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Recipe: Adding Backup Proxy Servers
Expected deliverables:
A new Backup Proxy server to backup and restore Microsoft 365 data.
Time to complete: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- Access to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 GUI using a browser
- An user account belonging to the Local Administrator group
- A Windows server machine with direct access to the internet, or with an internet proxy server connection.
Before you start: Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 automatically installs the Proxy Service on the machine that you want to use as a backup proxy server. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 allows you to deploy “Domain” and “Workgroup” backup proxies. Check your security before starting the deployment.
Assumptions: You have an existing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 installation.
Method:
- Open the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 interface.
- Open the “Backup Infrastructure” view.
- Right click “Backup Proxies” in the inventory pane and select “Add backup proxy”.
- In the Host field, enter a DNS name or IP address of the machine you want to use as a backup proxy server, and check the “Use domain network” to configure the machine as “Domain” backup proxy. Add a description and click “Next” to proceed.
- Specify a user account, member of the Local Administrator group, that will be used to connect to the specified machine. Click “Next”.
- Wait for the installation to complete, then click “Finish”.
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