Managing Backup Repositories
Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 uses backup repositories as a storage system for backups. Users can edit their backup repositories, add new backup repositories within their storage region, and supply their own encryption password for a backup repository.
Only users with the OrganizationAdmin or M365:Administrator roles or a custom role with the Manage Tenants permission can manage the backup repositories of their tenant. For more information about roles, see Roles.
Creating Backup Repositories
To create a new backup repository, do the following:
- On the Microsoft 365 page, click the name of the tenant you want to manage.
- Select Settings.
- Go to the Backup Repositories tab.
- Click Add.
- In the Create new backup repository window, do the following:
- Select the Custom name check box if you want to specify a name for the backup repository. Otherwise, Veeam Data Cloud generates the name automatically based on the name of your organization.
- In the Retention period type drop-down list, select the type of the retention period:
- Yearly. If selected, you must also select a value in the Retention period drop-down list, to specify the duration of the retention period.
- Daily. If selected, you must also specify a value in the Number of days field, to specify the duration of the retention period.
- In the Region drop-down list, select the region where you want to store your data.
- Click Save.
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When you create a new backup repository and want to include an object from the old backup repository, Veeam Data Cloud performs a full backup of that object which takes time. For example, you have the old backup repository where you are backing up a mailbox, with retention set to 1 year. Then you add a new backup repository with retention set to 3 years. In the new repository, you create a backup policy that includes the mailbox and you remove this mailbox from the backup policy in the old repository. In this case, Veeam Data Cloud performs a full backup for the mailbox in the new backup repository, which takes time. The mailbox will remain in the old backup repository until the 1 year retention ends. |
Editing Backup Repositories
To edit a backup repository, do the following:
- On the Microsoft 365 page, click the name of the tenant you want to manage.
- Select Settings.
- Go to the Backup Repositories tab.
- In the Actions column, click the menu next to the backup repository you want to edit.
- Click Edit display name to modify the display name of the backup repository. This name will be visible when selecting the storage region during the creation of a new backup policy. In the Edit Repository Display Name window, specify a new display name for the backup repository and click Save.
- Click Edit retention to modify the retention settings of the backup repository. In the Edit repository retention window, in the Retention period type drop-down list, select Yearly or Daily. Depending on the selection, you must then specify the duration of the retention period in years or number of days.
- Click Set your own password to add encryption to the backup repository. In the Add Password window, provide a password, verify that password and click Save.
If you want to update your password, click Change encryption password. In the Update Password window, provide the existing password, add a new password and verify it and click Save.
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If you forgot your encryption password, contact Veeam Customer Support. |




