Feature request - Veeam Managed Servers - Option to skip update check

[petesteven]

When adding a new Veeam Infrastructure Appliance as a managed server in V13, each appliance checks if updates are available for it and if the update server can be reached. This is not possible in dark sites or if FW rules are missing.

The timeout is quite long.

It would be good if there were an option to select “skip update check.” Otherwise, the waiting time when adding many components is very long.

[Dima P.]

Hello Peter,

I'd argue that we must allow to skip it but the time out needs to be fixed for sure. Thank you!

[pma]

Hi Peter,

One possible approach would be to add a key to the VSA configuration and the Windows registry for VBR that allows to bypass the update check.
For VSA, implementing this change would require approval from the security officer before applying the new configuration.

Would this solution be sufficient?

[petesteven]

Hi Maskim,

I'm not a big fan of registry keys (they get carried over during migration, and no one knows what was added, etc.).

It's okay as a workaround, but for the future, it might be a good idea to add a “Skip Updates” button when adding servers. Would that be possible?