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Recipe: Configuration Backup setup

Expected deliverables:

Schedule a job to backup VBR Configuration to a standard repository.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• Veeam Backup and Replication server.
• A Backup repository for Configuration Backup. Scale-Out Backup repository isn’t supported.

Before you start:

Configuration backup should be stored at multiple locations: keep multiple copies to comply with best practices, use of file copy jobs can be leveraged.

Assumptions:

It’s assumed that you already have a Veeam Backup Server fully working in your environment.

Method:

1. Open the Veeam Backup and Replication console.
2. Click Main Menu button and select configuration Backup.
3. Click the Enable configuration backup to the following repository check box and select the destination repository you want to use for destination. Only standard repositories allowed.
4. Set the number of restore points and schedule as needed, by default is 10.
5. Click in Schedule to set the frequency and time for configuration backups. By default Daily at 10:00 AM.
6. Click the Enable backup file encryption check box to allow accounts information to be saved and specify a password to be used by encrypting the backup. Loss Protection is enabled if your VBR server is registered against an Enterprise Manager server (allows for configuration restore using EM decryption key)
7. Click Apply and OK.

Links to Resources:

• Veeam Guides and Helpcenter
• Veeam Community Forums
• Veeam Best Practices

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