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.

IMPORTANT

Consider the following:

It is strongly 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.
If you select to store the backup in a local folder included in the backup scope, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows will automatically exclude this folder from the backup.

Shared folder — select this option if you want to save a backup in an SMB (CIFS) network shared folder or 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.