-
- Veteran
- Posts: 316
- Liked: 48 times
- Joined: Apr 07, 2015 1:53 pm
- Full Name: James Wilmoth
- Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
- Contact:
Replica seeding from an Export
An Export creates both VBK and VBM which, according to https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120, is the core requirement. I want to do seeding from an Export as a cleaner and lesser impactful (to production) approach than create a new backup job or copying the existing backup job which has many legacy backups. So basically, I have started Exports of just the assets I need to replicate. When this is done, I will transport the repo to the far end and follow the procedure to seed the replica jobs. I want to make sure replica seeding from Export is fine, i.e. that there are no hidden caveats, since both VBK and VBM files are created and will be available? Thanks
-
- Veeam Software
- Posts: 867
- Liked: 154 times
- Joined: Feb 16, 2012 7:35 am
- Full Name: Rasmus Haslund
- Location: Denmark
- Contact:
Re: Replica seeding from an Export
I gave this a quick test in the lab. If I set up a replication job and point seeding to a repo with no backups, then it immediately throws an error 'Failed to create processing task for VM xxx not found in backup for initial sync'. I then created an export of the backup for this VM to that repo and the replication job completed with seeding enabled.
Rasmus Haslund | Twitter: @haslund | Blog: https://rasmushaslund.com
-
- Veteran
- Posts: 316
- Liked: 48 times
- Joined: Apr 07, 2015 1:53 pm
- Full Name: James Wilmoth
- Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina, USA
- Contact:
Re: Replica seeding from an Export
Thank you for the testing. It indeed proved to work for us and saved a LOT of time and hassle having to move around heavy hardware!
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Baidu [Spider] and 60 guests