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title: "Google Cloud Storage Settings"
description: "If you have selected to store backup files on a Google Cloud storage repository, specify the following settings: Account settings. Bucket settings."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentformac/userguide/backup_job_target_object_gcs.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Creating Backup Jobs > Creating Backup Job with Backup Job Wizard > Step 5. Specify Backup Storage Settings > Object Storage Settings > Google Cloud Storage Settings"
dateModified: "2026-10-20"
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# Google Cloud Storage Settings

If you have selected to store backup files on a Google Cloud storage repository, specify the following settings:

1. [Account settings](#storage).
2. [Bucket settings](#bucket).

## Specifying Account Settings {#storage}

The **Account** step of the wizard is available if you have chosen to save backup files on a Google Cloud storage.

To connect to the Google Cloud storage, in the **Access key** and **Secret key** fields, specify the Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) key associated with the Google Cloud account. Veeam Agent will use the HMAC key to authenticate requests to the Google Cloud storage. For more information on Google Cloud accounts, see the [Google Cloud documentation](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-managing-service-accounts#creating_a_service_account).

If you have not created the HMAC key beforehand, you can create the key in the Google Cloud console, as described in the [Google Cloud documentation](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication/managing-hmackeys#console_1).

[![](images/backup_job_object_storage_gcs_account.png)](images/backup_job_object_storage_gcs_account.png){.toggle scale=80}

## Specifying Bucket Settings {#bucket}

The **Bucket** step of the wizard is available if you have chosen to save backup files on a Google Cloud storage and specified account settings to connect to the storage.

Specify settings for the bucket on the storage:

1. In the **Data center** window, select the geographic region where Veeam Agent will store backups.
2. In the **Bucket** field, specify a bucket on the storage:

   1. Click **Browse**.
   2. In the **Buckets** window, select the necessary bucket and click **OK**.

3. In the **Folder** field, specify a folder in the bucket:

   1. Click **Browse**.
   2. In the **Folders** window, select the necessary folder and click **OK**.

   ::: tip

   You can also create a new folder in the bucket. To do this:

   1. In the **Folders** window, click **New Folder**.
   2. In the **Creating new folder** dialog window, enter a name for the folder and click **OK**.

   :::

4. In the **Retention policy** field, specify the number of days for which you want to store backup files in the target location. After this period is over, Veeam Agent will remove from the backup chain any restore points that are older than the specified retention period. By default, Veeam Agent keeps backup files for 7 days. The maximum retention period is limited to 9999 days. To learn more, see [Backup Retention Policy](retention.md).
5. To specify the GFS retention policy, select the **Keep certain full backups longer for archival purposes** check box and press **Configure**. In the **Configure GFS** window, specify how weekly, monthly and yearly full backups must be retained. For details, see [Specify GFS Retention Policy](backup_job_gfs_settings.md).
6. Select the **Make recent backups immutable for** check box to enable backup immutability and specify the immutability settings:

   - Select **For the entire duration of the retention policy** if you want the immutability period to depend on the retention policy of a backup job. This option is selected by default when you enable immutability for a backup job.

     ::: important

     Consider the following:

     - If the job retention exceeds the immutability period, the actual retention is counted as the job retention policy + the block generation period.
     - If the immutability period exceeds the job retention period, the actual retention is counted as the immutability period + the block generation period.

     For more information, see [How Backup Immutability Works](backup_immutability_hiw.md).

     :::

   - Select **For the minimum duration** if you want to specify a minimum immutability period manually. In the **Minimum immutability duration** field, specify the period in days. By default, Veeam Agent sets the period to 30 days.

     In this case, backup job retention settings are not considered in the calculation of the immutability period.

7. Click **Advanced** to specify additional backup job settings. For details, see [Specify Advanced Backup Settings](backup_job_advanced.md).
8. After you specified the bucket settings, click **Next**. Veeam Agent will create a new backup repository in the configured cloud storage location.

[![](images/backup_job_object_storage_gcs_bucket.png)](images/backup_job_object_storage_gcs_bucket.png){.toggle scale=80}