Veeam Backup & Replication • Re: Backup of select servers to external repository

Hello Morten,

Here’s a simpler option that will only require a single backup job for each machine:

Backup Jobs:

• BackupJob01 (include VMware tag, exclude "VM02") → PrimaryRepo

• BackupJob02 (AG01 + AG02) → PrimaryRepo

• BackupJob03 (VM02) → PrimaryRepo

• BackupJob04 (AG03) → PrimaryRepo

Copy Jobs:

• Immediate CopyJob01 (Source: BackupJob01, BackupJob02, BackupJob03, BackupJob04) → SecondaryRepo

• Periodic weekly CopyJob02 (Source: BackupJob03, BackupJob04) → ExternalRepo

I suggest considering daily or immediate copy jobs to the external repository. On object storage repositories, only changed or new backup data will be uploaded. Having an immutable daily copy may be much better than only a weekly copy of your financial systems. But that's a decision which depends on your business requirements on how much data you can loose. 1 week will be too much for most organizations.

Best,
Fabian

Statistics: Posted by Mildur — May 23, 2025 12:51 pm

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