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Recipe: Adding Object Storage - Azure Blob
Expected deliverables:
A new Azure Blob object storage added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 backup infrastructure.
Time to complete: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- Access to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 GUI using a browser
- An Azure Blob storage
- An existing proxy server
Before you start: Immutability can only be enabled for backup copies.
Assumptions: You have an existing Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 installation.
Method:
- Open the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 interface.
- Open the “Backup Infrastructure” view.
- Right click “Object Storage” in the inventory pane and select “Add object storage”.
- Enter a name and optional description for the object storage repository, and click “Next” to proceed.
- Choose “Microsoft Azure Blob Storage” as a storage type, then click “Next”.
- Select “Azure Blob Storage” for both backup and backup copy jobs, or “Azure Archive Storage” to store backup copies only. Click “Next”.
- Click “Add” to provide your account and a shared key to connect to the Azure storage account, or specify the account credentials in the drop-down list. Click “Next”.
- Specify the Container and folder where you want to keep your data. You can also enable immutability for the Archive Storage. Click “Next”
- Choose whether to enable the Azure Archiver Appliance. Specify the service account credentials, or configure a new service account using the “Add Azure Service Account”. Click “Customize” to specify the VM size, RG, Virtual Network and Subnet.
- Click “Finish” to end the object storage configuration.
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