Storage Settings

To specify advanced storage settings for the file backup job:

At the Backup Repository step of the wizard, click Advanced.
On the Storage tab, specify data reduction and encryption settings:

From the Compression level list, select a compression level for the backup: None, Dedupe-friendly, Optimal, High or Extreme.
To encrypt backup files, select the Enable backup file encryption check box. In the Password field, select the encryption method you want to use — a password that will generate secret keys or an external KMS server that will generate KMS keys. For more information about data encryption, see How Data Encryption Works.

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 Password Manager.

If you do not use password loss protection, Veeam Backup & Replication will display a warning about it. For more information, see Password Loss Protection.

Note

Consider the following:

If you enable encryption for an existing backup job, during the next job session Veeam Backup & Replication will back up all the files of the file share to a new backup file irrespective of whether they changed or not. The created backup files and subsequent backup files will be encrypted with the specified password.
If you enable encryption for an existing job, Veeam Backup & Replication does not encrypt the previous backup chain created by this job.
You can also use KMS keys for encryption. For more information, see Key Management System Keys.

If you plan to store backups in Veeam Data Cloud Vault, you must enable job encryption.

If you want to save this set of settings as the default one, click Save as default. When you create a new job, the saved settings will be offered as the default. This also applies to all users added to the backup server.

Storage Settings