Getting Started with Veeam Backup & Replication (Enterprise)

OVHcloud provides our customers with excellent choices for backing up workloads in a Hosted Private Cloud environment. This article explores Veeam Backup & Replication, which includes the following features and more:

• Choice of a storage target
• Support directly from Veeam
• File-level recovery (Windows only)
• Application-aware restore

Prerequisites

• Enterprise account with OVHcloud
• Veeam System Requirements
• Contact a TAM (Technical Account Manager) to enable license purchasing

Topics

• Downloading and Installing Veeam Backup & Replication
• Ordering a Veeam Enterprise Edition License via the OVH US API

Downloading and Installing Veeam Backup & Replication

To install Veeam we will first need to create an account with Veeam, which we do by visiting the Veeam website and clicking the Sign in button in the top-right corner of the screen.

On this new page, click the CREATE VEEAM ACCOUNT button to sign up.

After filling out the required information, click the REGISTER button.

Once you have completed the registration an email will arrive to activate your account. After your account is activated, you are able to download Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5. To do so, log in to your Veeam account, select the Products tab at the top, and then click the Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 link under the "Virtual Workloads (VMware and Hyper-V)" section.

On the next page, click the DOWNLOAD FREE TRIAL button.

Note: Although we are starting with a trial version, we will purchase/apply a license in a next step.

From the new page, scroll down to the "Downloads" section and click the DOWNLOAD button next to "Veeam Backup & Replication".

After selecting the DOWNLOAD button, an EULA (End User Software License Agreement) will pop-up. After reading the agreement, select the "I agree..." checkbox and click the ACCEPT button to proceed.

Now that we have Veeam downloaded, please consult their documentation (Installing Veeam Backup & Replication) on the installation process.

Note: If you download a version that contains an update, it's included in the download, but must be installed separately.

Once Veeam is installed, we need to order the Enterprise Edition license and apply it to the Veeam backup server, which we do via the OVH US API.

Ordering a Veeam Enterprise Edition License via the OVH US API

To begin, log in to the OVH US API portal. For more information, please check out the Overview of the OVH US API article.

Afterward, navigate down to the Veeam section and click the /veeam/veeamEnterprise link. Then, obtain your Veeam service ID by clicking the GET /veeam/veeamEnterprise link and then the Execute button.

Warning: If you have not contacted OVH US support prior to this step, to activate your account for Veeam, you will not receive an output from the API call and cannot proceed.

Next, click the POST /veeam/veeamEnterprise/{serviceName}/register link, fill in the relevant information, and click the Execute button so that OVHcloud can apply a license to your Veeam backup server.

Note: The port number needed for Veeam to interact with the service is 9392.

Within a few minutes, you should have an Enterprise Edition license applied to your Veeam backup server.

Conclusion

Having read this article, you should have successfully deployed a licensed Veeam backup server. For more information about the initial setup of Veeam Backup & Replication, please check out our How to Configure Veeam Backup & Replication (Enterprise) with HPC article.