NAS backup without Veeam server

[karsten123]

hi,
i have a QNAP NAS that is protected via a unstructured data backup job.

now, the Veeam server will be decommissioned.

what are the options to protect the files after decommission?

we have a shared VBR in our cloud, but i think that is not optimal, because backup proxy is communicating over VPN.

tia
Karsten

[Mildur]

Hi Karsten

Veeam Backup & Replication is required to protect file shares through the SMB or NFS protocol.
There is a workaround through Veeam Agent for Linux. Veeam Agent for Linux allows you to back up mounted file shares with file-level backup jobs (no-snapshot mode), but I recommend against it. I don't expect great performance.

we have a shared VBR in our cloud, but i think that is not optimal, because backup proxy is communicating over VPN.

I wouldn’t do that either. You would still have to deploy a proxy server on the customer’s side for acceptable performance.

If file share backup is important with Veeam products, then I would keep the backup server in your customer’s datacenter.

Best,
Fabian

[karsten123]

thank you Fabian for confirming it.

it is archive data with little to no changes. do you think it is worth trying it with a proxy in the cloud?