Hello Veeam forum
Veeam Case #07761785
We have jobs running vm backups to disk repository with 15 days for daily retention (just incremental backups with no synthetic fulls), we implemented backup copies to tape, A GFS media pool recently enabled with monthly and yearly media sets, for monthly tape copies is 12-month retention and annual tape copies with 5-year retention.
As a new company policy, daily backups are required to be copied from disk to tape also with 15-day retention. When enabling the Daily option in the GFS media pool, the following message appears:
"Retention in the daily media set is lower than the full backup frequency for an elder media set. Such a configuration may result in additional full backups being written to daily media sets." How does this impact daily retention and the number of tapes used?
What is the best option to implement daily backup copies to tape with 15-day retention, monthly tape jobs with 12-month retention, and annual tape jobs with 5-year retention?
Is it better to use a standard media pool for daily tape copies and a GFS media pool for monthly and annual tape copies?
We look forward to your comments.
Alan
Veeam Case #07761785
We have jobs running vm backups to disk repository with 15 days for daily retention (just incremental backups with no synthetic fulls), we implemented backup copies to tape, A GFS media pool recently enabled with monthly and yearly media sets, for monthly tape copies is 12-month retention and annual tape copies with 5-year retention.
As a new company policy, daily backups are required to be copied from disk to tape also with 15-day retention. When enabling the Daily option in the GFS media pool, the following message appears:
"Retention in the daily media set is lower than the full backup frequency for an elder media set. Such a configuration may result in additional full backups being written to daily media sets." How does this impact daily retention and the number of tapes used?
What is the best option to implement daily backup copies to tape with 15-day retention, monthly tape jobs with 12-month retention, and annual tape jobs with 5-year retention?
Is it better to use a standard media pool for daily tape copies and a GFS media pool for monthly and annual tape copies?
We look forward to your comments.
Alan
Statistics: Posted by ajmayala85 — Jul 11, 2025 1:47 am
