Step 6. Specify Secondary Repository Settings

This step is available only if you have selected the Configure secondary destinations for this job check box at the Storage step of the wizard.

At the Secondary Target step of the wizard, you can specify a secondary log backup repository that will keep additional copies of log backups for redundancy.

If you add a secondary repository, Veeam Backup & Replication will create a separate job to copy backups to this repository. The data copy process will start automatically after each primary job run.

To add a secondary log backup repository:

1. Click Add.
2. From the list of existing repositories, select a secondary log backup repository that will keep additional copy of the backup files. You can add several secondary repositories for copying files of the primary backup job.

3. Click OK.
4. By default, retention and encryption settings for the secondary log backup repository repository are inherited from the primary job. To customize them, select the necessary repository in the Secondary repositories list and click Edit.

• To enable custom retention settings:

1. Select Use custom retention policy.
2. Specify how long all versions of each backup will be kept in the secondary repository.

• To specify encryption settings different from those of the primary log backup repository:

1. Select Use custom data encryption settings.
2. In the Password field, select a password that you want to use for encryption. If you have not created the password beforehand, click Add or use the Manage passwords link to specify a new password. For more information, see the Managing Passwords for Data Encryption section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

If the backup server is not connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager and does not have the Veeam Universal License or a legacy socket-based Enterprise or Enterprise Plus license installed, you will not be able to restore data from encrypted backups in case you lose the password. Veeam Backup & Replication will display a warning about it. For more information, see the Decrypting Data Without Password section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

• Configure time intervals when data can be copied to the secondary repository.

• If you select the Any time (continuously) option, Veeam Backup & Replication will copy backup files to the secondary repository as soon as the primary backup job completes.
• If you want to specify time periods when it is permitted to copy backup files to the secondary repository, select the During the following time periods only option and configure allowed and prohibited hours. If the copy job exceeds the allowed hours, it will be automatically terminated.