VM Copy saves all VM disks

[mpollard]

Hi,

I am using Veeam 4.1 and VSphere 4. I am performing a VM copy Job and I choose VMWare vStorage API in network mode. I select Disk 0:0 only for most virtual servers but It is copying all my VMDK's for a server. Most servers have 2 disks but some have 3 disks. However I only want disk 0:0 ( c drive) Can anybody help.

[Gostev]

Hi Michael, this behavior is expected and documented in the Release Notes. Thanks.

[mpollard]

Hi Gostev,

I can't see any information to this in the release notes. The only thing I can see is that IDE disk are not excluded. All my disks are SCSI. Is this what you are refering to.

thanks

[Gostev]

http://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_4_1_r ... tes_rn.pdf

Page #7

“VM Copy” jobs do not support disk exclusions functionality.

[mpollard]

Ah yes, I see the issue now. Is this by design or will a fix be comming out?

[Gostev]

Basically, this bug was found late while v4 architecture limitations did not allow to add this functionality in a timely manner. These limitations are addressed in v5, so it should be much easier to fix now. I have requested to un-defer this bug and assign it to v5, so if time allows this will be addressed as a part of v5 bug fix.

[mpollard]

Thanks Gostev