Connecting Veeam Backup & Replication Servers to Assurance IT

Connecting Veeam Backup & Replication Servers

To manage Veeam Backup & Replication servers in Veeam Availability Console, you must first connect these servers to Veeam Availability Console.

When you connect a Veeam Backup & Replication server to Veeam Availability Console, a Veeam Availability Console management agent is deployed on this server. The management agent is responsible for transmitting commands from Veeam Availability Console to the backup server, performing management operations, collecting data from Veeam Backup & Replication and communicating it back to Veeam Availability Console.

Connecting Veeam Backup & Replication Servers

To connect a Veeam Backup & Replication server to Veeam Availability Console:

1. Log on to a machine that runs Veeam Backup & Replication.

A user account under which you log on must have local Administrator privileges or the Veeam Backup Administrator role assigned in Veeam Backup & Replication.

1. Launch the Veeam Backup & Replication console.
2. Open the Backup Infrastructure view.
3. In the inventory pane on the left, select Service Providers.
4. Click Add Service Provider on the ribbon.

Alternatively, you can right-click the Service providers node in the inventory pane and choose Add or Edit service provider:

1. At the Service Provider step of the wizard, configure the following settings:

1. In the DNS name or IP address field, specify DNS name or IP address of a cloud gateway.

This can be any cloud gateway deployed on the service provider side.

1. In the Port field, specify the port on the cloud gateway that is used to transfer backup data to the cloud.

The default port number is 6180, and can be customized when a cloud gateway is deployed.

1. Select the Allow this Veeam Backup & Replication installation to be managed by the service provider check box.

When this check box is selected, Veeam Backup & Replication deploys a Veeam Availability Console management agent on a backup server. The management agent is downloaded from Veeam Availability Console.

1. At the Credentials steps of the wizard, specify user credentials for connecting to the service provider.

You must specify credentials of the Company Owner. These credentials are defined when a company account is created in Veeam Availability Console, or a tenant is created in Veeam Cloud Connect.

1. Follow the other steps of the wizard. At the last wizard step, click Finish.

For more details on connecting to service providers, see Connecting to Service Providers.