

Veeam Backup & Replication supports Dell Data Domain storage systems working over the following protocols: As a gateway server, you must use a Microsoft Windows server that is added to the backup infrastructure and has access to Dell Data Domain over Fibre Channel.

You can define the gateway server explicitly or instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to select it automatically.įor Dell Data Domain storage systems working over Fibre Channel, you must explicitly define the gateway server that will communicate with Dell Data Domain. You define what gateway server to use when you assign a backup repository role to Dell Data Domain. When any job addresses the backup repository, Veeam Data Mover on the gateway server establishes a connection with Veeam Data Mover on the backup proxy, enabling efficient data transfer over LAN or WAN. For more information, see Gateway Server. Veeam Backup & Replication will automatically deploy Veeam Data Mover on this gateway server. For this reason, to communicate with the Dell Data Domain storage, you need to deploy a gateway server. The Dell Data Domain storage cannot host Veeam Data Mover.

To communicate with Dell Data Domain, Veeam Backup & Replication uses two Veeam Data Movers that are responsible for data processing and transfer: The DD Boost server runs on the OS of the Dell Data Domain storage system. The DD Boost server is a target-side component. When you add a Microsoft Windows server to the backup infrastructure, the DD Boost Library is automatically installed on the added server together with Veeam Data Mover. The DD Boost library is embedded into the Veeam Data Mover setup.

The DD Boost library is a component of the Dell Data Domain system. To support the DD Boost technology, Veeam Backup & Replication leverages the following Dell Data Domain components: You can use Dell Data Domain storage systems with Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) as backup repositories.
