Add Backup Repository
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In May 2024, we started to introduce regions with contract-owned buckets, providing enhanced performance and resilience. Contract-owned buckets are available in the eu-central-3 region or in the us-central-1 region. A new 92-character access key is required for this region.
To add a backup repository, follow these steps:
1. Create a new access key: Check your access key length in the Key Management. If it is 20 characters long, you need to create a new 92-character key compatible with all regions. For more information, see Generate a Key.
2. Create a new contract-owned bucket with an Object Lock: Create a new contract-owned bucket in one of the regions with Object Lock enabled. For more information, see Create a Bucket and refer to the "contract-owned buckets" section.
Note: Select the No default retention option as the mode for the Object Lock.
3. Create backup repository: Create an Object Storage as an object repository in Veeam. To do so, follow the steps in Create Object Storage as an object repository in Veeam.
Result: An object repository is successfully created. In the Backup Infrastructure tab, you can view the repository listed under Backup Repositories.
To add a new object storage repository on Veeam Backup & Replication, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the backup repositories. To do so, go to the Backup Infrastructure tab, and click Backup Repositories > Add Repository to open the wizard for adding new backup repositories.
2. Select repository type by following these steps:
Enter a name and an optional description for the object storage repository.
Select the Limit concurrent tasks to checkbox and set the values as follows:
Up to 10 – for the eu-south-2 region
Up to 20 – for all other regions
Click Next.
3. Input the endpoint details as follows (for example for the eu-central-3 region):
Service endpoint: https://s3.eu-central-3.ionoscloud.com
Region: eu-central-3
Click Add to input the access and secret keys.
Info: Only the 92-character access key supports all the Object Storage regions.
Click Next.
4. Configure bucket and folders by following these steps:
Enter the bucket name or browse and select from the list.
Click Browse to create a new folder where backups will be stored.
(Optional) Set the limit for used storage and enable backup immutability. The immutability retention period of the Object Storage Repository must be less or equal to the backup retention period of the backup job. For more information, see Set the immutability retention period.
Click Next.
5. In the Mount server tab, keep the default values and click Next.
6. In the Review tab, click Apply and then click Next to continue.
7. Finalize the repository creation by reviewing the Summary and clicking Finish.
Result: An object repository is successfully created as an object repository in Veeam. In the Backup Infrastructure tab, you can view the repository listed under Backup Repositories.
Continue to Create a Backup Job.
