You can administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam console. Unfortunately after upgrading VBR to V12, Veeam now allocates 1 VUL for every 500 Gb of Unstructured data so you will have to acquire more VULs to backup this already Veeam VBO backup data. Free, full functionality for 30 days. VRB & . Choose the vault you need. Specifies the array of tape IDs. You can also view tapes under the Tape Infrastructure. In this case, the tape job will start on the set time and archive all new restore points that were created in the period since the last job run. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tape and select Verify from the drop-down menu. Create one or more media pool or GFS media pool that will be used as targets for tape jobs. Hello, what makes you think that a Veeam job is the reason for the retired tapes. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer. 8 or later so customers can create efficient backups of RHV VMs utilizing native change block tracking and be prepared for any disaster. Setup is a virtual Veeam B&R 9. Image-level backups can be used for different types of restore, including Instant Recovery, entire VM restore, VM file recovery. Expand the Libraries node and select the needed library. So if your tape library/drive is not capable of collecting the wear-out data then Veeam cannot get any info about the tape state. Veeam expands customer choice by offering the option to archive to a lower cost tier of cloud storage. At the Source Tapes step of the wizard, select source tapes to copy. Platforma Veeam Data. Only tapes stored in a safe place can be considered an air-gapped backup. Fabian meant to say that you can recycle tapes within the GFS media pool (to make the tape accessible when it's retired by all media sets within the GFS media pool) via the mentioned registry key. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. Export tape with problem. Alternatively, you can right-click the files and. The list contains all tape libraries managed by this Veeam backup server. Copy data you need to another tape. Correct. Select the necessary backup job or repository you want to add to the tape job. Competitors and Alternatives. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and choose Protect from the shortcut menu. The best would be to create a new media set every two weeks (same as your. User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V > Tape Devices Support > Backup to Tape > Creating Backup to Tape Jobs > Step 1. Download Trial. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. Backup & Recovery. I am pretty sure that it does not, and in general, any backup server is disposable. A pop-up should appear stating: " Specified host is already added as a tape server to the backup server xyz. Send feedback. Applies to Platform : VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition : Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License Syntax Remove-VBRTapeMediaPool -MediaPool. To work around this issue, perform LTO9 New Media Initialization Wizard within the HPE MSL2024 or 1/8 G2 Autoloader before using the new LTO9 tape with Veeam Backup & Replication. Example 2. 5 Update 3a and earlier: when you restore an entire folder from tape, Veeam Backup & Replication restores all files that have ever existed in the folder and been archived to tape. Veeam can see the cleaning cardridge in B&R. - VM-Backups of a Windows VM with guest filesystem indexing enabled. True. Choose the target media pool from the list. Enter backup server name or IP address [172. Další informace. Choose source tapes to copy. So, it is advisable to break the catalog process in several smaller parts. Imported — a media pool containing non-empty tapes. Backup Restore from Tape to Repository. To install the latest update for Veeam Backup & Replication 12, perform the following steps: Go to this Veeam KB article. I'm runnning Backup & replication 9. vbk and . Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. By default, Veeam B&R performs tape devices rescan each 30 seconds, which makes it temporarily (for the duration of the rescan operation) lock the device. Reusing data backup tapes is a part of most organizations' data backup and recovery strategy. The console reports the total capacity of the tapes as 2. Confirmed what HannesK says. If you delete backup chain files manually our agent is unaware of the disk content change and will still list those missing restore points under restore wizards UI (upon selecting which you will receive an error). Each barcode label used for marking LTO tapes supported by Veeam Backup & Replication consists of eight characters: a six-character volume serial ID and a two-character media ID. Every cycle includes a number of stages: Reading VM data blocks from the source. comG:Directory BackupsBCOPY_DR_Oracle Servers 1 was not found, or could not be accessed. Veeam Backup & Replication. Code: [0x80042306]. We use a standalone tape drive. Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:59 am. Tape library logs show that drive required cleaning a couple of times on. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media. Thanks. Load tapes to the tape device (if not yet loaded) and run the importing procedure for them. Products. Case 1: • The source job is a backup copy job. As the WORM tapes cannot be overwritten, you need to treat them differently when using with Veeam Backup & Replication. Note. e. Media pools are groups of media to which backup data can be written. Code: Select all. When restoring entire tapes, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a separate folder for each host whose files are backed up on the tapes. As the WORM tapes cannot be overwritten, you need to treat them differently when using with Veeam Backup & Replication. User Guide for VMware vSphere > Tape Devices Support > Tapes > Copying Tapes > Step 2. Today Veeam Tape Backup shows the following Warning : 02. Backup. Getting back to your request, we already have built-in retry mechanism inside GFS backup to tape job. The job went into a waiting (Add tape to media pool Wed). So to say, Code: Select all. Tapes are marked as "Expired". This morning I come in and insert the Monday night tape into the autoloader (having first removed last Friday's week-end tapes) Veeam doesn't appear to recognise that the Monday tape is now. Step 3. Backup Infrastructure. I've just recently deployed Veeam and started copying backups to tape using a Tandberg StorageLoader (LTO-4). by RuaanP » Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:32 am. by importantchicken562 Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:24 am. As Veeam Backup & Replication tracks and orchestrates all backups written to tape, Veeam recommends using the built-in Veeam tape features (Backups to Tape and Files to Tape jobs). Jackal Lear. Veeam Backup for AWS delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. Top. Then go in the Veeam Console to the “Tape Infrastructure” section. Now how the monthly backups operate into tapes is: Layer 1: We have daily backups of VMs to local server -> Layer 2: we have weekly Archiving jobs which is a backup and compression of the first layer -> Layer 3: Monthly backup to tape which is a backup from the second layer into the tape. Change tape name and description as required. Re: Tape wear. The tape should become offline (black & white icon). Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. The tape jobs are currently configured to the selected. Update 4 adds exclusions masks as well. Example for “automate_retention. Backup Infrastructure Components. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. So now I have successfully backuped tape but moved to retire pool. 1TB). Download Trial. We are on the latest version Veeam Update 4b (build 9. The Scale-out Backup Repository is one of Veeam’s unique innovations that really brings a lot of capabilities to the backup storage lifecycle management, yet in a simple, flexible, policy-driven and reliable manner. These steps are depicted here in Figure 3. Backup to tape for NAS backups is a secondary backup as it additionally secures already backed up file share data. Other Tape pools cannot add them when they need additional tapes…. Repository: d:dailybackups. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. This happens because restore points records are not being removed from the SQL database. V-79-57344-33967 - The directory or file was not found, or could not be accessed. Your direct line to Veeam R&D. 5. if it fails, i could try the tape in a different drive, or a different tape in the same drive. check Best Answer. Even though his case is still under the investigation, kindly, open your own one and provide support team with the. I just did a restore like normal and it worked fine. Long. At the Retention step of the wizard, specify the retention settings and offline media tracking options for the tapes in this media pool. Veeam cannot mount a vbk from the tape to use it for file level restores. Expand the backup to tape job in the working area, right-click the necessary tenant and select Restore backup from tape to repository. 5 Update 4 was a major release that brought many improvements and interesting features. In the inventory pane, select Backups. cloud backup (online backup): Cloud backup, also known as online backup , is a strategy for backing up data that involves sending a copy of the data over a proprietary or public network to an off-site server . Finish working with the wizard. Select the Backups > Tape node in the inventory pane. by MarkBoothmaa » Wed Feb 15, 2023 5:59 am. e. Long-term archiving and compliance are listed as primary reasons for using tape. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tapes and choose Inventory. That could solve the drive testing. To go one step further, allow me to select the tape so I could verify if the tape is good. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Offline. Moving tape from assigned media pool to another media pool unfortunately remains manual procedure, but we are investigating this request. I rescanned the library a few times. 2 posts • Page 1 of 1. After that the medium can be easily inventoried and used. Each barcode label used for marking LTO tapes supported by Veeam Backup & Replication consists of eight characters: a six-character volume serial ID and a two-character media ID. What really matters are number of files and number of file versions. 磁带是最常见的备份归档选择之一。它价格低、可靠性高，可以有效防范加密病毒和黑客攻击。此外，从磁带加载器中取出后磁带处于离线状态。借助 Veeam 解决方案，IT 管理员可以按照 3-2-1 备份和灾难恢复原则，使用灵活选项创建备份副本并将其存储到其他介质。此篇博文提供了一系列建议和注意. To move tapes from one media pool to another: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Hypervisors Physical ∕ Endpoints Cloud ∕ SaaS NAS ∕ File shares Disaster Recovery Ransomware Prevention Enterprise Applications Security ∕. For VM and agent backups, you need copy the entire backup first to a repository before you can do a file level restore. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Depending on how much O365 data you have this could get costly. Under "Files and Folders" I selected "This server" (the Veaam VM Server) and under "Add" I navigated to the network share and added it to the job (and chose the credentials). This may cause a conflict if the source job needs to perform the following operations: * Merge of backup files. This is okay so far, but if another pool (e. To perform such a backup, navigate to Home and choose Export Backup. The recovery ISO is also on that host. Thanks. Number of already processed blocks: [11377]. Veeam Backup & Replication. If you choose "Do not protect data", tapes allocated to the pool will be overwritten, starting with the tape that stores the oldest archive. Cheers!In this case, the media must be deleted using a third-party tool, such as ITDT. Backups, inventory, library operations all work. Sicherung auf Tape mit Veeam Backup & Replication. From VTL backup files is then push to physical tape library. The tape counts as expired when all the "backup sets" (the backups taken during each backup sessions) are expired. Veeam provides native tape support that is fully integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. When using Veeam Backup & Replication 11 or 11a before P20211211, Tape Backup jobs and other tape-related tasks may fail for up to 15-30 minutes after a new. Select tapes you want to protect and click Protect on the ribbon. Own, control, back up and recover all your data, anywhere, empowering you to: Remove risk to your backups with comprehensive data security. This job uses a tape from a media pool named "Thur". Right click on the tape and select “Restore Content”. by Shestakov » Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:25 pm. Once backup operation touches the tape, it will be automatically placed in the "Retired" Media Pool. When running a backup job, Veeam Backup & Replication saves the data and metrics to the configuration database, allowing you to view real-time statistics and to generate reports for any backup job. Re: Drive locked successfully messages. If I understand correctly, veeam will only backup files or Veeam backups. Or you can use NAS backup jobs and write it to a tape with a "Backup To Tape" job. We are doing a monthly archive of all our VMs using a GFS media pool with only monthly media sets, and those sets are. Veeam provides native tape support that is fully integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. Select tapes you want to erase and click Erase on the ribbon. Specify a CAS server and target folder. You can run this cmdlet to lock a tape library or a standalone tape drive so that Veeam Backup & Replication will not be able to use them for tape jobs. You can recover data from backups created by Veeam Agent backup jobs configured in Veeam Backup & Replication. 11. Curtis Preston, TechTarget executive editor and independent backup expert, answers common questions about reusing backup tapes in this Q&A. LTFS is nothing more than a "Disk on Tape". The tapes where used by Backup Exec before and should now be used by Veeam B&R tape job. After that, you should make tape job use this cassette. Integration with Veeam Backup for AWS. What the VMware KB do is the "pass-through". On This Page. To run the Restore from Tape wizard, do either of the following: Open the Home tab and click Restore on the ribbon. Cause. Veeam Backup & Replication supports Linear. Re: how to reuse 1 tape. In the working area, right-click the backup copy or a workload in the backup copy and select Delete from disk. At the Tapes step of the wizard, you can select tape libraries and allocate tapes for the pool. The changer mechanism has a hardware fault that is not mechanically related, or requires a power cycle to recover. Meet recovery objectives with confidence. 119 Views. VMs Backups first need to go to disk before they go to. Tape is moved to Retired Media Pool when drive/library instructs a backup server that media has become unusable and has to be taken out of service. It treats VMs as objects, not as a set of files. All tapes are grouped to service or user-created media pools available under the Tape Infrastructure > Media Pools node. VBM file's and offsite bac. Installing Veeam Backup & Replication. Short Description Moves a tape to media pool or vault. by fga » Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:44 am 3 people like this post. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Offline. Re: TapeDrive alert: Media statistics have been lost at some time in the past. Top. lastwritetime (tape medium) that indicates the time tape was written last time, the second one is . tape_mediums], choose required medium, and change its "Retired" parameter to 1. The tape library alerts Veeam Backup & Replication on a drive that requires cleaning. 19. VBM-file is backup metadata file which is responsible for providing information on the backup job, VMs that are stored in the backup, number of backup files/restore points, and so on. User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V > Tape Devices Support > Media Pools > Media Pools > Creating Media Pools > Step 5. Hi Josh. Integration with Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV. Re: Question about multiple tape drives. Not sure what the VBM file does. Now VEEM keeps the tapes in the actual pool in expired state. -> go to this pool, select all media -> right click -> protect. Allowing for the whole base 10 / base 2 argument, this is what I’d expect. To restore files from tape or to restore entire tapes, follow the next steps: Launch the Files from Tape wizard. To erase tapes: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. After that, you should make tape job use this cassette. Hinsichtlich Backup-Speicherstrategien empfiehlt Veeam, die anfängliche Backup-Kette kurz zu halten (7–14 Punkte) und eine Allzweckfestplatte zu verwenden, von der aus Wiederherstellungen in sehr kurzer Zeit vorgenommen werden können. 4. Donate to Goodwill. Select the necessary tape and click Properties on the ribbon. Hinsichtlich Backup-Speicherstrategien empfiehlt Veeam, die anfängliche Backup-Kette kurz zu halten (7–14 Punkte) und eine Allzweckfestplatte zu verwenden, von der aus Wiederherstellungen in sehr kurzer Zeit vorgenommen werden können. Accepts GUID[] or string[]. To add one or more tenants to the list, click Add and select more tenants. 2. Its stop the job and you shall proteck the tape if you want the job to run again. If i start the restore wizard, those expired tapes are not listed. Alternatively, you can right-click the files and. LTO tapes are still alive and here to stay for some time in the future. If a tape job locks multiple drives simultaneously for parallel processing, and one or more drives require cleaning, all drives wait until the cleaning is finished. For backups created with Veeam Backup & Replication 9. On Goodwill’s acceptable donations list, they do list VHS tapes as an item you can donate to them. 2418 comments. 2 years ago. Retired — a media pool containing retired tapes that reached the maximum number of re-writes. If a tape job locks multiple drives simultaneously for parallel processing, and one or more drives require cleaning, all drives wait until the cleaning is finished. To renew the license: From the main menu, select License. Other Tape pools cannot add them when they need additional tapes…. Action that Veeam Backup & Replication will perform if detecting a virus when scanning the VM with antivirus software before restoring it to Google Compute Engine. Remove it from VBR console ('Remove' option now is not grayed out as you've noticed). Remember to add additional resources, if the backup server is responsible for multiple. Re: recover tapes removed from catalog by mistake. Tape Device MSL2024 (using LT7 Ultrium drives)working fine and will backup using tapes if brand new or I have set an "Erase" on a previous tape marked as "Bad Media". Veeam does this by using the Copy Tape feature within the Media Pool. Select the files and click Restore Files from Tape on the ribbon. Hi Xzvf. Download Trial. Taylor, The way you remove files is not recommended, because as you've already noticed you still have restore points available in the UI. This is about case 03514202. VHS tapes stopped being produced in 2008 and VHS players have not been made since 2012. Harvey is right, Veeam B&R relies on the warnings or errors received by the hardware and does not tack the EOL on it's own. Choose Machines to restore. The entire restore tape job preserves the folder structure and restores all file and folder versions as is. If we did the following: 1. If this option is selected, you will immediately pass to the Reason step of the wizard. Free, full functionality for 30 days. Before You Begin; Step 1. by rboynton » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:36 pm. If the hardware based encryption is not supported by the tape device, software based AES-256 encryption is used. This media pool may also contain tapes with some hardware malfunction. Veeam Software Overview **For latest information on this product please use HPE Veeam Software QuickSpecs** HPE Complete – Veeam Software. Sometimes we get "cleaning tape must be replaces" feedback from library, that means we can put said cleaning tape to Retired pool. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tape and select Export from the shortcut menu. VMware vSphere Essentials Kits editions are not supported. Not a support forum! Skip to content. The following predefined media pools can be created: Free — a media pool containing empty tapes. So Veeam thinks, DPM Tapes are all the same media set and that breaks things one the first DPM Tape was read. Bandsicherungstipps vom Veeam-Support. Choose the type of erase and click OK. When i look to the properties of the retired Tape i see that it has 40 write and o read cycles . Select a tape you want to verify and click Verify on the ribbon. Creating VSS snapshot Error: Failed to create snapshot: Backup job failed. 5 Update 4 was a major release that brought many improvements and interesting features. 5) Veeam Backup & Replication ejects the cleaning tape and inserts the tape that was reserved for the tape job. To set the retention policy, you can choose between the following options: Never overwrite data. to try to improve backup speeds, I accidently came to the point of testing the scenario's below. When Veeam Backup & Replication restores files archived to tape, it performs the following operations: Veeam Backup & Replication checks the Tape Catalog in the Veeam Backup & Replication database to discover the tapes containing the needed restore point of the files. With this wizard, you can create a backup to tape job or a GFS job. The Microsoft Hyper-V host VSS Writer forces a VM into the saved state. Login to Veeam B&R host where StarWind VTL is installed as well. Case 3. I rescanned the library a few times. 5. Like most backup programs, it allows for file-level backups as well as full system backups. Send feedback. It shouldn't be a problem overwriting itself if the job doesn't exceed the amount of data its able to store. We just began using an IBM Tape Autoloader with LTO8 tapes. Select the necessary tape and click Properties on the ribbon. Tape expiration date. Choose the type of erase and click OK. Choose backups to archive. Do a tape catalog for the library. The labels use the uppercase letters A through Z and the numbers 0 through 9, for example: ABC123L8, where ABC123 is the volume. 2500 to 3300. » Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:05 am. Re: Waiting for tape. veremin wrote: Tape is moved to Retired Media Pool when drive/library instructs a backup server that media has become unusable and has to be taken out of service. Select between higher-performance local targets or longer-term object storage in the Capacity Tier to meet your recovery and cost objectives. When I delete a VM, I’ll. These include tapes identified by the tape catalog job. , I wanted "Daily 1" to go before "Daily 2") so I hit the Protection button on the "Daily 2" tape. . Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. We are able to use retired DPM written Data, that was already tested, but we didn't want to keep DPM as retired solution, as we are switching the complete Backup server, and that DPM would have access to Tapes we would need. In Veeam Backup & Replication under "Tape Infrastrukture" i can create media pools and set the option "add tapes from free media pool automatically when more tapes are required". Click Latest to archive only the latest backup chain to tape. Apply retention change to all tape media (existing and new) - Set the media set to be created on a weekly basis. Combining them together, you can the date when the tape will be overwritten. To limit the number of concurrent tasks on an off-host backup proxy, you must define the Max concurrent tasks setting for the backup proxy. When i try to run Veeam endpoint on my server it copies about 40gb and then comes up with. Both Veeam servers have. Specify Secondary Repository Settings. Add Tapes to Media Pool. Short Description Removes a media pool. Finish working with the wizard. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. The HPE StoreOnce storage cannot host Veeam Data Mover. Ok, I'll try that out. During Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation, the. Für die Langzeitaufbewahrung sind ein sekundärer und tertiärer. Open the Veeam ONE Settings Utility. After this, all tapes becomes "Retired" with. 5 Update 4 was a major release that brought many improvements and interesting features. by carl. The first one is . Backup Server. That reads and backs up the file system. Therefore I wrote a small script that show these jobs. VBK, . 4 posts • Page 1 of 1. Veritas Backup exec is one of the best backup solutions available for that type of businesses. Offline backup is performed in the following way: Veeam Backup & Replication interacts with the Microsoft Hyper-V host VSS Services and requests backup of a specific VM. To instruct Veeam Backup & Replication to automatically clean the drives: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. You can also view tapes under the Tape Infrastructure. As far as I know, there has been already one customer who reported about similar issue with the same device. If you like to have fast single file restores, you must use "File to Tape" jobs where you write the original files directly to a tape. In the working area, right-click the tapes you want to move and select Move to Vault. To mark tapes as free: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. This workaround is confirmed with HPE. I already spend some time looking in to this issue but I can't find a solution, so any help would be appreciated. This will take a lot of time, because the content of each (or nearly each tape) is read. Select a tape located in drive that you want to eject and click Eject on the ribbon. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and select Erase. Open the Home view. by Dima P. Instead of erasing the retired media and deleting it from offline media, we removed TT0001L7 from the library and inserted a new LTO7. C. by APL_Ian » Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:10 am. Tape Devices Support. When i look to the properties of the retired Tape i see that it has 40 write and o read cycles . The Tapes By Expiration Status chart shows the number of protected tapes, the number of tapes with no expiration date, the number of tapes without defined expiration date and the number of tapes which. Select a tape located in drive that you want to eject and click Eject on the ribbon. Économiques et fiables, elles offrent une protection contre les cryptovirus et le piratage informatique. VSS asynchronous operation is not completed. Re: Secondary Backup to Tape with B&R Community Edition. Veeam Backup & Replication does not automatically update an existing per-VM or socket license that was obtained for an earlier version of the product to a new instance license.