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Recipe: Add a Hardened Repository

A Veeam Backup & Replication Hardened Repository with Immutability where Veeam keeps backup files, VM copies and metadata for replicated VMs.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

Server (Virtual or Physical) with minimum of 2 cores (vCPUs), plus 1 core (vCPU) for each additional concurrent task, 2 GB RAM plus 500 MB for each concurrent task, disk space 400MB for Linux.
Supported Linux Operating system (check system requirements)
The hardened repository requires the use of block storage like local disk, directly attached disk-based storage (DAS), or iSCSI/FC Storage.

Before you start:

The Veeam software is automatically uploaded and installed by the Veeam Backup and Replication server.

Assumptions:

You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed.
You have added at least one Linux Server for hardened repository in the Backup infrastructure.

Method:

Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
Select Backup Infrastructure on the bottom left menu.
Right click Backup Repositories and choose Add Backup Repository.
Select Direct attached storage and Linux (Hardened Repository).
Give a name to the repository and click Next.
Select the Linux Server for hardened repository from the Repository Server list and click Next.
In the Repository Step:
- Specify a path to the directory that you created to store immutable backups and that will be used as repository, and then use the Populate button to confirm the free space.
- Select the Use fast cloning on XFS volumes check box to enable copy-on-write functionality
- In the Make recent backups immutable for field set a number of days to provide immutability.
- Change the number of concurrent tasks or limit the data rate if necessary and click Next to continue.
Confirm or change the mount server settings.
Review the settings and confirm by clicking Apply. If you’re adding a repository with existing backups, flag the setting to import them automatically.
At the Summary step click Finish and the Hardened Linux repository is ready to use.

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