How to Add Veeam External Repository

Add Veeam External Repository

In this article, I will explore how to add the external repository using Veeam Backup & Replication console. Located on the Veeam console.

Add Veeam External Repository

1- Backup Infrastructure, select External Repositories and then click Add Repository.

veeam backup console

2- Add External Repository wizard, then select Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure.

veeam add external repository

3- Enter a Name for this repository, and then click Next.

veeam add external repository name

Add External Repository; add your Microsoft Azure account for connecting to Azure blob storage container. In this new External Repository step, remember to have correctly configured the network setting of your storage account.

4- Click Add.

veeam add external repository account

5- Type your Azure credentials and then click ok.

veeam add credential

6- Select region and then click next.

veeam add external repository account

7- Add the Azure blob storage container that you wish to connect to, click the browse button to select the folder.

veeam add external repository container

8- Click Next.

veeam add external repository container

9- New External Repository click next.

veeam add external repository apply

10- Review the configuration under the summary page and then click Finish.

veeam add external repository summary

11- Under External Repositories, we can see the newly created repository. As you did not start the policy in the last step of the previous section, we won’t see the VMs that are protected under the policy. In a real organization, all the protected VMs are listed under the repositories.

veeam backup console

12- Veeam backup session status

veeam backup session status

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