The Veeam Cookbook Series

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Recipe: Installing Veeam Backup & Replication All-In-One Base system

Expected deliverables:

A fully installed, working All-In-One Veeam backup & Replication service that can deliver backup and restores with a base level of functionality.

Time to complete: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Server (Virtual or Physical) with 16 Cores, 32GB Ram, C: drive with 50GB free space, D: drive with 40GB free space, E: drive with at least enough space to cover your backup needs.
Windows Server Operating system at least server Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. We highly recommend to use the most recent supported version of Microsoft Windows. For VBR V12, the latest version supported is Microsoft Windows Server 2022.
Local Administrative account access on your server.
Veeam Backup & Replication zip file downloaded and on your target machine. (always use the most recent installation media form the Veeam website, it will contain all the latest patching and updates).
For paid versions please have your license file located within easy reach on the server you will be installing Veeam onto.

Before you start:

The Veeam Backup & Replication software downloads in a zip file which expands into a iso image, you will need to unzip and have access to the iso image before starting.

Assumptions:

This guide is focussed on using the licensed version of Veeam Backup & Replication, not the Community Edition, the only actual difference in the process is in step 5, you have no need to select a license file (for Community Edition).

Method:

Right click the iso image and select mount.
Explore the mounted as a DVD image in file manager, find and run the setup application in the root of the drive.
In the main popup window click in the Install option.
At the next step, select Install Veeam Backup & Replication.
Read the Licence Agreement and click in I Accept accept the agreement and continue with the installation.
Browse to your licence file and add, select next. As an option, select the Update license automatically check box to install new licenses automatically when you renew or expand your contract.
On System Configuration Check page, a reboot may be required depending on your OS. Click on Reboot if required. Please note that if all required software is already installed on the machine, the System Configuration Check step will be skipped entirely.
Accept the default settings on the Ready to Install page unless you have a good reason to change anything. Click on Install to proceed with the installation.
After a wait for the software to complete, it is now ready for use and your icons are on your desktop.

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