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title: "Managing Backup Repositories"
description: "A backup repository is a storage location where Veeam Agent keeps backup files. You can use the following types of disk-based storage as a target location for a backup job: Local (internal) storage of the protected machine (not recommended) Direct..."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Managing Backup Repositories"
dateModified: "2026-11-03"
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# Managing Backup Repositories

A backup repository is a storage location where Veeam Agent keeps backup files. You can use the following types of disk-based storage as a target location for a backup job:

- Local (internal) storage of the protected machine (not recommended)
- Direct attached storage (DAS), such as USB, eSATA or Firewire external drives
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as SMB (CIFS) or NFS share
- Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1 backup repository

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Consider the following about backup repositories:

- [For local storage] A backup repository should be created on a separate volume from a volume that contains data you plan to back up.
- [For Veeam backup repository] Veeam Cloud Connect repositories, repositories with enabled KMS encryption and object storage repositories managed by Veeam Backup & Replication are not supported.

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## In This Section

- [Creating Backup Repository](backup_repo_create.md)
- [Creating Repository in Object Storage](backup_object_repo_create.md)
- [Viewing List of Backup Repositories](backup_repo_list.md)
- [Editing Backup Repository](backup_repo_edit.md)
- [Rescanning Backup Repository](backup_repo_rescan.md)
- [Deleting Backup Repository](backup_repo_delete.md)


## Related Topics

[Backup Repository](backup_repository.md)