Licensing VBR
We will need to add our license before we can setup HA, dont worry if you are planning to use Enterprise Manager for licensing
If you arent setting up HA and want to use Enterprise Manager, skip this section
We first need our license, and this can be downloaded from your myveeam page here
Then log into the web portal on the first VBR server, what will be the primary, you cna access this on
https://fqdn
Then log in with the veeamadmin credentials you should see this prompt, click Install
Double click your license file
You may see this, click Yes, these are usually just OS security updates, services will be restarted as needed, but as we have no jobs configured, this is fine
Installing The Veeam Deployment Kit
As we dont want to join servers to AD, the recommended way to add Windows servers is by the Veeam Deployment Kit, this uses certificate based authentication and is the recommended way of adding Windows Servers in VDP 13
We first need to create a deployment kit, log into the VBR WebUI and click Manager Servers and then Create Veeam Deployment Kit on the right
Save the zip folder and copy it to the Windows server you want to use add to Veeam
On the Windows server, right click the Zip folder, and click Extract All
Then click Extract
Right click on the bat file and click Run As Administrator
Click Run, then wait for the cmd prompt to close
The full guide can be found here
https://blog.leaha.co.uk/2025/12/23/veeam-data-platform-13-ultimate-deployment-guide/