Getting Started - Backing Up a Bare Metal Server with Veeam Enterprise – Articles

Learn how to prepare to back up your Bare Metal Server using Veeam Backup and Replication (Enterprise).

Requirements

a Bare Metal server
a Veeam Enterprise Backup solution
OVHcloud Standard S3 Object Storage (optional)

Introduction

Backing up a Bare Metal server with Veeam Enterprise involves several applications and services to work together. The process may also change based on your configuration and preferences. Steps 1 through 3 below are meant to give you a bird's eye view of the process and provide you with links to the guides necessary for your unique backup experience.

Step 1: Setting up hardware and software

The instructions below will cover the purchase and setup for:

a Dedicated Server
Veeam Enterprise
S3 Object Storage (optional for use as a repository)

Step 2: Back up

Back up your environment using the Linux or Windows (as appropriate) guide below:

For Linux: Backing Up a Bare Metal Linux Server with Veeam Enterprise
For Windows: Backing Up a Bare Metal Server Using Veeam Agent for Windows

Step 3: Restore (optional)

To restore a Bare Metal Server or an individual file, follow the process in our Restoring a Bare Metal Server with Veeam Enterprise guide.

Instructions

Setting up your Dedicated Server

OVHcloud Dedicated Servers can be viewed and purchased through our website or the OVHcloud Control Panel (follow this guide).

Install and configure your Bare Metal server. Our Getting Started with a Dedicated Server guide and the other Dedicated Server support guides can help you through this process.

You can also configure your Dedicated Server to use the private network by following the steps in this guide.

Setting up your Veeam Enterprise backup server

Purchase Veeam Enterprise

The Veeam Enterprise backup solution can be purchased through our website.

Alternatively, from the OVHcloud Control Panel, you can purchase Veeam by clicking the Order button and selecting Veeam Enterprise.

Download, install, and license Veeam Enterprise

Download, install, and license your Veeam Enterprise backup server using this guide.

From here, you can keep reading to learn how to set up S3 Object Storage as your repository or return to Step 2 (above).

Setting up your Object Storage

NOTE: If you do not already have a Public Cloud project, you will need to create one before continuing.

You can view and purchase the OVHcloud Object Storage options on our website or through the OVHcloud Control Panel by following the steps below.

Select Public Cloud from the top navigation bar.
Under Storage select Object Storage.
Click Create an object container.

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NOTE: When ordering an S3 container from OVHcloud, only order Standard Object Storage – S3 API or the High Performance Object Storage – S3 API. These containers support the S3 protocol fully and are designed for use as backup repositories.

Create an object container using one of OVHcloud's S3 API solutions (standard or high performance). Standard is recommended since this backup usually does not require High Performance storage.

Give the S3 user rights to the container by copying and pasting the text below into a JSON file.

{
  "Statement":[
    {
      "Action":
         [
             "s3:GetObject",
             "s3:PutObject",
             "s3:DeleteObject",
             "s3:ListBucket",
             "s3:ListMultipartUploadParts",
             "s3:ListBucketMultipartUploads",
             "s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
             "s3:GetBucketLocation"
          ],
      "Effect":"Allow",
      "Resource":
          [
              "arn:aws:s3:::<container name>",
              "arn:aws:s3::: :::<container name>/*"
          ],
      "Sid":"RWContainer"
     }
  ]
}

From the OVHcloud Control Panel, select Public Cloud and then Object Storage under the Storage section. Click the S3 users tab and then the more options ... button to the right of the S3 user and choose Import S3 Policy (JSON).

Select the JSON file you just edited and click Import.

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Configuring the S3 repository in Veeam Enterprise

From the Veeam application, select Backup Infrastructure, Backup Repositories, and Add Repository.

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Select Object storage as the repository type.

Select S3 Compatible.

Give the new repository a Name and click Next.

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Enter the Service point (Endpoint) and Region information for your S3 storage service.

You can find this information in the OVHcloud Control Panel by clicking the more options ... button in the row of the container and then Display objects.

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Click Add to enter your credentials. Enter your Access key and Secret key and then click OK.

This information is available in the OVHcloud Control Panel under the S3 Users tab. The Access key is visible on the main page. The Secret key can be found by clicking the more options ... button and selecting View the secret key.