Step 7. Select Backup Destination
At the Destination step of the wizard, select a target location for backups created by Veeam Agents installed on protected computers.
You can store backup files in one of the following locations:
- Local storage — select this option if you want to save a backup on a removable storage device attached to a protected computer or on a local drive of a protected computer. With this option selected, you will pass to the Local Storage step of the wizard.
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It is recommended that you store backups in the external location like USB storage device or network shared folder. You can also keep your backup files on the separate non-system local drive. |
- Shared folder — select this option if you want to save a backup on an SMB (CIFS) or NFS share on a network-attached storage (NAS) device, or on a standard file server. With this option selected, you will pass to the Shared folder step of the wizard.
- Veeam backup repository — select this option if you want to save a backup in a backup repository managed by the Veeam Backup & Replication server on which the Veeam Agent backup policy is configured. With this option selected, you will pass to the Backup Server step of the wizard.
