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Veeam Backup & Replication - VMware vSphere VM Backups

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Veeam Veeam Backup & Replication VMware vSphere
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This is a small tutorial that covers the basic setup for a backup of VMware VMs.

Prerequisites
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License Type
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I used the following demo license:

  • Small Buisiness: Veeam Data Platform - Essentials

  • Up to 50 Workloads (VMs)

# Download link
https://www.veeam.com/downloads.html

Windows Server
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As base for the Veeam Backup & Replication installation I use a Windows Server 2022 that is not joind to a windows domain and is not used for any other purposes then Veeam.

DNS
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Use a DNS server that can resolve the VMware hosts.

Veeam
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Setup
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  • Select “Install Veeam Backup & Replication”
  • Accept the License Agreement
  • Add the license file
  • Select the local Windows admin account
  • Install new PostgreSQL server
  • Start the installation
  • Wait till the installation has finished

Start Veeam
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Add NFS Export
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  • Go to Backup Infrastructure > Backup Repositories

  • RightMouse > Add backup repository...

  • Select Network attached storage
  • Select NFS share
  • Define a name for the NFS backup repository
  • Define the path to the NFS share
# Define path to NFS
192.168.70.21:/srv/nfs/nfs_veeam-share-1

Add vSphere Server
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  • Add a vSphere instance and it’s ESXi nodes
  • Enter the vSphere domain name (without https://)
  • Add vSphere credentials

Note: In my homelab I used to main Administrator vSphere credentials. As best practice create specific vSphere credentials for Veeam only.


Create Backup Jobs
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Add Home Button
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  • Add the home button in case the home button in case it’s missing

Add Backup Job
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  • Create a VM backup job
  • Define a name for the backup job
  • Add one or several VMs

  • Select a backup repository as target for the VM backups

  • Optional click “Configure” to add additional backup rules

  • Define a backup schedule
  • Optional: Enable “Run the job when I click Finish”, this immediately starts the backup job

Backup Overview
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List Backup Jobs
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Go to Home > Jobs > Backups to find the available backup jobs

List Backups from Backup Jobs
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Go to Home > Backups > Disk to list the available backups sorted by their backup jobs

Restore Backup
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I restore the VM to a different location, so that I can keep the original VM in a running state.

  • Select the VM that should be restored
  • Select the VM and the restore point
  • Define the location for the restores backup
  • Click Host... to select the ESXi target node
  • Click Pool... to select the resource pool
  • Select the VM or only the config or disk part of the VM and click Datastore to define a storage pool or NFS share to store them
  • Select a vSphere folder to store the VM
  • Optional: Define a new VLAN for the VM. This can be useful if the ESXi target node is in a different location with different VLANs
  • Start the backup restoring
  • Check out the restored backup on vSphere. Disconnect the network interface so that there is no IP conflict with the running original VM