Veeam Standalone Windows Agent Backups to IDrive® e2

    Use IDrive® e2 as a target location for your Veeam Agent operating in standalone mode.

    Integrate IDrive® e2 with Veeam Standalone Windows Agent
    1. Launch Veeam Standalone Windows Agent.
    2. Click Add New Backup.
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    3. Enter a name for the backup, add description, and click Next.
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    4. Select File Level Backup (You can also select Full computer or Volume Level Backup) and click Next.
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    5. Select Folder/File to do backup as Source and click Next.
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    6. Select Object Storage as Destination and click Next.
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    7. Select S3 Compatible Storage as Object Storage and click Next.
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    8. Enter your IDrive® e2 credentials:
      1. Enter your IDrive® e2 end-point as Service Point
      2. Enter your IDrive® e2 Region
      3. Enter your IDrive® e2 Access Key as Access Key
      4. Enter your IDrive® e2 Secret Access Key as Secret Key
      5. Click Next
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    9. Click Browse to select your destination IDrive® e2 Bucket and select Bucket from list.
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    10. Click Browse to select Folder from your IDrive® e2 bucket and click Next.
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    11. Disable Enable backup cache (For Full Computer or Volume Level Backup keep this enabled) and click Next.
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    12. Schedule backup based on requirement and click Apply.
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    13. Review the summary and click Finish.
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    14. To start the job immediately, select Run the job when I click on Finish.
    15. You can view progress for the job.
    Restore the backup from IDrive® e2 to Local System

    To perform file restore,

    1. Select the required Backup job and click Restore File.
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    2. Select the job you want to restore and click Next.
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    3. Click Open to select folders which are used for backup.
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    4. Right-click on required folder to start restore.
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    5. Click Restore to start the restore.

    To perform volume restore,

    1. Select the required Backup job and click Restore Volume.
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    2. Select the job you want to restore and click Next.
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    3. Select the required volume for restore and click Next.
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    4. Click Yes to provide confirmation for Volume Restore.
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    5. Click Restore to start the restore.
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    6. View restore status in Summary.
    7. Click Finish.
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    Enable immutability

    Veeam Agent for Windows v6 adds the ability to create immutable backup jobs.

    To create immutable backups for your Windows computer,

    1. Configure Object Lock on your IDrive® e2 bucket.
    2. When setting up the backup job, enable immutability by selecting the Make recent backups immutable checkbox and specifying the number of days to retain immutability. Click Next.
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    3. A confirmation message will appear, informing you about the increased cost due to immutability. Click OK to proceed.
    4. Proceed with the remaining steps to finalize the backup job configuration.