Adding Backup Repositories Using Console

Depending on whether you want to store backups in a short-term storage or a long-term storage, you can configure repositories of the following access tiers:

• Standard repositories

Use repositories of the Hot access tier to store data that you plan to access frequently, and repositories of the Cool access tier to store data that you plan to access infrequently. Backups stored in these repositories are shown under the External Repository node.

To store backups of Azure VMs and Azure SQL databases in a standard repository, first add it to the backup infrastructure and then enable image-level backup in the backup policy settings. For more information, see sections Performing VM Backup and Performing SQL Backup.

• Archive repositories

Use repositories of the Archive access tier to store data that you plan to access less than once a year. Backups stored in these repositories are shown under the External Repository (Archive) node.

To store backups of Azure VMs and Azure SQL databases in an archive repository, first add it to the backup infrastructure and then enable backup archiving for any backup policy that will store backups in this repository. For more information, see sections Performing VM Backup and Performing SQL Backup.

To learn how backup archiving works, see Enabling Backup Archiving.

For more information on access tiers for blob storage, see Microsoft Docs.

How to Add Backup Repositories

After you add a backup appliance to the backup infrastructure, you can configure repositories that will be used to store backups. To do that, use either of the following options:

• Create new repositories.
• Add existing repositories to the backup infrastructure if you have already configured them on the backup appliance.