Editing Backup Repository Settings

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 allows you to edit settings of your backup repository.

Editing JET-Based Repository Settings

Before you edit settings of a JET-based backup repository, consider the following limitations:

• Changing the target location for backups is not possible.
• Editing the Backup proxy and Path values is not possible.
• The retention type cannot be changed once set. For more information, see Retention Policy.
• The Edit command is unavailable if a JET-based backup repository is out of date. For information on how to upgrade backup repositories, see Upgrading Backup Repositories.

To edit settings of a JET-based backup repository, do the following:

1. Open the Backup Infrastructure view.
2. In the inventory pane, select one of the following nodes:

• Backup Repositories. Contains all backup repositories added to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 backup infrastructure.
• Local disk. Contains Default Backup Repository and other JET-based backup repositories.

3. In the preview pane, do one of the following:

• Select a JET-based backup repository and click Edit Repository on the ribbon.

• Right-click a JET-based backup repository and select Edit.

4. Modify the required settings.

You can change the following parameters:

• The backup repository name and description.
• The retention period.
• How often you want to apply a retention policy.

Editing Object Storage Repository Settings

Before you edit settings of an object storage repository, consider the following limitations:

• Changing the target location for backups is not possible.
• Changing the object storage type, Amazon storage type and storage class and Azure Blob Storage access tier is not possible.
• The user account credentials to access object storage and settings to connect Amazon S3 bucket, S3 Compatible bucket and Azure Blob Storage container cannot be changed once set.
• Editing the Backup proxy or proxy pool value is not possible. You cannot associate the object storage repository with another backup proxy server or backup proxy pool.
• The retention type cannot be changed once set. For more information, see Retention Policy.
• You cannot enable or disable data immutability. For more information, see Immutability.
• You cannot enable or disable usage of the governance mode. For more information, see Immutability.
• You cannot enable or disable encryption. For more information, see Data Encryption.

To edit object storage repository settings, do the following:

1. Open the Backup Infrastructure view.
2. In the inventory pane, select one of the following nodes:

• Backup Repositories. Contains all backup repositories added to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 backup infrastructure.
• Object storage. Contains S3 Compatible object storage repositories, Azure Blob Storage Hot/Cool access tiers, Amazon S3 Standard, Amazon S3 Standard-Infrequent Access and Amazon S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access storage classes.
• Archive. Contains Azure Blob Storage Archive access tier and all Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes.

3. In the preview pane, do one of the following:

• Select an object storage repository and click Edit Repository on the ribbon.

• Right-click an object storage repository and select Edit.

5. Modify the required settings.

You can change the following parameters:

• The object storage repository name and description.
• The object storage repository capacity to prohibit running new jobs when the specified value is exceeded.
• For Microsoft Azure Blob Storage and Amazon S3 object storage repositories, you can enable of disable usage of the archiver appliance, and change the archiver appliance settings.
• The retention period.

• How often you want to apply the retention policy.
• The immutability period.

• The encryption password if encryption of backups in object storage has been enabled.

Related Topics

• Adding JET-Based Backup Repositories
• Adding Object Storage Repositories