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Copy to object storage not working as expected

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Hi all,

This is just an observation from my lab so no rush!
I implemented a SOBR using a bucket on Minio as my capacity tier. I've enabled both the copy and move options.
I set up a backup job of a vSphere VM - Forward incremental with GFS.

I expected that the backup files would be copied to the bucket on Minio but that hasn't happened. I can see that the offload job has run several times at 4 hour intervals but each job says "0 backups will be copied to the capacity tier" and "0 backups will be moved to the capacity tier". I though that (a) the offload copy job ran immediately after the backup job instead of on a 4 hour schedule and (b) I would see backup files being copied at least after the first offload job runs.

Any thoughts?
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Re: Copy to object storage not working as expected

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After your backup job completed there should’ve been an offload job that started. This would’ve copied the backup data to MinIO. The system generated sobr offloads that run every 4 hrs would then not have any data to copy, so those results are expected.

Look for a sobr offload that ran immediately after your backup job and you should see objects were copied to MinIO.
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Re: Copy to object storage not working as expected

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My bad. I had set up my backup job incorrectly. Working as expected now :-)
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Re: Copy to object storage not working as expected

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Glad you solved it. Did you see the sobr offload kick off after the backup job finished and do you now see the restore point(s) showing under Backups:Object Storage on the left side of the VBR console?
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