Snapshot & Job queue for Veeam Agent Linux

[Glitch]

Hello Veeam team,

I have a question about the backup process via the Linux Agent.
Is it normal for the agent to snaphot a complete directory and subdirectory when I only want to save a folder?

Example:

MASTER FOLDER (Size: 1TB)
- FOLDER 1 (Size: 250Go)
- FOLDER 2 (Size: 250Go)
- FOLDER 3 (Size: 250Go) <----- Only this folder
- FOLDER 4 (Size: 250Go)

We wish to save only the folder 3.
And when the job launches it is checked that the agent performs a complete snaphot of the MASTER directory. Is this normal?

And it possible to disable the snaphot function via the conf file of the agent?
Performed a large snap only to recover a smaller file is still binding. Especially when we have several jobs.

Finally last question, and it is planned in the next version of the linux agent that this one is able to execute several job at the same time ?
Or have a queue system, so that a sequence of jobs is executed in a row.

Sorry for the rough English.
(By the way on this subject a sub-forum by country would be ideal and simpler for veeam users ?)

Thank you for taking the time to read me.

[PTide]

Hi and welcome to the community,

Is it normal for the agent to snaphot a complete directory and subdirectory when I only want to save a folder?

Yes, it is normal and by design.

And it possible to disable the snaphot function via the conf file of the agent?

No, it's not possible.

Finally last question, and it is planned in the next version of the linux agent that this one is able to execute several job at the same time ?

We had a similar request before, would you describe you use case please?

<...> have a queue system, so that a sequence of jobs is executed in a row.

No, we do not plan adding job linking. You can configure it by yourself using cron.

By the way on this subject a sub-forum by country would be ideal and simpler for veeam users?

I don't think that would be convenient because of two reasons:

1. With different languages being in use not all users would be able to get important info, that's why English is the official language of this forum. It's a community, in the first place.
2. We have users from all over the world, so too many of separate forums would be needed.

Thank you

[Glitch]

Hello PTide,

Thank you for your return, I understand.

<...> have a queue system, so that a sequence of jobs is executed in a row.
No, we do not plan adding job linking. You can configure it by yourself using cron.

As for launching several jobs via the cron, the job will be blocked if the first backup is not finished.
It is therefore necessary to go through a script that verifies the status of the 1st job so that it starts without problems ?

[PTide]

It is therefore necessary to go through a script that verifies the status of the 1st job so that it starts without problems ?

Right. You can use

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veeamconfig session list | grep Running

If any job is in progress, it will return you this:

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<JobName>  <Type>  {SessionID}  Running  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM

Thanks

[Glitch]

Thank you PTide.

We had a similar request before, would you describe you use case please?

- That the agent is able to launch multiple simultaneous jobs with restores different point.
RUN JOB 1 --> 15:00 - Restores point: 60
RUN JOB 2 --> 15:00 - Restores point: 7

For example a set of Jobs to do once a day:

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RUN JOB 1 --> 00:00 - Restores point: 60
RUN JOB 2 --> 00:00 - Restores point: 7
RUN JOB 3 --> 01:00 - Restores point: 31
RUN JOB 4 --> 02:00 - Restores point: 365
RUN JOB 5 --> 04:00 - Restores point: 60

In my example I need to go through script so that jobs can continue so that there is no blocking if one of the jobs takes longer to do so.