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How to Enable the Firewall Rules Required by Veeam ONE for Event Collection
| KB ID: | 2696 |
| Product: | Veeam ONE | 12 |
| Published: | 2018-07-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2026-06-18 |
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Purpose
This article describes how to enable the Microsoft Windows Firewall rules that Veeam ONE requires to collect event data from monitored Windows servers, such as Hyper-V hosts and Veeam Backup & Replication servers.
Solution
Using Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security
On a server with the Desktop Experience, enable the rules using the firewall management console:
- Open Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security (
wf.msc). - Select Inbound Rules.
- Locate each rule listed below, right-click it, and select Enable Rule.
- Remote Event Log Management (NP-In)
- Remote Event Log Management (RPC)
- Remote Event Log Management (RPC-EPMAP)
- COM+ Network Access (DCOM-In)
Using PowerShell
Alternatively, launch an Administrative PowerShell terminal and run the following commands:
Set-NetFirewallRule -Name 'RemoteEventLogSvc-NP-In-TCP' -Enabled True
Set-NetFirewallRule -Name 'RemoteEventLogSvc-In-TCP' -Enabled True
Set-NetFirewallRule -Name 'RemoteEventLogSvc-RPCSS-In-TCP' -Enabled True
Set-NetFirewallRule -Name 'ComPlusNetworkAccess-DCOM-In' -Enabled TrueMore Information
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