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Can you Endpoint backup a repository server to itself?

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[I wasn't sure whether to post here on in the Endpoint forum as both are associated with my question but I thought I'd try here first.]

I am finalising our transition away from Backup Exec having moved our last few physical servers to Endpoint Backups to a physical Veeam repository server. This server is also our Backup Exec server & so has the tape library attached to it (as well as direct FC-attach to VMFS etc.)

This server also used to serve as a "dumping ground" file server which we're also transitioning away from but I now want to plan to complete the move away from BExec & so need a plan for backing up the system volume of this server to aid speedy recovery from a potential crash of this server.

I was hoping I might be able to install Endpoint on it, configured to back-up only the C: drive, but send it to the Veeam repository that happens to be itself. Is this feasible or will it leave me in a Matrix / Inception scenario? ;-)

If it can't work, what to folks around here use to back-up their physical repository server?

I know I could just do a backup to disk & then files to tape etc. but I *REALLY* want to be able to utilise the ability to (efficiently) copy the backups off-site.
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Hi Paul,

If this repository is located on another volume, then you should be able to choose it in Veeam Endpoint backup job wizard.

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Thanks Vitaliy, It is on another volume so I shall give it a try & report back...
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Ok, just a small correction to my previous post - it will even work if you backup to the same volume that is specified as a source for the backup job, however please be aware that VEB backup files will be excluded from the backup job automatically.
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Hi Guys,

Yes this works, although when doing it to the same volume I had to use file level endpoint and not volume level it gave me errors. Mind you I did not spend much time investigating since file level did the trick.
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ober72, out of curiosity - what was the error message in case of using volume level backup?
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I can confirm that I've just completed the initial full (volume level) backup to the repository hosted on itself with no issues.

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Vitaliy S. wrote:ober72, out of curiosity - what was the error message in case of using volume level backup?
I will have to go back and look, off the top of my head it was a timeout strangely enough even though it had started moving data.

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Ok, then it must be unrelated to the fact that you've selected the same volume. Thanks for going back for the error message details.
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