Setting up Veeam configuration database in SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group

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If you want to deploy the Veeam Backup & Replication database (default name VeeamBackup) in SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group, then after running Veeam Backup & Replication setup you should do the following:

1. Manually add the VeeamBackup database to the corresponding SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group.
2. On the Veeam backup server, in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication specify the AlwaysOn Availability Group listener as the SqlServerName value.

in a similar vein, you can deploy Veeam Enterprise Manager database (default name VeeamBackupReporting) in SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group:

1. Manually add the VeeamBackupReporting database to the corresponding SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group.
2. On the Enterprise Manager server, in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Veeam\Veeam Backup Reporting specify the AlwaysOn Availability Group listener as the SqlServerName value.

Please be advised that SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups require the databases to be in Full Recovery mode.  Veeam Backup and Replication does not currently truncate it's own database, as we expect it to be in simple recovery mode.  This will require you to manually truncate the SQL log file to ensure it doesn't grow too large.

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