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How to Clone a Job and Map Existing Backups to Clone

How to Clone a Job and Map Existing Backups to Clone

KB ID:	2015
Product:	Veeam Backup & Replication \| 12 \| 12.1 \| 12.2
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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