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.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12 or later backup repository.
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 12 or later cloud repository.

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