

I only backup M-F but there doesn't seem to be a way to tell the backup copy job about that. I'm being left with a whole heap of 16MB files that are created on the days where I don't run the underlying backup jobs. There needs to be some sort of logic that deletes backup copy files if there is never any backup data copied into them. I don't really have a problem with it, and I realised what the issue was once I saw the "action" (One job set to Dedupe Disabled, Local Target and the other set to Dedupe Disabled, LAN Target) but this should be shown as an error, because my job has been running for 20+ days now, and I hadn't had any warning that one of the VM's wasn't being copied.Ģ. Since 6.5 it is possible to run file-based backups and restore of VCSA. To avoid this, VMware offers a new way for VCSA backup. If not, you have to file a support ticket. When you are lucky, everything works fine afterwards. Despite the fact I dont have Veeam Dedupe Enabled, there is a status on some VM's within my Backup Copy Jobs (when they from a separate backup job to the bulk of my VM's) that says "Restore point is located in backup file with different block size". I have seen many appliances requiring a filesystem check after restore or crash.
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You D2D will only try to replicate the new VIB file (and the active full's VBK once a week/month, usually during the Team : Please add an option to select the backup copy mode, it would be more appropriate to use with dedupe appliances.ġ. Veeam Backup and Replication 11 is a true game-changer with its Immutable Backup feature. The VBK and VIB files won't change once backup is done. In the recommended mode (standard backup job with incremental + active full) you don't have this scenario. Every day the process starts from beginning (Big VBK file to rescan + a new VIB). Your StoreOnce will also try to sync the VBK file everyday and will have only 24 hours at best to do so. Since most dedupe appliances have a low read IO throughput => it takes forever. Why do customers prefer Arcserve over Veeam Arcserve offers complete backup and disaster recovery solutions with software, hardware appliances and cloud.

This means that the dedupe appliance has to rescan the whole VBK file in order to find what blocks are new.
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I tried Backup Copy Job with a StoreOnce D2D physical appliance and I have to say that it's not a good option.īackup Copy uses a sort of Incremental mode where Full backup file (.vbk) is usually merged every day with the nearest increment file (.vib).
