Where backup content is mounted for Instant Recovery, Scan Backup, Secure Restore and file or application item restores. One tied to a repository also runs its rescans, health checks and synthetic operations, else the backup server does.
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Terms in this definition
- WHERE
Limits a SELECT, UPDATE or DELETE to just the rows meeting a condition. Omit it, and the statement hits every row.
- Instant Recovery
Starts a workload straight from a backup mounted to a host, getting it running within minutes, though slower until moved to production. Azure, Nutanix AHV, Hyper-V and vSphere are supported targets.
- Scan Backup
Searches restore points that already exist for signs of malware, with Veeam Threat Hunter, an antivirus product or YARA rules doing the work. It helps identify the most recent clean point or look through what a backup contains, and no data is written back, which is where it differs from Secure Restore.
- Secure Restore
Before any data reaches the target, the chosen restore point is mounted on the mount server and checked with Veeam Threat Hunter, antivirus software or YARA rules. Infected files therefore stay out of production.
- Repository
A group of images or artefacts in a container registry that share one name and differ by tag. Names can include slash-separated namespaces, but every repository is handled separately.
- Agents (classic) API
First-generation Foundry Agent Service API, based on threads, messages and runs. It is deprecated, replaced by conversations and responses, and retires on 31 March 2027.
- backup server
The Windows or Linux machine running Veeam Backup & Replication, which manages and coordinates jobs, schedules and resources and keeps global settings. When first installed it also takes on the default proxy and repository roles.
Related terms
- AntivirusInfos.xml
Lives on the mount server and lists the antivirus products Veeam can run against backups, with their command lines (Windows Defender, ESET and others are included). Editing it adds support for another scanner.
- Proactive investigation
A Web UI switch, set per machine, that decides whether that machine is covered by proactive malware scans. Machines with disks encrypted by BitLocker, LUKS or VeraCrypt should be left out, as should Linux machines if no Linux mount server exists.
- Veeam vPower NFS Service
Underpins vPower features such as SureBackup and Instant Recovery. It lets a mount server publish backup contents over NFS, presenting emulated virtual disks on a datastore that ESXi hosts can mount.