How to Backup NAS with Veeam Backup & Replication

backup nas with veeam backup

In this guide, I will show you how to backup NAS with Veeam Backup & Replication 10. Veeam Backup a lot of new features are added to this new version included backup a NAS. I am writing this topic to show you how we can protect our NAS with Veeam.

Backup NAS with Veeam Backup

NAS Configuration

First of all, We need to check in the NAS if SMB3 is enabled. To enable SMB in NAS click Here.

Add the file shares to Veeam

1- Open Veeam shortcut and then click connect.

veeam windows session authentication

2- Select Inventory tab, select file shares. And then click on Add file share.

veeam backup file share

3- Select SMB Share.

veeam backup add file share

4- Specify the shared folder, the credentials that are allowed to connect to this one and select advanced.

veeam smb file share path

5- You can select the backup source: from file share, a Microsoft VSS Snapshot of from a storage snapshot.
I have selected the Backup directly from the file share. First, you can check your NAS is compatible with Microsoft VSS snapshot.

veeam smb file share advanced

6- Click Next.

veeam smb file share credencial

7- Processing setting, if you have any proxy server you can select by click on choose button and then click Apply.

veeam file share processing

8- Click Apply.

veeam file share apply

9- Choose the finish button to add the file share in Veeam.

veeam new file share summary

Add the file share to a backup job

10- To add the file share to a backup job, just right click on SMB file share and then select add to backup job.

veeam file share

11- Specify a backup job name, description and then click next.

veeam create file backup job

12- Add the file shares you need to backup. A single backup job can handle several file shares (like the VM backup job). Click Next.

veeam file backup job files and folders

13- Select the backup repository, the retention, the archive settings and then click next.

veeam backup job storage

14- You can specify a target for a secondary target. The backup copy is an further copy for short term. Click Next.

veeam backup job secondary target

15- Set a backup job schedule, automatically retry and click apply.

veeam backup job schedule

16- Review the job summary and click finish.

veeam backup job summary

17- Select the NAS Backup Job and click on start.

veeam console job tools

18- Job successfully completed.

veeam backup sessions

For more details please visit Veeam

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