Feature Request: format rotated drive on Backup Copy Job

[m.novelli]

Hi, I frequently use RDX drives https://www.tandbergdata.com/us/index.c ... -quikstor/ as rotated media for Backup Copy Jobs to implement Rule 3 2 1

The cartridges are generally swapped by non-IT personnel. I would like a feature in Backup Copy Job to format RDX drives when Veeam detect they have been rotated, since I get frequently issues during merge due to slowness of the drive / disk full / various issues

Thanks

Marco

[Mildur]

The problem is, Veeam will not remove Restore Points from rotated drives until a new one exists on them and the retention settings allowes it to remove the Restore Point.
I know, there is a registry setting to remove the backup chain from the disk before a new backup was successful. I will never use that What if Backup Copy is not successfull and the only backup copy chain I have is removed before a new backup copy was done?

If you need a disk format, why not starting a Job Script before the backup copy job starts?
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110

[foggy]

Hi Marco, just in case you consider using the mentioned registry value acceptable: please review this KB for details.

[m.novelli]

The problem is, Veeam will not remove Restore Points from rotated drives until a new one exists on them and the retention settings allowes it to remove the Restore Point.

That's the problem

I know, there is a registry setting to remove the backup chain from the disk before a new backup was successful. I will never use that What if Backup Copy is not successfull and the only backup copy chain I have is removed before a new backup copy was done?

Yes, the registry setting is dumb since applies to all repository and not only to backup copy job repository

If you need a disk format, why not starting a Job Script before the backup copy job starts?
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=110

Would be easier and elegant implemented by Veeam

Marco

[Gostev]

Yes, the registry setting is dumb since applies to all repository and not only to backup copy job repository

@Egor Yakovlev btw here's another benefit of the change we discussed recently: repository-level granularity of the behavior.

[Egor Yakovlev]

Totally agree.
We are working on improvement for this request.