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Recipe: Add a new Google Cloud Storage External Repository
Expected deliverables:
A Veeam Backup & Replication instance connected with an Google Cloud Storage External Repository to copy, import and/or restore Google Cloud Platform VM backups created by Veeam Backup for GCP.
Time to complete: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- An Google Cloud Platform bucket with “Standard storage” class assigned and Google Cloud Platform VM backups created by Veeam Backup for GCP.
- GCP User Credentials
- Virtual or Physical server to be used as a Gateway Server. If you have not added a server to the backup infrastructure, please refer to how to add a Microsoft Windows Server or Linux Server recipes
Before you start:
You cannot use an external repository as a target for backup or backup copy jobs.
Assumptions:
You have a Veeam Backup and Replication server installed.
Method:
- Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console.
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- Open the Backup Infrastructure view. In the inventory pane select the External Repositories node and click Connect to Repository on the ribbon. At the Connect to External Repository window, select Veeam Backup for Google Cloud.
- At the Name step, specify a name and description for the external repository.
- At the Account step, specify GCP connection settings.
- From the Credentials list, select user credentials to access to a GCP storage bucket with VM backups.
- From the Gateway server list, select a server (Windows or Linux) that will be used to access the Google Cloud storage (Default: Veeam Backup Server).
- At the Bucket step, select:
- A GCP Data center region where the Google Cloud storage bucket is located.
- Select the GCP Storage bucket where GCP VM backups reside.
- Select a folder in the GCP Storage bucket where the GCP VM backups reside.
- If the folder contains encrypted backups, select the Use this password for encrypted backups check box and provide a password.
- At the Apply step, wait for Veeam to install and configure all required components. Then click Next to complete the procedure.
- At the Summary step, review the external repository settings and click Finish
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