VMware vSphere • Moving Individual Backup/Backup Copy Job to New Server/Datastore

Would love advice on how to handle a backup move. Background: one of our divisions had two offices, each with a physical file server and a physical Veeam server to back it up. Veeam also backed up an app server at one of the offices. One office has now closed and their file/Veeam server was moved to the other location. So we now have 2 file servers, 1 app server, and 2 Veeam servers in one location. We're going to merge the Veeam servers first, then the file servers later.

For now, I need to move *just* the app server backup to the Veeam server we are going to keep [the two file servers will be merged later, so the existing backup job will just pick up the extra contents]. To make it interesting, each job also has an associated Backup Copy job.

I've read Veeam articles on moving backups, but none fully match this scenario. Of course I want jobs to just pick up where they left off once moved to the other system. Here's what I'm thinking I should do - any suggestions or advice? Am I missing anything?

• Disable the Backup and Backup Copy jobs for the app server.

• Add the target Backup and Backup Copy repositories to the source Veeam B&R system.

• Move the backup files for both the Backup and Backup Copy jobs to the target repositories.

• Refresh the contents of the target repositories so they 'see' the new Backup and Backup Copy files.

• Recreate the Backup and Backup Copy jobs on the target system.

• Map the backup files to the two new jobs.

• Run the jobs and verify functionality.

• Remove the jobs from the source Veeam B&R system.

Statistics: Posted by tthomas1@ebsco.com — Jul 09, 2025 6:57 pm

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