Unable to create protection group with linux host?

[danswartz]

I tried creating a brand-new protection group, and adding a linux (centos7) guest to it. Nowhere in the wizard does it ask me whether it is windows or linux, so I assumed it can (somehow) figure it out. Unfortunately, no. It then bombs out due to a bad network path (syntax looking windows related.) Am I missing something here?

p.s. if I try the 'Test' button, the next screen mentions checking Windows credentials, which seems wrong

[Mildur]

You have to add linux credentials, not windows credentials. If you add Linux credentials, veeam will know that this is a linux agent:



Here is the guide for adding Linux credentials with the help of the credential manager:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=100

[danswartz]

well, that's odd. i have 'root' as linux *and* vcsa, so why did it use windows?

[Mildur]

I cannot say that without have a look on the backup server. I think, the solution will be very simple.
Please open a support case by veeam. They can help you very fast to resolve this.

If you use a user from Type (Linux Account), then Veeam Protection Group will work as expected. If not, this is a bug for the veeam technical support.

[Dima P.]

Hello Dan,

As Fabian mentioned we determine the OS type based on the account, so just to be completely sure I'd try to recreate the credentials from scratch. Cheers!