Veeam Backup & Replication • Re: Copy backup Betwenn Server B and Server A

Hi Andrew,

Short answer:
The recommended and supported approach is to use a single backup server to manage jobs and repositories across both sites. Two backup servers cannot achieve what you are looking for. May I ask why you are using two backup servers?

Longer explanation:
To copy backups from one repository to another, both repositories must be connected to the same backup server. Sharing a Hardened Repository (VHR) between multiple backup servers might technically work, but it is not supported.

If you connect VHR from Site A to Server B and have Server B copy its backups to VHR A. To work with this backups, Server A also need access to the folder path with the backups from Server B on VHR A — another unsupported scenario. The same folder path should never be added to more than one backup server.

Server A rescans and imports the copied backups from Server B now, but those imported backups (not attached to a backup job) cannot be copied by a backup copy job to a third repository. Backup Copy Jobs only copy backups attached to a backup job. Imported backups cannot be copied.

Best,
Fabian

Statistics: Posted by Mildur — Jun 04, 2025 1:28 pm

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