Is there any plans to customize the Veeam installer to select what plugins you want to install? After doing installs/upgrades of Veeam B&R, I always need to go back and uninstall unnecessary plugins/services (i.e. AWS, Kasten, Google, Promox, etc.) that I do not use in my environment.
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As far as I am aware, I don’t think there are any plans at the moment.
It may be worth asking at the R&D Forums
Dipen N. K. | IT Security Specialist | Veeam Legend 2022 - 2025 | Cyber Security Space VUG Leader
I did find some stuff about answer files for doing a silent install of VBR but I dont see anything similar for the VSPC upgrade options xml. It just installs everything again whether you like it or not.
Its become worse as of the last 12.3.1 update. I was uninstalling all the unused plug ins (they would just reinstall the next time) but now as of the last version you can no longer update without the EntraID plug in installed.
Fortunately its not hard to reinstall that but its just one more frustration with this product. Having to download 9 gig isos every time theres a security patch is ridiculous. Not even Microsoft is this bad.
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+7Yes, its a bit of an issue. Especially if you want to reduce the attack surface of a Veeam install. I mean if the plugins are not going to be used, there is no reason to keep them installed. Which in turn, reduces the attack surface.
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