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The following configuration steps outline the process to deploy Veeam Backup and Replication with DataCore Swarm as the Capacity Tier in a Scale-out Backup Repository (SOBR).

Prerequisites

  • Veeam Backup and Replication v11+ with support for S3 compatible object storage.

  • DataCore Swarm v14+

    • Erasure Encoding enabled to support multi-part upload, 4:2 recommended.

    • Setup to support SSL, Veeam requires SSL transfer to object storage.

  • AWS Command Line Interface (aws cli AWS CLI tool) for setting and verifying advanced bucket parameters such as object locking.

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  1. Create a token that provides the credentials used in API calls from Veeam and the AWS CLI when communicating with Swarm.

  2. Create a bucket with Erasure Coding and Content Versioning enabled.

  3. Enable object locking on the bucket using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

From the Veeam Backup

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& Replication console

  1. Add a backup repository for immutable backups using the Swarm bucket created above.

  2. Add a Scale-out Backup Repository using the Swarm bucket as the Capacity Tier.

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