Enterprise Manager

The Enterprise Manager is a component of Veeam Backup & Replication. It provides automated administration of all servers.

It allows reports to be generated for job execution or on-demand restores. It also offers the possibility to install a Plug-In for the vSphere web client (to obtain information and actions specific to backups).

Many other features are available so searching for files in any backed up Windows virtual machine and centralizing licenses.

Prerequisite Enterprise Manager

It is necessary to respect some prerequisites to be able to install / use Enterprise Manager.

Material

Processor x86 or x64
4 Go of RAM
At least 2 GB of disk space for installation
A network connection of at least 1 Gbps

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft Windows Windows 8.x ou Windows 7 SP1
Microsoft Windows Windows 10

SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server 2016/li>
Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Roles and Features

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2/li>
IIS 7.0 or later

Required permission

CREATE ANY DATABASE permission on the SQL server/li>
Full Control NTFS permissions for the VBRCatalog

Install Veeam Enterprise Manager

Veeam can be downloaded from the following URL : https://www.veeam.com/downloads.html

My Veeam Backup server already has an SQL Server instance, so I will use this instance for Veeam Enterprise Manager. On the server where Veeam Backup is installed, run the installation setup. Click on Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager.

Accept the license terms and select the license using the Browse button.

Leave the default choice in Program Features and click Next.

If Windows roles and features are not installed, click Install.

In the Default Configuration window, click Let me specify different settings and then click Next.

Check Specify Following user account then select the desired user using the Browse button. The latter must be a local administrator and have the appropriate rights in the database. Enter the password and click Next.