The added benefit of encrypting config backups is that they will then include the details stored in the credentials manager. If you do not do this configuration backups will not run since otherwise the encryption keys in the config DB could be visible. If you have encrypted jobs or tapes in Veeam you will need to enable encrypt configuration backup. Just remember to keep a note of where your config backup is held in your DR plans. Your other option is to use a File Copy Job to ensure that you get two copies of the config and send one of these offsite. So choosing a remote backup repository will ensure the config file is off sited. You can choose any backup repository as a target.

The choice of settings is simple frequency, number of restore points and backup repository. In the below screenshot we can see an example config backup setup. To view your current config backup setup, pull down the main menu and select configuration backup Obviously a key part of your recovery strategy will be ensuring you can cope with the loss of your backup server. They will however run to the default backup repository which is held locally on the Veeam backup server. The good news is the that these config backups are enabled daily by default. bco extension Default Veeam configuration backup settings Configuration backups dump out the information stored in the DB associated with Veeam to a flat file with a. Veeam Backup and Replication provides this facility through Configuration Backups. If you suffer a site failure and want to start bringing things back the first thing you are going to need is restore your backup server. Should you backup your backup server – hell yeah.

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