# it might be required to register https://www.veeam.com/signin.html?client_id=veeam-com

wget https://download2.veeam.com/VAL/v6/veeam-release-deb_1.0.9_amd64.deb
dpkg -i veeam-release-deb_1.0.9_amd64.deb
apt update && apt-get install blksnap veeam

# so what does this get the user?
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/veeam.list 
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/veeam.gpg] http://repository.veeam.com/backup/linux/agent/debian/public stable main

systemctl list-unit-files|grep veeam
veeamservice.service enabled enabled

systemctl start veeamservice.service
systemctl status veeamservice.service

netstat -tulpn
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name    
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:10808         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1008/veeamworker    

veeamconfig; # except this command basically nothing works X-D
Command [veeamconfig] requires one or more following missing arguments [backup, mode, point, repository, session, vbrServer, job, license, agreement, config, schedule, cloud, grabLogs, objectStorage, healthcheck, gfs, patchIso, downloadIso, ui, aap, version, --version, -v, help, --help, -h].

/usr/bin/veeamconfig --version
v6.3.2.1207

veeamconfig session list
I accept Veeam Software End User License Agreement:
/usr/share/veeam/EULA
(yes/no): yes
I accept the terms of the following 3rd party software components license agreements:
/usr/share/veeam/3rdPartyNotices.txt
(yes/no): yes
Job name Type ID State Created at Started at Finished at 
Total amount: 0

# after that 
veeam
# should bring up


# theoretically it's now possible 



# but in this case simply wanted to restore some files from filename.vbk
# and it seems to be mission impossible?
  • .vbk + .vbm was not created by Veeam Agent for Linux.
  • Most likely, it was made by Veeam Backup & Replication for Windows (or Veeam Agent for Windows).
  • Veeam Agent for Linux cannot directly import Windows-agent or VM backups (it only supports backups created by itself)
  • # NO KIDDIN?  X-D

  • .vbk + .vbm was not created by Veeam Agent for Linux.

  • Most likely, it was made by Veeam Backup & Replication for Windows (or Veeam Agent for Windows).

  • Veeam Agent for Linux cannot directly import Windows-agent or VM backups (it only supports backups created by itself)

  • NO KIDDIN?  X-D
veeamconfig backup mount --help
Veeam Agent for Linux
(c) Veeam Software Group GmbH

Usage: veeamconfig backup mount [options] [command]

Commands:
help, --help, -h - Short help

Options:
--id <value> - Backup ID
--mountDir <value> - Location to mount backup into

7z l "/media/user/backup/VeeamBackup/backup c to d/backup c to d2023-12-18T114342.vbk"

7-Zip 24.09 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Igor Pavlov : 2024-11-29
 64-bit locale=en_US.UTF-8 Threads:4 OPEN_MAX:1024, ASM

Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 16500969472 bytes (16 GiB)                     

Listing archive: /media/user/backup/VeeamBackup/backup c to d/backup c to d2023-12-18T114342.vbk

ERROR: /media/user/backup/VeeamBackup/backup c to d/backup c to d2023-12-18T114342.vbk : Cannot open the file as archive

Errors: 1

 

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