Are there any plans to be able to scan Linux VMs

[stewsie]

Are there any plans to be able to run Malware/AV scans against Linux VM backups?

Thanks

[Mildur]

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your question/request.
Currently, we are limited by the Windows-based mount server. To scan the filesystem, the backup must be mounted, and mounting a Linux filesystem on Windows is not possible just so.

However, with the upcoming backup server and mount server for Linux, it may be possible to introduce this feature for Linux machines as well. Unfortunately, I don't have an ETA or any information to share at this time.

Best regards,
Fabian

[jeremyrogers]

Is Veeam completely sure about that limitation? Since 2020 on Windows Server 2019+ has had an installable Linux subsystem which appears to be able to mount & pass ext4/xfs filesystems to the "parent" OS which IMO might open a path to scanning. I haven't played around extensively, but this doesn't seem to prevent read access at all.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandl ... and-wsl-2/

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windo ... mount-disk

Not to mention a few other 3rd party projects to make Linux filesystem drivers for windows more natively... but the point's moot - Veeam hasn't moved on that for years of user feature requests, and compatibility to extend IS on the horizon with the roadmap to having all Veeam roles on either OS instead of a select set of Windows-only special ones.

This would still be a good move to work towards - attackers don't encounter an interesting system & say "whelp, it's Linux so we might as well give up and go home".

[JustinIzzard]

Adding a +1 vote for scan backup and secure restore functionality for Linux backups.

[Mildur]

Hi Justin,

Our upcoming version 13 will introduce mount server on Linux, which will enable us to provide Scan Backups & Secure Restore for Linux backups. If you’re interested in trying out the Beta of the new version, please contact your local Veeam team to check if there are still open Beta slots available.

Best,
Fabian