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6 Dell EMC SC Series: Veeam Backup & Replication Integration | 4061-SC-SG
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This section describes the requirements to integrate Veeam Backup & Replication software with SC Series
storage.
Backup & Replication requirements:
• Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b or newer is required.
• Backup servers may be physical or virtual.
• The SC Series plug-in is installed only on the backup server.
• The SC Series plug-in is not installed on separate proxy servers.
• iSCSI proxy servers may be virtual or physical.
• Fibre Channel proxy servers must be physical and zoned to the SC Series storage.
• The proxy server must have Fibre Channel or iSCSI fabric connectivity to the SC Series storage.
• VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes™ (vVols) are not supported.
• Physical mode Raw Device Mapping (pRDM) is not supported.
• Veeam-specific features such as Explorer from Storage Snapshot, Backup from Storage Snapshot,
Snapshot only jobs, and On-Demand Sandbox for Storage Snapshots require an appropriate level of
Veeam licensing covered by Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Availability Suite, or Veeam
Essentials.
SC Series requirements:
• Dell™ Storage Center OS (SCOS) 7.4 firmware is required.
• An administrator-level account is required on SC Series storage to be used as Veeam credentials.
For security and audit best practices, this should be a service account.
• Live Volumes are not supported.
• There are no Dell EMC licensing requirements specific to Veeam integration.