diff --git a/lib/cinder_backends/ceph b/lib/cinder_backends/ceph
index e9d2a02..9003afd 100644
--- a/lib/cinder_backends/ceph
+++ b/lib/cinder_backends/ceph
@@ -52,11 +52,13 @@
     iniset $CINDER_CONF DEFAULT glance_api_version 2
 
     if is_service_enabled c-bak; then
-        # Configure Cinder backup service options, ceph pool, ceph user and ceph key
         sudo ceph -c ${CEPH_CONF_FILE} osd pool create ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL} ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL_PG} ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL_PGP}
-        sudo ceph -c ${CEPH_CONF_FILE} osd pool set ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL} size ${CEPH_REPLICAS}
-        if [[ $CEPH_REPLICAS -ne 1 ]]; then
-            sudo ceph -c ${CEPH_CONF_FILE} osd pool set ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL} crush_ruleset ${RULE_ID}
+        if [ "$REMOTE_CEPH" = "False" ]; then
+            # Configure Cinder backup service options, ceph pool, ceph user and ceph key
+            sudo ceph -c ${CEPH_CONF_FILE} osd pool set ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL} size ${CEPH_REPLICAS}
+            if [[ $CEPH_REPLICAS -ne 1 ]]; then
+                sudo ceph -c ${CEPH_CONF_FILE} osd pool set ${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL} crush_ruleset ${RULE_ID}
+            fi
         fi
         sudo ceph -c ${CEPH_CONF_FILE} auth get-or-create client.${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_USER} mon "allow r" osd "allow class-read object_prefix rbd_children, allow rwx pool=${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_POOL}" | sudo tee ${CEPH_CONF_DIR}/ceph.client.${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_USER}.keyring
         sudo chown $(whoami):$(whoami) ${CEPH_CONF_DIR}/ceph.client.${CINDER_BAK_CEPH_USER}.keyring