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name: vmwaresolutions-veeam_guest_inter
title: Guest interaction proxies
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2025-11-24
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# Guest interaction proxies
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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The guest interaction proxy sits between the backup server and the processed virtual machine (VM). This component is needed if the backup or replication jobs perform the following processing of VMs:

* Application-aware processing
* Indexing of guest file system
* Transaction log processing

To interact with the VM guest OS, Veeam Backup and Replication installs nonpersistent runtime components or uses persistent agent components in each VM. The task of deploying these components in a VM is performed by the guest interaction proxy.

## Related links
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* [Nonpersistent runtime components and persistent agent components](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/120/vsphere/runtime_process.html){: external}