Backup to Object Storage
If you want to store your data in a cloud-based or on-premises storage, you can connect to the cloud storage service and create Veeam Agent backups in the object storage repositories provided by this service.
You can store Veeam Agent backups in the following types of object storage:
- Amazon S3
- IBM Cloud (S3 compatible)
- Wasabi Cloud (S3 compatible)
- MinIO (S3 compatible)
- 11:11 (S3 compatible)
Important |
Amazon S3 / S3 Compatible FIPS-compliant object storage is not supported. |
Before you back up data to object storage, you must configure the backup repository. To learn more about configuring an object storage repository for direct backup, see Creating Repository in Object Storage.
Keep in mind that to connect to object storage, you need to have an account with access permissions to read and write data.
Considerations and Limitations
Before you configure a backup job to store backups in an object storage repository, consider the following:
- You must configure the object storage repository and backup job in the command line interface only.
- You cannot use backups stored in an object storage repository for bare metal recovery.
- You can store backups only in those S3 compatible storage repositories that are accessible over the HTTPs protocol
- Veeam Agent does not support backup to object storage for which lifecycle rules are enabled. Enabling lifecycle rules may result in backup and restore failures.