

Press I (Import backup) to import the backup you want to recover the files from. The number on the right side of the backup job name indicates how many restore points are available for that specific backup. To restores files from backups, press R (Recover Files) from main screen. Select Configure new job and press Enter to setup a new job following same procedure previously explained. Press C (Configure) from main screen to configure additional backup jobs. # mount -t nfs lab-nasts421:/veeamnfs /backup To check the backup files, create a directory in your machine and mount the NFS share used. If the column State reports Success, the backup has completed successfully. Next backup will be faster due to the CBT driver that backs up only what has changed on the disk since the last backup. In this screen you have all the backup details. When the backup job runs for the first time, a full backup will be taken. In the State column you can follow the progress of your backup.

You can start the job immediately by enabling the Start job now option. Specify a Schedule for the backup job then press Enter.Ĭlick Finish to save the backup job configuration. Here you can also specify the retention for the backups. Select the Location (NFS or CIFS) and type the path. Specify the Destination to store the backups and press Enter. In a RedHat/CentOS environment, Veeam Agent for Linux can be easily installed using the EPEL repository.įrom the console run the command veeam to access the software's UI. Press C (Configure) to configure the backup job. Note that Veeam Agent for Linux is installed as a service in the machine. Install first the package veeamsnap-1.0.0. Using a tool like WinSCP, copy the two packages in the Linux VM. Veeam Agent for Linux is a new free backup product released by Veeam available for Debian-based and RedHat-based distributions.Ĭurrently available as a public beta, Veeam Agent for Linux is able to perform image-based backups at the file and volume level and the backup type forever-incremental is enabled using the Veeam’s proprietary CBT driver.ĭownload Veeam Agent for Linux from Veeam's website and extract the packages needed for the Linux distribution in use (CentOS in the example):
