Getting Started with Backup Copy

In general, the process of creating backup copies in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 involves the following steps:

1. Planning and preparation.

You can skip this step in whole or in part if necessary backup infrastructure components are already added to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.

2. Create a backup job.
3. Create a backup copy job.

After Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 created backup copies, you can explore and restore, or retrieve backup copies. For more information, see What You Do with Backup Copies.

Planning and Preparation

Before you start creating a backup copy job to protect your backups, add the following object storage repositories in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 backup infrastructure:

• Object storage repository where you want to store your backups.

• Object storage repository that you want to use as a target for backup copy jobs.

For more information, see Object Storage Usage Scenarios and Adding Object Storage Repositories.

Consider the following:

• Azure Blob Storage Archive access tier, Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage classes are supported only to store backup copies. For more information, see Adding Amazon S3 Object Storage Repositories and Adding Microsoft Azure Blob Storage.
• The object storage repository where you store your backups and the object storage repository where you store backup copies must be associated with the same backup proxy server or backup proxy pool and have the same retention type.

Creating Backup Job

Create a backup job. In the backup job settings, specify an object storage repository where you want to store your backups. For more information, see Specify Backup Repository.

Creating Backup Copy Job

Create a backup copy job for the backup job created at the Creating Backup Job step. In the backup copy job settings, specify an object storage repository where Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will copy your backed-up data. For more information, see Select Target Backup Repository.

What You Do with Backup Copies

After Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 created backup copies, you can do the following:

• Retrieve your backup copies.

Retrieving backed-up data from backup copies is required before data explore and restore if Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 stores this data in Azure Blob Storage Archive access tier, Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, or Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage classes. For more information, see Retrieving Backed-Up Data, Exploring Retrieved Data and Data Restore.

• Explore and restore backup copies.

You can start exploring and restoring data at any time you want if you have copied your backed-up data to the following object storage repositories:

• Azure Blob Storage Hot/Cool access tier
• Amazon S3 Standard storage class
• Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access storage class
• Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access storage class
• Amazon S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval storage class
• S3 Compatible object storage repository

For more information, see Exploring Backup Copies and Data Restore.