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Automount is Disabled on VMware Backup Proxy

Automount is Disabled on VMware Backup Proxy

KB ID:	1882
Product:	Veeam Backup & Replication \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 12.1 \| 12.2 \| 12.3 \| 12.3.1 \| 12.3.2
Published:	2014-04-24
Last Modified:	2024-04-16

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Challenge

The Windows OS of a VMware Backup Proxy reports that automatic mounting of new volumes is disabled.

Solution

The automatic mounting of new volumes being disabled is an expected outcome for VMware Backup Proxies.

As documented in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide:

[For Microsoft Windows proxy] Before running a data protection task, Veeam Backup & Replication disables the volume automount feature, and it remains disabled after the data protection task is completed.

More Information

While Veeam Backup & Replication will disable the automount feature of a Windows-based VMware Backup Proxy, it does not trigger an automount scrub that would remove any existing automount entries.
In addition to disabling the automatic mounting of new volumes, Veeam Backup & Replication will disable Changed Block Tracking for VMware Backup Proxies. For this reason, it is advisable to assign the VMware Backup Proxy role exclusively to dedicated machine(s) that do not themselves require being backed up.

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