Managing Backup Repositories

A backup repository is a storage location where Veeam Agent for Linux keeps backup files. You can use the following types of 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.
  • Object storage repository, such as S3 Compatible storage, Amazon S3, Google Cloud or Microsoft Azure Blob.
  • [For Veeam Agent for Linux version 6.1] 12.1 or later backup repository (including deduplication appliances).
  • [For Veeam Agent for Linux version 6.0] 12.0 or later backup repository (including deduplication appliances).
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12.0 or later cloud repository.

Important

Consider the following about backup repositories:

  • [For local storage] A backup repository should be created on a separate volume from the volume that contains data you plan to back up.
  • [For Veeam backup repository] Backup repositories with enabled KMS encryption are not supported.

 

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