The user interface indicates on states of the tape infrastructure components. This is really poor planning. The changer mechanism has a hardware fault that is not mechanically related, or requires a power cycle to recover. 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. (Exporting logs may take a while. by bhagen » Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:50 am. User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V > Tape Devices Support > Media Pools > Media Pools > Creating Media Pools > Step 5. Veeam Backup & Replication has the following types of media pools: Service Media Pools are created automatically and are used for automatic tape administration. Tape appears to be one of the most widely. 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. Add Tapes to Media Pool. People have been proclaiming that “ tape is dead ” for 20 years. by importantchicken562 Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:24 am. Re: ISO-LTFS / ISO/IEC 20919:2021. When a tape reaches the maximum times of reuse (set by manufacturer), the tape becomes retired. The backup job was disabled on the day that the Full restore point was scheduled. - Set the retention (overwrite protection period) for the desired value of two weeks. RaymondMD. 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. Macrium. Looked at the Veeam logs, it looks like both tapes were retired while using the same drive. Short Description Removes a media pool. Hi Josh. Over the last few months, Veeam technical support has gathered enough cases to. . to copy a tape (source) from one tape library to another or within the same tape library. This just tells me if it is or is not expired, and works great for creating reports to return tapes from offsite: Get-VBRTapeMedium | Where-Object. 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 already spend some time looking in to this issue but I can't find a solution, so any help would be appreciated. Finish working with the wizard. On the Key Management tab, select the Enable encryption password loss protection check box. Description. Scenario 1: Veeam B&R and StarWind VTL are located on the same host. Its metadata is deleted from the Veeam database – and this can be recreated. 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. Other Tape pools cannot add them when they need additional tapes…. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. Choose the type of erase and click OK. The casing on VHS tapes is mostly made. 1TB. Job Type: Tape. Re: Expired Tape is 'locked'. When Veeam does inventory of this tape, the tape remains in the drive and the process finishes inventorying only one tape. Re: how to reuse 1 tape. Not a support forum! R&D Forums. Motte. 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. To move the tapes manually: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. 114 Ratings. 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. Applies to Platform : VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition : Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License Syntax Remove-VBRTapeMediaPool -MediaPool. In the Properties window, select the Perform drive. In conclusion: if you ever run into this issue, try running a new active full. Re: Re-run tape jobs. 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. Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Confirmed what HannesK says. Tape backup was not created for <DATE>: there are no new restore points between <DATE> and <DATE>. For WORM tapes, you need to create separate media pools. C. for not compatible one (I use tapes LTO7, he installed drive for LTO5). Remove the backup from Veeam B&R configuration. 2a. Choose a target media pool where to copy the tapes. So Veeam thinks, DPM Tapes are all the same media set and that breaks things one the first DPM Tape was read. Tape appears to be one of the most widely. Select. You have 2 file shares File Share 1 (990 GB) and File Share 2 (890 GB) each protected by a. And if there are neither free nor expired tapes, it will ask you to insert one with 'waiting for tape' status. The following PowerShell script snippet is quite simple. Native tape support for Veeam Availability Suite allows you to better deal with tapes. I just did a restore like normal and it worked fine. Specify restore destination. Then go in the Veeam Console to the “Tape Infrastructure” section. Own, control, backup and recover all your data, anywhere in the hybrid cloud. The config files are backed up automatically as part of the Endpoint. At least in my environments tapes are not rewritten at once after expiring. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. the tape 7 was marked as retired. Tape, PowerShell, RESTful API. VMware vSphere Essentials Kits editions are not supported. Retired — a media pool containing retired tapes that. The Microsoft Hyper-V host VSS Writer forces a VM into the saved state. It's an 8 slot. If non-cleaning cartridges have inadvertently had. Microsoft SharePoint Restore. 5. Your direct line to Veeam R&D. Integration with. e. Veeam uses hardware encryption if it is provided by the tape device and enabled in Veeam Backup & Replication. . LTO tapes are still alive and here to stay for some time in the future. Since that point the push has been used again or has held no keep problems. Policy-based, backup copy management with Veeam’s three intelligent storage tiers: performance, capacity and archive. To move tapes from one media pool to another: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Products. Select a tape you want to export and click Export on the ribbon. Everything looks fine however all tapes used in rotation now show as Bad Media and moved to Retired Media. Integration with Veeam Backup for Google Cloud. Efficiency. The inventory log will display job session results. Integration with Veeam Backup for Google Cloud. Re: Tape wear. This job runs a full backup on Thursday and then incremental jobs Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues. . 2. by sasilik » Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:24 am. Secure Backup, Clean Recovery & Data Resilience – Delivered Instantly. To eject a tape: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Setup is a virtual Veeam B&R 9. 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. 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. veeam. Instead, Veeam chose to make the new engine available to existing customers at a very low price (up to 100% discount for the first year as far as I know). Tape appears to be one of the most widely used media for. I read at the Veeam help site that you are supposed to be able to change the expiration date of a tape. Specify Secondary Repository Settings. 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. To remove a tape device: Disconnect the tape device or the tape server. Failed to upload disk. Linking Source Jobs. It let me chose all the old restore points, as long as the tape hasn't been written over or erased. 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. Gain secure and compliant protection for your data. vib Files) are backed up with a File-to-Tape. Backup Infrastructure Components. cayenne. For backups created with Veeam Backup & Replication 9. Download Trial. Protect everything anywhere. If we did the following: 1. If you choose "Create new media set for every backup session" option and do not protect media sets, each new job run will use new tape and they will overwrite each other, that`s probably the reason why you cannot find older increments. Zajišťování odolnosti dat prostřednictvím řešení zabezpečeného zálohování a rychlého a spolehlivého obnovení pro váš hybridní cloud. However, it can be unclear when a tape should be retired from rotation. Looked per the Veeam logs, it looks like both tapes were retired as using the same drive. TCP. Select the files and click Restore Files from Tape on the ribbon. Select tapes you want to erase and click Erase on the ribbon. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. • At the. * Compact of full backup file. Select tapes you want to move and click Move to on the ribbon. Let me explain how it happened - it was hardware problem with one of library drive, and it needed to be changed. 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. 5. -> go to this pool, select all media -> right click -> protect. Failed RMAN Plugin. On Goodwill’s acceptable donations list, they do list VHS tapes as an item you can donate to them. Choose Source Tapes to Copy. Open the Files view, expand the Tape node and browse to the necessary files on tape. Veeam provides native tape support that is fully integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. Send feedback. Select offline tapes you want to remove from the catalog and click Remove on the ribbon. Finish working with the wizard. 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. This media pool may also contain tapes with some hardware malfunction. Import tapes. Add Tapes to Media Pool. Sometimes, the source job may start when the tape job is still running. Create one or more media pool or GFS media pool that will be used as targets for tape jobs. Today Veeam Tape Backup shows the following Warning : 02. Accepts the VBRTapeLibrary[] object, GUID or string. Change tape name and description as required. It just seems like the behavior has changed when running a tape job for a second time. Remember to add additional resources, if the backup server is responsible for multiple. When your contract is renewed, you have to update your license. Finally insert the tapes back into the library, you'll find them in 'Unrecognized' media pool and may try to use again. The recovery ISO is also on that host. Architecting, sizing and deploying Veeam's infrastructure is easier as there are fewer factors to consider. When the new repository is selected within the job, Veeam Backup & Replication will check if the backup files in the selected. Last post by Mildur. To erase tapes: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Long. Veeam Backup for AWS delivers native, policy-based protection for reliable recovery from accidental deletion, ransomware and other data loss scenarios. To support backup of NetApp CAB extension, add the NDMP server with IP address of the cluster management interface or with the NAS server name resolving to. We use physical data movers wherever possible, usually retired ESXi hosts, etc. Choose Source Tapes to Copy. In the inventory pane, select Backups. Reduce risk with comprehensive data protection. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer. Enter backup server name or IP address [172. Data retention period is a period of time when data written to tapes is protected from overwriting. Will the registry key help me in this situation to change the default behavior. Search. Re: File to tape limitation. Veeam provides native tape support that is fully integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. Optionally, we can check the "don't let backup job interrupt tape job" box, and the. The media pool allots tapes for writing data according to the following. Thanks. But all Tapes on "online". Viewing Data on Tapes. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. by Shestakov » Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:48 am. WORM Media Pools. Once the catalog job finishes, Veeam Backup & Replication ejects the tape to. Repository: d:dailybackups. 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. To add more libraries, click Manage. Veeam did *not* recognize the missing files, although the repository was rescanned many times. User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V > Tape Devices Support > Backup to Tape > Creating Backup to Tape Jobs > Step 1. Afterwards choose the VM and restore point you want to export as a standalone full backup. You can administer all operations on tapes from your Veeam console. Re: File to Tape Media Set question. Veeam Backup & Replication provides advanced statistics about the data flow efficiency and lets you identify bottlenecks in the data transmission process. 2043 Views. 01-14-2022 09:26 AM. If that's cleaning tape - check unrecognized system media pool. Exhausted or broken tapes are placed into the Retired pool and are not used further. Gostev. Choose a media pool for incremental backups. Launch the Copy Tapes wizard. To restore files in the folder, Veeam Backup & Replication scans the selected backup set and backup sets that were. 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). To restore files from tape, follow the next steps: Launch the Restore Backup from Tape to Repository wizard. 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. by Fegume » Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:26 am. To save the changes, click Save. Its metadata is deleted from the Veeam database – and this can be recreated. The tape job addresses the media pool that is set for this job as target. Its stop the job and you shall proteck the tape if you want the job to run again. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. In the working area, select the Veeam Agent backup job. For this. NEO Tape Migration Using Veeam Backup & Replication Technical Brief 10401091-001 ©2022 Overland. Long-term archiving and compliance are listed as primary reasons for using tape. My automated nightly backup doesn't occur because Monday's tape is not in the autoloader. Location: Baar, Switzerland. Main Menu; Navigation Pane; Ribbon and Tabs; Views; Working Area; Job Filter; Footer; Changing Color Theme; Restore Points Icons; Hypervisor Infrastructure Icons; Job Priorities; Deployment. What really matters are number of files and number of file versions. Slow backup with new LTO-8. exe. Restart the operation. This command returns the latest backup session for the backup job. 2. You cannot remove the tape device that is used in a media pool. 2021 03:18:19 :: TapeDrive alert: The tape cartridge has reached the end of its calculated useful life:. Veeam Backup & Replication will forward you to the Renewals page of Veeam website, where you can select your new maintenance plan. The entire restore tape job preserves the folder structure and restores all file and folder versions as is. Backup. Finish Working with Wizard. Solution. Ok, I'll try that out. Top. Choose backups to archive. Avec Veeam, les administrateurs IT disposent de différentes possibilités pour créer des copies des. De plus, elles sont hors ligne en dehors du chargeur. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. I am trying to do a File level restore from a Tape backup. At the Retention step of the wizard, specify the retention settings and offline media tracking options for the tapes in this media pool. Depending on how much O365 data you have this could get costly. The list contains all tape libraries managed by this Veeam backup server. After you insert the tape back to the drive, you must inventory the tape to mark it as writable in the Veeam Backup & Replication database. Solution. User Guide for Microsoft Hyper-V > Tape Devices Support > Media Pools > Media Pools > Creating Media Pools > Step 5. 2. In the inventory pane, select Jobs. Navigate to the list of tapes either under Media Pools or under Libraries > LibraryName node > Media > Online. You need to physically remove these tapes from the library, perform library rescan after which the tapes will become offline. The tapes where used by Backup Exec before and should now be used by Veeam B&R tape job. To set the retention policy, you can choose between the following options: Never overwrite data. JMeixner wrote: Hi Rasmus, no, I suggest to returm tapes to free state when they expire. Moving tape from assigned media pool to another media pool unfortunately remains manual procedure, but we are investigating this request. Image-level backups can be used for different types of restore, including Instant Recovery, entire VM restore, VM file recovery. For data restore with the Veeam backup console, you can use Veeam Agent backups created on a Veeam backup repository or cloud repository. Donate to Goodwill. Not a support forum! Skip to content. The first one is . When backing up a backup job to tape, if the parent backup job fires off, the tape job will stop. Select a tape you want to verify and click Verify on the ribbon. However, if your tape server reports that your tape is weary then Veeam server will automatically place it in the "retired" pool. Thanks. After you have connected tape devices, you need to complete the following steps: Add a tape server to the Veeam backup server. tape_mediums], choose required medium, and change its "Retired" parameter to 1. After that, you should make tape job use this cassette. 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 to be. Re: Tape wear. When you have deployed a tape server and connected the tape device to it, you need to add the tape server to the Veeam backup server. The cmdlet will return tapes with these IDs. To enable protection: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Select tapes you want to mark as free and click Mark as Free on the ribbon. Tape Devices Support. Specify restore options. ago. Looked at the Veeam logs, it looks like both tapes were retired while using the same drive. 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. That could solve the drive testing. Select a tape you want to verify and click Verify on the ribbon. Taylor, The way you remove files is not recommended, because as you've already noticed you still have restore points available in the UI. Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Corrupted tape of Tape. Restoring the files is no problem, we have a good disk backup and also a tape backup that has been sent off site. by piratefish0815 » Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:53 am. Reduce. Extract the executable file from the downloaded archive. Take ownership? ". 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. What the VMware KB do is the "pass-through". Select a tape you want to export and click Export on the ribbon. by krogerss » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:11 pm. We have Veeam 9. Retired tape will be moved to the media pool it belongs (if such media pool does not exist - then to free media pool. - VM-Backups of a Windows VM with guest filesystem indexing enabled. 6) The tape job writes the data on tape. Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 1:01 am. To enable Enterprise Manager keys, do the following: In Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, open the Settings section of the Configuration view. Choose the type of erase and click OK. I have complete a migration of BE to v21. ransomware protection allows you to protect more and recover. To remove one or more tapes from the catalog: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. Quadstor VTL works perfectly, I use it in my own lab. Re: Tape currently in drive can not be used for backup. The user interface indicates on states of the tape infrastructure components. 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. » Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:05 am. Discard the old tape. Choose Tape > Restore Files. vbk and . 1 Replies. Bandsicherungstipps vom Veeam-Support. In the License Information window, click Renew. On V11, you could open the properties of a tape and see what files were on the tape. The media ID defines the tape type. , I wanted "Daily 1" to go before "Daily 2") so I hit the Protection button on the "Daily 2" tape. Then perform 'Remove from catalog' in Tape infrastructure node. The process of configuration is rather simple (see figure 1 below): Launch a Backup Job creation wizard. VBR seems to always take new tapes from the pool "free" even if there are expired tapes in the pool (let´s say pool A). Imported — a media pool containing non-empty tapes. Accepts GUID[] or string[]. Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: Tape mismatch imported/pool of Tape. The required tape is hardware or software protected. Look for a local Goodwill in your area. Reduce risk with comprehensive data protection. Veeam Backup & Replication 9. ps1” script: Getting Started with Tapes. Nejlepší moderní ochrana dat. Alternatively, you can right-click selected tapes and select. Media Pools are created by user and contain tapes for backups. To permanently remove backup copies from the target backup repository: Open the Home view. Manual duplicate specify backup from disk to tape. 823 on Windows server 2012 R2, with a virtual Veeam Tape Appliance on Server 2012 R2, which in-guest connects to a Dell TL4000 through a SAS-iSCSI bridge. it seems to be Ok for a week or two. To mark tapes as free: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. by Regnor » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:20 am. Specify tape copy options. The labels use the uppercase letters A through Z and the numbers 0 through 9, for example: ABC123L8, where ABC123 is the volume. Respond and recover faster from ransomware. Unleash effective protection for all your data, regardless of state or location. So now I have successfully backuped tape but moved to retire pool. by Vitaliy S. I am unable to remove it from the pool, If I mouse over the tape all the buttons i. Veeam cannot mount a vbk from the tape to use it for file level restores. For WORM tapes, you need to create separate media pools. If the tapes are online in your tape device, Veeam Backup & Replication will get the needed data automatically. Instances are units (or tokens) that you can use to protect your virtual, physical or cloud-based workloads. We have the IBM TS3100 with two drives, the automatic cleaning in the library is turned off and Veeam knows which tape is the cleaning tape and it's in the. While this operation is happening, the tape drive is locked and unavailable until the. Therefore I wrote a small script that show these jobs. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. In the working area, right-click the tapes you want to move and select Move to Vault. Thus, this functionality does not consume license instances. Finish working with the wizard. Of course, that tape had no data on it, as I suspect is the case with all these "unexpected media id" errors. The job went into a waiting (Add tape to media pool Wed). The only way i found is to select the. This is the description of an unusual scenario where Backup Job Files (. Scenario 3: Job Overrun. 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. Veeam Community discussions and solutions for: new V12 license fees of Tape R&D Forums. 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". 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. Meet recovery objectives with confidence. Data retention period is a period of time when data written to tapes is protected from overwriting. Note. 1. V-79-57344-65033 - Directory. The tape should become offline (black & white icon). Hypervisors Physical ∕ Endpoints Cloud ∕ SaaS NAS ∕ File shares Disaster Recovery Ransomware Prevention Enterprise Applications Security ∕. Storage System Snapshot Integration. 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. The tape is about a year old. I only have a warning after running a tape job, saying:we usually use Veeam to first backup to internal disks using a Backup Job, and then copying this to tape using a Tape Job, which is chained by "Secodary Target" in Backup Job and "Schedule">"After this Job" in Tape Job. To mark tapes as free: Open the Tape Infrastructure view. If the tape stores several file versions of the same file or folder, older versions get date. Restore the backup from tape to Veeam repository. Send feedback. 20150508 » Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:41 am. by Dima P. Navigate to the list of tapes either under the Media Pools or under the Libraries > LibraryName node > Media. Tape library logs show that drive required cleaning a couple of times on. Tape is moved to Retired Media Pool when drive/library instructs a backup server that media. Both Veeam servers have. Select a restore point. The worn-out cleaning tapes are moved to the Retired media pool automatically. It's impossible that 10 millions files do not have any impact on product database.