Using Veeam Backup and Replication to back up virtual machines

Virtual machine backups using Veeam B&R are created and managed using the Veeam B&R Console, which has vCenter Server or ESXi hosts added to its backup inventory.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps to create a Veeam backup job, known as a VeeamZIP job in the free Community Edition of the software:

1. In the Inventory view of the Veeam B&R Console, select the ESXi host or vSphere container that hosts the VM you wish to back up. In the upper-left corner, select VeeamZIP... to open the VeeamZIP wizard, as shown in the following screenshot:

Veeam Backup and Replication VeeamZip wizard

2. Optionally, click the More>> button to set the retention...