If you’re considering a VMware alternative but require Veeam integration, we’re pleased to announce that Veeam Data Platform’s native integration with Platform9’s Private Cloud Director is in beta.
The Universal Hypervisor API
Veeam has built a Universal Hypervisor API based on oVirt, and Platform9 has implemented an adapter that translates those oVirt APIs to work with Private Cloud Director’s OpenStack services. In short: Veeam can now communicate with Private Cloud Director (PCD) natively, providing enterprise-grade backup capabilities for your private cloud environment.
The integration uses a Private Cloud Director Veeam proxy – a VM that runs in each tenant and handles communication between Veeam Backup & Replication and your Private Cloud Director environment. Each tenant requires its own proxy, which maintains proper isolation in multi-tenant deployments.
How It Works
When backing up a VM, the proxy works directly with the hypervisor infrastructure, not the guest OS networking. The backup process uses disk snapshots, which means VMs can be backed up even when they’re on completely isolated tenant networks. The proxy only needs to be on a network that your Veeam Backup & Replication server can access (such as a dedicated backup network or an external/physical network).
For service providers managing multiple tenants, you’ll deploy a proxy for each tenant. Single-tenant deployments can run the proxy on the tenant network as long as VBR can reach it.
What It Brings
The integration includes the core features you’d expect:
- Standard VM backups and restores
- Disk-level exclusions
- Cross-tenant restores (select target proxy for destination tenant)
- Backup copy jobs (direct to Cloud Connect not yet supported)
- VM tags are preserved during backup and restore
- Compatible with Veeam 13.0.1 and newer
When building backup jobs in VBR, you can select at the cluster level to automatically include all VMs. Individual VM selection isn’t required.
VMware Migration Support
One of the most common questions: can you restore VMware backups to Private Cloud Director?
Yes. VMware backups can be restored directly to Private Cloud Director using the oVirt KVM restore option in Veeam. The primary challenge is VirtIO driver compatibility – VMs without pre-installed VirtIO drivers will need driver injection post-restore. We’re working on integrating this with our vJailbreak migration tool to handle driver conversion automatically, which is planned for a future release.
Multi-Tenant Deployments
For service providers, there’s a specific roadmap item addressing multi-tenant management: tenant aggregation. Currently, each tenant requires its own proxy and backup job configuration. This works well when tenants manage their own Veeam instances, but we recognize service providers need centralized backup management across all tenants without deploying individual proxies for each one.
Self-service backup and restore for tenants is also planned for future releases. In the meantime, tenants with their own Veeam licenses and backup servers can connect their proxy and manage their own backups independently. The proxy is scoped to tenant credentials, ensuring they only access resources within their tenant.
On Our Roadmap Radar
Several features discussed during the webinar are planned for future consideration:
- Application-aware backups (for now, use Veeam agents for VSS integration requirements)
- Veeam Instant VM restores
- Veeam Storage array snapshot integration (Pure Storage, NetApp, etc.)
- Veeam VM replication
- Platform9’s support for tagging to enable automatic adding of workloads to backup jobs
Application-aware processing is targeted for an upcoming Veeam release, and VM replication is on their roadmap for the Universal Hypervisor API.
Beta Availability
The beta release is scheduled for February 2026. Organizations interested in testing the integration can contact Platform9 for access.
For beta testing, Private Cloud Director is added as a Red Hat Virtualization or Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager instance in Veeam. Once the integration is made generally available, Private Cloud Director will appear as a native option in the Veeam user interface.
Why This Integration Matters
Backup capabilities have consistently been the top feature request since Private Cloud Director launched. Veeam’s position as a leading enterprise backup provider made this integration a critical requirement for customers migrating from VMware or building new private cloud infrastructure.
This is a native integration – no custom scripts, workarounds, or third-party proxies that may lag behind platform updates. For organizations migrating from VMware, you can continue using your existing Veeam deployment, preserve your backup history, and restore VMs to Private Cloud Director as you transition workloads.
The webinar recording will be available soon for those who want to see the detailed architecture walkthrough, backup and restore demonstrations, and answers to the technical questions that came up during the session.For more information about the beta program or to schedule a demo, contact Platform9.
