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I have a question about the GFS backup to tape job schedule. All source backup job has synthetic full backup on saturday. What happend when I set the GFS schedule for the following:
Weekly backup: Monday
Monthly backup: day of the week: first monday
Will the Veeam create active full on monday? Or only copy the synthetic full which is created on Saturday.
I know when sourve job has enabled the sytnhetic full backup, the active full on the taoe job is automatically disabled.
Thanks.
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Re: GFS Backup to tape job schedule question
To create a GFS archive, Veeam Backup & Replication performs the following operations:
The GFS job starts according to the GFS job schedule and checks which media set is scheduled for today.
For GFS jobs with the Daily media set disabled:
If today some elder media sets are also scheduled, for example, the weekly media set, the GFS job archives the first restore point to the Weekly media set:
The GFS job starts according to the GFS job schedule and checks which media set is scheduled for today.
For GFS jobs with the Daily media set disabled:
- If the source job creates a full backup, the GFS job copies it.
- If the source job creates an incremental backup, the GFS job synthesizes a virtual full backup.
- If the source job created several restore points, the tape job will copy only the first one.
If today some elder media sets are also scheduled, for example, the weekly media set, the GFS job archives the first restore point to the Weekly media set:
- If the source job creates a full backup, the GFS job copies it.
- If the source job creates an incremental backup, the GFS job synthesizes a virtual full backup.
- If there is more than 1 restore point on disk available, the GFS job copies the rest of them to the Daily media set.
- If only the Daily media set is due today, the GFS job copies all available restore points to the Daily media set.
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Re: GFS Backup to tape job schedule question
Hi Adam
Moustafa comment is a copy from this user guide about the behavior for GFS Backup To Tape Jobs:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
May I know, what type of backup job do you use? "Backup to Tape" or "GFS Backup to Tape?
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Moustafa comment is a copy from this user guide about the behavior for GFS Backup To Tape Jobs:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
May I know, what type of backup job do you use? "Backup to Tape" or "GFS Backup to Tape?
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Re: GFS Backup to tape job schedule question
GFS Backup to Tape
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Re: GFS Backup to tape job schedule question
Ok, then the backup server will create a virtual full on Monday for the weekly tapes.
I also updated your other post. I wasn't aware that we have this difference between standard and gfs backup to tape jobs and virtual full's.
I will see that we can add this virtual full capability for GFS backup to tape on this user guide:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
Best,
Fabian
I also updated your other post. I wasn't aware that we have this difference between standard and gfs backup to tape jobs and virtual full's.
I will see that we can add this virtual full capability for GFS backup to tape on this user guide:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
Best,
Fabian
Product Management Analyst @ Veeam Software
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