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title: "SOS: Veeam Ready Repository – Capacity Target"
date: 2026-02-17
tags: ["Announcement","SOS"]
url: https://changelog.exoscale.com/sos-veeam-ready-repository-capacity-target/
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# SOS: Veeam Ready Repository – Capacity Target

<div class=""></div><h2>Exoscale Simple Object Storage (SOS) is now certified as a “Veeam Ready Repository – Capacity Target”.</h2><div class="medium-insert-images"><figure class="">
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</figure></div><div class="">This certification confirms that SOS can be used as a Veeam object storage repository and as a Capacity Tier in Veeam Scale-Out Backup Repositories, meeting Veeam’s functional and performance requirements, including immutability (Object Lock) support.</div><div class="">In Veeam Backup &amp; Replication, Exoscale is configured via the “<a href="https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/s3_compatible_adding.html?ver=13" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">S3-compatible object storage</a>” option using standard S3 credentials and endpoints.</div><h3>What this enables</h3><div class=""><ul><li>Store Veeam backups directly on Exoscale SOS</li><li>Use SOS as a Capacity Tier for long-term retention</li><li>Protect backups with immutability (Object Lock)</li><li>Follow standard Veeam S3-compatible workflows</li></ul></div><h3>Getting started</h3><div class="">To start backing up to SOS in Veeam:</div><div class=""><ol><li>Add a new Object Storage Repository</li><li>Select “S3-compatible object storage”</li><li>Configure it using your Exoscale S3 endpoint and credentials</li></ol></div><div class="">Exoscale-specific documentation will be updated separately.</div><blockquote>Restore to on-premises environments is supported, while restore to Exoscale will be introduced in a future update.</blockquote>

[Follow Veeam’s standard S3-compatible setup:](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/s3_compatible_adding.html?ver=13)