Veeam AIops (preview)

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AI-powered Veeam Backup & Replication operations with a built-in governance harness — unified audit log, policy engine, token/runaway budget guard, undo-token recording, and graduated-autonomy risk tiers. Self-contained: no external dependencies beyond httpx and the MCP SDK. Preview — not yet full coverage of every Veeam operation.

What works

• CLI (veeam-aiops ...): init, overview, job list/get/start/stop/retry/enable/disable, restore list-points/start, repository list/get/state, session list/get/log/stop, backup list/objects, infra servers/proxies, secret set/list/rm/migrate/rotate-password, doctor, mcp.

• MCP server (veeam-aiops mcp or veeam-aiops-mcp): 21 tools (16 read, 5 write), every one wrapped with the bundled @governed_tool harness.

• Encrypted credentials: passwords live in an encrypted store ~/.veeam-aiops/secrets.enc (Fernet + scrypt) — never plaintext on disk. Unlock with a master password from VEEAM_AIOPS_MASTER_PASSWORD (MCP/CI) or an interactive prompt (CLI).

• Reversibility: write ops with a clean inverse (job start/stop/retry, enable/disable) record an inverse undo descriptor; the irreversible VM restore declares none and is tagged high risk.

• Async sessions: Veeam jobs and restores run as sessions — poll progress with session list / session get / session log (the runaway budget guard prevents poll loops from running away).

Related MCP server: spanning-mcp

Quick start

uv tool install veeam-aiops
veeam-aiops init        # interactive wizard: connection details + encrypted password
veeam-aiops doctor      # verify config, encrypted store, connectivity

init writes ~/.veeam-aiops/config.yaml (non-secret connection details) and stores the login password encrypted in ~/.veeam-aiops/secrets.enc. Example config it produces:

targets:
  - name: vbr-lab
    host: 10.0.0.20
    username: "DOMAIN\\backup-admin"
    port: 9419
    verify_ssl: false          # self-signed lab certs only

For non-interactive use (MCP server, CI, cron) export the master password so the store can be unlocked without a prompt:

export VEEAM_AIOPS_MASTER_PASSWORD='your-master-password'

Managing secrets

veeam-aiops secret set vbr-lab            # prompts hidden for the password
veeam-aiops secret list                   # names only, values never shown
veeam-aiops secret rm vbr-lab
veeam-aiops secret rotate-password        # re-encrypt under a new master password
veeam-aiops secret migrate                # import a legacy plaintext .env, then deletes it

Migrating from an old ~/.veeam-aiops/.env (legacy VEEAM_<TARGET>_PASSWORD vars)? Run veeam-aiops secret migrate; the old .env is renamed to .env.migrated. The plaintext env var is still honoured as a fallback (with a deprecation warning) for a smooth transition.

Audit & safety

All operations are logged to a local SQLite audit DB under ~/.veeam-aiops/ (relocatable via VEEAM_AIOPS_HOME). Every write tool passes through the governance harness: policy pre-check, token/runaway budget guard, graduated risk-tier gate, and audit logging. Destructive CLI commands (job stop, restore start) require double confirmation and support --dry-run. API-returned text is run through a prompt-injection sanitizer.

Contributing & feature requests

This is a preview — coverage is intentionally focused. Missing a device, action, or feature you need? Open an issue or pull request at github.com/AIops-tools/Veeam-AIops — feature requests, contributions, and comments are all welcome.

License: MIT.