Use Azure Blob for Monthly Archiving of Scale Out Backups

[sam.jordan]

Hi Team,

Currently we have Veeam backups set in a 3-2-1 methodology.
-We have daily backups of all servers running incrementally, that keeps 14 restore points
-We then have backup copy jobs that move the data from our daily storage to our slower, scale-out repository with a 4 week retention, that keeps 4x weekly backups for archival purposes - It then appears to remove the oldest on the 5th week, always keeping 4 weeks.
-We then take 1x monthly backup at the start of each month to tape.

What I am looking to do is replace this monthly tape backup with the Azure Blob.

I have set up our Azure Blob as a backup repository and added it to our current scale-out policy. I can manually move older backups to the Azure Blob, or I can set up a policy to move backups that are older than 25 days for example. These work as expected. However I do not want the 3 other weeklies to be included in this - I only want 1x restore point per month.
-I essentially only want to copy 1 of these 4 weekly backups and then keep them in Azure "forever".
-Do I need to create a brand new retention job, that only takes monthlies, and set the policy to move backups that are 0 days old.

Do you have any workflow changes, new jobs to be set up, or other suggestions for me?

Thanks,
Sam

[HannesK]

Hello,
and welcome to the forums.

I would go with 999 monthly backups on your BCJ configuration. It's not forever, but at least 83 years

And maybe adjust the 25 move to 30 days move.

Best regards,
Hannes