Backup Target

Backup can be performed to the storage targets listed below.

Veeam Agent Backup Jobs Managed by Backup Server

If you protect Veeam Agent computers by a backup job managed by Veeam backup server, you can store backups in the following types of repositories.

  • Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.0.1 backup repository
  • Veeam Cloud Connect 13.0.1 cloud repository

Veeam Agent Backup Jobs Managed by Veeam Agent

If you protect Veeam Agent computers by a backup job managed by Veeam Agent, you can store backups in repositories configured in the following locations:

  • Local (internal) storage of the protected computer (not recommended)
  • Direct attached storage (DAS), such as USB, eSATA or Firewire external drives, and raw device mapping (RDM) volumes

IMPORTANT

[For Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows] Storage devices with the exFAT file system are not supported as a backup target.

  • Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as an SMB (CIFS) share
  • Network Attached Storage (NAS) able to represent itself as an NFS share (for backups of Linux and Unix computers only)
  • On-premises and cloud-based object storage (except backups of Unix computers)
  • Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.0.1 backup repository
  • Veeam Cloud Connect 13.0.1 cloud repository

 

IMPORTANT

Veeam Cloud Connect repository is not supported as a backup and backup copy target for the following Veeam Agents:

  • Veeam Agent for IBM AIX
  • Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris
  • Veeam Agent for Linux on Power

Page updated 11/4/2025

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