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Product Description Backup by agents (Veeam® Agent)
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Product Description Backup by agents (Veeam® Agent)

Agent Backup allows you to back up applications, databases, volumes, files, physical and virtual machines based on Veeam® Agent.

The product is suitable for any physical servers, workstations and virtual machines based on Windows, Linux and macOS. Take a look list of supported operating systems. The physical and virtual systems from which the backup is performed can be hosted at any site, as long as there is access to the Internet:

  • own infrastructure (On-Premises);
  • private or public cloud;
  • Any data center or provider;
  • Selectel cloud servers, virtual machines and dedicated servers.

Agent backups include:

  • Veeam Agent license — leased by the provider automatically under the rental licensing scheme. The license is available for agents managed via Veeam Service Provider Console portal (vac.selectel.ru);
  • space in a cloud repository to store backups;
  • centralized management of agents and backup policies through the Veeam Service Provider Console portal (vac.selectel.ru).

If you use the service Backup by agents Veeam Cloud Connect repository space is provided when ordering the service. If you already have your own Veeam Agent licenses, you can use the cloud repository. Veeam Cloud Connect for storing backups in the cloud.

If you need help with agent backup administration, order the service Service administration.

Technical realization

Agents

  • Veeam Backup Agent (backup agent) — performs data backups, installed on a server or virtual machine;
  • Veeam Management Agent — used to manage backup agents through the portal Veeam Service Provider Console.

Veeam Service Provider Console portal

Backups are managed through the Veeam Service Provider Console portal (vac.selectel.ru), with which you can:

  • install and update agents (backup agents and management agents);
  • customize backup policies;
  • manage email alerts;
  • Monitor agents, backup jobs, and cloud repository capacity.

More information about working with the portal in the section Working with the Veeam Service Provider Console portal and Veeam documentation.

Cloud repository

The cloud repository is based on the solution Veeam Cloud Connect.

To ensure fault tolerance, backup data is stored in three copies on different physical disks.

The channel speed to the cloud repository servers is unlimited. The network is built on 10GbE interfaces.

In a cloud repository, clients are isolated from each other and only have access to their backups.

System Requirements

Supported OS

Agents can work with operating systems:

Windows family (64-bit and 32-bit versions)Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Microsoft Windows 11
Microsoft Windows 10 (starting with version 1909)
Microsoft Windows 10 LTSC versions (1507, 1607, 1809)
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1
Linux family (64-bit and 32-bit versions)Debian 10.13 — 11.x
Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 22.10
RHEL 6.3 — 9.1
CentOS 7.x
Oracle Linux 6.0 — 9.1 (RHCK)
Oracle Linux 6 (starting from UEK R2) — Oracle Linux 9.1 (up to kernel versions 5.15.0 — 6.80.3.1.el9uek)
SLES 12 SP4, 12 SP5, 15 SP1 — 15 SP4
SLES for SAP 12 SP4, 12 SP5, 15 SP1 — 15 SP4
Fedora 36, 37.
openSUSE Leap 15.3 — 15.4
openSUSE Tumbleweed (experimental support)
macOSMonterey 12.1.X
Big Sur 11.7.X
Catalina 10.15.X
Mojave 10.14.X
High Sierra 10.13.6
Ventura 13

For more information about system resources and OS requirements, see System Requirements in the Veeam documentation: Windows, Linux and macOS.

Network ports

From/SourceTo/DestinationProtocolPortsAssignment
Backup AgentSelectel Cloud Gateways — vcc.selectel.ruTCP, UDP6180Transferring backup data to a cloud repository
BrowserVAC Web UI — https://vac.selectel.ru/TCP443Access to Veeam Service Provider Console portal for backup management
A node with a master management agent and each backup agent (when installed manually)Veeam Installation Server (Veeam resource)TCP443Downloading agent distributions from Veeam Internet servers
Node with master control agentManaged backup nodesTCP135, 445, 49152-65535Installing backup agents on client servers via discovery rules
Backup AgentCertificate Revocation Lists (crl.globalsign.com, crl.alphassl.com and others)TCP80, 443Access to the CRL to check the validity of the certificate issued to the provider. For more information about the CRL, see the CA website