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Veeam Ports MCP server!

  • March 23, 2026
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  • EdxH
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Hi all,

 

I wanted to share the new Veeam Ports MCP server with the community. This gives you the ability to interact with the Veeam Ports underlying database to create rich designs using LLM clients that support MCP, like Claude and VS Code.

https://github.com/shapedthought/veeam-ports-mcp

To install in Claude:

  • Install Python
  • Install UV
  • Run: claude mcp add veeam-ports -- uvx veeam-ports-mcp
  • Update your Claude desktop configuration file:
    • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
    • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "veeam-ports": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["veeam-ports-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

I am still working to improve it to provide greater fidelity. Currently, the best way to work with it is to ask the AI to walk you through putting a design together; that way, it will guide you in selecting what you need in the correct order.

There is also a tool called generate_app_import. When you're happy with the design, you can ask the AI to use this tool, and it will create a Magic Ports-compatible JSON file. This allows you to refine the port mappings. 

Please give it a go and send over any feedback or create an issue on GitHub. 

Cheers,

Ed 

Veeam SA for UK&I | VMCA | VMCE | CKA | Code Addict

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      Chris.Childerhose
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      This is very interesting and cool.  Exploring AI recently and using it more often, so this will be helpful.  Time to explore.

      Chris Childerhose (Enterprise Architect) - VMCA | VMCE | VMCE-SP | Veeam Vanguard 8* | Veeam Legend 5* | VUG Canada Leader | vExpert 7* | Toronto VMUG Leader | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
        coolsport00
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        • coolsport00
        • Veeam Legend
        • March 24, 2026

        This is a very neat AI-integration idea ​@EdxH ! Thank you for sharing with the Community 👍🏻

        Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
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          • EdxH
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          • March 24, 2026

          This is a very neat AI-integration idea ​@EdxH ! Thank you for sharing with the Community 👍🏻

          Thanks, I always think that the best way to learn it to try it yourself.

          Veeam SA for UK&I | VMCA | VMCE | CKA | Code Addict
            kciolek
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            • kciolek
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            • March 24, 2026

            great idea and thanks for sharing!

            Ken Ciolek | SHI Labs Data Protection & Storage Lead | Object First Ace | Commvault Global Ambassador
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            • EdxH
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            • March 27, 2026

            You can get very detailed reports using the MCP!

            Veeam SA for UK&I | VMCA | VMCE | CKA | Code Addict
              coolsport00
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              • coolsport00
              • Veeam Legend
              • March 27, 2026

              I guess so! 😳 😂

              Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
              eblack
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              • eblack
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              • March 28, 2026

              Excellent idea. 

              Geoff Burke
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              • Geoff Burke
              • Veeam Vanguard
              • March 28, 2026

              If you want to avoid using $$$ tokens, or just like to complicate your life :), you can run locally as well, depending on your hardware you may need to learn mediation though :) 

               

              VMCA2024, VMCE2023, VMCE2024-SP,CKA, LFCS
              Geoff Burke
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              • Geoff Burke
              • Veeam Vanguard
              • March 28, 2026

              Keep in mind this is on a Proxmox VM with no GPU (despite what mcphost stated :) ) and did take a bit of time but not as slow as I suspected. I will try with a few other tool supporting models and see which is faster :) 

               

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              Geoff Burke
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              • Geoff Burke
              • Veeam Vanguard
              • March 28, 2026

              llama.ccp is another option

              note: I am running on port 8081 because I have openwebui already running on this vm.

               

              llama-server -hf bartowski/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-GGUF --hf-file Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf --port 8081 --ctx-size 65536 --threads 8 --jinja
              mcphost --config ~/.mcphost.json

              I added a system prompt in the mcphost.json file as well to speed things up

              {
                "mcpServers": {
                  "veeam-ports": {
                    "type": "local",
                    "command": ["uvx", "veeam-ports-mcp"]
                  }
                },
                "model": "openai:geoffmodel",
                "provider-url": "http://localhost:8081/v1",
                "provider-api-key": "no-key-required",
                "system-prompt": "Always use search_ports or search_by_port_number tools to get targeted results. Never call get_product_ports as it returns too much data. Be specific and targeted in all tool calls."
              }

               

              VMCA2024, VMCE2023, VMCE2024-SP,CKA, LFCS
                Geoff Burke
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                • Geoff Burke
                • Veeam Vanguard
                • March 28, 2026

                There are still issues though but a lot of fun

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