Backing up 300TB TrueNAS with Veeam

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I’m running a TrueNAS Scale 24.04 file server (virtualized on ESXi) with around 300TB of data that I want to back up using Veeam. The challenge I’m running into is around licensing and agent support, since I can’t install the Veeam Agent directly on TrueNAS and I don’t want to back up the data with NFS/SMB due to licensing constraints.

After some research, I’m considering setting up a Linux VM to act as a proxy, mounting the share and then backing it up with the Veeam Agent from there.

Is there a better way to approach this? I’d appreciate any insights or examples. Thanks!

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Running TrueNAS bare metal and backing up by sending snapshots to an offsite TrueNAS.

Maybe add some rsync or some S3 backup to something like Backblaze.

I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but something like backups I would want as less complexity as possible. Linux VM to act as a proxy sounds like a complexity nightmare. Both performance and stability wise.

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