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
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
  • S3 compatible (including Wasabi Cloud and IBM Cloud)

Depending on your backup infrastructure, object storage can be available in different configurations. To learn more, see the following subsections:

Backup Destinations

You can back up Veeam Agent computer data to an external cloud storage in the following ways:

Keep in mind that to connect to object storage, you need to have an account with access permissions to read and write data.

To learn more, see Object Storage Settings.

  • To object storage added as a Veeam backup repository. In this case, Veeam Agent connects to the Veeam backup repository and Veeam Backup & Replication connects to object storage and creates a backup repository in this storage.

To learn more, see Veeam Backup Repository Settings.

  • To object storage added as a Veeam Cloud Connect repository. In this case, Veeam Agent connects to the cloud backup repository and Veeam Backup & Replication connects to the object storage and creates a backup repository in this storage.

To learn more, see Veeam Cloud Connect Repository Settings.

Types of Connection to Object Storage in Veeam Backup & Replication

If you back up data to object storage added as a Veeam backup repository or Veeam Cloud Connect repository, you must configure a repository beforehand on the Veeam Backup & Replication side. Depending on the repository configuration, Veeam Backup & Replication provides one of the following connection types to the repository in the object storage:

Considerations and Limitations

Before you configure a backup job to store backups in an object storage repository, consider the following: