Built into every Veeam appliance as the Host Administrator login for Veeam Host Management. Protect it with a strong password and multi-factor authentication.
Also called Host Administrator.
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Terms in this definition
- Login
A server-wide security principal used for connecting to SQL Server or an Azure SQL logical server; users inside each database are linked to it. EXECUTE AS LOGIN can't be used in Azure SQL Database.
- Veeam Host Management
The tool for setting up backup servers and infrastructure components deployed from Veeam's appliances, available both as a web interface (on port 10443) and as a text-based console interface.
- RAMP
The approach used by the Cloud Adoption Framework's Manage methodology to structure cloud operations: teams, duties, processes and tools. It divides what the central platform handles from what each workload handles.
- Authentication
Checking an identity claim made by a person, device or app, for instance by asking for a password plus an extra factor. Authorisation only happens once this step has succeeded.
Related terms
- Security Officer
On Veeam Software Appliance and Veeam Infrastructure Appliance, this Host Management account approves sensitive actions requested by the Host Administrator. Skipping it during setup is allowed, yet adding one afterwards means reinstalling.
- veeamso
The built-in Security Officer account on Veeam appliances, whose approval is required before a Host Administrator can carry out sensitive actions. It should be protected with a strong password and multi-factor authentication.