This role can be assigned (deployed) to a dedicated Windows Machine ( physical or virtual, W10 or WS2016 ) As the data handling task is assigned to the backup proxy, the backup server becomes the “point of control” for dispatching jobs to proxy servers. It sits between the data source and target and is used to process jobs and deliver backup traffic. So what is the need of a Backup Proxy? A Backup Proxy is commonly used in large-scale environments in order to take off the workload of the backup server. In this blog post, we will go through the process of installing a Veeam Backup Proxy (VMware) on a host running Windows Server 2016 operating system which is now officially supported since the release of Veeam 9.5 version. However, if the selected folder contains backups of Azure resources that are protected by any backup policy managed by the backup appliance, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure will rewrite the saved retention settings and will apply to the imported backups new retention settings configured for that backup policy.Hello ppl! It’s me again, this time geeking out for Veeam Backup and Windows Server 2016. īy default, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure applies retention settings saved in the backup metadata to the imported backup files. You can use this data to perform all disaster recovery operations described in section Performing Restore. If the selected folder already contains backups created by the Veeam backup service, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure will import the backup data to the configuration database.
If encryption at the repository level was enabled for the selected folder, at the Options step of the wizard, you will need to provide a password or an encryption key for this folder.You cannot change the storage tier for the repository. The created backup repository will have the storage tier that have been specified when creating the folder.If you choose an existing folder for storing backup files, mind the following: To use an existing folder, select the Use existing folder option and select the necessary folder.įor a folder to be displayed in the Folder list, it must have been created by any backup appliance as a repository (either existing or already removed from the backup infrastructure) in the selected blob container.
To create a new folder, select the Create new folder option and specify a name for the folder.
You can either select an existing folder or create a new one.