Prerequisites for Adding Data Collectors (Veeam Backup & Replication)
Identify a server where the Data Collector software will be installed. Server requirements include:
• 64-bit OS. See the APTARE IT Analytics Certified Configurations Guide for supported operating systems.
• Support Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 10.0.2.
• For performance reasons, do not install Data Collectors on the same server as the APTARE IT Analytics Portal. However, if you must have both on the same server, verify that the Portal and Data Collector software do not reside in the same directory.
• Install only one Data Collector on a server (or OS instance).
• Requires a Microsoft Windows Data Collector server
• Requires Microsoft PowerShell 4.0 or above. Veeam Backup & Replication comes with a PowerShell extension - a snap-in to Microsoft Windows PowerShell. The Veeam Backup PowerShell snap-in enables most operations that are available in the user interface.
• Veeam Requirement: User credentials with a Veeam Backup Administrator role are required to connect to a Veeam Backup Server using Veeam Backup PowerShell snap-in.
• Veeam Backup & Replication Console (version 9.5.x) must be installed on the system where the Data Collector service is running.
• Default port is 9392.
Verifying Data Collector Servers can Connect to Veeam Servers
Basic PowerShell Commands for Veeam
• Add Veeam Snapin
Add-PSSnapin -PassThru VeeamPSSnapIn
• Connect to Veeam Backup Server
Connect-VBRServer -User <user> -Password <password> -Server <server>
• Disconnect from Previous Connection
Disconnect-VBRServer
Verification Steps
In this section, we’ll use a scenario to illustrate the verification steps. The task is to connect to Veeam Servers Server-A and Server-B from the same Veeam Data Collector Server, where the Veeam Backup & Replication Console is installed.
1. From Microsoft PowerShell Console (in Administrator mode), add Veeam SnapIn.
Add-PSSnapin -PassThru VeeamPSSnapIn
2. Log into the Veeam Backup & Replication Console using Server-A credentials.
3. Open a PowerShell Console and connect to Server-A.
Connect-VBRServer -User ServerAUserId -Password ServerAPassword -Server Server-A
The Server -A connection should be successful.
4. Open a PowerShell Console and disconnect from Server-A.
Disconnect-VBRServer
5. Open a PowerShell Console and connect to Server-B.
Connect-VBRServer -User ServerBUserId -Password ServerBPassword -Server Server-B
If the Server-B connection is successful, it means: both Servers are on the same software version (including minor patch releases/ updates).
If the Server-B connection fails with the following error:
Connect-VBRServer: Cannot connect to backup server because some of its components are out of date.
it means: Server-A and Server-B are on different software versions. The Veeam Backup & Replication Console is only in sync with Server-A.