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Backup Copy Job is not working...i am new...

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Hello!

We are using VBR 9 and i was able to get the wan accelerators of two locations see each other, have a working backup and wanted to start with getting this stuff copied over from location one to location two...
So i set up the backup copy job in that way, that it starts after the original backup job.
But when i try that, the backup runs great, and the backup copy seems to start until this message:
Restore point is located in Backup Copy target repository and cannot be used as a source
And i have NO clue why or what i can do about it...

Any ideas out there??

Thx alot in advance

Both machines on each location VBR 9, backup encrypted/password protected, file only 57 gig in size
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Jan, you seem to use the same repository both as source and target for the backup copy job, which is not possible. Please create a separate repository and point your backup copy job to it.
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Hello...

I am not sure if i understand...
I am backing up to a NAS...which has a share that is setup as backup repository
Now i created the backup copy job and pointed to that job/backup repo...
Where is your second repo coming into place?

When i create a repo that points to the destination machine, than i get a job error:
Move all backup files to the new backup repository first...

So i am kind of lost right now...

Thx so far
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Just create a new backup copy job, select your regular job as a source and new repository on the destination machine as a target.
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Doing right now...lets see
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Wow...something really does something...
What could be the problem with my first try?
Just because wrong order?!
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No, since you've already tried to run the backup copy job, Veeam B&R assumed the target repository already had some backup files that should be moved to the newly created one. That's a know issue.
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Thank you so much...
It copied the stuff over...
Even that the file sizes are odd, VMware loads them and VM's are ok
Will see how it will work out over time...

Saved me lots of sweat...thx
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