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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Hello,
Thanks for the feedback. Indeed for now you need to use regular media pool for daily tape backups.
We are going to implement the feature of daily backups in GFS media pool in future versions.
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Hi,

Is there any update in the parallel processing feature? GFS is a nice feature that adds convenience over normal media pools. Giving it a performance burden over normal media pools, when obviously the parallel processing mechanism is already tried and tested is most frustrating. Also, when using per vm files, better tape job error handling would be welcome.... If I have a tape copy job (GFS or not) that includes 5 vms and the job fails... Surely we should be able to identify with VM we were copying to tape at the time, rather than ditching the whole copy set?

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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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This request has been tracked already and will be covered in one of the future releases. However, we cannot share specifics at this point of time. Thanks.
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Hi Vladimir,

Thanks for the confirmation. Does this cover both the parallel processing AND the error handling?
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[MERGED] parallel tape processing GFS media pools

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My feature request is to enable parallel tape processing for GFS media pools. In this case, one GFS tape backup job, can use two tape drives simultaneously.

Our weekly GFS tape backup jobs need a lot of time to complete. Because of this time-consuming tape backup jobs, we have two tape drives. It would save more time, if we could combine those two drives, in one tape job. Unfortunately, that is not possible at this moment. That's why we have two GFS tape jobs; one for each tape drive. We would rather use one GFS tape backup job which can use both drives simultaneously. More info here: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... tml?ver=95
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Is there any update for when parallel processing for GFS media pools will be available?

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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Unfortunately we сannot provide any ETA at the moment, but this feature has a high priority in our books. Thanks.
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[MERGED] Tape Parallel Processing in GFS Media Pool

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I have tape library with 4 drives, it will be great if you can enable Parallel processing on GFS Media Pool to speed backup process.
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Following for updates!
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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» Mon Jan 18, 2016 1:29 pm :
Dima P. wrote:Hey WinstonWolf,
Parallel processing for GFS media pools feature is planned as a part of further GFS media pool enhancements, so thanks for posting – it shows we are on the right track.
» Fri Jun 09, 2017 7:20 pm :
v.Eremin wrote:This request has been tracked already and will be covered in one of the future releases. However, we cannot share specifics at this point of time. Thanks.
Hi,

We are now in 2018.

How many years are you going to wait before release a *basic* functionality like this ?

I love veeam backup product (mainly because of advanced functions like application item restore) but sometimes I feel like you're missing really basic backup software stuff, like direct backup VM to tape, use multiple LTO drives, etc... :roll:
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Also following for updates. I agree with the last poster, any idea what year this will be released
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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Now the 9.5 r3a is about to be released can anyone on the early access let us know if these long awaited features are included?

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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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3a is more a platform support update (not counting multiple bug fixes), so, no new features have been introduced.

As to your request, it's in the "short-term" bucket (features that should be implemented in foreseeable future) .

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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

Post by Dima P. » 2 people like this post

Hello folks,

Wanted to bump this thread up and share the good new with all of you. As you may know Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 4 went live and it has the most demanded GFS Media Pool improvements included:

1. Parallel processing for GFS media pools (also keep in mind that library failover was completely reworked, so in addition to parallel processing you can write data to multiple tape libraries at the same time).
2. Ability to configure daily media set with GFS media pool for incremental backups.
3. Option to specify exact start time for GFS tape backup jobs.

Here is the link to What's New document with all features and improvements listed. Cheers!

P.S. @pkelly_sts it's time to change you signature :wink:
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Re: v9 GFS Media Pool & Tape Job

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WHOO HOOO, finally, Well done Veeam!
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