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Recipe: Add a New Repository Object Storage Amazon S3

Expected deliverables:

A Veeam Backup & Replication Amazon S3 Repository where Veeam keeps backup files and VM copies.

Time to complete: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• An AWS account.
• A S3 bucket created beforhand

Before you start: Only the Standard, Standard-IA and One Zone-IA storage classes are supported.

Assumptions:

You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed.

Method:

1. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
2. Select Backup Infrastructure on the bottom left menu, right click Backup Repositories and choose Add Backup Repository.
3. Select Object Storage and Amazon S3.
4. At the Amazon Cloud Storage Services step select Amazon S3 Storage
5. Give a name to the repository, change the number of concurrent tasks if needed and click Next.
6. At the Account step:
   • Specify an AWS Region and then select user credentials from the Credentials drop-down list.
   • You can specify that Veeam connects with the Object Storage via one or more Gateway Servers, or leave the default Direct option.
7. In the Bucket step:
   • Select a Data center region from the drop-down list.
   • Enter the bucket name or click in Browse to get the neccessary bucket.
   • Select a folder to which you want to map your object storage repository. You can also define a disk soft limit not to be exceeded.
   • As an option select Make recent backups immutable for check box to prohibit deletion of blocks of data from object storage for a specific immutability period. Click Next.
8. In the Mount Server step, select a Microsoft Windows Server that you want to use as a mount server from the drop-down list. Leave the other settings by default and click Next.
9. At the Review step, review components which are already installed on the server and which will be installed. Click Apply to start installation of missing components.
10. At the Apply step, wait till Veeam installs and configures all the required components. Click Next.
11. At the Summary step, review details, click Finish and the Amazon S3 repository is ready to use.

Method in Video:

Links to Resources:

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

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