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veeam ports

  • February 3, 2026
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Hi,

Do we need to open ports manually on every vm acting as backup proxy,gateway server,mount server vm for dell dd(backup repository) and vbr server when these vms are in vcenter added in vbr infrastruxture along with other vms who will be backed up.customer has fortinet firewall installed in their environment.they have to use dell dd for backup jobs and tape for archiving.

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Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • February 3, 2026

You need to ensure they are open so all components can talk to each other.  When you install on Windows it creates FW rules for you.


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  • February 3, 2026

Customer has fortinet firewall installed,vcenter will be added on which veeam components vms will be deployed..still i need to configure ports on ip level,?


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • February 3, 2026

You will need to look at the entire infrastructure setup and determine where things need to be opened.  It will be on the VMs where Veeam is installed and possibly the Fortinet too.


Andanet
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  • Veeam Legend
  • February 3, 2026

Customer has fortinet firewall installed,vcenter will be added on which veeam components vms will be deployed..still i need to configure ports on ip level,?

HI ​@rajasohaib yes you can configure Fortinet  firewall using specific ports filtering by IP. What Veeam version have you installed?


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  • February 3, 2026

We have version 12.2


coolsport00
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  • February 3, 2026

AndrePulia
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • February 3, 2026

HI ​@rajasohaib You can also use the link Veeam Architects Site https://www.veeambp.com/ 

clinking on Magic ports you can use the tool “server port management”