Veeam Integration with VergeOS
Veeam Backup & Replication protects VergeOS workloads through the VergeOS oVirt-engine package: add systems and tenants to Veeam as VergeOS Managers and deploy workers to move backup data.
Overview
Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) 13.1 and later includes a native VergeOS integration, letting you protect workloads running on VergeOS — both in the provider (the root system) and inside individual tenants — with Veeam's backup and recovery platform.
For the network configuration the deployed components need — including extending the provider's External network into tenants — see Configuring Network Access for Veeam Backup & Replication Workers in the Knowledge Base.
How It Works
The integration is built on the VergeOS oVirt-engine package, which exposes a VergeOS system through an oVirt-compatible API. In the Veeam console, you select VergeOS under Virtualization Platforms and add the system to the inventory as a VergeOS Manager. Each tenant you want to protect is added the same way, as its own VergeOS Manager with its own engine ID.
Once a VergeOS Manager is in the inventory, Veeam deploys and manages the rest itself. The main components involved:
Backup server — the machine running Veeam Backup & Replication; the configuration, administration, and management core of the backup infrastructure.
Workers — auxiliary Linux-based VMs that Veeam deploys on the protected system to process backup workloads and move data to and from backup repositories.
Backup repositories — the storage locations where backups land.
Installing the oVirt-engine Package
The oVirt-engine package is an optional VergeOS package (listed as "oVirt API compatibility") delivered through the standard update system:
From the top menu, navigate to System > Updates.
In the Packages list, locate the ovirt-engine package. Optional packages that aren't yet installed show -- Optional -- in the Branch column.
Click the cloud download icon next to ovirt-engine. Once queued, its Version column reads
Not Installed→<version>.Run the update from the left menu — Download (if needed), then Install. After the install, a Reboot is required, just like a normal VergeOS update: nodes update one at a time with workloads migrated automatically, so there's no system downtime when adequate resources are available. See Updating VergeOS for the full update flow.
Requirements
VergeOS 26.1.7 or later — the first release whose oVirt-engine package is supported by Veeam — with the oVirt-engine package enabled
Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 or later — the first release with the VergeOS integration
Review Veeam's Considerations and Limitations for what the integration does and doesn't support
Documentation and Resources
Configuring Network Access for Veeam Backup & Replication Workers - Step-by-step networking guide in the VergeOS Knowledge Base, covering provider-only and tenant deployments
Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide — Universal Hypervisors - Veeam's integration overview
Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide — Solution Architecture - Veeam's component reference
Support
If you encounter issues with the Veeam integration or have questions about implementation:
Veeam Support - Official support from Veeam
VergeOS Support - Technical assistance for VergeOS environments
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