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Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Please add the option:

Verify image to check integrity of the backup.

This is an essential feature of every serious backup program. Without that, you never know if your backup is worthless or usable.

Thanks!
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Re: Feature request: Verify image to check integrity

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Hello cygnus,

Can you, please, clarify are you referring the Endpoint when talking about verification or to Veeam Recovery Media? The word "image" confused me a bit :D
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Hi Dima, sorry for the confusion. I adjusted the subject now. ;)

I am referring to the written backup files (*.vbm, *.vbk, *.vib).
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Thanks - now the picture is brighter
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[MERGED] File Verification?

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Does VEB do any file verification or consistency check after a backup? Basically is there any way to verify, other than doing a manual restore, that files were indeed backedup? I only need this to check a box on an audit form...
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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True – there is no verification job. The only supported option is to perform a quick file level recovery.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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+1 for verification and a consequence in case of failure.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Thanks. By the way, in case of a failure VEB has a built in retry cycle :wink:
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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+1 for verification
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Dima P. wrote:Thanks. By the way, in case of a failure VEB has a built in retry cycle :wink:
Yea that's good enough for me, but not for my auditor. I am going to be asked to find another solution in 6 to 8 months when they come back... which is going to be a nightmare.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Fair. To tell the truth there is an integrity check every job run: it check the consistency of the existing backup chain and if it is somehow corrupter/changed/not accessible – backup job start a new full.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Ah Dima. So you also learned something new here? ;-)

I am glad to hear that there is such a check implemented.

Thanks for this great backup software!
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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I knew about this logic, my fault I did not share it before :mrgreen:
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

Post by Gostev » 3 people like this post

This check is very basic though. Dima, let's plan on adding a health check similar to one we have in B&R (aka storage-level corruption guard in v9). Much needed considering that many users are using consumer-grade disk storage having relatively high URE, which raises the chance of silent corruption up to 100 times comparing to enterprise-grade storage. Thanks!
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Already noted :mrgreen:
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Has the issue of checking for silent data corruption with VEEAM Endpoint backup been addressed yet? I see the last post here was Tuesday Dec 08, 2015 with no resolve at that time.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Hi scottregb,

We are working of this feature but, unfortunately, I can provide you the ETA. As a temporary workaround, you can start a test file level recovery or perform export as virtual disk type of recovery via Veeam B&R.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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scottregb wrote:Has the issue of checking for silent data corruption with VEEAM Endpoint backup been addressed yet? I see the last post here was Tuesday Dec 08, 2015 with no resolve at that time.
It has not, I was bitten by it a few weeks ago.
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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could this be revisited, please for on-demand trigger?

the current way to verify the backup as far as I understand is to enable advanced settings - maintenance - perform halth check - select today and re-run the backup.

can we simply have a menu item on the job? https://i.imgur.com/zj71GzX.png
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Re: Feature request: Verify backup to check integrity

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Hello ml35,

Thanks for the feedback! Mind me asking what type of repository your agents are using? Cheers!
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