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Recipe: Register an existing appliance in Veeam Backup and Replication

Expected deliverables:

Add a Veeam Backup for AWS existing appliance to Veeam Backup and Replication.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• Veeam Backup Appliance for AWS version 9.x
• Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.3 or later.
• An AWS Access Key for AWS Users already addedd to Veeam Backup & Replication instance with the proper privileges.
• A user with administrative privileges on the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance

Before you start: AWS Plug-in for Veeam Backup & Replication is built on top of Veeam Backup & Replication, and this guide assumes that you have a good understanding of this solution.

Assumptions: You have an existing Veeam Backup for AWS deployment.

Method:

1. In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Backup Infrastructure view. Navigate to Managed Servers and click Add Server > Veeam cloud-native backup appliance > Veeam Backup for AWS
2. At the Deployment Mode, select Connect to an existing appliance. Click Next.
3. At the Account step:
   • Select the access keys of an IAM user from the AWS account drop-down list. If necessary, click in Add to add a new AWS Access Key for AWS Users.
   • Select an AWS Region and a Data center.
4. At the EC2 Instance step, click in Browse to select the EC2 Instance where the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance is deployed.
5. At the Connection Type step, choose whether the Appliance is connected directly to the internet or located in a private network (requires to specify the private IP address or FQDN). Default is Direct Connection. Click Next.
6. At the Credentials step, specify credentials of a user that has administrative privileges on the Veeam Backup for AWS appliance. Click Next.
7. At the Repositories step, configure access to standard backup repositories added to the Veeam Backup for AWS instance.
   • In the Repositories list, select a standard backup repository and click Edit.
   • In the Repository window, select a AWS Access Key with permissions to access the standard backup repository.
   • From the Use the following gateway server for the Internet access drop-down list, select a gateway server that will be used to access the repository.
   • If data in the standard backup repository is encrypted, select the Use the following password for encrypted backups check box. Then, from the drop-down list, select the password that must be used to decrypt the data.
   • Click OK and then Apply.
8. At the Apply step, wait until Veeam applies the settings. Click Next.
9. At the Summary step, review details of the added Veeam Backup for AWS appliance and click Finish.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums