DNS Resolution
Domain Name System (DNS) resolution is critical for Veeam Backup & Replication deployment (VBR) and configuration. All infrastructure components should be resolvable through a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). This is especially important for vSphere/Hyper-V hosts and clusters. Resolvable means that components are accessible through both forward (A) and reverse (PTR) lookups.
Ensure that the Veeam Backup & Replication server is installed on a machine that has a resolvable fully qualified domain name (FQDN). To check that the FQDN is resolvable, type
nslookup your-vbr-server-fqdn.domain.local at a command line prompt. If the FQDN is resolvable, the nslookup command returns the IP and name of the Veeam Backup & Replication server.Only if DNS resolution is not available you may add the infrastructure components like e.g. VMware vCenter, ESXi and managed Veeam servers to the local
hosts file on all managed Veeam servers. When using this workaround it is recommended to add both short name and fully qualified domain name in the hosts file.When ESXi hosts are added to vCenter it is recommended to use FQDN. When backing up through the network with the Network Block Device (NBD) transport mode, the FQDN is returned via VMware API for Data Protection (VADP) so the backup proxy server must be able to resolve the FQDN via DNS. Using the
hosts file the data transport path can be altered for NBD transfers.Please see the example below.
Example hosts file
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10.0.4.10 vcenter vcenter.example.com
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# 10.0.4.21 esx1 esx1.example.com # commented out management interface
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# 10.0.4.22 esx2 esx2.example.com # commented out management interface
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10.255.4.21 esx1 esx1.example.com # dedicated 10 GbE backup network
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10.255.4.22 esx2 esx2.example.com # dedicated 10 GbE backup network
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To explicitly alter the data transport path, the
hosts file must be deployed on all backup proxy servers. For easier management, please see the Carbon module and Set-HostsEntry by Aaron Jensen.Last modified 2yr ago
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Example hosts file