How to backup SMB to Azure or S3?

[angelolingad]

Hi guys,

I have a NAS that is setup as a SMB File share and would like to back it up to the cloud. We can have both the Azure and S3 but I think I will go with S3.

I tried the SOBR but it was not working and I was told that SMB shares do not work with SOBR in this thread object-storage-f52/file-share-backup-jo ... 76261.html

Now I'd like to reach out for help how should I back up this SMB to the cloud?

Support Case ID = 02037930


Angelo

[Mildur]

You don‘t need to create a SOBR for that.
S3 Storages can be used as archive repository for file share backups. Not as a copy job Backup repo.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... repository

Everything is in the guide. Please read it

4 The object storage repository added as a Capacity Tier in SOBR is not used for storing NAS backups. To archive NAS backup files to an object storage repository, assign it as an archive repository when creating a file share backup job.

[angelolingad]

Hi Mildur,

I created a new S3 backup repo please see image below.



But it won't show or appear in the backup repository when i try to select a repo for my SMB backup config.

Backup config

Storage config


Angelo

[Mildur]

Because it‘s not for Backup Repo.
You need to choose it as archive repo.

Activate the „keep previous file versions for“ Option and choose the s3 storage.

You can only store „previous“ versions of the files on the s3 storage. It‘s not a solution to have an exact current copy of all files from the fileshare for DR purposes.