Is there a way for Veeam B&R to start a VM backup job when a specific file is created on a target VM. I have a scheduled job which exports a CSV file and I would like upon detection of that file for Veeam to trigger a backup job and then delete that file from the VM upon completion.
Is this possible? I couldn't see anything for this specific niche use case
VBR doesn‘t monitor files in a vm. So it‘s not possible to start a job after there was a change inside the vm.
You can extend your file export script to use Start-VBR to start your backup job after the export was done. Or you can use Job scripts to export your file, then the job runs, and after the job, you can use another script to remove the file.
OK thanks for this. I run the task using a group managed service account, does this gmsa need permissions on the backup server in order to script the start of the backup job?
