Documentation

Introduction

This documentation provides a quick introduction to plusbackup and its associated self-service features.

Veeam Technologies Used

Supported Operating Systems and Requirements

Linux

System Requirements

• CPU: x86 or x64
• Memory: 1 GB RAM or more
• Disk Space: 100 MB free space for installation
• Network: 10 Mbps or faster to the backup target
• System Firmware: BIOS or UEFI
• Disk Layout: MBR or GPT

Supported Linux Distributions

• Debian 10.13 to 12.11
• Ubuntu 16.04 to 25.04
• RHEL 6.4 to 9.6 and 10.0
• Rocky Linux 8.10, 9.3 to 9.6, and 10.0

Supported Filesystems

• BTRFS (for kernels ≥ 3.16)
• Ext2/3/4
• F2FS
• FAT16 / FAT32
• HFS / HFS+
• JFS
• NTFS
• ReiserFS
• XFS

Documentation:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforlinux/userguide/system_requirements.html?ver=60

Windows

System Requirements

• CPU: x86-64 processor
• Memory: 2 GB RAM or more
• Disk Space: 200 MB for installation
• Network: ≥ 1 Mbps (high latency and unstable WAN links are supported)
• System Firmware: BIOS or UEFI

Supported Windows Versions

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 to Windows Server 2025
• Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 11 24H2

Supported Filesystems

• FAT32 / exFAT
• NTFS
• ReFS

Documentation:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforwindows/userguide/system_requirements.html?ver=60

Encryption

Self-Service

• Job Encryption for backup jobs
  • Linux
  • Windows

In-Flight Encryption

• Communication within the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure is secured using TLS-encrypted connections.
• TLS certificates provide mutual trust verification between the service provider and tenants.
• Certificates are generated automatically.

At-Rest Encryption

• AES-256 encryption for stored data