores
The following source and target datastores are supported for Veeam CDP:
- NFS on file storage
- VMFS on block storage
- VMFS on internal ESXi storage
- VSAN
VSAN is supported for all hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) appliances.
- vVol
vVol is supported for the following vendors: NetApp, HPE Nimble, Pure Storage and HPE 3PAR. For the list of tested vendor product lines, see this Veeam KB article.
Support for HCI appliances is pending validation by Veeam. The documentation will be updated based on the testing results. For the updates, see CDP Requirements and Limitations.
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Consider the following:
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Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | The following types of tape libraries (including VTL) and standalone drives are supported:
Tape device must be directly attached to the backup server or to a tape proxy server through SAS, FC or iSCSI interface. |
Software |
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For more information, see the Tape Device Support section.
Veeam Backup & Replication provides different types of snapshot integrations and these integrations support different storage systems:
- NAS integration with built-in storage systems
- VMware and Veeam Agent Integrations with built-in storage systems
- VMware and Veeam Agent Integrations with Universal Storage API integrated systems
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[For VMware integration] You may encounter scenarios when Veeam Backup & Replication and the storage system support different versions of the virtual platform. In such cases, we recommend using versions supported by the storage system. If other versions are used, Veeam support will assist only with issues unrelated to version compatibility. |
NAS integration is possible with the following built-in storage systems.
Dell PowerScale (formerly Isilon)
- Filer integration for NAS backup functionality
- NFS or SMB (CIFS) connectivity
- OneFS 8.1.2 to 9.11
- NFS or SMB (CIFS) connectivity
- ONTAP cluster-mode versions 9.10 to 9.16.1
- ONTAP 7-mode is not supported
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM/DG Series
- NFS or SMB (CIFS) connectivity
- ONTAP cluster-mode versions 9.10 to 9.16.1
- ONTAP 7-mode is not supported
NetApp FAS/AFF/ASA, FlexArray (V-Series), ONTAP Edge/Select/Cloud VSA
- NFS or SMB (CIFS) connectivity
- ONTAP cluster-mode versions 9.10 to 9.16.1
- ONTAP 7-mode is not supported
- NetApp ASA r2 systems (ASA A1K, ASA A70, and ASA A90) are not supported
- Filer integration for NAS backup functionality
- NFS or SMB (CIFS) connectivity
- Nutanix File Server 3.8.1.3 to 5.0
VMware and Veeam Agent Integrations with Built-in Storage Systems
VMware and Veeam Agent integrations are possible with the following built-in storage systems.
- VMware integration only
- NFS connectivity only
- HyperFlex 5.0 (2x) or later (Backup from Storage Snapshots, Full Integration mode)
- Basic authentication is not supported for SSO users in HyperFlex
- NFS, Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
- Dell Unity XT/Unity OE versions 5.0 to 5.5
OE version 5.5 requires TLS 1.2 usage. For more information, see this Veeam KB article.
- Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
- 3PAR OS versions 3.2.2 up to 3.3.2
- WSAPI 1.5 and later
- iSCSI VLAN tags are supported
- Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
iSCSI is supported starting starting from OS versions 4.3 or later.
- OS versions 4.x
- Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI or NVMe connectivity
- OS version 9.3 or later
- Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI or NVMe connectivity
iSCSI is supported starting from OS version 10.3.
- OS version 10.2 or later
HPE Nimble Storage AF-Series, HF-Series and CS-Series
- Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
- Nimble OS from 5.2 up to 6.1.2
- Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
- OS version 6.1
VMware and Veeam Agent Integrations with Universal Storage API Integrated Systems
To start working with Universal Storage API integrated systems, you must install storage system plug-ins. VMware and Veeam Agent integrations are possible with the following storage systems.
IBM FlashSystem (formerly Spectrum Virtualize, includes IBM StorWize and IBM SVC)
- Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI connectivity
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize OS version 8.4 or later
- Policy-based replication relationships are not detected
You will not be able to select this feature for backup and snapshot orchestration with secondary storage arrays.
- Policy-based high availability (PBHA) configurations are not supported
Volumes covered by PBHA cannot be used for the storage integration feature.
Gateway Server
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor, 2 or more cores. Memory: 4 GB RAM, plus up to 4 GB RAM for each concurrently processed machine, file share or object storage. For more information, see Limitation of Concurrent Tasks. For RAM allocation recommendations for unstructured data backup, see Limitations and recommendations for unstructured data backup. Disk space: 750 MB for Microsoft Windows-based proxies; 400 MB for Linux-based proxies. Note: If a unstructured data backup stored in an object storage does not have metadata in the cache repository, during the restore or health check operation this metadata will be downloaded to the gateway server. That can consume up to 80% of the gateway server disk space. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
Note that the fast cloning on ReFS volumes feature requires a Microsoft Windows gateway server. 64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:
Note: If you use RHEL or Rocky Linux version 9 or later, and do not use Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, you must install the following packages before adding the server to the backup infrastructure: cifs-utils (for the gateway server assigned to a SMB backup repository) or nfs-utils (for the gateway server assigned to a NFS backup repository). |
For more information, see the Gateway Server section.
Mount Server
Mount servers can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option. This enables certificate-based authentication, secure industry-standard communication protocols, and automated updates that are centrally controlled via the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
Note |
Component hardware requirements must be added to the Veeam JeOS system requirements to ensure that the assigned role has sufficient CPU and RAM resources. |
In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage backup proxies on supported operating systems of your choice.
Specification | Requirement |
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Hardware | CPU: x86-64 processor with 2 cores (vCPUs) minimum, plus 1 core (vCPU) for each 2 additional concurrent tasks. Using faster processors improves data processing performance. Memory: 4 GB RAM, plus not less than 1 GB RAM for each concurrently processed machine disk. The following jobs consume not less than 400 MB RAM per guest VM on mount server:
The following jobs consume 1 GB RAM per guest VM disk on mount server + 100 MB RAM per VM:
Disk Space: 1.4 GB for product installation and 4.5 GB for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 installation. If Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 is not installed on the machine, Veeam Backup & Replication will install it automatically. Network: 1 Gbps or faster for on-site backup and replication, and 1 Mbps or faster for off-site backup and replication. High latency and reasonably unstable WAN links are supported. |
OS | 64-bit versions of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems are supported, including Core edition:
64-bit versions of the Linux operating systems:
Note: If you use RHEL or Rocky Linux version 9 or later, and do not use Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, you must install the following packages before adding the server to the backup infrastructure: aspnetcore-runtime (version 8.0 or later), bindfs, samba-client and ntfs-3g. Note: If you use the Microsoft Windows mount server and plan to restore guest OS files from workloads that run Microsoft Windows with ReFS volumes, or from workloads with data deduplication enabled for some volumes, you must assign the mount server role to the machines running the required OS versions. For more information, see ReFS and Data Deduplication subsections in Restoring VM Guest OS Files. |
For more information, see the Mount Server section.
Linux Helper Host
Linux helper hosts can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option. This enables certificate-based authentication, secure industry-standard communication protocols, and automated updates that are centrally controlled via the Veeam Backup & Replication server.
Note |
Component hardware requirements must be added to the Veeam JeOS system requirements to ensure that the assigned role has sufficient CPU and RAM resources. |
In addition to this option, you can deploy and manage backup proxies on supported operating systems of your choice.
OS | Version/Distribution |
|---|---|
Linux | 64-bit versions of the following Linux distributions are supported:
Note: If you use RHEL or Rocky Linux version 9 or later, do not use Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, and mount disks with the NTFS file system, you must install the ntfs-3g package before adding the server to the backup infrastructure. |
IBM AIX | The following versions of the operating system are supported: IBM AIX 7.1 – 7.3 TL2 |
Oracle Solaris | The following versions of the operating system are supported: Oracle Solaris 10 1/13, 11.0 – 11.4 |
For more information, see Guest OS File Restore.
Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Server
The machine where you plan to install Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager must meet the requirements listed in the System Requirements section of the Enterprise Manager User Guide.
The machine where you plan to install Veeam plug-ins must meet the following requirements:
Important |
The Microsoft .NET Core Runtime and Microsoft ASP.NET Core Shared Framework must be of the same version (up to the minor version number). Otherwise, starting the plug-in will fail. |
Veeam Plug-In | Requirement |
|---|---|
AWS Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.9.1.xxx and later | Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 8 Microsoft ASP.NET Core Shared Framework 8 For other system requirements of the plug-in, see the Veeam Backup for AWS User Guide. |
Microsoft Azure Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.8.1.xxx and later | Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 8 Microsoft ASP.NET Core Shared Framework 8 For other system requirements of the plug-in, see the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure User Guide. |
Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV version 13.8.0.xxx and later | Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 8 Microsoft ASP.NET Core Shared Framework 8 For other system requirements of the plug-in, see the Veeam Plug-in for Nutanix AHV User Guide. |
Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox Virtual Environment version 13.2.0.xxx and later | Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 8 Microsoft ASP.NET Core Shared Framework 8 For other system requirements of the plug-in, see the Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE User Guide. |
Veeam Kasten Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.2.0.xxx and later | Microsoft .NET Core Runtime 8 Microsoft ASP.NET Core Shared Framework 8 For other system requirements of the plug-in, see the Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes User Guide. |
Veeam Explorers
- Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Active Directory
- Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange
- Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SharePoint
- Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server
- Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Teams
- Veeam Explorer for Microsoft OneDrive for Business
- Veeam Explorer for MongoDB
- Veeam Explorer for Oracle
- Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL
- Veeam Explorer for SAP HANA