One of the features coming in Veeam Backup & Replication v9 is per-VM backup chains.This great addition was in between a general announcement related to other backup storage improvements; in case you missed it, here we go with a dedicated post, because this feature is going to be great!
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Veeam Backup and the maintenance of a Reverse Incremental Job
Veeam reverse incremental backups are since their introduction one of the most appreciated features among their users. At the price of an increase in I/O on the backup storage when compared with a traditional incremental backup, it allows for a single full backup file and a long chain of increments, thus offering huge savings on disk space.
However many users ignore that even a Reverse Incremental backups are not “Set and Forget”. Even if a reversed chain can be years long, this kind of usage is not recommended, rather it can lead to several problems.
Veeam Backup e la manutenzione di un sistema Reverse Incremental
I backup reverse incremental di Veeam sono da sempre una delle soluzioni più apprezzate dai suoi utilizzatori. Al costo di un incremento di I/O sullo storage di backup rispetto a un semplice backup incrementale, permette di avere sullo storage un unico file di tipo full e una lunga catena di…