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  • October 22, 2025
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I have recently installed the Scale Computing plugin into our Veeam B&R 12.3.2 server. If we are currently using Microsoft Agent Backups, is there a migration path to moving to direct VM guest backups via the Scale plugin? 
If not, can I utilize VM guest backups via Scale plugins for 'new' guest servers and also back up pre-existing servers using the Microsoft Agent method?

Best answer by coolsport00

Yeah...no way to do what you’re wanting I can think of.

The Plugin should not affect anything. If it’s like other Plugins I’ve looked at, it just provides a several areas “Scale” options in VBR to backup those hypervisor-specific VMs. The XCP-ng Plugin install (currently only in Public Beta), for example, was really lightweight and just added menus to VBR specific for XCP-ng backup.

Yeah..no issue at all running Agents until your VM backups catch up to your Retention. Of course doesn’t hurt to check/verify 😊

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    coolsport00
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    Hi ​@jkunysz - yeah...there’s no real migration from Agents to VM-based backups even for Veeam’s native hypervisors (VMW and HV). Unless you have a need to move them (aside from less complexity..which I get), you can just continue to back those systems up with an Agent. It sounds like those VMs are Scale VMs? About the only thing you can do I know of is create a new Backup Job of those VMs to start from scratch. You could of course keep the Agent Backups for a time to cover your Retention until your VM-based Backup Jobs meet your Retention, then delete those Agent Restore Points to recover Repository space.

    Best.

    Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
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    • jkunysz
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    • October 22, 2025

    I appreciate the quick response. Yes, these are Scale VM’s. I did think about creating new backup jobs using the Scale plugin and letting the Windows Agent jobs age out but I figured it’d be worth asking about any migration path.

    Also, I don’t think there would be any issues running Agent jobs and Scale plugin jobs but want to ensure before I install the Scale plugin on my production environment. I don’t have a lab Scale array so, I only installed the Scale plugin on a cloned copy of my production B&R server to validate the install process.

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    • October 22, 2025

    Yeah...no way to do what you’re wanting I can think of.

    The Plugin should not affect anything. If it’s like other Plugins I’ve looked at, it just provides a several areas “Scale” options in VBR to backup those hypervisor-specific VMs. The XCP-ng Plugin install (currently only in Public Beta), for example, was really lightweight and just added menus to VBR specific for XCP-ng backup.

    Yeah..no issue at all running Agents until your VM backups catch up to your Retention. Of course doesn’t hurt to check/verify 😊

    Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
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    • jkunysz
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    • October 22, 2025

    Coolsports, thanks again. It’s always easier to ask a question than recover from a failure. :-)

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    • October 22, 2025

    ​@jkunysz - no problem...for sure!..glad to help out😊

    Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00


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