[V13] Gateway server in Azure ...

[Didi7]

Hi everybody, after studying the Help center, I am still uncertain about what kind of machine is most suitable as a Gateway server in MS Azure.

Does Veeam offer complete VIA-based machines for deployment from Azure Marketplace?

Quote from Help center:
Gateway servers can be deployed using the Veeam JeOS image by selecting the Infrastructure Appliance option

Using the VIA-based ISO is not possible, as it cannot be configured due to the lack of a Console, correct?

Or does Veeam prefer the deployment of an Ubuntu oder Windows server for Azure Gateways and e.g. WAN Accelerators?

Thank you,
Didi7

[RyanJ]

The Help Center is about just deploying a VIA to act as a gateway server, not necessarily in Azure. Since you cannot use a custom ISO (essentially the VIA ISO) for a VM in Azure, the only way you'd be able to get a VIA in Azure is to deploy it locally as a Hyper-V VM, upload the VHD to Azure and use that VHD as an image for a new Azure VM.

Any supported Windows or Linux machine can be used as a Gateway server though (size will depend on the workloads it handles). You can deploy a base machine, or use any of the hardened prebuilt images the Azure marketplace has...but its probably best to deploy a base image and harden it yourself. Veeam really doesn't have a preference of Windows vs Linux.

[Didi7]

Hello RyanJ,

thank you for your valuable answer. Ok, pre-deploying a VIA-based machine on Hyper-V would be an option. In this case updates could be centrally managed by the Veeam Software Appliance, if preferred.

To the community.
Does anybody use a pre-deployed VIA-based Hyper-V machine in Azure and how it's going?

[ratkinsonuk]

Bumping this thread....

[TWuser]

Does anybody use a pre-deployed VIA-based Hyper-V machine in Azure and how it's going?

Would also love to hear from anyone doing this and what their experience was.

[ratkinsonuk]

I logged a call, and this was the current official response, so unfortunately no hardened appliance just yet unless you want to go for the above Hyper-V hack :-

"The Veeam Software Appliance v13 is distributed exclusively as a bootable ISO or OVA file. Azure does not support booting from an ISO, and attempts to create a custom VM image in Azure from the ISO or OVA have not been successful. The only Veeam Backup & Replication v13 image currently available in the Azure Marketplace is the Windows Server-based version, not the appliance version.

There is no published roadmap or confirmed timeline for an Azure Marketplace listing of the VSA (VIA) that I can share at this time. I have noted your interest in this capability, which is valuable feedback for the product team. If and when this changes, it will be announced through the standard Veeam release channels."