Veeam Software Appliance Configuration
When the VM or physical server has booted, you’ll need to be able to get to the console
From there, press Tab till you land on Accept and hit Enter to accept the EULA
Enter a hostname and press Enter on Next
On the adapters screen you likely have just the one, VBR should be a VM, press Enter on Static
If you are deploying this on a physical server and want network redundancy look at the configuration of the backup repository in section 2.9.3, its the same here
Enter the IPv4 address, subnet mask, then add DNS, comma separated and press Enter on Apply
Here when selecting the adapter, you should see the assigned IP address below
You can also run a ping test to verify the IP address is reachable
When you are happy thats reachable, press Enter on Next
If you want to change the NTP server press Enter on Edit
Enter the NTP server and press Enter
You can optionally add more with the Add button, or press Enter on Next when you are done
We then need to set password requirements, this needs to be 15 characters, there is also a link to the requirements here
Once you have your password set, press Enter on Next
We then need to setup MFA, press Enter on this pop up screen for the QR code to add to your authenticator app
You can press Enter to dismiss the QR code
Enter the OTP code and press Enter on ok
Then press Enter on Next
Optionally, setup a security officer account, I dont really need this, so I am skipping it and pressing Enter on Next
Check you are happy with the summary and click Finish
When, all the services have restarted, you should see this and we can access the WebUI
We have the WebUI on port 443 and the management on 10443
And we can use the veeamadmin credentials to login
The full guide can be found here
https://blog.leaha.co.uk/2025/12/23/veeam-data-platform-13-ultimate-deployment-guide/