Amazon S3 Settings

If you have selected to store backup files in the Amazon S3 storage, specify the following settings:

  1. Account settings.
  2. Bucket settings.

Specifying Account Settings

The Account step of the wizard is available if you have chosen to save backup files in the Amazon S3 storage.

To connect to the Amazon S3 storage, specify the following:

  1. In the Access key field, enter the access key ID.
  2. In the Secret key field, enter the secret access key.
  1. In the AWS region window, select the AWS region based on your regulatory and compliance requirements. By default, Veeam Agent uses the Global region. Switch to the Ok button and press Enter.

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Specifying Bucket Settings

The Bucket step of the wizard is available if you have chosen to save backup files in the Amazon S3 storage and specified account settings to connect to the storage.

IMPORTANT

You must create the bucket where you want to store your backup data beforehand. When you create a bucket, consider Amazon bucket naming rules. For example, it is not recommended that you use dots (.) in the bucket name. For more information on bucket naming rules, see this AWS documentation article.

Specify settings for the bucket in the storage:

  1. In the Data center window, select the geographic region where Veeam Agent will store backups. Switch to the Ok button and press Enter.
  2. In the Bucket field, specify a bucket in the storage:
  1. Select the Browse option with the Tab key and press Enter.
  2. In the Specify Bucket window, select the necessary bucket and press Enter.
  1. In the Folder field, specify the folder in the bucket:
  1. Select the Browse option with the Tab key and press Enter.
  2. In the Specify Folder window, select the necessary folder and press Enter.

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You can also create a new folder. To do this, type a name for the new folder in the Folder field.

  1. To prohibit modification and deletion of blocks of data in the object storage repository, select the Make recent backups immutable for check box and specify the immutability period in days. For more information, see Backup Immutability.
  2. To use the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) retention scheme, select the Keep full backups for archival purposes check box and select Configure. In the Configure GFS window, specify how weekly, monthly and yearly full backups must be retained. For details, see Specify GFS Retention Policy.

NOTE

If you use the GFS retention scheme and enable immutability for the backup, the restore points with GFS flags will become immutable for the whole GFS retention period. You will not be able to delete such restore points until the GFS retention period is over.

  1. In the Restore points field, specify the number of restore points that you want to store in the target location. By default, Veeam Agent keeps 7 latest restore points. After this number is exceeded, Veeam Agent will remove the earliest restore points from the backup chain.

To learn more, see Short-Term Retention Policy.

  1. Select Advanced to specify additional backup job settings. For details, see Specify Advanced Backup Settings.

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After that, Veeam Agent will create a new repository in the object storage where you can store backups.