Veeam file copy - symbolic links to non windows CIFS shares

[FirstEnergy]

Hi Veeam Community,

Our SAN supports integrated CIFS shares so we do not use virtualized Windows File Servers.

What I was hoping to do was use Veeam FIle Copy to "replicate" our data to our disaster recovery site on a schedule. Is it possible to use symbolic links on a Windows server that point to our UNC path for CIFS shares so that Veeam can see the symbolic link as a local drive in the backup infrastructure?

Also, how exactly does the file copy technology work? Does it use NTFS change journaling or does it just run a modified/created/accessed timestamp comparison to copy data?


Thanks,

Andrew

[Vitaliy S.]

Hello Andrew,

File copy job just copies files as they are (always full), it doesn't track changed blocks. As to using symbolic links, then as far as I remember someone on these forums have already tried that and it worked.

Thank you!