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How to Clone a Job and Map Existing Backups to Clone
| KB ID: | 2015 |
| Product: | Veeam Backup & Replication | 12 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3.1 | 12.3.2 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2015-03-13 |
| Last Modified: | 2024-08-16 |
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Feature License Requirement
Consider the following:
- Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131), the job cloning functionality is available for all types of licenses.
- Prior to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131), the job cloning functionality required an Enterprise or Enterprise Plus edition when using a legacy socket-based license.
Purpose
This article documents the procedure for cloning a backup job and then remapping the existing backups from the original job to the cloned job.
Cause
This method is often used to isolate an issue or to work around a problem within the database related to the original job.
Note: A backup set can only be mapped to one job at a time.
Solution
To clone a job and map the existing files to the new clone job, follow the steps below:
Part 1: Clone the Job
- Right-click the job to be cloned.
- From the context menu, select Clone.
- (Optional) Rename the original job and rename the clone to have the old job's name.
Part 2: Map the backups from the original job to the cloned job.
- Edit the clone job.
- On the Storage tab, click Map backup.
- Select the appropriate set of backups.
- Select yes when prompted with a notification stating:
Selected backup is already in use by the following job: ‘<old job name’. Do you want to map it to this job instead?
- Click Finish to commit changes to the job.
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