Veeam Backup Proxy

[rever75]

Hello,
I have 3 Remote Sites I will be backing up. I plan on installing the Veeam Server on an Azure VM and having each site with its own Backup Proxy. My question is if the Veeam Server in Azure was to be unavailable or reachable will the Backups set to run at each site still kickoff or is the Main Veeam Server need to be accessible?

[veremin]

If backup server is down, backup activity will not start. Thanks!

[rever75]

Thanks for the reply, I was hoping all the info would be on the Backup Proxy allowing the Backup to still process. With this not being the case not sure having a single Master Backup Server hosted in the cloud will be an option. I will need to host Veeam BackUp servers on each site and manage each one separately sadly.

[veremin]

You can protect backup server by backing up its configuration and restoring to fresh installation in case of emergency. Installation and configuration restore should take significant time.

And speaking about managing different backup servers you can use Enterprise Manager for that goal.

Thanks!

[rennerstefan]

With this not being the case not sure having a single Master Backup Server hosted in the cloud will be an option. I will need to host Veeam BackUp servers on each site and manage each one separately sadly.

Well I think the question is what locations you talk about and how often you expect the conntection from Azure to the locations to fail.
If you have weak internet links and unstable VPN connections I would recommend to have the VBR servers close to the jobs.
If you have very good and stable internet/vpn connections you may still want to use a central one.
I mean if a job fails once a year because of the Backupserver being unavailable may not be big of an issue compared to have that situation every other day.
Also keep in mind that there are other roles (mount server, guest interaction proxy...etc.) that you may need in your design when running the VBR in Azure but everything else local.

Thanks