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From the Veeam Console, select the Home tab, then click Backup Infrastructurefrom the lower half of the left navigation panel. Backup Proxies and Repositories are created from this context.
Click Add Object Storage to launch the new Object Storage repository wizard. Specify a name for the Object Storage repository andthis name will refer to your Swarm bucket.
Select S3 Compatible as the Object Storage Type.
Specify the Service point and account credentials.
The Service point is the fully qualified domain name of the Swarm domain endpoint you specified when configuring Swarm. Ensure that it is prefixed with https:// as shown in the above screenshot.
The Data Center region is not utilized so you can leave the default setting of “us-east-1”.This is optional.
Click Add, then specify the Access key and Secret key credentials corresponding to the token you generated for the Swarm domain. The Access key is the Swarm Token ID.
Click OK to continue, then click Next.
Once Veeam gets connected to your Swarm domain successfully, you will be able to browse a list of buckets. Select the bucket created earlier in your Swarm domain that will be used for Office 365 backups.
Click New Folder to define the folder and add Veeam as a prefix for your backups.
Use a descriptive name. Veeam will create a folder using this prefix to segregate Veeam backups from other data that may also be available in that bucket. Nevertheless, it’s best to dedicate the bucket strictly to backups.
Click OK and then Finish unless you want to customize object storage consumption parameters, like limiting the maximum capacity consumed.
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Click Add Repository to launch the New Backup Repository wizard.
Specify a name for the backup repository in a way that helps you link it with your Swarm storage.
Choose a backup proxy server that will provide local storage for this repository. In the below example, there is only one proxy server. Veeam recommends spreading the load across multiple backup proxy servers.
Create a folder in one of the proxy server’s drives that will be used as a local cache for the Object Storage Repository. Veeam stores metadata in this cache referencing the object storage backup files to minimize retrievals from public clouds. In this way, the Veeam Explorers don’t generate egress charges when navigating catalogs for files to be restored. While such costs are not a problem with on-premises Swarm buckets, Veeam requires the cache configuration step for all S3-compatible object storage. They estimate it will occupy Veeam estimates and will need around 1% of the space occupied by the backups in the Object Storage repository.
Next, you will extend the local backup repository to the Swarm Object Storage repository configured earlier. This is how backups are offloaded directly to the object storage.
Encryption of backups adds security, therefore, check the Encrypt backup data uploaded to object storage box, then specify the encryption password.
Note: Important to keep a copy of the password in a safe place since you may need it in the future to restore the encrypted files.
Click Next to specify retention policy settings, which govern how long backups are kept.
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