vmware backup proxy

[cgeorge]

When would you set the transport mode to virtual appliance

[veremin]

Hot-Add (Virtual Appliance) is a proxy mode which is recommended and can only be used if the backup proxy is deployed on a VM.

In order to explicitly set a required transport mode you should go to the backup infrastructure -> Backup proxies -> right click a given proxy -> properties -> transport mode. Otherwise, you set leave automatic selection and let proxy decide what transport mode it should use.

For more descriptive information regarding proxy modes, kindly, refer to the sticky FAQ.

Thanks.

[cgeorge]

Ok, My Veeam server is a virtual machine sow I put it on virtual appliance for best performance?

[veremin]

Yep, as long as it has an access to underlying datastore where VMs to be backuped reside on, it can be used as a Hot-Add proxy. As to proxy resource requirements, they can be found in the corresponding section of Release Notes document. Thanks.