Veeam Backup & Replication is a comprehensive solution for data protection across various environments, including cloud, virtual, and physical systems.

• Backup Server - The central management component, installed on a Windows-based machine or VM.
• Backup Proxy - Handles data processing and transfer, optimizing backup performance.
• Backup Repository - Storage location for backup files, supporting various repository types.

• Backup & Replication Console - Client-side interface for managing backup operations.
• Veeam Data Movers - Responsible for data retrieval, deduplication, compression, and storage.
• Gateway Server - Bridges the backup server and repository, required for certain storage types.
• Mount Server - Facilitates restores involving guest OS files and application items.

• .VBM - Metadata file for backup management.
• .VBK - Full backup file (active or synthetic).
• .VIB - Incremental backup file.

• VMware Proxy - Default role on the backup server, can be installed on other Windows/Linux servers.
• General Purpose Proxy - Used for NAS, file shares, and physical server backups.
• Hyper-V Off-Host Proxy - Reduces load on production Hyper-V hosts by handling backup operations separately.

For more details, visit the [Veeam Community Resource Hub](https://community.veeam.com/onboarding-for-veeam-data-platform-163/onboarding-for-veeam-data-platform-step-2-1-veeam-components-and-infrastructure-requirements-10012).