Step 5. Specify Mount Server Settings

At the Mount Server step of the wizard, specify settings for the mount server that you plan to use for restore operations.

Specifying Mount Server Settings for VMware vSphere Platform

To configure the mount server settings:

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. If the server is not added to the backup infrastructure yet, click Add New on the right to open the New Windows Server wizard. For more information, see Adding Microsoft Windows Servers.
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 RHEL/Rocky-based Linux servers added to the backup infrastructure and Veeam Software Appliance. If the server is not added to the backup infrastructure yet, click Add New on the right to open the New Linux Server wizard. For more information, see Adding Linux Servers.
Click Configure settings to configure other settings for the selected mount servers:

Select the Enable vPower NFS service on the mount server check box to allow the Veeam vPower NFS Service access the object storage repository. Veeam Backup & Replication will enable the Veeam vPower NFS Service on the necessary mount server. For more information, see Veeam vPower NFS Service.

Important

Consider the following:

vPower NFS settings are not applicable in Microsoft Hyper-V environments.
Do not enable Microsoft Windows NFS services on the machine where you install the Veeam vPower NFS Service. If Microsoft NFS services and Veeam vPower NFS Service are enabled on the same machine, both services may fail to work correctly.

Click Ports to customize network ports used by the Veeam vPower NFS Service. In the vPower NFS Port Settings window, specify the following settings:

Next to the Mount Port section, specify the port that the Veeam vPower NFS Service will use to mount the vPower NFS datastore to the ESXi host.
Next to the vPower NFS port section, specify the port that the Veeam vPower NFS Service will use to connect to the target NFS share.

For information on ports used by default, see Ports.

In the Instant recovery write cache folder field, specify a folder to keep cache that is created during mount operations.