The performance tier of a scale-out backup repository is utilized to provide fast access to data.
The performance layer of a scale-out backup repository can include one or more performance extents. A performance extent is a backup or object storage repository added to the scaled-out backup repository.
A capacity tier is an additional level of storage that may be added to a scale-out backup repository. Data from the scale-out backup repository’s performance extents can be transferred to the capacity tier for long-term retention. The capacity tier can be used for nearly any job or task that Veeam Backup & Replication executes.
The archive tier is an extra layer of storage that may be added to a scale-out backup repository. Data can be transferred straight to the archive tier from the performance or capacity tiers.
This section describes how to add Azure Blob Object Storage Repositories as the performance tier (hot tier), a capacity tier (cool tier) and an archive (cold tier) tier of the scale-out repository.
1. Login to the Veeam Backup and Replication Manager server.
2. Open the Veeam Backup & Replication Console and click Connect.
3. Enter the MFA Confirmation code and click Confirm.
4. On the Home page, select Backup Infrastructure.
5. On the Backup Infrastructure page, select Backup Repositories, right-click Backup Repositories, and select Add Backup Repository.
6. On the Add Backup Repository page, select Object storage.
7. Select Hyperscalers on the Object Storage page.
8. Select Microsoft Azure Storage on the Hyperscalers page.
9. Select Azure Blob Storage on the Microsoft Azure Storage.
10. Enter the Azure blob backup repository name in the Name field on the Name page.
11. Enter the Azure blob backup repository description In the Description field and click Next.
12. Select or Add the Azure blob cloud credential in the Credentials field on the Account page.
13. Select Azure Global (Standard) in the Region field.
14. keep or change the default setting in the Connection mode.
15. Click Next.
16. Select a container in the Container field on the Container page.
17. In the Folder field, click Browse.
18. On the Folders page, select the container and click New Folder.
19. Enter the name for the new folder, select the folder and click OK.
20. Keep the default settings for others and click Next.
21. Click Populate to check the disk Capacity and Free space under the Location.
22. Select a mount server or keep the default setting in the Mount server field on the Mount Server page.
23. Select or keep the default setting in the Instant recovery write cache folder field.
24. Unselect Enable vPower NFS service on the mount server (recommended) because vPower NFS settings are not applicable in the Microsoft Hyper-V environment.
25. Click Configure in the Helper appliance field.
26. Select your subscription in the Subscription field on the Helper Appliance Settings page.
27. Select helper appliance size in the Size field.
28. Create a new or select an existing resource group in the Resource group field.
29. Create a new or select an existing virtual network in the Virtual network field.
30. Create a new or select an existing subnet in the Subnet field.
31. Change or keep the default port number in the Redirect port field.
Note:
Veeam Backup & Replication creates a default network security group within a virtual network with inbound rules that allow connection using the 443 and 22 ports from everywhere (0.0.0.0/0).
32. Click OK.
33. Click Next on the Mount Server page.
34. Click Apply on the Review page.
35. Click Next on the Apply page.
36. Click Finish on the Summary page.
37. Verify that the Backup Repository has been added.
38. Select Scale-out Repositories on the Backup Infrastructure.
39. Right-click Scale-out Repositories and select Add scale-out backup repository.
40. Enter the Scale-out Backup Repository name in the Name field on the Name page.
41. Enter the Scale-out Backup Repository description In the Description field and click Next.
42. Click Add on the Performance Tier page.
43. Select the SOBR Performance Tier Object Backup Repository on the Extents page and click OK.
44. Click Advanced on the Performance Tier page.
45. You can not change the Use per-machine backup files (recommended) setting on the Advanced Settings page.
46. Click OK.
47. Click Next on the Performance Tier page.
48. Select the Extend scale-out backup repository capacity with the object storage on the Capacity Tier page.
49. Click Choose in the pick object storage field.
50. Select or add new object storage on the Capacity Tier Extents page and click OK.
51. Select Copy backups to object storage as soon as they are created checkbox to copy new backups as soon as they are made. It will create an additional copy of your backups for added redundancy.
52. Select Move backups to object storage as they age out of the operational restores window checkbox to move the inactive backup chains to the capacity extent.
53. In Move backup files older than the X days field, select the operational restore window to specify the time after which inactive backup chains on your performance extents will be considered outdated and should be moved to the capacity extent. Consider “0” as an acceptable value for offloading the inactive backup chains on the same day they are created.
54. Click Override to override the behaviour of moving old backups.
55. Select Move oldest backup files sooner if the scale-out backup repository reaches the capacity checkbox. Enter a percentage threshold to force data transfer if a scale-out backup repository reaches the specified threshold.
56. Click OK.
57. Select Encrypt data uploaded to object storage. The entire collection of blocks and metadata will be encrypted while being offloaded.
58. Select or add a new password in the Password field.
59. Click Next.
60. Select Archive GFS full backups to object storage on the Archive Tier page.
61. Select or add an Archive object storage repository in the field.
62. In the Archive GFS backups older than the number days field, specify the operational restore window to define a period after which inactive backup chains on your capacity extent will be considered outdated and should be moved to the archive extent. Consider the value “0” acceptable for archiving inactive backup chains on the same day they are created.
63. Click Storage.
64. Select Store archived backups as standalone fulls on the Storage Settings page.
65. Select Archive backups only if the remaining retention time is above minimal storage period.
66. Click OK.
67. Select Encrypt data uploaded to object storage. The entire collection of blocks and metadata will be encrypted while being offloaded.
68. Select or add a new password in the Password field.
69. Click Apply.
70. Click Finish on the Summary page.
71. Verify that the Scale-out Backup Repository has been added.
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