Backup Repositories

A backup repository is a storage location where Veeam keeps backup files, VM copies and metadata for replicated VMs.

Note

Consider the following:

Do not configure multiple backup repositories pointing to the same location or using the same path.
Do not configure multiple backup repositories with "nested" paths (when one repository path is a sub-path of another repository), for example:

/mnt/repo/backups/

/mnt/repo/backups/production/

You can use the following storage types as backup repositories:

Direct attached storage. You can add virtual and physical servers as backup repositories:

Network attached storage. You can add the following network shares as backup repositories:

Deduplicating storage appliances. You can add the following deduplicating storage appliances as backup repositories:

Object storage. You can use cloud storage services as backup repositories. For more information, see Object Storage Repository.
External repositories. For more information, see External Repositories.

In This Section

Managing Backup Repositories

Related Topics

Scale-Out Backup Repositories