Guest Helper and Log Shipping Service, deployed for good on protected Windows VMs through the Veeam Deployment Kit. They need only a few known ports and authenticate with certificates, which makes guest processing more secure.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains persistent agent components in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- log
Text written by a component to record something that happened. VCF Operations for logs takes these in, and after integration with VCF Operations they can be searched from its Analyze page and Log Analysis widget.
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
- Veeam Deployment Kit
A package that lets Windows managed servers and Veeam Agent computers authenticate with certificates rather than a user name and password. Persistent agent components depend on it, and Veeam Infrastructure Appliance ships with it already installed.
- HTTP / HTTPS
The protocols of the web, with HTTPS being HTTP secured by TLS.
Related terms
- guest interaction proxy
Deploys runtime or persistent agent components that guest processing needs, positioned between the backup server and the VM being processed.