Move C:\ProgramData\Veeam\ExternalCache

[b.vanhaastrecht]

Hello,

This folder C:\ProgramData\Veeam\ExternalCache is being filled with parts of a copy job from Azure. We would like to move this to a other drive. How can we accomplish this?

Kind regards,
Bastiaan

[RomanK]

Hello Bastiaan,

There should be ExternalRepositoryCacheWindowsRoot registry key for changing the location of the cache folder.

Please follow the next steps:

• Finish all necessary backup jobs

• Open services.msc and stop Veeam Backup Service and Veeam CDP Coordinator Service

• Open regedit, navigate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication

• Сreate ExternalRepositoryCacheWindowsRoot, type REG_SZ

• Put the required value, for example, D:\cache, the folder should be created in advance

• Move all C:\ProgramData\Veeam\ExternalCache contents to the new folder

• Start services back

Alternatively, you may use a symbolic link:
mklink /j "C:\ProgramData\Veeam\ExternalCache" "D:\cache"

Thanks