: The account used by the Veeam infrastructure must maintain local administrative privileges and full access to the target host's administrative shares.
Click through the (Next, Next, Finish) without changing settings.
Open on your destination machine. Inspect the Inbound Rules . failed to start service veeamdeploysvc
If you use a standard local administrator account (not the built-in Administrator account) to add a Windows server to Veeam, you might encounter this error. By default, , including local admins. Veeam tries to connect to the admin$ share to deploy the service, but this is blocked, leading to an Access is Denied or similar failure.
The service account password changed, but it was not updated in the Windows Services console. : The account used by the Veeam infrastructure
Antivirus or Endpoint Protection (e.g., SentinelOne) is blocking the service from launching. 2. Basic Troubleshooting Before moving to manual repairs, try these quick fixes: Enable File Sharing: File and Printer Sharing is enabled in the Windows Firewall on the target host. Reboot the Host:
Veeam Backup & Replication is widely regarded as one of the most reliable data protection platforms for virtual, physical, and cloud-based workloads. However, like any complex enterprise software, it is not immune to installation glitches, permission errors, or unexpected service failures. Inspect the Inbound Rules
When a service fails to start, Windows logs the exact error code or crash dump in the Event Viewer. Open ( eventvwr.msc ).
Corrupted DCOM/WMI can break the deployment service.
VeeamDeploySvc depends on standard Windows services. Ensure these are running:
Since the VeeamDeploySvc is installed via Windows Installer (MSI), a corrupted Windows Installer database or a "stuck" previous installation can prevent the service from starting. In some cases, endpoint protection software can interfere, causing the MSI process to hang and the service to fail to start or uninstall cleanly.