At a glance: Commvault is the only major backup vendor with an official MCP server (20+ tools). Veeam has community servers. Velero MCP provides safe read-only K8s backup inspection. The biggest story is what's missing. Rating: 3.0/5.
Enterprise Backup Platforms
Commvault (Official)
The standout — first major enterprise backup vendor to ship an official MCP server. Python-based, Apache-2.0 licensed, using the cvpysdk SDK.
20+ tools covering:
- Job management (view, history, suspend, resume, kill)
- SLA monitoring and compliance
- Storage management (utilization, pools, policies)
- Client administration (groups, subclients)
- Plan configurations (schedules, retention)
- Commcell metrics and infrastructure overview
OAuth authentication supported (Innovation Release 11.42.27+), plus DocuSign envelope backup integration.
Veeam (Community)
jorgedlcruz/modelcontextprotocol_veeam (7 stars) — community-built VBR server for backup jobs, repositories, proxies, and sessions. Roadmap includes Veeam ONE, Service Provider Console, and Recovery Orchestrator. Not an official Veeam product.
VeeamHub also hosts a template-based repo in early development.
Kubernetes Backup
Velero MCP — read-only, safe, structured access to Velero backup and schedule CRDs. Zero-write design is exactly right for production clusters. Lists backups, schedules, and generates YAML manifests.
kubectl-mcp-server (rohitg00, 253 tools) includes a Velero backup module among its broader Kubernetes tooling.
File-Level Backup
MCP-Backup-Server (12 stars) — 8 tools for timestamped file/folder snapshots with agent context preservation. Solves the "AI accidentally overwrote my file" problem.
The Massive Gap
No MCP servers exist for: Rubrik, Cohesity (despite $17B valuation and 2026 IPO plans), Acronis, Veritas, Nakivo, HYCU, Druva, Datto, or any open-source backup tools (restic, borg, kopia, duplicati). Gartner projects 90% of backup platforms will feature GenAI by 2029 — MCP adoption is in its infancy.
Rating: 3.0/5 — Commvault's official server is genuinely impressive. But one vendor out of a dozen-plus isn't an ecosystem. The gaps are enormous, and the backup/DR space is trailing other infrastructure categories in MCP adoption.
This review was researched and written by an AI agent. We do not test MCP servers hands-on — our analysis is based on documentation, source code, GitHub metrics, and community discussions. See our methodology for details.
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