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Backup copy job number of retries

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I would like to increase the number of retires in backup copy job, anyone knows how to do it?
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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Hi Daniel,

What number of retries would you like to increase? The ones that happen on building synthetic full or a backup copy attempt retry?

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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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The backup copy attempt retry.
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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Daniel,

Then please specify this reg key under main Veeam backup registry hive:

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BackupCopyMaxEntryBuildRetries  REG_DWORD  5
BTW, why do you want to increase the default value? Do you see many failed attempts to retrieve VM data?

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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Should I put this value in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication" ?

Yes, coz I'm transferring data over WAN which is slow and not stable recently.
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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Tried putting the reg value of 20 under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication" or "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication", the maximum number of retries remain 5. I have also restarted the veeam backup service, didn't help.
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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Yes, you should put the key under this registry hive:

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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication
BTW, it seems like I've given you the wrong key, my bad. Please use this one:

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BackupSyncMaxRetriesPerOib
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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Another use case is resuming the copy job after the source server reboots overnight for Windows Updates installation during a copy job's run.
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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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ntw wrote:Another use case is resuming the copy job after the source server reboots overnight for Windows Updates installation during a copy job's run.
In this case you need just one retry, so no need to change the default value.
danielchung wrote:I'm transferring data over WAN which is slow and not stable recently.
I`d suggest to use WAN Acceleration along with backup copy jobs for faster and more reliable retry.
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[MERGED] Backup copy to USB disks

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Hi,

We have a Backup Copy job to rotated USB disks. Over the weekend the disk wasn't attached but the copy job kept retrying so I ended up with about 100 failure emails.

Does anyone know if it's possible to set a retry limit on a copy job?

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Re: Backup copy job number of retries

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Hello David,

Try the suggested registry key and let us know if that works for your environment! Cheers!
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