Copying Backups to Tapes

Storing data on tape devices helps you improve the level of safety and implement the 3-2-1 rule (3 copies, 2 types of media, 1 offsite location).

To administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam Backup & Replication console, Veeam Backup & Replication allows you to automate copying of image-level backups to tape devices and lets you specify scheduling, archiving and media automation options. For more information on the supported tapes and operations which you can perform with tapes, see the Tape Devices Support section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

To copy EC2 instance backups to tapes, do the following:

1. Copy your backups to on-premises repositories as described in the Creating Backup Copy Jobs for VMs and Physical Machines section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
2. Configure the tape infrastructure:

1. Connect tape devices as described in the Tape Devices Deployment section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
2. Perform the initial configuration as described in steps 1–3 of the Getting Started with Tapes section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

3. Create a backup to tape job:

1. Launch the New Backup to Tape Job wizard. To do this, open the Home view. Right-click the Jobs node and select Tape Job > Backups to Tape.
2. Complete the wizard as described in the Creating Backup to Tape Jobs section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.