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Is the Azure VM agent required for VBAZ?

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We have deployed some Azure VMs without the Azure Linux VM agent (waagent) https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure ... gent-linux or the Azure Windows VM agent https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure ... nt-windows
Before I start with the VBAZ deployment, I need to know, if this Azure VM agent is required that backups/restores with VBAZ will work or not. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find this documented anywhere.

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Re: Is the Azure VM agent required for VBAZ?

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Hello,

There is no need for any agent, before VBAZ deployment.

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Re: Is the Azure VM agent required for VBAZ?

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okay, thanks. Just one more question: How does Veeam communicate with the virtual machine to execute a snapshot for example, if the Azure VM agent is not available in these VMs. In my understanding, the Azure VM agent is the same as vmware tools in a vsphere virtual machine, or am I wrong?

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Re: Is the Azure VM agent required for VBAZ?

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Hello,

VBAZ uses native API's of MS Azure, which does not rely on agent.
Please refer also to the User Guide for more details: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbazu ... tml?ver=5a

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