After BK to Tape get Filelist

[Novell2]

Hallo, how to get a filelist after a backup to tape job? Is there a log file that lists all the backed up files after the tape backup?
Veeam VBR11 with tapelibrary
best regards

Novell2

[HannesK]

Hello,
yes, log files exist in c:\programdata\veeam\backup\<name of tape job>. One needs to filter manually the file names. The file names also exist in the job logs in the VBR console (History -> jobs -> tape), but not sure how useful that "manual" view is.

Alternatively, the "backups on tape" report mentions which machine is on which tape. Not exactly the file name, but might also fit the needs.

What is the overall goal you try to achieve?

Best regards,
Hannes

[Novell2]

Hello Hannes, my customer would like a complete file list of the secured servers that have been written to the tape backup. In the Veeam logs you can only see the VM disks, not their contents. Is that possible?
Best regards
Novell2

[HannesK]

Hello,

not their contents

ah, the content of the backup files is not known to the tape job. The backup files contain blocks. Not files. For example a 1GB Outlook PST file, where only a few MB changed, the backup file will not have the full 1 GB PST file. Only the changed blocks.

The workaround is using indexing. Then one can just click on the restore point in Enterprise Manager and see all the files.

my customer would like a complete file list

which problem do they try to solve? I mean, how does it help, having a text file with 100 millions of rows for a file server? Technically, they could index the restore point by mounting it somewhere. But again, not sure what the benefit would be compared to using the index in Enterprise Manager

Best regards,
Hannes