Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repository Configuration

Scale-Out Backup Repository

You can configure a scale-out backup repository in the backup infrastructure. The scale-out backup repository is a logical entity. 

It groups several backup repositories called extents. When you configure the scale-out backup repository, you actually create a pool of storage devices and systems, summarizing their capacity.

You can expand the scale-out backup repository at any moment. For example, if backup data grows and the backup repository reaches the storage limit, you can add a new storage system to the scale-out backup repository. 

The free space on this storage system will be added to the capacity of the scale-out backup repository. As a result, you will not have to move backups to a backup repository of a larger size.

To deploy a scale-out backup repository, you must configure a number of backup repositories and add them to a scale-out backup repository as extents. You can mix backup repositories of different types in one scale-out backup repository:

• Microsoft Windows backup repositories
• Linux backup repositories
• Shared folders
• Deduplicating storage appliances

First Create Multiple backup repository Types.

Here in this example I am creating 2 Windows server Backup repositories named scaleout_rep1 & Scaleout_rep2.

Now I have created two Windows Server Backup repos.

This will used as a extents in scale out repositories.

To launch the New Scale-out Backup Repository wizard, do either of the following:

• Open the Backup Infrastructure view, in the inventory pane select Scale-out Repositories and click Add Scale-out Repository on the ribbon.
• Open the Backup Infrastructure view, in the inventory pane right-click Scale-out Repositories and select Add Scale-out Backup Repository.

Add the Extents.

At the Policy step of the wizard, specify how you want to store backup files on extents of the scale-out backup repository.

1. Set the backup file placement policy for the scale-out backup repository:

• Select Data locality if you want to store backup files that belong to the same backup chain together. In this case, a full backup file and subsequent incremental backup files will be stored to the same extent of the scale-out backup repository. The new backup chain may be stored to the same extent or to another extent (unless you use a deduplicating storage appliance as an extent).
• Select Performance if you want to store full and incremental backup files to different extents of the scale-out backup repository. If you set the Performance policy, you must make sure that the network connection is fast and reliable so that Veeam Backup & Replication can access all backup files from the backup chain.

Apply and Finish. Now Successfully Scale-out repository created.