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Veeam Backup and the maintenance of a Reverse Incremental Job

Luca Dell'Oca, April 4, 2013December 4, 2016

Veeam reverse incremental backups are since their introduction one of the most appreciated features among their users. At the price of an increase in I/O on the backup storage when compared with a traditional incremental backup, it allows for a single full backup file and a long chain of increments, thus offering huge savings on disk space.
However many users ignore that even a Reverse Incremental backups are not “Set and Forget”. Even if a reversed chain can be years long, this kind of usage is not recommended, rather it can lead to several problems.

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Veeam Backup e la manutenzione di un sistema Reverse Incremental

Luca Dell'Oca, April 4, 2013December 4, 2016

I backup reverse incremental di Veeam sono da sempre una delle soluzioni più apprezzate dai suoi utilizzatori. Al costo di un incremento di I/O sullo storage di backup rispetto a un semplice backup incrementale, permette di avere sullo storage un unico file di tipo full e una lunga catena di…

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Keep a fixed backup file name in Veeam Backup & Replication

Luca Dell'Oca, February 7, 2013December 4, 2016

Starting from version 5, Veeam has introduced a new naming convention for its backup files, appending a timestamp to every new created file: This nomenclature is convenient to identify immediately the date and time of a specific backup, but with Reverse Incremental bakup jobs this new system creates many problems…

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Mantenere fisso il nome dei file di backup di Veeam Backup & Replication

Luca Dell'Oca, February 7, 2013December 4, 2016

A partire dalla versione 5, Veeam ha introdotto un nuovo modo per la denominazione dei file di backup, appendendo un timestamp ad ogni nuovo file creato: Questa nomenclatura è comoda per identificare subito data e ora di creazione di un determinato backup, ma con i job di backup di tipo…

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#Veeam Backup: check the daily CBT before choosing reverse incremental

Luca Dell'Oca, March 26, 2012December 4, 2016

In a recent thread in Veeam forum, a user was complaining about slow execution of a Reverse Incremental backup saving a VM with Exchange 2007. After a check, the user was in this situation: – vmdk of the Exchange 2007 server is 700 Gb, with about 650 used – every…

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#Veeam Backup: verificate il daily CBT prima di usare il reverse incremental

Luca Dell'Oca, March 26, 2012December 4, 2016

In una discussione sui forum di Veeam, un utente lamentava un periodo di tempo a suo vedere eccessivo per la realizzazione di un Reverse Incremental di un server virtuale Exchange 2007. Dopo una verifica sui dati, è risultato che: – il vmdk del server Exchange 2007 è di 700 Gb,…

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