Question about stopping replication

[m.novelli]

Hi guys, a couple of questions that are unclear to me:

- what happens when I stop a replication job? The VM that is being replicated is left in an inconsistent state? The subsequent replica will solve the problem or I should remove the VM from replica and start from scratch?

- when there is a dirty shutdown of ESXi hosts and SAN, Veeam B&R during next backup cycle give a CBT error and perform a full backup. What about the replica?

Many thanks

Marco

[dellock6]

Hi Marco:
- veeam creates every replica point as snapshot, so only the failed point in time is in inconsistent state, all other points are good to be used
- when CBT fails, Veeam does not do a full backup, instead it does a full "scan" of a vmdk to look after changed blocks

Luca.

[robg]

So, whenever a replication process is underway and you click the stop button, it warns that the replica might not work as a result. This raises the question of what if the source site crashes during a replication process, would that potentially make the replica in progress unusable?

Maybe a stupid question, you seem to have thought of everything, but I would like to know for piece of mind. Especially with a lot of activity during that day, it would be a concern.

Thanks

[foggy]

Rob, I assume you're talking about vSphere, right? Since Veeam B&R stores replica restore points in native format (each restore point is a VMware snapshot), in case of replication stop or failure, only the latest restore point is left inconsistent. All previous restore points are valid and recoverable. Subsequent replication job run will clean up inconsistent restore point.

[robg]

thanks for the info.. by the way when you merge threads like this I no longer get an email notification when a response is posted

[foggy]

We typically merge duplicate discussions in an effort to keep the forum more consistent and easy to use. I will check whether we can enable notifications for the merged threads though.