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Why Your Veeam Backups Aren’t Immutable in OCI S3 (And How to Fix It)

Jan 2, 2026

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Youssef Salem

in Infrastructure, Oracle, Veeam

If you’ve tried to check the “Make recent backups immutable” box while setting up an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) S3-compatible bucket in Veeam, you’ve likely hit a wall. Despite OCI’s robust security, it lacks the native S3 Object Lock API that Veeam requires to “talk” to the bucket for immutability. While you can easily follow…