Changing the TEMP path

[cesadan01]

Good morning,

we are using the web application Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365.

Now, when you download the PST file or a One Drive file, it is put in C:/Windows/Temp.

I wanted to ask if it was possible, to choose a different path?

Thanks.

Best regards.


Daniele

[Polina]

Hi Daniele and welcome to the Community!

Whether you save or export a file, it's always possible to specify the path. Please check out the documentation for export Exchange items to PST, saving OneDrive files and saving SharePoint items.

UPD: Daniele, I didn't realize at first that we're talking about REST API. Currently, the path for temporary files cannot be changed indeed. We'll take it as a feature request for the future versions.

Thanks!

[pkuikman]

Is it already possible to change the path?

[nielsengelen]

No, this is not possible.

[poulpreben]

Hi Niels and team. It seems that it is not only exporting to PST files, which causes high usage of temporary disk space.

We started the restoration of a large mailbox from an S3 backend while setting the target to another mailbox (MAILBOX2/RESTORE-MAILBOX1). This process ended up filling the C drive of the VBO365 instance under the following path: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\ExchangeExplorer\Dumps.

I brought up this topic with the Veeam Vanguards, and it seems like a common problem for large restores. Some have mentioned that their current workaround is to provision multi-TB of system drives for their VBO instances.

Are there any plans for making the location of temporary storage configurable?

[Mike Resseler]

Hi Preben,

No immediate plans, but we are looking into improvements around the restore in the future. Can I ask how large these dumps are getting, and how much data you are exporting to a PST file?

[poulpreben]

Hi Mike,

This is not export as PST. It is restore from one mailbox to another. The dumps just filled up the C-drive and eventually crashed.

See below:

[Mike Resseler]

Got it. Thanks for the information!

[kristofpoppe]

We moved the system variable %temp% to a dedicated SSD drive, which allows us large and performante restores.

[IvanK]

In VB365 v7 it's possible to set the temp folder path using the cmdlet Set-VBOServer -TempFolderPath <String>