backup SMB Share with the rotated drives option

[matfra]

Hi. Is it possible to backup a smb share to a repository with the rotated drives option enabled?
I tried to do this, but I get the following error and I don't understand if I have the wrong configuration or if it cannot be done ....
Error: Unable to perform backup to a repository with the rotated drives option enabled

[HannesK]

Hello,
no, that's impossible... that's what the error message says

Please see the table in https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110

Best regards,
Hannes

[matfra]

May I ask what is the reason and if there is a future implementation of this feature?

[HannesK]

chances are low for that. usually NAS backup is used to back up large amounts of data. so having rotated drives would be painful from a space and performance perspective.

For small amounts of data, customers usually use VMs. So there are only corner cases where NAS backup is used for less than let's say 25 TB.

[matfra]

I disagree on this. I believe that the need to bring data located in various PCs, outside the LAN, in rotation would be very useful.

[HannesK]

There are already a few requests for that on the forums. In general: the more requests, the more likely we implement a requested feature.

from PCs, Veeam Agent for Windows is what most customers use as it also offers bare metal restore.

[matfra]

Thanks for the explanation.
Last thing: I think it would be more intuitive to make sure that, when an SMB share is placed in a repository with rotation enabled, it is immediately prevented with an error message. Ok, the backup fails with an error but the doubt that this error can be given by others remains