How to install Veeam Agent for Linux 3.0 -

Refer to the steps below on how to install Veeam Agent for Linux 3.0 on CentOS 7.5 & ubuntu 18.04 in our lab to test the functionality in our lab enviroment

Veeam Agent for Linux 3.0 is just released on 22 Jan, 2019, and CentOS / RHEL 7.6 is supported now

A. Preparation of ubuntu 18.04

Most of the prerequisite of Veeam Agent for Linux had been installed in ubuntu 18.04, and you can just download veeam-release-deb_1.0.5_amd64.deb from Veeam Portal and upload it to /tmp

Start the installation of Veeam Agent for Linux

#Switch to root and install 
su - 
#Import the deb file
dpkg -i /tmp/veeam-release* && apt-get update

#Install veeam 
apt-get install veeam

Optional Steps – You can verify the version installed with commands below

#Verify version installed
 lsb_release -a
    No LSB modules are available.
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description:    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    Release:        18.04
    Codename:       bionic

#List software installed
sudo apt list --installed

#Verify Kernel version installed - Kernel Header is installed by default
apt search linux-headers-$(uname -r)
    Sorting... Done
    Full Text Search... Done
    linux-headers-4.15.0-43-generic/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 4.15.0-43.46 amd64 [installed,automatic]
      Linux kernel headers for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP

B. Preparation of CentOS 7.5

Disabled the upgrade of CentOS 7.5 to latest version as Veeam Agent for Linux 2.0 can support up to CentOS 7.5 for now. In addtional to that,

#Verify version installed 
cat /etc/centos-release
    CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core)

#Disabled CentOS 7.5 to upgrade to latest version
vi /etc/yum.conf
    exclude=centos-release*

#Update to latest 
yum update 

#verify kernel-devel is installed, else install it
yum list installed | grep kernel* 
#Around 74MB for kernel-devel
yum install kernel-devel

#Add extra repositories - Optional Steps
yum install epel-release

Download veeam-release-el7-1.0.5-1.x86_64.rpm from Veeam Portal and upload it to /tmp in CentOS 7.5 Server
install veeam package

rpm -ivh /tmp/veeam-release* && yum check-update

Install veeam backup agent if CentOS is connected to Internet

yum install veeam
    Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
    Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
     * base: centos.netonboard.com
     * epel: epel.mirror.angkasa.id
     * extras: centos.netonboard.com
     * updates: centos.netonboard.com
    Resolving Dependencies
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package veeam.x86_64 0:3.0.0.865-1.el7 will be installed
    --> Processing Dependency: veeamsnap = 3.0.0.865 for package: veeam-3.0.0.865-1.el7.x86_64
    --> Processing Dependency: fuse-libs for package: veeam-3.0.0.865-1.el7.x86_64
    --> Running transaction check
    ---> Package fuse-libs.x86_64 0:2.9.2-11.el7 will be installed
    ---> Package kmod-veeamsnap.x86_64 0:3.0.0.865-1.el7 will be installed
    --> Finished Dependency Resolution

    Dependencies Resolved

    ==========================================================================================================================================================================================
     Package                                         Arch                                    Version                                             Repository                              Size
    ==========================================================================================================================================================================================
    Installing:
     veeam                                           x86_64                                  3.0.0.865-1.el7                                     veeam                                   40 M
    Installing for dependencies:
     fuse-libs                                       x86_64                                  2.9.2-11.el7                                        base                                    93 k
     kmod-veeamsnap                                  x86_64                                  3.0.0.865-1.el7                                     veeam                                  104 k

    Transaction Summary
    ==========================================================================================================================================================================================
    Install  1 Package (+2 Dependent packages)

    Total download size: 40 M
    Installed size: 104 M
    Is this ok [y/d/N]:

Veeam Agent for Linux can be easily upgraded to the latest version with

yum update veeam

Veeam Agent for Linux is installed successfully in CentOS 7.5.

Recovery Media for Bare Metal Restore

Prepare the Recovery Media for Bare Matel Restore in the event the Physical Server is having problem

Download Veeam Recovery Media

#Download 
curl http://repository.veeam.com/backup/linux/agent/veeam-recovery-media/x64/veeam-recovery-media-2.0.1.665.iso --output /tmp/veeam-recovery-media-2.0.1.665.iso

Create the Reovery Media (ISO file) by injecting customize drivers required by the Physical Server

yum install genisoimage curl

#Creating Custom Recovery Media 
veeamconfig config patchiso --input /tmp/veeam-recovery-media-2.0.1.665.iso --output /tmp/veeam-recovery-media-VM-RHEL76.iso
    Creating custom Veeam Recovery Media...
    Custom Veeam Recovery Media has been created successfully

Burn the ISO file to CD / DVD and keep it safely for Disaster Recovery purpose.

Veeam Agent for Linux Control Panel

Refer to Free Edition of Veeam Agent for Linux for features comparison between FREE vs Paid version and We are going to use the FREE version in this lab.