Challenge

Azure VMware Solution (AVS) is a VMware Cloud Verified offering that requires specific considerations to work with Veeam Backup & Replication. Aside from the listed instructions and limitations below, you can use AVS with Veeam Backup & Replication like you would any other VMware vSphere environment. Some VMware features and permissions are not available upon deployment. This means some features in Veeam Backup & Replication are limited or unavailable. Depending on update releases, this situation may change, and features in the table below may become available.

Solution

Azure VMware Solution (AVS) specific issues and solutions

Issue Veeam Backup & Replication may stop working after AVS is automatically updated. Solution Please check this article for the minimum required Veeam Backup & Replication version or patches. For customers with socket-based licensing, make sure that any newly deployed ESXi hosts receive Veeam licenses. Potentially older ESXi hosts need to be revoked from consuming a license. We recommend using Veeam Universal Licensing to avoid any specific license issues with AVS.   Issue Some Veeam Backup & Replication features are not available due to limitations with VMware Cloud Verified solutions like AVS (compared with on-premises VMware vSphere infrastructure). Solution Affected Veeam Feature Limitation Workaround Instant VM Recovery Currently, AVS does not allow NFS access to the backup server Use a combination of Veeam backup jobs and replication jobs for proactive restore capabilities. Other OS File Level Recovery Currently, AVS does not allow NFS access to the backup server Start Linux File Level Recovery with a Linux server helper host instead of a temporary helper appliance. SureBackup, Sure Replica, OnDemand Labs, Virtual Lab Currently, AVS does not allow NFS access to the backup server and network manipulation SureReplica is available if the replication target is a non-VMware Cloud vSphere environment (i.e., you can replicate a VM from AVS to on-premises) VM Replication Network Mapping Requires NSX 2.5.3.4 or higher   VM Replication-based File Level Recovery   Use a file restore from backup or a VM replica to start the File-Level Recovery. Replication (where Azure-based repository is used to store replica metadata) Due to a lack of permissions, the repository Data Mover cannot connect to the Veeam server. Enable the "Run server on this side" option for the repository. For Windows repositories, it can be found under Ports configuration. For Linux - under Advanced settings in the server configuration wizard. Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Replication Currently, CDP is not supported on AVS

More Information

Learn how to access an AVS private cloud - Microsoft Documentation Configure networking for your AVS private cloud – Microsoft Documentation Learn how AVS integrates with native Azure services - Microsoft Documentation Create and manage DHCP in AVS - Microsoft Documentation Add a NSX DNS Forwarder Service - VMware Documentation