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Simple backups to USB drive

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Hello,

I have the following setup - single Hyper-V host with single VM on it, which is effectively running file and print services. I want to back this up to a rotating set of portable USB drives, which are taken off-site each night. I'm struggling with the complexity of Veeam B&R and was wondering...

1. how to set this up - a simple guide would be good! I have it backing up each night with an Active Full backup each Friday...
1. is Veam B&R too complex, I could quite easily just copy the files using robcopy each night, and perform an export of the VM each week.

TIA, Ben.
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Re: Simple backups to USB drive

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Ben, you need to create a backup job for this VM and enable rotated drives option in repository settings. Feel free to ask if something is still not clear.
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Re: Simple backups to USB drive

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Hi Foogy, thanks for the quick reply. When I click on advanced, I'm presented with Deduplicating Storage Compatibility, not Storage Compat. Screen shot at http://1drv.ms/18NGtvv .
What am I missing?
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Re: Simple backups to USB drive

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Seems you're on v7. Then you need to deploy the following registry key to enable the rotated drives scenario.
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