Hi Massimo,
Veeam uses the VMware moref ID field to detect which VM is what. There is no way for us to migrate this ID to another vcenter/ESXi, as there is no API for this. As well there is no unique VM ID that can move with the VM.
So the second (replica target) VM is a new VM for the backup job. As the primary system is down, there would be no reliable way for us to compare the stages and failover the backup processing to a specific (restored) point in time. As well the replica is NOT a 1:1 mirror in case of blocks on the datastore disk as VMware writes the data differently within any VM.
When we would failover the backup job, this means that we would start as well from a new full. Doing this automatically for the customers would potentially have negative consequences because of the additional data amount needed. For this reason a manual decision is needed from the admin. Based on the name you can go to the jobs and add the VMs again. As well this could be automated with PowerShell if you are worried about the amount of VMs.
Veeam uses the VMware moref ID field to detect which VM is what. There is no way for us to migrate this ID to another vcenter/ESXi, as there is no API for this. As well there is no unique VM ID that can move with the VM.
So the second (replica target) VM is a new VM for the backup job. As the primary system is down, there would be no reliable way for us to compare the stages and failover the backup processing to a specific (restored) point in time. As well the replica is NOT a 1:1 mirror in case of blocks on the datastore disk as VMware writes the data differently within any VM.
When we would failover the backup job, this means that we would start as well from a new full. Doing this automatically for the customers would potentially have negative consequences because of the additional data amount needed. For this reason a manual decision is needed from the admin. Based on the name you can go to the jobs and add the VMs again. As well this could be automated with PowerShell if you are worried about the amount of VMs.
Statistics: Posted by Andreas Neufert — Oct 16, 2024 10:52 am
