It sounds like you are wanting to do an Agent Based backup. This can certainly be done without access to the VM Host server as it is the OS Level for the VM itself. However you don’t use Veeam Backup and Replication for that. You use the Veeam Windows or Linux Agent (depending on the OS). You should be able to create a backup job and point it to a repository as long as there is network access to that repository.

Hi ​@ChrisAbc,

That is not possible. You need access to the host or the virtual environment (which hosting your VMs) to accomplish this task. 
If you just want to backup one particular VM and don’t have access to the environment you can go for backup by an agent, for example Veeam Agent for Windows or Linux. 
Hope that helps. Best, Markus

As others stated you need the Veeam Agent and here is the link to Windows install (if you are using windows) - Installing Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows - Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Guide

Otherwise just find the appropriate Agent you require.

​@Chris.Childerhose ​@Dynamic ​@leemurphy 

Hi all, thanks for your replies. Veeam Standalone Agent was my first thought for the task, but I got error

“Failed to resolve client ID’ 

It’s probably got to do with the fact that it can’t find any BIOS info 

​@Chris.Childerhose ​@Dynamic ​@leemurphy 

 

Hi all, thanks for your replies. Veeam Standalone Agent was my first thought for the task, but I got error

“Failed to resolve client ID’ 

It’s probably got to do with the fact that it can’t find any BIOS info 

 

 

 

 

Hi ​@ChrisAbc 

This issue can be due a non-communication from windows server to VBR server. 

Please check your connectivity from both server  

Check DNS resolution, firewall rules etc

​@ChrisAbc I have seen this Veeam agent issue resolved by updating the VM version or by using pc-i440fx-8.0 in a Proxmox environment.

Also Make sure you don’t have the VBR and Agent installed on the same machine, 

​@Chris.Childerhose ​@Dynamic ​@leemurphy 

 

Hi all, thanks for your replies. Veeam Standalone Agent was my first thought for the task, but I got error

“Failed to resolve client ID’ 

It’s probably got to do with the fact that it can’t find any BIOS info 

 

 

 

 

You can always try a host file entry as well to see if they gets you around this.

​@Mohamed Ali  I’ve uninstalled VBR and Agent, rebooted and re-installed the Agent, but still the same error. I’m guessing it needs changes to the VM host as you suggested, but I don’t have access to it. Anyway, thanks for your help 

I would recommend reaching out to Veeam support as well, since I would expect the Agent to work fine in your scenario.

Hello, from my point of view you need to enable UEFI systém with secure boot