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Recipe: Adding Backup Repository using the Veeam Backup & Replication Console

Expected deliverables:

A backup repository to store VM instances and Cloud SQL instances backups using Veeam Backup for Google Cloud.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• A storage bucket in Google Cloud created with either the Standard, Nearline or Archive storage class.
• The Project hosting the Storage Bucket must be added to Veeam Backup for Google Cloud
• A Google Cloud Account already addedd to Veeam Backup & Replication instance.

Before you start: Veeam Backup for Google Cloud will use the HMAC key to authenticate requests to the backup repository.

Assumptions:

You have an existing Veeam Backup for Google Cloud deployment.

Method:

1. In the Veeam Backup & Replication console, open the Backup Infrastructure view. Navigate to External Repositories and click Add Repository
2. In the Add External Repository window, Click in Veeam Backup for GCP and then choose whether you want to create a standard or archive repository.
3. At the Veeam Backup for GCP step
   • Select a Veeam Backup for Google Cloud appliance from the list.
   • Specify a name for the new Repository.
4. At the Project step, from the Project drop-down list, select a project where the new backup repository will belong.
   • If you have chosen to create a standard repository, then select a Gateway Server from the list. By defaukt the Veeam Backup Server it selected as a Gateway Server
5. At the Service Account step
   • Select the Service Account that will be used to access the bucket.
   • From the HMAC keys list, select a HMAC key added previosuly as a Google Cloud Account to the Cloud Credential Manager.
   • If needed, you can create a new Google Cloud Account to provide the HMAC key by clicking in Add.
   • Click Next
6. At the Storage Bucket step specify the bucket that will be used as the target location for image-level backups of VM, Cloud SQL and Cloud Spanner instances
   • If you will use an existing bucket, click in Browse and select the necessary bucket in the Select Bucket window.
   • If you want to create a new bucket, click Browse. In the Select Bucket window, click New Bucket and enter a name for the bucket.
   • As an option you can enable the use of Nearline storage by clickin the Use nearline storage class check box
   • If you want to encrypt your backups in this Bucket, then click in the Enable backup file encryption check box and specify a password that will be used to encrypt data.
7. Click in Apply and track the progress. Once the process is complete, click in Next
8. At the Summary step, review summary information and click Finish.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums

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