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= Creating a backup storage location with file system storage by using the VMDP CLI

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Create a backup storage location (BSL) with file system storage to set up an encrypted repository for storing your virtual machine (VM) backups. This helps you to configure local file system storage for your data.

When you create a BSL, the virtual machine data protection (VMDP) command-line interface (CLI) creates a personal encrypted repository in the specified storage backend. You provide the encryption password, which is used to encrypt all backup data. Only users with this password can access the backup data.

.Prerequisites

* You have installed the VMDP CLI inside your VM.
* You have created an alias called `oadp-vmdp` for the VMDP CLI binary.
* You have access to a local file system path for backup storage.

.Procedure

* To create a BSL with file system storage, run the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oadp-vmdp bsl create filesystem \
  --path <storage_directory_path>
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Replace `<storage_directory_path>` with the absolute path to the storage directory.

.Verification

* To verify the BSL connection status, run the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oadp-vmdp bsl status
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