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In this article:

  • Getting started
  • Required paid resources
  • Create a bucket
  • Set up a service account
  • Create a cloud instance on Yandex Object Storage
  • Configure cloud storage
  • Add a server for backup
  • Configure the backup settings
  • Test backup
  • How to delete the resources you created
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  2. Backing up to Object Storage with Veritas Backup Exec

Yandex Object Storage backup with Veritas Backup Exec

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at May 7, 2025
  • Getting started
    • Required paid resources
  • Create a bucket
  • Set up a service account
  • Create a cloud instance on Yandex Object Storage
  • Configure cloud storage
  • Add a server for backup
  • Configure the backup settings
  • Test backup
  • How to delete the resources you created

You can use Yandex Object Storage for backup and recovery using Veritas Backup Exec.

To set up Object Storage backup using Veritas Backup Exec:

  1. Get your cloud ready.
  2. Create a bucket.
  3. Set up a service account.
  4. Create a cloud instance on Yandex Object Storage.
  5. Configure cloud storage.
  6. Add a server for backup.
  7. Configure the backup settings.
  8. Test backup.

If you no longer need the resources you created, delete them.

Getting startedGetting started

Sign up in Yandex Cloud and create a billing account:

  1. Navigate to the management console and log in to Yandex Cloud or register a new account.
  2. On the Yandex Cloud Billing page, make sure you have a billing account linked and it has the ACTIVE or TRIAL_ACTIVE status. If you do not have a billing account, create one and link a cloud to it.

If you have an active billing account, you can navigate to the cloud page to create or select a folder for your infrastructure to operate in.

Learn more about clouds and folders.

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

The cost of backup using Veritas Backup Exec includes:

  • Fee for data storage.
  • Fee for data operations.
  • Fee for outbound traffic from Yandex Cloud to the internet.

Learn more about the Yandex Object Storage pricing plans.

Create a bucketCreate a bucket

Management console
  1. Go to the Yandex Cloud management console and select the folder to perform the operations in.
  2. On the folder page, click Create resource and select Bucket.
  3. In the ** Name** field, enter a name for the bucket consistent with the naming conventions:
  4. In the Object read access, Object listing access, and Read access to settings fields, select Restricted.
  5. Specify the maximum size of the bucket in GB.
  6. Click Create bucket.

Set up a service accountSet up a service account

In Object Storage, you back up data under a service account. If you do not have a service account, create one.

To create a service account:

  1. Assign the storage.admin role to the service account.
  2. Create static access keys. Save the ID and the secret key right away. After you close the window, the private key properties will no longer be available.

Create a cloud instance on Yandex Object StorageCreate a cloud instance on Yandex Object Storage

  1. Start the Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface and run this command:

    BEMCLI> New-BECloudInstance
    
  2. Enter the cloud instance properties one by one:

    • Provider:: compatible-with-s3
    • ServiceHost:: storage.yandexcloud.net
    • SslMode:: disabled
    • Name:: cloud

    Result:

    cmdlet New-BECloudInstance at command pipeline position 1
    Supply values for the following parameters:
      Provider: compatible-with-s3
      ServiceHost: storage.yandexcloud.net
      SslMode: disabled
      Name: cloud
    
    
    Name        : cloud
    Id          : 12436533-a39e-4df6-81db-f836********
    Provider    : compatible-with-s3
    ServiceHost : storage.yandexcloud.net
    SslMode     : Disabled
    UrlStyle    : Path
    HttpPort    : 80
    HttpsPort   : 443
    Endpoint    :
    

Configure cloud storageConfigure cloud storage

  1. Run Veritas Backup Exec.
  2. On the Storage panel, select Configure cloud storage.
  3. Enter a Name for the cloud storage device and click Next.
  4. Select a vendor for S3 and click Next.
  5. Enter the connection info:
    • Select Cloud storage cloud [ compatible-with-s3 ].
    • Next to Logon account, click Add/Edit.
    • In the Logon account selection window, click Add.
    • In the Username field, enter the key ID.
    • In the Password field, enter the secret key.
    • Enter the secret key once again to confirm it.
    • Enter an Account name, e.g., Administrator of Bucket.
    • Confirm the name of your account and click OK.
    • Click Next.
  6. Select a bucket for backup and click Next.
  7. Select the number of parallel operations for the device and click Next.
  8. Double-check the settings you selected and click Done.

Add a server for backupAdd a server for backup

  1. Open the Backup and restore tab in Veritas Backup Exec.
  2. From the Servers and Virtual Hosts drop-down list, select Add.
  3. Select Microsoft Windows computers and servers and click Next.
  4. Enable Allow Backup Exec to establish a trust with the servers and click Next.
  5. Add the server and click Next.
  6. Optionally, enable the settings for updating the agent and restarting a remote computer and click Next.
  7. Double-check the settings you selected and click Install.

Configure the backup settingsConfigure the backup settings

  1. Open the Backup and restore tab in Veritas Backup Exec.

  2. Select the server you added at the previous step.

  3. From the Backup drop-down list, select Back Up to Cloud.

  4. Double-check the backup settings and modify them if required.

    Select the cloud device you created earlier as the storage.

  5. Click OK.

Test backupTest backup

Management console
  1. In the management console, navigate to the folder with backups.
  2. Select Object Storage.
  3. Open the bucket with backups and check whether all relevant files were copied.

How to delete the resources you createdHow to delete the resources you created

To stop paying for the resources you created:

  1. Delete the objects from the bucket.
  2. Delete the bucket.

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