Step 2. Reusing data backup tapes is a part of most organizations' data backup and recovery strategy. 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. 2043 Views. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Step 5. Instances are units (or tokens) that you can use to protect your virtual, physical or cloud-based workloads. Re: Re-run tape jobs. Motte. I had to create a second repository and second backup job (to tape) just for monthly tape backups; Set to reverse incremental with 1 restore point. 5. Your direct line to Veeam R&D. I already spend some time looking in to this issue but I can't find a solution, so any help would be appreciated. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Quick links. suggests to add the new drive first before removing the old or retired one Yes, the best possible way is to remove the old device, add new device and then load tape to a new device, as otherwise you might get issues with duplicated tapes. So now I have successfully backuped tape but moved to retire pool. The backup process is as follows: Veeam will start the configurd pre-freeze script on the HANA system. 1TB - 1. Media Pools are created by user and contain tapes for backups. Applies to Platform : VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition : Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License Syntax This cmdlet provides. This job runs a full backup on Thursday and then incremental jobs Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues. Operation: [Shadow copies commit]. Or what would be the best practice? You can restore all the backup files from LTO-6 media to a temporary repository and then use File to tape job to write your backup files to LTO-7 media. This happens because restore points records are not being removed from the SQL database. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and choose Protect from the shortcut menu. The best practices for ransomware backup include a 3-2-1 backup strategy—three copies of your data, stored in two different mediums, and one off-site backup. So i'm not able to directly restore a vm from this expired tape to the vmware infrastructure. ps1” script: Getting Started with Tapes. Copy data you need to another tape. Solution. 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). by krogerss » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:11 pm. Take ownership? ". 5 Update 4 was a major release that brought many improvements and interesting features. On This Page. Scenario 1: Veeam B&R and StarWind VTL are located on the same host. For this. When a tape reaches the maximum times of reuse (set by manufacturer), the tape becomes retired. They need further identification by user. 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. The tape is about a year old. You can also view tapes under the Tape Infrastructure. Now you’d like to configure a backup task for your virtual Domain Controller. Download Trial. Step 1. Re: Restore Files from Tape after Retention Time has elapsed. When i try to run Veeam endpoint on my server it copies about 40gb and then comes up with. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media. Investigate why the Full failed to be created. Choose the target media pool from the list. Tape, PowerShell, RESTful API. Backup Infrastructure. Immediately after each VM-Backup a copy "Backup to Tape"-Job selecting the Backup Job as source is run. . And if there are neither free nor expired tapes, it will ask you to insert one with 'waiting for tape' status. In the lower-left corner, click Export Logs. To move the tapes manually: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tape and select Verify from the drop-down menu. )The provided SAP HANA pre/post freeze scripts are available on GitHub and do also support optional transaction log purging. Backup Server. You have 2 file shares File Share 1 (990 GB) and File Share 2 (890 GB) each protected by a. Have Veeam backup and replication 9. Your explanation has clarified the confusion indeed, since originally I thought that you're talking about failed backup jobs being skipped by tape GFS one from processing. With tape not only being far from dead but rising in popularity, it’s not a surprise. 2418 comments. Choose files to restore. At least in my environments tapes are not rewritten at once after expiring. These tapes cannot have retention period, and for this reason you cannot place them to the same media pool with the overwritable tapes. Check your pool and verify you still have room to utilize the tapes with. Re: Take out tape from library. Back to top. The first one is . Correct. Another possible way for a tape backup to fail occurs when the tape drive is inserted or used incorrectly. Tape is moved to Retired Media Pool when drive/library instructs a backup server that media. by Dima P. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Alternatively, you can right-click the files and. VM Restore from Tape to Infrastructure. Add Tapes to Media Pool. Search. We are using HP tape and. It let me chose all the old restore points, as long as the tape hasn't been written over or erased. Integration with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure. Not a support forum!. Then perform 'Remove from catalog' in Tape infrastructure node. VMware CDP Proxies. 5 Update 3以降、LTO-8のフォーマットがサポートされます。 データのアーカイブを暗号化する場合は、ハードウェアによる暗号化（LTO-4以降に実装）を検討します。Configure Secondary destinations for this job (checked) Secondary Target (Tape Job - Fullbackuptotapejobname with 12 tapes free) Job Type: Daily. In the inventory pane, select Jobs. Once backup operation touches the tape, it will be automatically placed in the "Retired" Media Pool. Its stop the job and you shall proteck the tape if you want the job to run again. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. 5. 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. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Applies to Platform : VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition : Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License Syntax Remove-VBRTapeMediaPool -MediaPool. When Veeam does inventory of this tape, the tape remains in the drive and the process finishes inventorying only one tape. At the Source Tapes step of the wizard, select source tapes to copy. by Regnor » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:20 am. 2) Veeam Backup & Replication waits for a tape job to start. When a tape reaches the maximum times of reuse (set by manufacturer), the tape becomes retired. Veeam B&R obtains information about tapes from your tape library/drive. Step 3. Applies to Platform : VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition : Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License Syntax Remove-VBRTapeMediaPool -MediaPool. You can administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam console. This opens a wizard, follow the directions of the dialog to proceed. The labels use the uppercase letters A through Z and the numbers 0 through 9, for example: ABC123L8, where. But if a tape run out of protection, there is no way back like "move free or unprotected media to the free media pool". To back up your Oracle server, create a new backup job in Veeam Backup & Replication: Add the required VMs: Specify your backup repository: During the backup process, Veeam Backup & Replication connects to VMs via the network or the VMware VIX channel (Windows-based VMs only) and examines VM content. Alternatively, you can right-click. Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Tape mismatch imported/pool of Tape. Select between higher-performance local targets or longer-term object storage in the Capacity Tier to meet your recovery and cost objectives. If the protected amount of data for the file share is 1000 GB after rounding, Veeam Backup & Replication divides this amount by 500 GB to calculate the number of instances to consume: 1000 GB / 500 GB = 2 license instances. Les bandes sont l’un des supports les plus souvent choisis pour archiver les sauvegardes. Select offline tapes you want to remove from the catalog and click Remove on the ribbon. Slow backup with new LTO-8. Tape Devices Support. To set the retention policy, you can choose between the following options: Never overwrite data. 2. 20. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Disables overwrite protection. For data restore with the Veeam backup console, you can use Veeam Agent backups created on a Veeam backup repository or cloud repository. At the Tapes step of the wizard, you can select tape libraries and allocate tapes for the pool. LTO tapes are still alive and here to stay for some time in the future. Import tapes. 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 Backup & Replication uses the block cipher encryption algorithm. Retired — a media pool containing retired tapes that reached the maximum number of re-writes. The config files are backed up automatically as part of the Endpoint. Setup is as follows : 10. 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. Hello, what makes you think that a Veeam job is the reason for the retired tapes. We use physical data movers wherever possible, usually retired ESXi hosts, etc. Before archiving data to tape media, Veeam Backup. Alternatively, right-click the machine or VM replica and select Restore application items > Microsoft Active. 7 Replies. Select the necessary tapes in the list and click Inventory on the ribbon. As for general tape media picking logic: - Retired (that can be overwritten by retention) - Any free media in the media pool - Any free media in the free pool (if option to add free media from free pool is selected). When i look to the properties of the retired Tape i see that it has 40 write and o read cycles . Integration with Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV. To go one step further, allow me to select the tape so I could verify if the tape is good. With solutions such as Veeam Cloud Connect it makes sense to use VCC for air gap and keep tape for long term archiving purposes only. I am unable to remove it from the pool, If I mouse over the tape all the buttons i. The oldest Backup on Tape is over 260 Days old. It represents that tape read/write cycle count during that specific tape drive operation was lost (so, say, the tape might be counted as retired slightly later that expected due this counts being. Tue Nov 21, 2023 7:46 pm. The restored backup. This opens a wizard, follow the directions of the dialog to proceed. 2a. Re: File to Tape Media Set question. Remove it from configuration. Veeam Backup & Replication UI. by km5yq » Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:04 pm. Competitors and Alternatives. by importantchicken562 Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:24 am. Code: Select all. 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. Step 6. Backups, inventory, library operations all work. Integration with Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization. Zajišťování odolnosti dat prostřednictvím řešení zabezpečeného zálohování a rychlého a spolehlivého obnovení pro váš hybridní cloud. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Might actually be on a ship. Its metadata is deleted from the Veeam database – and this can be recreated. Case 2. Complicated infrastructure optimization: Correctly architecting, sizing, deploying, and scaling deduplication servers and backup jobs to optimize deduplication takes expertise and time. That reads and backs up the file system. On This Page. LiveVault, one of the early pioneers of online backup, was. I have a suggestion/issue for/with the VEEAM tape handling… In the definition of a tape pool you can select that tapes from free state are transferred to this. Full automatic to tape this weekend. Specify a target mailbox. Repository: d:dailybackups. Re: ISO-LTFS / ISO/IEC 20919:2021. Number of already processed blocks: [0]. Y ou can add source jobs to tape jobs at any moment:From my initial attempt, it seemed to write every full backup for each backup job in the backup repository. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Select the Configure secondary destination for this job check box. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and select. Protect everything anywhere. Long-term archiving and compliance are listed as primary reasons for using tape. You can increase the rescan interval by setting it to extremely high value so that rescan never occur after Veeam B&R is started (so basically rescan will be performed on each Veeam. Specify the retention policy for the backup chain. So the job pauses, with a status of "Waiting Tape". If you have a single drive and change the tape daily then file to tape will work best with reverse incremental as Anton said. Retired state of tape doesn't have anything to do with a free space. Default port used by the Veeam Data Mover. . by piratefish0815 » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:53 am. Specify job name and description. If I understand correctly, you are asking whether the Backup-to-tape job also backs up the entire Veeam backup server config. At the Source step of the wizard, select one or more tenants whose data you want to restore. Retention period is set by user for media pool and is applied to all tapes in this media pool. tape_mediums], choose required medium, and change its "Retired" parameter to 1. For more information, see Service Media Pools . This job uses a tape from a media pool named "Thur". However, if your tape server reports that your tape is weary then Veeam server will automatically place it in the "retired" pool. Create one or more media pool or GFS media pool that will be used as targets for tape jobs. Veeam did *not* recognize the missing files, although the repository was rescanned many times. Simply click the Bare Metal Recovery icon at the start screen of the recovery media. 22 in combination with an HP MSL4048. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tapes and choose Inventory. Try in Lab. When it comes to restoration scenario, backup files from physical tape library are restored to a disk location and then being imported to Veeam repository. To mark tapes as free: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. 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). Re: how to reuse 1 tape. Exception from server: The device is not ready. With Veeam Backup & Replication, you can create image-level backups of virtual, physical and cloud machines and restore from them. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and select Erase. Enable-VBRTapeProtection. Location is different, because it's a Tape Library. To perform such a backup, navigate to Home and choose Export Backup. Own, control, back up and recover all your data, anywhere, empowering you to: Remove risk to your backups with comprehensive data security. I started my tapes with Veeam by having a pool of blank tapes (Technically the expired tapes from my previous tape system) and my media pools are set to pull in free tapes as needed. Do 'Rescan library' from VBR console or wait for 3 minutes for the scheduled rescan. I have been searching for a way to schedule a powershell report to list all the tapes in a Media Pool along with the date that the backup on that tape expires. Choose the type of erase and click OK. Efficiency. With solutions such as Veeam Cloud Connect it makes sense to use VCC for air gap and keep tape for long term archiving purposes only. 1、先决条件：需要备份的对象已经纳入Veeam管理，例如file share已创建，服务器已经添加到Managed Servers： 2、创建File to tape 类. Failed RMAN Plugin. I just did a restore like normal and it worked fine. Select tapes you want to erase and click Erase on the ribbon. Moreover: Deleted files are not really deleted just "marked" deleted. As Veeam Backup & Replication tracks and orchestrates all backups written to tape, Veeam. The backup job was disabled on the day that the Full restore point was scheduled. When I delete a VM, I’ll. The HPE Complete Veeam configuration are as follows: HPE Complete Veeam solutions – Select Appropriate Licence (s) Step-1 Select License. We use Veeam to offload archive data to tape periodically. Looked at the Veeam logs, it looks like both tapes were retired while using the same drive. I'm runnning Backup & replication 9. Step 3. In the working area, select the necessary machine in the backup or VM replica and click Application Items > Microsoft Active Directory on the ribbon. Re: File to tape limitation. by bhagen » Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:50 am. If you specified a local drive or network shared folder as a target for. This is also known as “Node-scoped NDMP”. True (ByValue, ByProperty Name) Library. Reduce risk with comprehensive data protection. De plus, elles sont hors ligne en dehors du chargeur. Make sure that such device is recognized as an unknown medium changer in the Microsoft Device Manager list. Tape Libraries Icon Component state Connected tape library Tape library connected over SCSI Tape library in the maintenance mode. 5 Star 72%. If you have more complex requirements then you can set the file selection via a job script. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. 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. Top. Today Veeam Tape Backup shows the following Warning : 02. At the Retention step of the wizard, specify the retention settings and offline media tracking options for the tapes in this media pool. Thanks!Just replaced a faulty LTO5 Single Tape Drive and yes, all the old media pools and associated tapes are now stuck under the Offline tape drive. Create new Job "Files to Tape". If the service is not accessible Veeam Backup & Replication will attempt to connect to the machine via the admin$ share to deploy the. Veeam can use a File to Tape Job to backup specific folders or Files to Tape. I rescanned the library a few times. As far as I know, there has been already one customer who reported about similar issue with the same device. 1) The tape library alerts Veeam Backup & Replication on a drive that requires cleaning. cayenne. You can administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam Backup & Replication console. Media pools are logical containers created in Veeam Backup & Replication to organize and administer tapes. To select what backup files you want to archive: Click Add and select Backup jobs or Backup repositories. Veeam Data Platform advances enterprise‑grade recovery capabilities that ensure. Quantum Scalar® Tape Libraries start as small as three rack units and 25 slots and can scale as large as over 20 racks in size. Code: Select all. Your direct line to Veeam R&D. Integration with Veeam Backup for AWS. To restore a single mailbox, folder or item, do the following: Launch the Restore wizard . Veeam Agent for Server is a backup agent designed to ensure the Availability of Linux and Microsoft Windows workloads for physical s ervers. On Wednesday night the tape backup job started and retired the tape (faulty tape I presume). Over the last few months, Veeam technical support has gathered enough cases to see what are the main issues that customers. Veeam Backup & Replication processes VM data in cycles. Combining them together, you can the date when the tape will be overwritten. During this initialization process, optimization occurs, which may take up to 20-120 minutes. 3) When the tape job locks necessary drives for writing data, Veeam Backup & Replication checks which of them requires cleaning. Veeam can see the cleaning cardridge in B&R. When backing up a backup job to tape, if the parent backup job fires off, the tape job will stop. After that, you should make tape job use this cassette. Other files will be skipped. Open the Veeam ONE Settings Utility. LTO3 or later tape libraries (including VTL) and standalone drives are supported. 3. The recovery wizard will drive you thru a few steps: Backup location. Choose the target media pool from the list. Select a restore point. Backup Restore from Tape to Repository. Last month we retired an old file server having given users plenty of time to move files off, but as is always the way we are now getting lots of request for files they forgot about to be restored. You can also right-click the necessary device in the working area and select Rescan library. IBM and Veeam Better Together. Retired tape will be moved to the media pool it belongs (if such media pool does not exist - then to free media pool. If for some reason, barcodes with the prefix CLN are attached to tapes intended for storing data, Veeam Backup & Replication will mark these tapes as cleaning tapes. Alternatively, you can right-click the tape and select Properties. Hybrid Mode – With the value “2” both of the above situations occur. The tape counts as expired when all the "backup sets" (the backups taken during each backup sessions) are expired. To choose the needed option, select Restore directly to the infrastructure or Restore through the staging repository at the Backup Repository step of the Full VM Restore wizard. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tape and select Verify from the drop-down menu. On the Home tab, click Tape Job and select Backups. Native tape support for Veeam Availability Suite allows you to better deal with tapes. Processing VM data on the VMware. In library failover on the following events: library is offline and all drives are busy. Select a tape located in drive that you want to eject and click Eject on the ribbon. Note. These include tapes identified by the tape catalog job. The console reports the total capacity of the tapes as 2. Allowing for the whole base 10 / base 2 argument, this is what I’d expect. To restore files in the folder, Veeam Backup & Replication scans the selected backup set and backup sets that were. A tape is loaded, but Veeam B&R puts it in the "Unrecognized" media pool and so the backup to. To permanently remove backup copies from the target backup repository: Open the Home view. 1 File to tape. The throughput is holding around 270/MBs, but what I found interesting is that the bottleneck is showing target only at 3%, with the others all at zero. Backup to tape for NAS backups is a secondary backup as it additionally secures already backed up file share data. Example 2. may have. Re: Tape wear. I am trying to do a File level restore from a Tape backup. Re: Tape server options. foggy Veeam Software Posts: 21032 Liked: 2104 times Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:22 amVeeam Backup & Replication can be licensed by the number of instances. 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". Not entire VMs. Check the library users manual for device specific instructions on turning the device power on and off. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. . 30]: Enter backup server port [10006]: Enter username [domainVeeadmin]: Enter password. I just did a restore like normal and it worked fine. When the "Edit Tape Server" wizard opens, click Next. Re: TapeDrive alert: Media statistics have been lost at some time in the past. Afterwards choose the VM and restore point you want to export as a standalone full backup. Select the tape you want to rename and click Properties on the ribbon. V-79-57344-65033 - Directory. Now VEEM keeps the tapes in the actual pool in expired state. Select a tape you want to verify and click Verify on the ribbon. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tape and select Export from the shortcut menu. You will be prompted to select a location to export the logs to. LTO tapes are still alive and here to stay for some time in the future. Integration with. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. You can administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam Backup & Replication console. It’s also being used during importing backups or mapping. Ejects a tape from a drive. Encryption works at the source side. Not a support forum! R&D Forums. Restoring the files is no problem, we have a good disk backup and also a tape backup that has been sent off site. The method documented in this article is only to be used for changing the Name/FQDN/IP of a managed server—specifically, those servers listed under the Managed Servers node of the Backup Infrastructure view. Select tapes you want to erase and click Erase on the ribbon. 2021 03:18:19 :: TapeDrive alert: The tape cartridge has reached the end of its calculated useful life:. This may cause a conflict if the source job needs to perform the following operations: * Merge of backup files. When a Windows Server is added as a Managed Server or added to a Protection Group, Veeam Backup & Replication checks if the Veeam Installer Service (VeeamDeploySvc) is present on the server. Send feedback. 8 Reasons to Choose Veeam Over Commvault. Note that the Renew option is. Automated, Secure AWS Backup and Recovery. Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Corrupted tape of Tape. Own, control, backup and recover all your data, anywhere in the hybrid cloud. 0. So, you have to restore these backup files to your disk repository and after that you can. Re: Re-run tape jobs. Most customers will keep their tape systems far longer than necessary and this causes them larger issues in the long run when using this as their DR response.