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title: "Backup Job in Veeam v11 With Wasabi"
slug: "how-do-i-use-a-backup-job-in-veeam-v11-with-wasabi"
updated: 2026-06-08T17:25:22Z
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# Backup Job in Veeam v11 With Wasabi

Wasabi is a member of Veeam's cloud partner ecosystem. We have worked with Veeam closely to offer both a seamless implementation and a smooth transition to cloud storage. For more information on how Veeam works with Wasabi, refer to [Veeam with Wasabi Solution Overview](https://wasabi.com/veeam/).

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The data restoration process is handled by your specific backup software application. As there are many, potential variables that will affect your unique environment, Wasabi strongly recommends that you seek the guidance of your backup software's technical support team in the event that you encounter difficulty or have application-specific inquiries.

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**Native S3 interface**: The Veeam v11 release has continued its native support of the S3 interface for Veeam's Backup and Replication product. This native S3 interface enables Veeam customers to use S3-compatible storage (such as Wasabi) as a Capacity Tier. Veeam customers should contact their Veeam account team for specific details.

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The steps outlined below require the Veeam v11 release. For other release versions, review [Veeam With Wasabi](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/how-do-i-use-veeam-with-wasabi).

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The Veeam application requires base licensing of Enterprise or Enterprise Plus to leverage the Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR) feature. The SOBR is required for Wasabi Integration. Contact your Veeam sales representative to learn more about Veeam licensing. You can read more about Veeam Licensing on the [Veeam Product Features Comparison page](https://www.veeam.com/backup-version-standard-enterprise-editions-comparison.html).

Using Wasabi Object Storage with Veeam necessitates the creation of a Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR). The SOBR requires a Local Performance Tier Backup Repository in order to be created.

If you already have an existing Local Performance Tier Backup Repository and it meets the criteria given in the [Veeam Limitations for Scale-Out Backup Repositories Guide](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/100/vsphere/limitations-for-sobr.html), you can use your existing backup repositories.

If this is not the case, you should setup your SOBR with a Local Performance Tier repository based on your chosen type of Performance Tier (Local Storage, DeDeuplication Device, NAS, and so on). There are many ways to achieve this. The Veeam Support team is the best point of contact in order to configure your SOBR appropriately.

Follow the steps below to create a Local Performance Tier using your Veeam local drives. This is an optional step.

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**CAUTION: Some configuration choices below are used as examples of a typical local data storage environment. Your specific environment may differ from the example. If you are unsure of any configuration changes, Wasabi recommends that you reach out to Veeam support directly.**

## Creating Local Performance Tier Repository (Optional)

This section provides steps to create a Local Performance Tier Repository to store your initial backups. Veeam will always take backups to a Performance Tier before it copies/moves them to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage (also known as Capacity Tier/Object Storage).

1. Log into your Veeam 11 instance.

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2. Navigate to **Backup Infrastructure**. Select **Backup Repositories**.

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3. Right-click **Backup Repositories**. Click **Add Backup Repository**.

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4. Click **Direct Attached Storage**.

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This could also be "Network attached storage" or a "Deduplicating storage appliance", depending on your specific environment. Contact Veeam Support for more information about integrating NAS or other de-duplication appliances.

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5. Click **Microsoft Windows**.

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6. Enter a Name and Description. Click **Next**.

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7. Click **Populate**. Select your desired local storage drive.

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In this case, we have a local OS drive C:\ and a storage drive called Z:\. We will be using Z:\ for the Local Storage Repository.

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8. Input the path to the folder in which to use, or use the default of Backups. Click **Next**.

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9. In the Veeam Backup and Replication pop-up, click **Yes** to use the recommended ReFS volume formatted with 64K cluster size.

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Depending on the formatting of the drive that you chose in Step 7, this window may or may not appear.

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10. Leave the default settings for Mount Server. Click **Next**.

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11. On the Review page, click **Apply**.

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12. On the Apply page, click **Next**.

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13. On the Summary page, click **Finish**.

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14. In the Veeam Backup and Replication pop-up, click **No** to decline changing the configuration backup location to the new repository.

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A backup repository containing a Configuration Backup Job (the backup of Veeam's configuration and settings), cannot be a part of an SOBR. Therefore, you do not want to use the newly created local repository as the target for the Configuration Backup Job.

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You will now see your newly created Local Performance Tier Repository in the Backup Repositories list.

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## Creating a Wasabi Capacity Tier Repository

This section lists the steps to create the configuration for the actual Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage Repository. It is the only place you will be interacting with Wasabi in the configuration process. You will need to have already created a Wasabi Bucket and need both your Access Key and Secret Key for your Wasabi account.

1. Right-click **Backup Repositories**. Click **Add Backup repository**.

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2. Click **Object Storage**.

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3. Click **S3 Compatible**.

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4. Enter a****Name and Description. Click **Next.**

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5. Enter the following information:

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This configuration example discusses the use of Wasabi's us-east-2 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in [Wasabi Service URLs](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions).

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  - **Service Point:** s3.us-east-2.wasabisys.com
  - **Region:** us-east-2
  - **Credentials:** Your Access key and Secret Key

Click **Add**.
6. ****Input your Wasabi Access key and Secret key credentials. Click **OK**.

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7. Click **Next**.

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8. Select an existing bucket and click **Browse** to create a new folder. Click **New Folder** in the desired bucket.

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9. Click **Apply**.

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To leverage Veeam with Immutable Object Storage, refer to the [Veeam Object Lock Integration](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/wasabi-veeam-object-lock-integration) guide, as you will have created a bucket with Object Lock support.

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10. Review the Summary. Click **Finish**.

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You will now see your newly created Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage Repository in the Backup Repository list.

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## Creating a Scale-out Backup Repository

This section lists the steps to create a Scale-Out Backup Repository (SOBR). In Veeam terms, this is a combination of a Performance Tier Repository and a Capacity Tier Repository. They work in conjunction as follows: First, the backups are created directly to the Performance Tier Repository. Once the backups are created, they are copied or moved over to your Capacity Tier Repository depending on your settings. You must always have as much storage space available in your Performance Tier Repository, as required by your backups.

1. Right-click **Scale-Out Repository**. Click "**Add scale-out backup repository...**".

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2. Provide a Name and Description. Click **Next**.

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3. In the Performance Tier section, click **Add**. Click the checkbox next to the previously created Performance Tier Local Storage Repository. Click **Next**.

In this instance, we previously created My Local Wasabi Repo, so we checked the box next to that.

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**CAUTION: You will not be able to continue if you select "Default Backup Repository", this is the default repository where Veeam keeps its local configuration backups. This is why we needed to create a new Local Repository to use for Wasabi.**

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4. Choose the default values for Placement Policy. Click **Next**.

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5. On the Capacity Tier configuration page, check **Extend scale-out backup repository capacity with object storage**. From the drop-down menu, select the **Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage Repository** that was previously created as a Capacity Tier Repository.
6. Optionally, select one or both of the following options, depending on business needs.
  - **Copy backups to object storage as they are created.**Checking this box this will immediately copy any backups made into Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage.
  - **Move backups to object storage as they age out of the operational restore window, change the days to fit your needs.**Checking this box will move backups off local storage after the active backup chain has been sealed, and the backup files are older than X days.

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Selecting this option by itself will not immediately move files into Wasabi. The backup chain must be sealed first by creating an "Active Full Backup", or a "Synthetic Full Backup", then waiting for the operational window to pass. Finally, run the "SOBR Offload Job".
  - **Encrypt data uploaded to object storage**. By Checking this, Veeam will apply its own third party-encryption before sending objects to Wasabi.
7. Click **Apply** .

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8. Review the Summary page. Click **Finish**.

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You will now see your newly created Scale-out Backup Repository.

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## Creating a Backup Job

This section lists the steps to create a new Backup Job that leverages the newly created SOBR to first run backups locally, then copy these backups to Wasabi based upon the selected settings in the SOBR configuration.

1. Click the **Home** tab, then **Backup Job**. Click **Virtual Machine**.

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2. Enter a Name for your backup job and a Description. Click **Next**.

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3. Click **Add** to select the VM and select the Virtual machine to be backed up. Click **Next**.

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4. Select the scale out backup repository that was created previously (Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage SOBR). Click **Next**.
5. Optionally, configure **Backup Storage Settings**.

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The Retention Policy here determines the number of days, or restore points, for which your backup jobs will be retained after its successful job.

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  - **Keep certain full backups longer for archival purposes.**Checking this will allow you to configure GFS(Grandfather/Father/Son) backups, which are kept in addition to your backups kept by the retention policy. For more information, refer to [Veeam GFS Docs](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/gfs_retention_policy.html?ver=110).
  - **Configure secondary destinations for this job.**Checking this will allow you to assign this backup to be backed up by different type of job called a "Backup Copy Job". A "Backup Copy Job", is a separate job that makes copies of an existing "Backup Job" when it runs. In order to check this box, you will need to have an existing "Backup Copy Job" already created. For more information, refer to [Veeam Backup Copy Docs](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_copy.html?ver=110).
6. Leave the default values for Guest Processing. Click **Next**.
7. Optionally, configure **Guest Processing Options**.

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To read about the Veeam Specific Guest Procession Options, refer to the [Veeam Guest Processing Docs.](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_copy.html?ver=110)

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8. Leave the default values for Schedule. Click **Apply**.
9. Optionally, configure **Scheduling settings**.

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To read about the Veeam Specific Scheduling Options, review [Veeam Job Scheduling Docs](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_job_schedule_vm.html?ver=110).

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10. On the Summary page, check **Run the job when I click Finish** to initiate the backup job. Click **Finish**.

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11. Check your Wasabi storage account for the new folder structure created by Veeam. Notice that no backups are stored at this point.

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12. Return to the Veeam application. Notice that the backup executes.

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Once the backup job completes, an offload activity kicks off. This activity moves the backup instantly to Wasabi storage.

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These jobs can be reviewed in the Home -> Last 24 Hours -> Success Page.

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13. Check your Wasabi storage bucket to confirm that the backup has been stored.

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