This section will guide you through the Veeam Backup & Replication installation process.
Step 1. Start the Setup Wizard
Download the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication from:
http://www.veeam.com/downloads/. Unpack the downloaded archive and run the Veeam_B&R_Setup_xx.exe setup file.
The setup wizard will be started to guide you through the installation process of Veeam Backup & Replication.
Step 2. Accept the License Agreement
To install Veeam Backup & Replication, you must accept the license agreement. Read the license agreement, select the I accept the terms in the license agreement option and click Next.
Tip You can click Print to print the text of the license agreement for later reference.
Step 3. Install a License
You can install Veeam Backup & Replication with a trial license that was sent to you after
registration, a purchased full license or without any license at all. In the latter case, Veeam Backup
& Replication will be run in the free functionality mode.
To install a license, click Browse and select a valid license file for Veeam Backup & Replication.
To learn about obtaining a license file, see the Veeam Backup & Replication Licensing section.
Step 4. Choose Destination for Installation
Select the components you want to install. The Veeam Backup & Replication setup includes the following components:
• Veeam Backup & Replication (requires 250 MB on disk)
• Veeam Backup Catalog responsible for indexing VM guest OS files (requires 55 MB on disk)
• Veeam Backup PowerShell snap-in for automating backup and replication activities via scripts (requires 1 MB on disk). Note that the Veeam Backup PowerShell component is disabled by default. To be able to install it, you need to install the Windows Management Framework Core package first.
Specify the installation folder for every component. To make sure that you have enough space on disk, select the component from the list and click Space.
Note Veeam Backup & Replication requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and Microsoft SQL Server (.NET Framework 4 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express are included in the setup). If you plan to install these components with the setup, you should have at least 2 GB of free space on the system disk.
Step 5. Choose or Install SQL Server
At this step, you should select a SQL Server instance on which the Veeam Backup & Replication database should be created or choose to install a new SQL Server instance.
• If a SQL Server is not installed, select the Install new instance of SQL Server option.
• If a SQL Server is already installed, select the Use existing instance of SQL Server option.
Enter the instance name in the HOSTNAME\INSTANCE format and specify the name of the database to be used in the Database field.
Note If the setup detects on your machine a VEEAMSQL2008R2 SQL server instance that meets the Veeam Backup & Replication system requirements, you can only use the existing local SQL Server instance or choose the one that runs remotely. The option to install a new SQL instance will be unavailable in this case.
The user account under which the installation is being performed should have sufficient rights to log on to the selected SQL Server instance using Windows integrated authentication and create a database on the selected instance.
In case the Veeam Backup & Replication database already exists on the SQL Server instance (that is, it was created by the previous installations of Veeam Backup & Replication), a warning message notifying about it will be displayed. Click the Yes button to connect to the detected database. If necessary, the existing database will be upgraded to the latest version.
Step 6. Specify Service Credentials
Enter the administrative credentials of the account under which you want to run the Veeam Backup Service. The user name should be specified in the DOMAIN\USERNAME format.
The user account must have database owner rights for the Veeam Backup & Replication database on the SQL Server instance and full control NTFS permissions on the VBRCatalog folder where index files are stored. The Log on as service right will be automatically granted to the specified user account.
If necessary, change the number of TCP port. By default, the Veeam Backup & Replication service uses port 9392.
Step 7. Specify File Locations
Specify the name and destination for the catalog folder where index files should be stored. By default, the catalog is located at C:\VBRCatalog. If necessary, change the number of port to be used by Veeam Backup Catalog components. By default, port 9393 is used.
In the vPower NFS section, specify the folder where instant VM recovery write cache will be stored.
Please note that the selected volume should have at least 10 GB of free disk space.
Step 8. Install Veeam Backup & Replication
By default the setup wizard creates Veeam Backup & Replication shortcut on your desktop. If you do not want this shortcut to be created, clear the Create shortcut on desktop check box.
You can go back, review and modify previous steps using the Back button. If you are sure that all settings are configured correctly, click Install to begin the installation.
When the installation completes, click Finish to exit the setup wizard. You can now start Veeam Backup & Replication.