How to Set Up Veeam Agent for Linux

Veeam Agent for Linux provides enterprise-grade backup capabilities — the free version supports file-level and volume-level backups with cloud storage.

Step 1 — Install

curl -O https://www.veeam.com/downloads/agent-for-linux/veeam-release-deb_1.0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i veeam-release-deb_1.0_amd64.deb
sudo apt update && sudo apt install veeam -y

Step 2 — Configure Backup Job

sudo veeam

Text UI guides through: backup mode, destination (local/NFS/S3), schedule and retention.

Step 3 — Command Line Operations

sudo veeamconfig job start --name "Daily Backup"
sudo veeamconfig session list

Step 4 — Restore

sudo veeamconfig backup mount --id BACKUP_ID --mountdir /mnt/veeam
ls /mnt/veeam/
sudo veeamconfig backup unmount --id BACKUP_ID

Conclusion

Veeam provides enterprise backup reliability for Linux. Our team deploys Veeam backup solutions for production environments.