Backup to Object Storage

Veeam Backup & Replication offers two options for backup to the Object Storage:

1. Direct backup to Object Storage

2. Backup to Object Storage as a capacity tier in the Scale-out Backup Repository (SOBR).

Direct backup to Object Storage

Follow these steps to configure direct backup:

1. Add Object Storage Repository: In Veeam Backup & Replication, navigate to the backup infrastructure and add a new object storage repository, selecting S3 Compatible and providing your IONOS S3 credentials. We recommend using the eu-central-3 region for Veeam backups.

2. Configure Backup Jobs: Set up or modify backup jobs to target the newly added IONOS S3 object storage repository.

For more information, see Add Backup Repository.

Backup using SOBR

SOBR in Veeam enables you to create a highly flexible and scalable backup storage solution by combining multiple storage resources into a single repository. It allows moving data from performance to capacity tiers automatically to optimize storage usage and cost.

Follow these steps to configure SOBR with Object Storage:

1. Create Performance Tier: Add your primary, fast storage devices (local or network) as the performance tier in Veeam Backup & Replication.

2. Add Capacity Tier: Integrate IONOS S3 Object Storage as the capacity tier, allowing Veeam to offload older backup files to cost-effective object storage.

3. Policy Configuration: Configure policies to define how and when data should be moved between the performance and capacity tiers.

In Veeam 12, both Performance and Capacity Tiers support multiple buckets without any limit and apply to users as follows:

• Existing users upgrading to v12 should consider setting up a new SOBR with multiple buckets, as Veeam does not redistribute existing VM backups across newly added buckets.

• For new users planning to integrate IONOS S3 Object Storage in the Capacity Tier with a traditional SOBR configuration, it is advisable to start with multiple buckets.

Veeam automatically allocates VM backups across these buckets. While adding new buckets is possible later as well, Veeam does not reallocate existing VM backups to these new buckets; only new VM backups will utilize them. Utilizing multiple buckets in the Capacity Tier removes the necessity for multiple SOBRs.

Recommended settings

Minimal Veeam Version	Veeam 11a CP4 (11.0.1.126120220302) brings an important special fix when using Object Lock.
Recommended Object Storage regions	eu-central-3. For more information, see S3 Endpoints.
Backup Job Storage Optimization	Minimum—4 MB, recommended—8 MB and this option must be enabled via a registry key. For more information, see Apply 8 MB blocks in the storage optimization setting.
Immutability Retention Period	The immutability retention period must be less or equal to the backup retention period.
S3 Repository Task Limit	Create a bucket for every 100 VMs or 200 TB of data to be backed up (Performance or Capacity Tier, depending on the use case).

For more information, see Recommended Settings.