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Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the End User Software License Agreement. 2 | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows | User Guide | Rev. 2 Contents CONTENTS ..............................................................................................................................................................3 CONTACTING VEEAM SOFTWARE ...........................................................................................................................6 ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT ........................................................................................................................................7 OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................................................8 SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................................................................................ 9 DATA BACKUP .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Backup Types ............................................................................................................................................ 10 How Backup Works .................................................................................................................................... 14 Scheduled Backup Job ................................................................................................................................ 16 Ad-Hoc Backup .......................................................................................................................................... 22 Backup Chain ............................................................................................................................................. 25 Changed Block Tracking ............................................................................................................................. 36 Data Compression ...................................................................................................................................... 39 Guest Processing ........................................................................................................................................ 40 Data Encryption ......................................................................................................................................... 54 Backup Cache ............................................................................................................................................ 65 Backup to Rotated Drives ............................................................................................................................ 68 DATA RESTORE ........................................................................................................................................................ 72 Volume-Level Restore ................................................................................................................................. 72 File-Level Restore ....................................................................................................................................... 73 Volume Resize ........................................................................................................................................... 73 VEEAM RECOVERY MEDIA ............................................................................................................................................ 77 Drivers in Veeam Recovery Media................................................................................................................ 78 BITLOCKER ENCRYPTED VOLUMES SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................... 79 MICROSOFT ONEDRIVE SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................. 84 INTEGRATION WITH VEEAM BACKUP & REPLICATION ........................................................................................................... 87 Backup to Veeam Cloud Connect Repository ................................................................................................ 89 Veeam Agent Management in Veeam Backup & Replication .......................................................................... 89 REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................................................. 90 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 90 USED PORTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 92 LICENSING .......................................................................................................................................................... 94 PRODUCT EDITIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 94 LICENSE AGREEMENT ................................................................................................................................................. 95 INSTALLING LICENSE .................................................................................................................................................. 96 SELECTING PRODUCT EDITION ...................................................................................................................................... 98 REVOKING LICENSE.................................................................................................................................................... 99 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................................. 100 BEFORE YOU BEGIN ................................................................................................................................................. 100 INSTALLING VEEAM AGENT FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS ..................................................................................................... 101 INSTALLING VEEAM AGENT FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS IN UNATTENDED MODE ........................................................................ 102 USING SYSPREP AND VEEAM AGENT FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS........................................................................................... 103 UPGRADING VEEAM AGENT FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS ..................................................................................................... 104 UNINSTALLING VEEAM AGENT FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS .................................................................................................. 105 WHAT YOU DO NEXT ............................................................................................................................................... 106 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................................ 107 PERFORMING BACKUP ...................................................................................................................................... 108 CREATING VEEAM RECOVERY MEDIA ............................................................................................................................. 108 3 | Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows | User Guide | Rev. 2 PERFORMING BACKUP ............................................................................................................................................... 117 Auto-Configuring Scheduled Backup Jobs ................................................................................................... 117 Configuring Backup Job ............................................................................................................................ 118 Managing Backup Job ..............................................................................................................................