Step 3. Specify Veeam Account

At the Account step of the wizard, specify credentials for the Veeam account and the storage vault. If you use the service key, you can specify connection settings.

Specifying User Credentials

To specify the authorization settings:

1. To authorize using your Veaam credentials, click the Authorize link.
2. In the Veeam authorization window enter your credentials for the Veeam account. After that, your backup server will be registered in the My Account.
3. In the Vault drop-down list, specify the storage vault that you want to use. To manage vaults, click the Manage link. For more information, see the Managing Subscriptions section in the Veeam Data Cloud Vault User Guide.

If you do not have any storage vaults associated with your backup server, the Vault drop-down list will be empty. For detailed instructions on how to obtain a vault and assign it to your backup server, see the Getting Started with Veeam Data Cloud Vault section in the Veeam Data Cloud Vault User Guide. After you add a storage vault and assign it to the backup repository, click the refresh icon (). The vault will show up in the drop-down list.

4. [For specifying credentials with the service key] This option is available if you have selected the Allow manual credential input check box at the Object Storage Name step of the wizard.

From the Credentials drop-down list, select user credentials to access your Veeam Data Cloud Vault.

If you already have a credentials record that was configured in advance, select such a record from the drop-down list. Otherwise, add the credentials record using either your account name and a shared key or specify Microsoft Azure Entra ID storage account. You can also click the Manage cloud accounts link to add, edit or remove a credentials record.

Specifying Connection Mode

To specify connection settings, next to the Connection mode field, click Choose and specify how Veeam Backup & Replication will transfer data to the object storage repository:

• Direct — select this option if you want to instantly move data of processed VMs or file shares to object storage repositories. Before you select this option, check the following Considerations and Limitations.

• Through gateway server — select this option if you want Veeam Backup & Replication to use gateway servers to transfer data from processed machines or file shares to object storage repositories. From the Name list, select gateway servers that you want to use for data transfer operations.

By default, the role of a gateway server is assigned to the Veeam Backup & Replication server. You can choose any Microsoft Windows or Linux server that is added to your backup infrastructure and has internet connection. Note that you must add the server to the backup infrastructure beforehand. Before you add the server, check the following Considerations and Limitations. For more information on how to add a server, see Virtualization Servers and Hosts.