Move backup copies

[perjonsson1960]

Folks,

Is it possible to move backup copy files from one Scale-out repository extent to another extent within the same Scale-out repository? All the "moving backup files" guides that I have read talks about creating a new repository to which the files shall be moved. I.E., I want to move backup copy files from one repository to another EXISTING repository within the same Scale-out. If that is possible, can I get a step-by-step guide here in the thread?

Sincerely,
Per Jonsson
Sweden

[veremin]

Put extent into maintenance mode, then, evacuate backups. More information can be found here. Thanks!

[perjonsson1960]

So there is no way to move backup files from one extent to another within a scale-out without evacuating ALL of the backup files from the "source" extent? It's all or nothing?

[veremin]

In this case you can move required files manually from one extent to the other and, then, re-scan SOBR. Thanks.!

[perjonsson1960]

Okay. If a backup copy job that is copying backups of several servers has placed some files on extent #1, and the rest on extent #2, what about the .vbm file? Is the .vbm file identical in both places, so I can just move all files from the job's folder on extent #1 to the job's folder on extent #2, and then re-scan the SOBR?

[perjonsson1960]

I tried to move all the files from the job's folder on extent #1 to the job's folder on extent #2, and did a re-scan of the SOBR. Didn't work. The job failed because it couldn't find the files I had moved. So I moved them back, and restarted the job, and then it succeeded.

[perjonsson1960]

Before I moved the files back, I thought that maybe I need to "Map backup" in the job, but when I tried, it said that I was trying to use the same place as another job, and the "other" job was the same job... So I didn't dare to try.

[veremin]

You should be OK with manually moving backup files from one extent to the other.

So, if that doesn't work the way we've described, then, contact our support team for further investigation.

Thanks!