7. 6163. Unfortunately Veeam B&R does not provide such functionality. Physically change the label on the tape. The process of configuration is rather simple (see figure 1 below): Launch a Backup Job creation wizard. When the tape job starts, Veeam will first check if there are any free/unused tapes available. 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. To run the Restore from Tape wizard, do either of the following: Open the Home tab and click Restore on the ribbon. With an API-first approach, immutable backups and full- and file-level restores ensure resilient protection that’s easy and cost-optimized, freeing. domain. VBK, . To point a backup job to an existing backup to tape job, perform the following steps: Open the backup job settings and navigate to the Storage step. 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. Operation: [Shadow copies commit]. Veeam provides native tape support that is fully integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. The tape should become offline (black & white icon). 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. Applies to Platform : VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition : Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License Syntax Remove-VBRTapeMediaPool -MediaPool. Veeam Backup & Replication reads VM or file data, encodes data blocks, transfers them to the target side in the encrypted format and stores the data to a file in the backup repository or archives the data to tape. Free, full functionality for 30 days. You can do file to tape directly to the vm in question. I just did a restore like normal and it worked fine. Tape, PowerShell, RESTful API. Own, control, back up and recover all your data, anywhere, empowering you to: Remove risk to your backups with comprehensive data security. 3. I am pretty sure that it does not, and in general, any backup server is disposable. Backup Infrastructure Components. Its metadata is deleted from the Veeam database – and this can be recreated. If you have done a „File to Tape“ Job with the file server as a source for the job, then you will be able to restore single. The problem I face is with tapes, which changed Media Pool to "Retired". 7 Replies. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Restoring the files is no problem, we have a good disk backup and also a tape backup that has been sent off site. These steps are depicted here in Figure 3. If tapes are stored in the library, they can still be erased in case of a hacker attack. If i start the restore wizard, those expired tapes are not listed. Afterwards choose the VM and restore point you want to export as a standalone full backup. This is okay so far, but if another pool (e. a Veeam certification exam, candidates must either attend the Veeam Availability Suite v11: Configuration and Management training course through a Veeam Authorized Educational Center (VMAEC), have attended the Veeam Availability Suite v10: Configuration and Management course within the last 12 months, or already hold the previous certification. 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. Restart the operation. 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. Veeam Backup & Replication uses the block cipher encryption algorithm. The tape jobs are currently configured to the selected. These include tapes identified by the tape catalog job. If I understand correctly, you are asking whether the Backup-to-tape job also backs up the entire Veeam backup server config. 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. This pattern details the process for sending backups created by Veeam Backup & Replication to supported Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) object storage classes by using the Veeam scale-out. From VTL backup files is then push to physical tape library. So at the end of the 6th backup, the. 119 Views. Failed to download disk. Protect data for a particular time interval. Restore the VM to an isolated Google Cloud network. Over the last few months, Veeam technical support has gathered enough cases to. Depending on how much O365 data you have this could get costly. Page updated 3/30/2023. Everything looks fine however all tapes used in rotation now show as Bad Media and moved to Retired Media. Right click on the tape and select “Restore Content”. On This Page. This opens a wizard, follow the directions of the dialog to proceed. Specify restore destination. Moreover: Deleted files are not really deleted just "marked" deleted. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Backup. The tape is about a year old. To do so, you must assign the role of the tape server to a Windows or Linux server that is already added to the list of managed servers. Yes, for now a workable solution might be to split existing backup job into several ones, create backup to tape jobs (one per backup job), point them to different media pools that are created for different drives. The exported backup file will be on the location where the originally backup chain is present (so the backup repository). Tape Devices Support. 4. Number of already processed blocks: [11377]. 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). Open the Veeam ONE Settings Utility. WORM Media Pools. Since that point the push has been used again or has held no keep problems. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. Click Properties on the ribbon. Type 1 for " [ 1 ] Open a Device" and Enter. To remove one or more tapes from the catalog: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. 1) The tape library alerts Veeam Backup & Replication on a drive that requires cleaning. Own, control, backup and recover all your data, anywhere in the hybrid cloud. . Next it will check if any expired tapes are online. , I wanted "Daily 1" to go before "Daily 2") so I hit the Protection button on the "Daily 2" tape. Backup & Replication Console. To perform such a backup, navigate to Home and choose Export Backup. Native tape support for Veeam Availability Suite allows you to better deal with tapes. Select tapes you want to move and click Move to on the ribbon. To restore backups from tape, use the Restore Backup from Tape to. At the Disk Mapping. 5. Every cycle includes a number of stages: Reading VM data blocks from the source. To select what backup files you want to archive: Click Add and select Backup jobs or Backup repositories. 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. Reusing data backup tapes is a part of most organizations' data backup and recovery strategy. 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. Re: Upgrade from LTO-6 to LTO-7 with Veeam? Hello Andy. Select the Libraries node in the inventory pane. LTO3 or later tape libraries (including VTL) and standalone drives are supported. And with a few different scenario's concerning subnets/vlan's, I get backup failures. Eject command is enabled only for tapes that are in drives or for drives with loaded tapes. Make sure that such device is recognized as an unknown medium changer in the Microsoft Device Manager list. Yup, looks like it's a drive alert received via Veeam B&R tape job. Thanks. Hi Josh. Step 3. Automated, Secure AWS Backup and Recovery. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media. Choose Machines to restore. So now I have successfully backuped tape but moved to retire pool. Veeam uses hardware encryption if it is provided by the tape device and enabled in Veeam Backup & Replication. This issue occurs due to the lengthy initialization process for new LTO-9 tapes, which occurs when the tape is inserted into the tape drive for the first time. Select tapes you want to protect and click Protect on the ribbon. 5 Update 4 was a major release that brought many improvements and interesting features. Veeam Backup & Replication has the following types of media pools: Service Media Pools are created automatically and are used for automatic tape administration. Chief Product Officer. IBM and Veeam Better Together. 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. The casing on VHS tapes is mostly made. 5) Veeam Backup & Replication ejects the cleaning tape and inserts the tape that was reserved for the tape job. The tape is marked free when it is moved, but the data on the tape is not lost. Today Veeam Tape Backup shows the following Warning : 02. Short Description Removes a media pool. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. 8 or later so customers can create efficient backups of RHV VMs utilizing native change block tracking and be prepared for any disaster. Once the catalog job finishes, Veeam Backup & Replication ejects the tape to. to try to improve backup speeds, I accidently came to the point of testing the scenario's below. To view data contents that is currently stored on tape: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Not a support forum! Skip to content. TCP. Curtis Preston, TechTarget executive editor and independent backup expert, answers common questions about reusing backup tapes in this Q&A. 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. This gives us the additional benefits not only of SAN direct backups, but also solves your problem as well. Choose the target media pool from the list. Maybe adding this extreme old Tapes to "Free Media. Created a job with compression enabled that would go over the limit of the tape to see how Veeam reacts. 1 2 Userlevel 7 +8 Scott Veeam Legend 633 comments 2 months ago I constantly use this method for archiving backup jobs to tape. Choose a media pool for incremental backups. I just did a restore like normal and it worked fine. Veeam Backup & Replication has the following types of media pools: Service Media Pools are created automatically and are used for automatic tape administration. Search. For every TCP connection that a job uses, one port from this range is assigned. From the list in the Tape library field, select the tape device that you want to use in this media pool. It shouldn't be a problem overwriting itself if the job doesn't exceed the amount of data its able to store. To erase tapes: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. When a tape reaches the maximum times of reuse (set by manufacturer), the tape becomes retired. You can restore only backups of VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines from tape to infrastructure. Full functionality for 30 days. Für die Langzeitaufbewahrung sind ein. Ok, I'll try that out. 2021 03:18:19 :: TapeDrive alert: The tape cartridge has reached the end of its calculated useful life:. To go one step further, allow me to select the tape so I could verify if the tape is good. What the VMware KB do is the "pass-through". by carl. The longevity of tapes is the main reason why tape backups are still widely used by large enterprises. During Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager installation, the. 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. by Shestakov » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:48 am. Step 5. In SVM-scoped configuration, add each cluster node to the backup user interface on their own data LIF IP/DNS address. Gostev. 5. Top. You cannot remove the tape device that is used in a media pool. Investigate why the Full failed to be created. Veeam Legend. Backup Repositories. To rescan a tape device: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. In the inventory pane, select the Backups or Replicas node. The following query selects all running Veeam jobs at point or period of. In the era of digital transformation, Veeam recognizes the new challenges companies across the globe face in enabling the Always-On Enterprise, a. by fga » Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:44 am 3 people like this post. Remove it from VBR console ('Remove' option now is not grayed out as you've noticed). 5 Update 4 was a major release that brought many improvements and interesting features. Per Veeam documentation I should be able to choose a specific file to restore from the Objects to Restore screen. Looked at the Veeam logs, it looks like both tapes were retired while using the same drive. 1. They need further identification by user. It just seems like the behavior has changed when running a tape job for a second time. Restore the backup from tape to Veeam repository. You can administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam Backup & Replication console. To mark tapes as free: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Select a tape located in drive that you want to eject and click Eject on the ribbon. 2. Long-term archiving and compliance are listed as primary reasons for using tape. Your direct line to Veeam R&D. Now you’d like to configure a backup task for your virtual Domain Controller. This tells me there is a lot more throughput available that is not being used. Member. by rboynton » Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:36 pm. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. This action might be necessary in case you want to provide maintenance services to them. 2021 03:18:19 :: TapeDrive alert: The tape cartridge has reached the end of its calculated useful life:. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and choose Protect from the shortcut menu. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tapes and choose Inventory. On This Page. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tapes and choose Catalog. Hi Francois, To let the data be rewritten, set the according retention settings for the media pools. Select a tape you want to verify and click Verify on the ribbon. Imported — a media pool containing non-empty tapes. 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. Choose Source Tapes to Copy. 5 Star 72%. 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. 6162. 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). 5. The HPE Complete Veeam configuration are as follows: HPE Complete Veeam solutions – Select Appropriate Licence (s) Step-1 Select License. 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. Choose source tapes to copy. The recovery wizard will drive you thru a few steps: Backup location. Error: Failed to create snapshot: Backup job failed. To remove a tape device: Disconnect the tape device or the tape server. Choose files to restore. Re: Secondary Backup to Tape with B&R Community Edition. The full backup (done last night) reports total transferred is around 1. 1. 11. Retired — a media pool containing retired tapes that. For more information, see Service Media Pools. Finish working with the wizard. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. it seems to be Ok for a week or two. Previous versions of Veeam Backup & Replication also tracked warnings from tape devices when tape should no longer be used. Finish Working with Wizard. Veeam Backup & Replication will forward you to the Renewals page of Veeam website, where you can select your new maintenance plan. . It just seems like the behavior has changed when running a tape job for a second time. You can store backups of your on-premises workloads on Azure Blob using Veeam Backup & Replication, allowing you to use Azure Storage's pay-per-use model to easily scale your backup infrastructure with durable, cost-effective storage. This should resolve your issue. Select offline tapes you want to remove from the catalog and click Remove on the ribbon. Add Tapes to Media Pool. I'm runnning Backup & replication 9. Select the files and click Restore Files from Tape on the ribbon. Before archiving data to tape media, Veeam Backup. 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. The following predefined media pools can be created: Free — a media pool containing empty tapes. 6) The tape job writes the data on tape. From the list in the Tape library field, select the tape device. At the Tapes step of the wizard, you can select tape libraries and allocate tapes for the pool. Veeam Agent for Server is a backup agent designed to ensure the Availability of Linux and Microsoft Windows workloads for physical s ervers. When Veeam does inventory of this tape, the tape remains in the drive and the process finishes inventorying only one tape. Re: Take out tape from library. Accelerate your move to the hybrid cloud. 2500 to 3300. This works only for files and folders, NDMP backups are still done at the volume level. Physically remove the tape from the library. Open the Home view. At least in my environments tapes are not rewritten at once after expiring. The following infrastructure requirements apply only when you protect VMs with Continuous Data Protection (CDP): VMware vSphere edition must be VMware vSphere Standard Edition or higher. Once backup. Exporting closes the current media set and starts a new one on the next job run. Backup & Recovery Monitoring & Analytics Disaster Recovery Orchestration Hybrid Cloud Ransomware & Data Security Data Reuse Governance & Compliance DRaaS & BaaS. LTO tapes are still alive and here to stay for some time in the future. Then, naturally, there is the possibility that corrupt or improper data can be. Technology used in the product optimizes data transfer and resource consumption, which helps to minimize. Architecting, sizing and deploying Veeam's infrastructure is easier as there are fewer factors to consider. by Regnor » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:20 am. Exhausted or broken tapes are placed into the Retired pool and are not used further. pool B) requests a tape, there are no free tapes left. Veeam provides native tape support that is fully integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. Location: Baar, Switzerland. FAQ; Main. General-Purpose Backup Proxies. You need to physically remove these tapes from the library, perform library rescan after which the tapes will become offline. My Veeam B&R installs are on WS2012R2. Your direct line to Veeam R&D. Location is different, because it's a Tape Library. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Offline. Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management, today announced that British Columbia's Forest Practices Board, an. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media. . by Vitaliy S. With tape not only being far from dead but rising in popularity, it’s not a surprise. Step 3. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. To. 3 on W2019. ps1” script:Getting Started with Tapes. The backup job was disabled on the day that the Full restore point was scheduled. Of course, that tape had no data on it, as I suspect is the case with all these "unexpected media id" errors. RaymondMD. Hybrid Mode – With the value “2” both of the above situations occur. For added security consider using WORM tapes. by km5yq » Tue Jun 10, 2014 4:04 pm. WORM Media Pools. The media ID defines the tape type. When the "Edit Tape Server" wizard opens, click Next. This happens because restore points records are not being removed from the SQL database. You can also view tapes under the Tape Infrastructure. Protect data for a particular time interval. Create a PowerShell script, name it “automate_retention. 1TB. The job went into a waiting (Add tape to media pool Wed). 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. Example for “automate_retention. Specify Retention Settings. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online/Offline. Media pools are logical containers created in Veeam Backup & Replication to organize and administer tapes. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Offline. After that, you should make tape job use this cassette. Alternatively, you can right-click the selected tape and select Verify from the drop-down menu. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Complicated infrastructure optimization: Correctly architecting, sizing, deploying, and scaling deduplication servers and backup jobs to optimize deduplication takes expertise and time. V-79-57344-65033 - Directory. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Offline. You will need to perform the following steps: Run Get-VBRJob to get the backup job. 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. Tape. 0. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. This job runs a full backup on Thursday and then incremental jobs Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues. Short Description Moves a tape to media pool or vault. Manual duplicate specify backup from disk to tape. At the Restore Point step of the wizard, select the necessary restore point. Veeam Backup & Replication 9. While this operation is happening, the tape drive is locked and unavailable until the. Copy data you need to another tape. Open the Files view, expand the Tape node and browse to the necessary files on tape. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and select Erase. Both Veeam servers have. Backup to disk and then push to VTL. The tape library alerts Veeam Backup & Replication on a drive that requires cleaning. After the cataloging of a tape is finished, it is moved to the media pool “Imported”. This workaround is confirmed with HPE. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Offline. This media pool may also contain tapes with some hardware malfunction. None of the files or subdirectories contained within will be backed up. Step 9. On V11, you could open the properties of a tape and see what files were on the tape. Page updated 6/26/2023. We have some Retired Medias (separate pool). Veeam Agent – With the value “1” the Veeam backup agent asks the server for the required quota and gets the required quota, without waiting for a certain amount of seconds. If the tapes are offline, Veeam Backup & Replication prompts the user to. by Shestakov » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:48 am. Open the Home view. With Veeam’s deep integration with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software — or in the IBM FlashSystem family of storage devices, customers can instantly leverage. Moving tape from assigned media pool to another media pool unfortunately remains manual procedure, but we are investigating this request. So i'm not able to directly restore a vm from this expired tape to the vmware infrastructure. To restore files from tape or to restore entire tapes, follow the next steps: Launch the Files from Tape wizard. Scenario 2: Disabled Job. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Quadstor VTL works perfectly, I use it in my own lab. To eject a tape: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Correct. cayenne. 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". On Wednesday night the tape backup job started and retired the tape (faulty tape I presume). With Veeam Backup & Replication, you can create image-level backups of virtual, physical and cloud machines and restore from them. 1 File to tape. All tapes are grouped to service or user-created media pools available under the Tape Infrastructure > Media Pools node. Would it be posible to add a column under Files > Tape > [Backup] > [Structure]: To show the name of the tape the backed up file is on. You can also use this. If i go to Tape Infrastructure -> Media Pool - select on of the expired Tapes, i still can see which backup files (VM Backups) are on this tape. V-79-57344-33967 - The directory or file was not found, or could not be accessed. Top. 4) Veeam Backup & Replication ejects the tape from the drive, inserts a cleaning tape and performs the cleaning. 2) Veeam Backup & Replication waits for a tape job to start. To enable Enterprise Manager keys, do the following: In Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, open the Settings section of the Configuration view. 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. Failed RMAN Plugin. You can use the cmdlets from this section to perform the following operations with tapes: Cmdlet. Posts: 30928. Backup - PRODBU01. To retry a backup job for an individual computer: Open the Home view. Thanks, Steve. Re: recover tapes removed from catalog by mistake. by Dima P. mis Influencer Posts: 16 Liked: never Joined: Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:56 pm Full Name: Eris Bleta. User Guide for VMware vSphere > Tape Devices Support > Tapes > Copying Tapes > Step 2. Retired — a media pool containing retired tapes that reached the maximum number of re-writes. If your tape is write-protected and you want to write data to this tape, you must eject the tape from the drive and drag the write protection switch off. Exception from server: The device is not ready.