I have a exist repository using refs block clone on a refs volume using storagespace. I want to offload all of the backups to a iscsi disk and I don't have enough space for all the files without block clone. The backup will just leave there for GFS purpose and no new backup will write to there.
I have searched around but can't find anything about if move the volume using sector-by-sector clone will work or not. Does anyone had experience?
I think my other solution will be move it part by part and using refs dedupe in between. The server runs server 2019. But i assume it will be a time consuming process.
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Re: Migrate a refs block cloned repository using sector-by-sector clone of refs volume?
What about doing image-level backup and restore of said volume?
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Re: Migrate a refs block cloned repository using sector-by-sector clone of refs volume?
Never thought of that. The volume is 15TB in size, will this work using Veeam Agent?
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Sure. Veeam Agent by itself can do up to 64TB volumes (Microsoft VSS limitation), and volumes bigger than that require the usage of storage snapshot integration.
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Re: Migrate a refs block cloned repository using sector-by-sector clone of refs volume?
how will this work out if you at the same time move to a new server? is it possible to also move the index of the blocks and import it to a new server?
say we have a usb-drive with refs and block cloning.
how to achive this usb-drive will work when connecting to a new server?
an export/import of the block clone index seems reasonable
say we have a usb-drive with refs and block cloning.
how to achive this usb-drive will work when connecting to a new server?
an export/import of the block clone index seems reasonable
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