In this post I will go through the Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5 Community Edition installation and configuration.
First of all download Veeam Community edition from here.
Once you have the .iso file either mount it in your new backup server or extract it to a folder. Once ready run the Setup .exe file and choose Veeam Backup & Replication Install.
Accept the agreement and click Next
Click Next again to operate in Community Edition mode
Leave all the features as the defaults and click Next
At this point you may get a failure on some of the prerequisites. You can either download these files manually or use Chocolatey to install them quickly. Edit – Thank you for Gostev from Veeam for pointing out that if you just continue these prerequisites will be installed automatically. If however you want to prepare the server in advance you can still use the Chocolatey method below
To use Chocolatey (a software package manager for Windows) to install these packages use the below PowerShell:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) choco feature enable -n allowGlobalConfirmation choco install sql2014.smo sql2014.clrtypes ms-reportviewer2015
Once installed you will be able to reach the below stage. Customise your settings as necessary and click Install to begin the process
You should see a success notification when the process is complete, click Finish
Open Veeam using the Veeam Backup & Replication Console shortcut on the desktop and click Connect
Once you are logged in the first thing you will need to do is add credentials for your ESXi hosts/vCenter and your Windows/Linux servers. Click the settings button at the top left and then click Manage Credentials
Click Add>Standard Account
Add the details for your ESXi hosts root account
Then add the login details for your Windows machines
Now we need to add your ESXi host server so click Managed Servers and click Add Server
Select VMware vSphere and then select vSphere
Enter the IP address of your ESXi host and then click Next
Under Credentials select the ESXi root account that you entered earlier and click Next
Accept the certificate warning by clicking Continue
You should see the success summary, then click Finish
Click Inventory under the Server tab and you should see all your VMs listed and their relevant details
If you are using direct attached storage to backup, format your disk using REFS and 64KB allocation unit size
We now need to add some storage for Veeam to backup to. Click Backup Infrastructure and click Backup Repositories. Then right click and select Add Backup Repository. Select your storage type, I will be using Direct attached storage
Select Windows
Give the Repository a name and click Next
Click Next to use the existing Veeam server
Select your storage path and click Next
Leave the next screen as the defaults and click Next
Review the settings and click Apply
Click Finish when done
Press Yes to move the configuration backup to the new repository
Now we need to create a backup job to backup our VMs. Click Home and then click Jobs, right click and then go to Backup> Virtual Machine
Give the backup job a name and then click Next
Click Add and select all the VMs you want to backup
Click Next once you have made your selections
Leave the backup proxy as Automatic Selection and change the Backup repository to the one you created earlier. Choose how many restore points you want to keep and click Advanced
Choose your backup method between Reverse incremental and Incremental, click Ok and then Next
Enable application-aware processing and guest-file system indexing. Change your Guest OS credentials to the Windows account you added earlier and click Test Now making sure it passes
Configure a schedule and click Apply
Check the Summary and click Finish
Right click on the job and click Start to begin the backup
You should see your VMs being backed up along with the bitrate you are getting when committing to the storage
The backup job should then complete successfully
Thanks for the article!
“At this point you may get a failure on some of the prerequisites. You can either download these files manually or use Chocolatey to install them quickly”
Actually, you can just click Install button on the same dialog to install missing pre-requisites automatically. No need to download anything, as redistributable packages of all required sofrware are included on the ISO.
Thank you Gostev! I will update the article with your suggestion.
can you do replication in this edition?