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A backup repository is a storage system where you can keep backups created by your backup jobs.
You can add the following types of backup repositories to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 infrastructure:
- A local directory on a backup proxy server.
A default backup repository is the C:\VeeamRepository directory on a computer with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.
- Direct Attached Storage (DAS) connected to the backup proxy server.
- Storage Area Network (SAN).
A backup server must be connected to the SAN fabric via hardware, virtual HBA or software iSCSI initiator.
- Network Attached Storage (SMB 3.0 shares).
Experimental support.
Consider the following:
- Backup repositories with enabled volume deduplication are not supported.
- Storage volumes that host backup repositories must be formatted with NTFS or ReFS.
- Backups in backup repositories must not be encrypted by 3rd party encryption software as it leads to unpredictable system behavior and inevitable data loss.
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