Considerations and Limitations

This section lists considerations and known limitations for Veeam Data Cloud Vault.

General

Consider the following:

• Veeam Data Cloud Vault is available in several editions and backup storage regions. For more information, see Veeam Data Cloud Vault Editions Comparison.

• You can only obtain one subscription for each edition. The maximum number of Veeam Data Cloud Vault subscriptions is 7 subscriptions for an organization.
• There is no limit to the number of vaults per Veeam Data Cloud Vault subscription.
• Veeam Data Cloud Vault only integrates with Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure and Veeam Kasten. You are not permitted to use it with other products to upload data.

Consider the following:

• Veeam Backup & Replication supports integration with all Veeam Data Cloud Vault editions. For information on considerations for Veeam Backup & Replication integration, see Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication.
• Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure and Veeam Kasten support integration with Azure Veeam Data Cloud Vault editions only.

• Azure editions of Veeam Data Cloud Vault are backed by the Cool tier of Azure Blob storage.
• You cannot seed data from the Azure Data Box device to Veeam Data Cloud Vault.
• You can use Veeam Data Cloud Vault in environments that use Azure ExpressRoute with private peering. For more information, see this Veeam KB article.

Integration with Veeam Backup & Replication

Consider the following:

• To connect Veeam Data Cloud Vault with Veeam Backup & Replication, the Veeam Data Cloud Vault subscription and the Veeam backup server must belong to the same organization on the My Account portal. Consider this in the scenario where the account under which you log in to My Account belongs to multiple organizations.

• You can use a storage vault as an object storage repository or Veeam Cloud Connect repository.

• Veeam Backup & Replication traffic throttling rules apply to Veeam Data Cloud Vault scenarios.

• One Veeam Backup & Replication server can be connected to multiple storage vaults. This may be useful if you want to create backups in different locations.
• Multiple Veeam Backup & Replication servers can be connected to the same storage vault. In this scenario, you can add the same storage vault as an object storage repository on multiple backup servers. Each backup server will create backups in a separate folder within this object storage.
• Before you start using Veeam Data Cloud Vault as an object storage repository in Veeam Backup & Replication, get familiar with considerations and limitations. For more information, see the Veeam Data Cloud Vault Considerations and Limitations section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

• Ports 443 and 80 must be opened to ensure proper communication with Veeam Backup & Replication. For more information, see the Ports section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

• To use AWS editions of Veeam Data Cloud Vault with Veeam Backup & Replication, you must enable immutability for the object storage repository and data encryption for the backup job targeted at this repository in Veeam Backup & Replication.

• To enable immutability for the object storage repository, select the Make backups immutable check box at the Bucket step of the New Object Storage Repository wizard and specify the necessary immutability period. For more information, see the Specify Object Storage Settings section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.
• To enable data encryption for the backup job, select the Enable backup file encryption check box at the Storage step of the New Backup Job wizard and specify the data encryption settings. For more information, see the Storage Settings section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.