While I haven’t recently ventured into the world of XenServer and XCP-NG, there have been a lot of requests for Veeam support since the Broadcom takeover of VMware, primary on Reddit but also in the Veeam Community Hub for official support. Yesterday Veeam published KB 4703 providing guidance on how to use the Veeam Agent for Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux with XenServer and XCP-NG when using Xen Orchestra.
This article documents how to use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux, managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, to protect virtual machines in XenServer and XCP-NG environments that are managed by Xen Orchestra. While these hypervisors are not directly supported for VM-level interaction by Veeam Backup & Replication, this article demonstrates how protection is possible through guest OS-level backup agents.
It’s a step in the right direction as I’ve heard that the R&D team has been looking deeper into providing support into this hypervisor. If you’re using either of these products, I’d recommend meandering over to the Veeam KB and having a look. The official KB can be found at the link below.
