Backup Target

Backup can be performed to the storage targets listed below.

Veeam Agent Backup Jobs Managed by Backup Server

[For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6.1, Veeam Agent for Linux 6.1, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX 4.1, Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 4.1 and Veeam Agent for Mac 2.1] Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.1 backup repository
[For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6.0, Veeam Agent for Linux 6.0, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX 4.0, Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 4.0 and Veeam Agent for Mac 2.0] Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.0 or later backup repository
Veeam Cloud Connect 12.0 or later cloud repository

Veeam Agent Backup Jobs Managed by Veeam Agent

Local (internal) storage of the protected computer (not recommended)
Direct attached storage (DAS), such as USB, eSATA or Firewire external drives, and raw device mapping (RDM) volumes

Backup Target IMPORTANT

[For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows] Storage devices with the exFAT file system are not supported as a backup target.

Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as an SMB (CIFS) share
Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as an NFS share (for backups of Linux and Unix computers only)
On-premises and cloud-based object storage (except backups of Unix computers)
[For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6.1, Veeam Agent for Linux 6.1, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX 4.1, Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 4.1 and Veeam Agent for Mac 2.1] Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.1 backup repository
[For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 6.0, Veeam Agent for Linux 6.0, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX 4.0, Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 4.0 and Veeam Agent for Mac 2.0] Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.0 or later backup repository
Veeam Cloud Connect 12.0 or later cloud repository

Backup Target IMPORTANT

Veeam Cloud Connect repository is not supported as a backup and backup copy target for the following Veeam Agents: