For Veeam agent backup jobs, what feature is only available with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?
For Veeam agent backup jobs, what feature is only available with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows?
Backup from storage snapshots is a feature available with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. This capability leverages the integration with hardware Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) providers to create backups using storage snapshots, a functionality not commonly available for other Veeam agents.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/agents/storage_systems.html?ver=120 You can use Veeam Backup & Replication and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows operating in the managed mode (within the Veeam Agent management scenario) to create backups from native storage snapshots. Native storage snapshots allow the following: Veeam Backup & Replication to use backup proxy servers to process storage systems. Veeam Agent to use hardware Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provider and capabilities of native snapshots that are created on production storage systems to create backups.