Backup linux server with veeam

Veeam Agent for Linux FREE

Backing up and recovering Linux Instances — whether they’re on premises or in the cloud — is often cumbersome, expensive and requires manual intervention and consumes an IT administrator’s valuable time.

The NEW Veeam® Agent for Linux FREE is a simple backup agent that’s designed to ensure the Availability of your Linux Instances, regardless of if they’re deployed in the public cloud or on premises.

Back up Linux-based servers and workstations with ease

FREE Linux Backup for Public Cloud and Physical Workloads

Veeam Agent for Linux FREE is a solution that can perform image-based backups from inside the guest system, both at the file level and volume level. True incremental backup is enabled using Veeam’s kernel module changed block tracking (CBT) functionality. And, the best part is that this module is distributed as source code!

Backup capabilities

• Entire computer backup: Backup entire Linux systems while
  automatically excluding unnecessary files.

• Volume-level backup: Use block-level backups for selected drives or
  volumes on your computer.

• File-level: Choose individual file masks and folders to back up.

• Built-in snapshot and CBT drivers: Get true incremental Linux backups enabled by Veeam’s kernel module with built-in volume snapshot capabilities and proprietary CBT capabilities.

• Active full backups 1 : Meet your company’s backup policies by scheduling periodic active full Linux backups as needed.

Recovery options

• Bare-metal restore: Restore your entire system to the same or different hardware.

• Volume-level restore: Restore a failed hard drive or corrupted partition.

• File-level restore: Restore individual files from any backup type in minutes!

• Bootable recovery media: Create a recovery image of your Linux system on several different kinds of media and use it for volume or file-level restores.

More Backup and Recovery Options

Veeam Agent for Linux FREE enables fast recovery for your Linux Instances, which translates into increased uptime. Perform on-premises restores from backups of individual Linux Instances in the public cloud or perform cloud-based restores of on-premises backups.

Veeam Agent for Linux FREE now includes:

• Source-side encryption 1 : Encrypt your Linux backup data at the source, before it leaves the protected computer, which protects your data in flight and at rest on any backup target.
• Snapshotless backup mode 1 : Back up critical files from any mounted file system.
• Console UI or command line: Choose between a user-friendly UI or a more traditional Linux command line (via the veeamconfig command)
• Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication™ 2 : Take full advantage of Veeam backup repositories as target locations and leverage the existing capabilities for file-level recovery.
• Configure network 3 : Obtain network settings from a DHCP server to allow you to browse to a backup on a network share.
• Reboot 3 : Initiate a reboot of your Linux cloud Instance, on-premises server or workstation.

1 Requires Veeam Agent for Linux FREE v3 or later
2 Requires Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 1 or later
3 Via bootable recovery media

Perform restores quickly and easily with Veeam Agent for Linux FREE

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How to Backup Linux Server with Veeam Agent

In our example we will use Ubuntu 20.04 OS. So you need to download the Veeam agent software from here Veeam Software for Enterprise and copy the deb file your ubuntu machine where you plan to install the agent.

Veeam Agent Installation

Go to the directory where you have saved the veeam-release package and install the package with the following commands for Debian / Ubuntu

And just run the package installation

After installation finishes just run

and veeam agent gui will launch.

Veeam Agent Configuration

Backing up with Veeam Agent for Linux is very easy. There aren’t too many options to choose from, so you can check them out for yourself. In our case I will make a full backup of the whole system and move it to samba share.
So lets create a task to backup our server to our storage using smb.

We are immediately prompted to specify the license file. Since we don’t have a license, we refuse. We are greeted by the main window of the program.
Press C (configure) to setup a backup job. We give it a name for the job and then choose that we want to backup entire machine.

As a destination for the system backup, we select Shared Folder.

Next, you will need to enter access parameters to the backup location. In my example I’ve shared a folder on a Windows server, so I’ve chosen SMB share.

The Restore Points item specifies the depth of the archive. That’s the number of copies you want to keep on the server. If you make a backup every day and specify 14, the system backups for the last 14 days will be preserved. If you backup every other day, then 28 days, and so on.

You can create several tasks with different backup depths. For example: every day 7 backups, once a week 4, and once a month 12. This way you will always have the last 7 backups of the system for that week. Then one backup per week for the last month and 12 backups per month for the last year. Press Enter to continue
Advanced options disabled by default for free version, but if you have a license I recommend to encrypt the backup.

Press enter to continue and see the backup schedule, in free version you cannot edit this also.

Press enter and fishish.
The backup will start ASAP. If you get an error:
The current system does not support cifs. Please install the cifs client package.
Install the cifs client package:

Restart veeam and continue.
Now you have started the backup process. You can monitor its progress.
If you get an error that snapshot creation failed

We need to get deeper to the root cause so we go to the Backup log folder of VEEAM /var/log/veeam/Backup
Navigate to the job log and open it with text editor, for example nano.

We found that modeprobe failed to load module veeamsnap
For this we need to install linux-headers first, just check your kernel version :

And install the right linux-headers

And now we need to load veeamsnap:

Run veeam again and press S. It should work now

After completing a system backup, you can check the contents of your shared drive by accessing it directly from the Windows.

This completes the configuration of a full server backup. The system backup is now in a safe place.

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Your key to Linux server backups

The use of Linux servers for databases, file servers and other high-transaction applications has become commonplace in businesses today. Veeam® Backup & Replication™ provides you with the tools you need to protect, recover and manage these specialized Linux servers with Veeam Agent for Linux.

The right group for the job

Give the security-conscious Linux and database administrators peace of mind with a Catch-All protection group that’s designed to manage Veeam Agents securely.

One console for all workloads

Stop juggling multiple consoles and tools. Unite them all with the full capabilities within Veeam Backup & Replication.

Run the gamut of Linux protection

Trust that recovery time objectives (RTOs) will be met with a simple, reliable, forgiving and fully redesigned recovery media.

Linux protection features

Fast, comprehensive backups

Veeam’s Linux kernel module has built-in file system snapshots and CBT capabilities for fast incremental backups that won’t interrupt service, even with Linux Virtual Machine (LVM) snapshots.

Low-impact, consistent recovery

Flexible recovery lets you choose exactly what you need, since Veeam’s backups retain everything, including extended file attributes, and create application-consistent images with advanced application processing.

Stay safe from cyberthreats

Safeguard your data and keep cyberthreats out with full immutability delivered via Veeam’s Hardened Repository on Linux and NEW direct to object storage backups that naturally scale with your company’s growth and security needs.

Your key to Linux server backup and so much more!

Veeam Universal License (VUL) is a flexible and portable solution for protecting different types of workloads both on-premises and in the cloud. VUL makes protecting physical and virtual workloads and restoring these backups to cloud environments easier than ever while avoiding additional fees that other vendors may charge.

Centralized management for all workloads

Avoid the headaches of babysitting point-products and agent-based solutions by standardizing backups to streamline protection and recovery for all users.

Veeam Data Platform — Foundation Edition

Own, control, backup and recover all your data, anywhere in the hybrid cloud.

Veeam Service Provider Console

For service providers and distributed enterprises to remotely manage physical backups at scale.

Reliable backup and recovery can help save lives

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Linux backup FAQ

Due to how Unix and Linux are designed, they list hardware device drivers and disk partitions along with other special device files, which are directly in the file system just like other files. This gives anyone the opportunity to easily copy these files to a new location for a backup. If all you need to do is copy files from one location to another, DD, commands and Rsync are well-tested performers, but take caution with these commands because if they’re not performed correctly, you can accidentally delete the data you set out to protect.

Veeam Backup & Replication raises the bar for Linux server backups with Veeam Agent for Linux and is designed to be safe, reliable and feature-rich so the solution can take on the titans of Linux file copy that have been there for years. Veeam Backup & Replication combines the power of a GUI to perform centralized management and deployment while still offering a command-line interface when needed. You are able to both easily create Linux backup jobs and perform restore operations with this, combined with the whole ecosystem of additional features to accompany your Linux server backups.

Pick you poison and then pick your path: Do you need to complete a bare metal restore, restore a volume or just restore some files and folders? Each action has their own path and procedures, but some of these options will overlap or even be combined. Completing a bare metal restore will require a recovery ISO or a manually reinstalled similar base distribution to then restore files back to. If you just need some files and folders, you can always start down the recovery media path to complete a file-level recovery, or you can use the built-in file recovery wizard. Next, if you need to relocate or convert your Linux server to virtual, you have the option to export as a virtual disk, do instant recovery to a virtual machine (VM) that completes the P2v or even directly restore to the public cloud. Veeam Backup & Replication offers the full range of recovery options for all your workloads.

Simply pipe in the command to enable progress and to see if the backup is running. This works fine for one job, but what about 10, 20 or 50? It’s much easier to view the progress of multiple backups and detailed job statistics within the Veeam Backup & Replication console. Veeam Backup & Replication can also enable email notifications and reports so you can always stay up-to-date on the progress and outcome of your backups.

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