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This article provides information about protecting the Veeam Backup & Replication Configuration. This addresses the frequently asked question: "How do I back up or protect the Veeam Server?" The only supported way to protect the configuration of Veeam Backup & Replication is to use the native Configuration Backup tool. Other approaches, such as backing up the machine with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, backing up the VM using the software itself, or using third-party tools and native Microsoft SQL or PostgreSQL database backups, are not recommended or supported. If a Veeam Backup Server is lost, a new machine should be set up, Veeam Backup & Replication installed, and a Configuration Restore performed to recover all settings from the previous Veeam Backup Server to the new deployment. Continue reading the rest of this article to learn more!
Protect Veeam Backup & Replication
Other than the built-in Configuration Backup job, no other type of backup or replication job should be used to back up the Veeam Backup & Replication server. In addition to the potential impacts described in the User Guide, the following should be considered: Replicating the Veeam Backup Server or any VMware Backup Proxies to the same vCenter can break Hotadd transport mode due to duplicate BIOS UUIDs of the actual proxy VM and replica. (see Solution #9 on KB2008). If the server hosting the Veeam Backup & Replication configuration database is placed in a Backup or Replication job, that job will only run when no other tasks are running. Additionally, a backup job containing the Veeam Backup Server will block all other tasks from starting until it is completed.
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