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Recipe: Register an existing appliance in Veeam Backup and Replication

Expected deliverables:

Add a Veeam Backup for Google Cloud existing appliance to Veeam Backup and Replication.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• Veeam Backup for Google Cloud version 3.x
• Veeam Backup & Replication version 11.0.1.1261 or later.
• A Google Cloud Account already addedd to Veeam Backup & Replication instance.
• A Google Cloud Service Account already addedd to Veeam Backup & Replication instance with the proper privileges.
• A user with administrative privileges on the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliance

Before you start: Google Cloud 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 Google Cloud 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 Google Cloud
2. At the Deployment Mode, select Connect to an existing appliance. Click Next.
3. At the Account step:
   • Select a Service Account from the Google Cloud service account drop-down list. If necessary, click in Add to add a new Google Cloud Service Account.
   • Select the Data center in which the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliance resides.
4. At the Virtual machine step, click in Browse to select the Google Cloud VM where the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud 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 Google Cloud appliance. Click Next.
7. At the Repositories step, configure access to standard backup repositories added to the Veeam Backup for Google Cloud instance.
   • In the Repositories list, select a standard backup repository and click Edit.
   • In the Repository window, select a Google Cloud Account 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 Next.
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 Google Cloud appliance and click Finish.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums

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