Veeam backup

[jamerson]

Dear All,
is it possible to configure the Veeam to do the back just for the changes that been done?
i don''t want to back up the same files everyday,

thank you

[veremin]

If you’re talking about backing virtual machine, then please be aware that VB&R put into use special VMware feature called CBT, which allows us tracking/backing ip only those blocks that have been changed since the last backup run.

Moreover, even if CBT doesn't work, VB&R leverages its proprietary mechanism that works this way: VB&R scans through the whole VM image and a checksum (hash) is calculated for every data block, then it verifies what blocks have been changed on your VM compared to the VM image stored in the backup file.

So, in case of virtual machine backup/replication, it's practically always about an incremental not a full run.

If you’re talking about Copy Job, then you need to know it just transfers files as a whole knowing nothing about changes that have happened previously. So, it can be utilized in incremental way.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.

[jamerson]

If you’re talking about backing virtual machine, then please be aware that VB&R put into use special VMware feature called CBT, which allows us tracking/backing ip only those blocks that have been changed since the last backup run.

Moreover, even if CBT doesn't work, VB&R leverages its proprietary mechanism that works this way: VB&R scans through the whole VM image and a checksum (hash) is calculated for every data block, then it verifies what blocks have been changed on your VM compared to the VM image stored in the backup file.

So, in case of virtual machine backup/replication, it's practically always about an incremental not a full run.

If you’re talking about Copy Job, then you need to know it just transfers files as a whole knowing nothing about changes that have happened previously. So, it can be utilized in incremental way.

Hope this helps.
Thanks.

thank you for your answer,
yes i am talking about the files, as i have like 1,5 TB and it will take long to back it up every night,
so i want to run Full backup onces during the night, and schedule a job to back up the data ( i want this job to check just for the files that been changed to back them up, not the whole 1.5 TB, over and over every night,


thank you

[foggy]

Julien, this cannot be done with this kind of job. File copy job performs a full run every time.

If you need incremental backups, you can use ordinary backup jobs against the VM to copy just those blocks that have been changed in the VM guest OS since the job's previous run. Veeam B&R is a block-level solution and tracks changed blocks, not files.

[chrisdearden]

If your files dont change , then the underlying blocks are not going to change either - so the CBT incremental will be pretty small. I have a customer who backs up a 2TB fileserver every hour; it takes 5 minutes and produced pretty small incrementals.

[jamerson]

If your files dont change , then the underlying blocks are not going to change either - so the CBT incremental will be pretty small. I have a customer who backs up a 2TB fileserver every hour; it takes 5 minutes and produced pretty small incrementals.

i dont mind having it every hr backing up,
but the issue it create a new folder,and double the files and folder,
so i want it to back up just to one folder,

[chrisdearden]

I'm not sure I follow you there - you have a process within the VM that is duplicating a lot of files that you dont actually want to back up ?

Veeam backup creates a folder on the target per backup job and an additional file per job run.

[jamerson]

I'm not sure I follow you there - you have a process within the VM that is duplicating a lot of files that you dont actually want to back up ?

Veeam backup creates a folder on the target per backup job and an additional file per job run.

my story is the next,
i have FS, DC, EX,
DC is 40GB
EX= 140GB
FS=1,5TB

FS= is 4 Partition, 1OS, 2 Data, 3 Backup, 4 BackupOS
i want to clone the VM machines just the OS ( C: ) to Backup OS on the File Server 4 Backup OS.
EX and DC clone the whole Server to the BackUp OS Partition,

[kjc3303]

Not sure why you want to back up to a partition on the same server? Sure you can add the partition(Disk) as a repository but what if you lose the server and need to recover? this will add further steps to you process, ie mounting the disk to another server re adding the repository to veeam.

[Vitaliy S.]

If you’re talking about Copy Job, then you need to know it just transfers files as a whole knowing nothing about changes that have happened previously. So, it can be utilized in incremental way.

yes i am talking about the files, as i have like 1,5 TB and it will take long to back it up every night

I believe the question is not about Copy Jobs, but rather about Veeam backup jobs according to the later post below:

my story is the next,
i have FS, DC, EX,
DC is 40GB
EX= 140GB
FS=1,5TB

FS= is 4 Partition, 1OS, 2 Data, 3 Backup, 4 BackupOS
i want to clone the VM machines just the OS ( C: ) to Backup OS on the File Server 4 Backup OS.
EX and DC clone the whole Server to the BackUp OS Partition,

So getting back to the original question - on every subsequent backup/replication job run Veeam will backup only changes that occurred on your VMs, no special job configuration is required.

[jamerson]

Not sure why you want to back up to a partition on the same server? Sure you can add the partition(Disk) as a repository but what if you lose the server and need to recover? this will add further steps to you process, ie mounting the disk to another server re adding the repository to veeam.

i backup on the partition in case need to recovery for a quick revocer,
also i backup on external disk

[jamerson]

i forgot to mention i am on a Lab testing this,
my company want to move to Veeam ,

i checked the job of tonight and found this errors, can someone please advise what wrong?
because the log is so long i had to edit it, thank you.
the Job is running with local and globle admin right!

[foggy]

Please avoid posting log snippets as it is described when you click New Topic. If you have any technical problem with the product please contact our support team directly. Thanks!

[jamerson]

Please avoid posting log snippets as it is described when you click New Topic. If you have any technical problem with the product please contact our support team directly. Thanks!

how can i contact them?
can they helps me even i am still testing the software?

[kjc3303]

Hi Yes they will give support on evaluation licenses, they're good like that

[kjc3303]

http://www.veeam.com/support.html create an account and log a support call.

[foggy]

Everyone on the official evaluation period is eligible for technical support, so feel free to contact them. This will be more efficient then using the forum correspondence.

[jamerson]

Hi Yes they will give support on evaluation licenses, they're good like that

i''ve seen alot of people suffering with this error, about files back up that the name is too long,
so we''ll stuck with our back up software untill Veeam is stable,
Windows Server back up does great Job on backing up files,

how can i contact the support team ? Email ? Forum?

thank you

[Vitaliy S.]

how can i contact the support team ? Email ? Forum?

http://www.veeam.com/support.html create an account and log a support call.

[jamerson]

Hi Yes they will give support on evaluation licenses, they're good like that

contacted the great support
and what was the answer of the technical guy, he asked me to rename al the files and folder that has long name,
this is not really the solution, is it ?

[foggy]

Not a solution indeed, but still could be a viable workaround in some cases. What is your support case number?

[jamerson]

Not a solution indeed, but still could be a viable workaround in some cases. What is your support case number?

if i have this on production, i can''t do it globaly!
the case is Veeam Support - Case # 00203286

thank you sir

[jamerson]

any news about this?
thank you

[Gostev]

Hi Julien, you should be requesting updates from your support engineer, as the team behind this forum is not involved with support. However, please note that only Premium Support is provided 24/7. Standard Support is provided during business hours only, while yesterday and today is weekend. Additionally, response times also depend on the issue severity, and whether or not you are a paying customer... you can review our support policy for more information. Thanks!

[jamerson]

Hi Julien, you should be requesting updates from your support engineer, as the team behind this forum is not involved with support. However, please note that only Premium Support is provided 24/7. Standard Support is provided during business hours only, while yesterday and today is weekend. Additionally, response times also depend on the issue severity, and whether or not you are a paying customer... you can review our support policy for more information. Thanks!

hey Gostev,
i have already opend the ticket, and the support team request the log file which i provided them, but they are still telling me this windows limitation name however Symantec back up doesn''t have this issue,
Windows limitation is not really the issue,i beleive this a bug in the software,

[Gostev]

Hi Julien,

Symantec requires in-guest agent and file index created during backup to enable file recovery, which is a completely different technology which cannot be compared directly with Veeam B&R. We perform agent-free image-level backup (one of many reasons why customers prefer Veeam to Symantec), and thus we have to be more creative at restore time.

However, as somebody from my team already explained you in another thread you posted this issue in, this is scheduled to be addressed in v7. Support is correct that the current limitation sits is outside Veeam code, but we should be able to work around it by redesigning some part of file level recovery engine.

The issue happens in pretty exceptional cases (very long file paths) and did not plague too many customers, which is why it was not fixed in earlier releases.

Thanks!

[jamerson]

Thank you for your explination,
i am using Windows server backup now for the files, and Veeam for the VM untill this issue is fixed,

Much appreciate it the support