Backup vs. replica

[m.novelli]

Hi guys, I'm a big Veeam fan but i'm a little bit worried about replicas usability after long periods since first replication (one or more year)

With backups I perform a full active backup every week and I feel safe. With replicas I have to rely on the base replica made maybe one or more years ago with hundreds of subsequent increments, prone to network errors, electical power cut, snapshot errors, etc etc

I'm wondering how other Veeam users feel thinking to that and what they do.

Marco

[dellock6]

Since Veeam replicas make use of VMware snapshots, we usually detach virtual network from the VM and we simply start them, in order to check they are still bootable. After next replica execution, you will end up having a new snapshots so changes made bacuse of the test boot will be superseeded by the next snapshot.
On some VMs, we sometimes change replica jobs destination so it creates new replica from scratch, and we delete old replicas only when new retention is as long as desired.

Luca.