Guide for "correct" 3-2-1 backup setup

[staun]

Properbly asked before, but did not find anything in my search that exactly described the setup.

Today we are doing following.

Backup Job XX (Storage system 1)
- Restore points : 90
- Incremental backup
- Synthetic full backup every friday.
- Schedule : every day at 21:00

Backup Copy Job XX (linked to Backup Job XX) - (Storage system 2)
- Copy every day at : 23:30
- Restore points : 90
- GFS enabled (1 weekly, 12 Monthly, 0 quarterly, 5 yearly)

Tape Backup Job XX (Linked to Backup Job XX)
- GFS Media Pool: (90 daily, 4 Weekly, 12 Monthly, 3 quarters, 5 years)
- Export weekly, montly, quarterly and yearly tapes to Media Vault XX)

I am not 100% sure that this is the correct way to configure our backup strategy for a 3-2-1 backup, but perhaps someone can guide me or provide a link to site with a good explanation on how to configure.

What confuses me a little is this "warning" on my Tape Backup Jobs when I click "Schedule". - I am not quite sure what it means.

"Daily backups are linked to full backups. Restore from daily backups may require exporting tapes from older generation media sets."

[shakhdan]

Hello Jørgen,

In your case:

1) You have at least 3 copies of the data: Primary Backup, Backup Copy, Backup to Tape.
2) These copies are kept on at least two different storage types: Storage system 1, Storage system 2 Tape.
3) At least one copy of the data is in offsite – Tape media.

It looks like you are all set. Take a look explanation of 3-2-1 rule in our blog. Thank you!

[staun]

Thanks, - I have been through this blog. I was looking for something more actual configuration with screendumps of the B&R setup as I am seeing strange log-warnings etc. So before I went any further I just wanted to make sure I did configure Veeam 3-2-1 correct.

[Dima P.]

Jørgen,

"Daily backups are linked to full backups. Restore from daily backups may require exporting tapes from older generation media sets."

This message is displayed to notify you that restore from daily media set will require full backup from elder media set (weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly).

I was looking for something more actual configuration with screendumps of the B&R setup

Take a look at this thread - 3-2-1 Backup - Should I have a local backup copy?. Cheers!

[scrat]

Hi all,

Does anyone know what it would be like using an Object storage for archive backups? Following the same example:

Backup Job XX (Storage system 1)
- Restore points : 90
- Incremental backup
- Synthetic full backup every friday.
- Schedule : every day at 21:00

Backup Copy Job XX (linked to Backup Job XX) - (Storage system 2 - Scale Out Repository)
Performance Tier (Storage system 2):
- Copy every day at : 23:30
- Restore points : 90
- GFS enabled (1 weekly, 12 Monthly, 0 quarterly, 5 yearly)
Capacity Tier (Cloud Repository):
- Move backups to object storage as they age out of the operational restore window: 90 days

Would this be the right way to do it? I can't think of any other options.

Thanks,
Best regards.

[PetrM]

Hello,

Looks like it might be a way to go, you follow 3-2-1 rule and offload data from backups aged out of 90 days (your short-term retention) to an object storage.

Thanks!