Veeam Backup & Replication • [V13] Initial feedback on the Managed Hardened Repository ISO

Downloaded the ISO and took it for a spin in my homelab. I was able to install the Appliance using the ISO into a VM in Proxmox with the following specs:

- 4vCPUs
- 8GB RAM
- 256GB SSD (SATA0, virtual disk)
- 2x256GB HHDs (SATA1-2, virtual disk)
- UEFI/TPM/yadda

I realize homelabs aren't your target demo so feel free to ignore

Initial feedback:

- Some kind of disk configuration wizard during the OS installation would be ideal. I'm fairly certain the OS was correctly installed on SATA0 but it appears SATA1/2 were turned into a LVM RAID0. My backup server, where I would install this later, has 1xNVMe and 5xHDDs in it and I would rather those HDDs be a RAID10/5/6 over a RAID0.
-- To add to this, I cannot delete/recreate the repo via the WebUI as it's the last (only) repo on the host
-- I suspect I can get into the CLI via SSH and futz with all this?
- Logging in via the Windows Console did not prompt me for MFA like the WebUI does
- Might be worth noting in the WebUI under Managed Servers -> Add Server -> Virtualization Platforms: "To add Promox/Nutanix AVH hosts please install the Windows Console". I originally thought Proxmox had been dumped before checking the Windows Console

Other than that everything appears to be up and running. I have not tried to run a backup yet but I can't imagine that won't work. I figured the biggest hurdle would be installation on non-Enterprise hardware.

Once I know more about how to re-configure disks I'll probably install this on my backup server. Once less Windows installation in my homelab

Statistics: Posted by schewee — Sep 07, 2025 11:21 pm

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