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Veeam VIA Fibre Channel Proxy: Community Success Story

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09/01/2026
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I mean, you can certainly do an all-in-one backup server for this one, and there are some restrictions on the Veeam software appliance itself as to certain roles on it, but largely these are kind of edge cases. So yes, all-in-one deployments with the software appliance are certainly possible. So the Veeam infrastructure appliance, just a quick reminder that this is meant to be kind of separate, and it's the workhorse for that one. So absolutely, if you wanted to put it on there, you could, but probably you would want to have, like, the Veeam software appliance on there, so. Fantastic. Hopefully, Jonathan, we managed to answer your question, and we also have one comment from Mateusz. He says, this monitor about CPU, memory, and disk on the appliance, I miss so much. Good to see that it's coming. So people are happy about everything that is coming. So fantastic. Let us know. Keep on going with the questions. We're going to still be a few minutes with you. First of all, I really want to thank both of you for sharing this story with our audience. I'm pretty sure everyone appreciated. As I said, I think it's a fantastic example of how, you know, product teams and the community interlocks. And, yeah, I want to bring one question for you, David. You know, just building on this discussion, how do you see the collaboration between product management and the Veeam community? Because, I mean, I know I said a few things, but how important is, you know, the feedback loop when it comes to, you know, shaping the future features as well as improvements? Oh, I mean, it's quite important. I mean, basically, we can only do so much in the lab is pretty much how I'll summarize it. You know, like, we can have our specific equipment, we can do our specific tests, and we know how we think stuff should be done or what to expect. But, like, the community, you're out there, you have actual paying customers who have products that they need to support and environments that they need to keep running. So, like, this kind of feedback is always, always really useful. So when we get feedback like this saying, like, not only just, hey, I have customers who want, like, this particular feature, but can also go through and say, I have this many customers, they are running this, this, this, and this hardware, and I'm ready to do some tests, and they're ready to go if we can help get support for this. I mean, that helps us a ton here. So, honestly, these voices are always important. We do take the feedback seriously, both that we have on our R&D forums and on the community forums. We do watch them. We check them pretty frequently here, and it just helps us to kind of understand, you know, what's reality versus what's in our labs. So, like, we rely on it a lot. Yeah, that's great. Thank you for that answer, David. And now I'm going to take Matthias back to Proxvim 100 Summit. You know, back to that conversation. Did you expect it to, you know, to spark this discussion? And also, like, did you kind of expect to lead you to this point, you know, to where actually you have a project, you have improvements, product management listened to you, and they built on it? And what would you say, you know, to the other community members that have ideas and they might have questions as well, but, you know, they might be shy or they might just not dare to come and discuss about those ideas? You know, do you think it's worth bringing it, and what would you advise them? Yeah, to be honest, I didn't expect this big discussion. It escalated a little bit, but in a positive way, I can always recommend all peoples to talk to your Veeam responsibility persons or go to a community or better, if you have some requests or things, go to the Veeam forums. It's the best place for putting questions and feature requests there. And yeah, it's not the first feature request where I had at Veeam, but it was more one of the complex because of the hardware infrastructure and fiber channel infrastructure. And at the end, I think it was a good timeline. It was only about three months from testing to, let's say, official support stamp. And yeah, I'm really happy with this and I can recommend this to others. Thank you very much, Mattias. I can see someone asking one question. I don't know if we're going to be able to actually answer to that. Can you tell us when would be GA for all these updates? We expect it in upcoming weeks for this one. We'll have more information published on the website soon for specific dates. But we're expecting weeks, not much longer than that. Perfect. Thank you for that. Hopefully, it's good enough, but I think it's soon. That's the relevant answer. It's very soon, so stay with us. But yeah, I think this was a great conversation and a great show overall. And I want to thank you once again for being part of the show today, both Mattias and David. And I want to, before we go, because we are almost close to the end of the show, I want to ask you if there is anything on your side that you would like to add. No, not from us, I actually do. Okay, David. Just because this was your first show, are you going to join us in the future shows? I mean, if you invite me, sure. When Mattias has another feature request, sure, we'll make another show. If David does, I will also join. Okay, let's do it once again in Lisbon, Mattias. Think about it. We will do this. Let's do it. Let's repeat. But yeah, I also want to say a big thank you to our audience today. And of course, don't forget, join us at community.Veeam.com as well. If you have a feature request, you can always go to the forums, as Mattias mentioned. And I guess we will see you next month with another special edition that's going to be the Hackathon special edition. So August is going to be dedicated to the project that won last year. So stay tuned with us and stay awesome. Thank you.

TL;DR

  • A community feature request raised at the Proxmox 100 Summit led to official Fibre Channel proxy support for the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance in approximately three months, demonstrating the product team's responsiveness to practitioner feedback.
  • Veeam's product team relies heavily on real-world customer feedback to validate lab assumptions, with David Domask noting that community input helps distinguish operational reality from controlled test environments.
  • All-in-one deployments using the Veeam software appliance are supported with some role-based restrictions, making hyper-converged configurations viable for most use cases outside of specific edge scenarios.
  • General availability for the VIA updates discussed in the session was expected within weeks of recording, with Veeam committing to publish specific dates on its website shortly after.

Community-Driven Feature Development in Action

This session captures the closing Q&A and wrap-up segment of a Veeam user group presentation focused on the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance (VIA) and the journey to add Fibre Channel proxy support. The discussion centers on how a feature request raised by Matthias Beller — a Product Specialist and Senior System Engineer at Advanced UniByte GmbH — at the Proxmox 100 Summit evolved into an officially supported capability within approximately three months. The conversation illustrates how community engagement, specifically through the Veeam forums and direct dialogue with product teams, can translate real-world customer requirements into product improvements. David Domask, Principal Product Analyst at Veeam, explains that lab environments can only simulate so much, and that feedback from practitioners managing live customer environments is essential for grounding product decisions in operational reality.

Key Takeaways on Proxy, Repository, and Appliance Architecture

During the Q&A, the panel addresses a question about hyper-converged or all-in-one appliance deployments, confirming that the Veeam software appliance supports all-in-one configurations with some role-based restrictions applicable to edge cases. A community member also highlights anticipation for upcoming CPU, memory, and disk monitoring capabilities on the appliance — a signal that infrastructure observability is a priority for the user base. The session closes with confirmation that the updates discussed are expected to reach general availability within weeks, with official dates to be published on the Veeam website. Attendees are encouraged to submit feature requests and questions through the Veeam community forums at community.veeam.com, reinforcing the forums as the primary channel for influencing the product roadmap.

Chapters

0:00 - Intro Music / Pre-Show
25:23 - Live Q&A Begins
27:14 - Community Feedback Loop Discussion
28:00 - Matthias Reflects on Feature Journey
29:55 - GA Timeline & Closing Remarks

Key Quotes

25:26 "... this is a great example of why the community should be part of the product journey, not just the end result ..."
27:26 "... we can only do so much in the lab is have actual paying customers who have products that they need to support and environments that they need to keep running ..."
27:50 "... it just helps us to kind of understand, you know, what's reality versus what's in our labs ..."
29:34 "... it was only about three months from testing to, let's say, official support stamp ..."
30:01 "We expect it in upcoming weeks for this one. We'll have more information published on the website soon for specific dates."

FAQ

Can the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance be deployed in an all-in-one or hyper-converged configuration?

Yes, all-in-one deployments using the Veeam software appliance are supported. There are some role-based restrictions that apply to certain edge cases, but for most scenarios, a combined backup server and appliance deployment is viable.

How can Veeam community members submit feature requests or influence the product roadmap?

The recommended channel is the Veeam community forums at community.veeam.com. Matthias Beller's experience shows that well-articulated requests — especially those backed by customer demand data — are actively reviewed by the product team and can result in official support within months.


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