Use Veeam Backup with Exoscale Object Storage

Veeam is predominantly used in the enterprise segment as a backup software. Amazon S3-compatible object storages are often used for long term storage for backups. Exoscale offers an S3-compatible object storage that works with Veeam. This guide shows how to set up Veeam for backups.

Prerequisites

Before you start this guide, you will need to:

Create a Scale-Out Repository

If you have already set up your Veeam backups, click Scale Out Repositories on the right side of the top menu, then Add Scale-out Backup Repository.

For a service endpoint, enter https://sos-ZONE.exo.io. Make sure to substitute ZONE with the relevant zone.

NOTE - You can find all Exoscale zones on our website or with the CLI command: exo zones list.

Select this, if Veeam backups were already set up

Wizard: Enter a repository name and click next

Wizard: Performance Tier, click on next

Placement Policy: Select Data locality

Capacity Tier: Click on Add to add a new Object Storage

Add: Select S3 compatible

Object Storage: Choose a name

Add an Service Endpoint

IAM: Insert your Access Key and Secret. Click OK then

Account Overview: Check the inserted data and continue

Select the previously created bucket

Select the specific target

New Object Storage: Summary

Please select after how many days the backups should be moved to the object storage

Done!