How to Move Backup Data for a File Backup or Object Storage Backup to a Different Repository
| KB ID: | 4493 |
| Product: | Veeam Backup & Replication | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3.1 | 12.3.2 | 13 | 13.1 |
| Published: | 2024-02-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2024-02-16 |
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Purpose
This article documents the procedure for migrating backup data created by an unstructured data backup job (File Backup or Object Storage Backup ) from one backup repository to another backup repository so that the job can resume incremental backup operations using the new destination.
Solution
- Disable the File Backup or Object Storage Backup job whose backup data will be copied.
- Identify the Backup entry within the Backups > Disk section that belongs to the job.
- Right-click the entry identified and select Copy Backup.
- Using the drop-down boxes, select the new repository for the primary backup.
- If the Archive Repository is in use and you'd like to migrate it, use the drop-down boxes to select the new Archive Repository.
- Click OK to begin the Copy Backup process.
- When the Copy Backup is complete, continue to the next step.
- Map Job to Copied Backup Data
- Edit the job.
- On the Backup Repository tab, select the repository to which primary backup data was copied.
- With the new repository selected, click the Map button and map the job to the copied backup data.
- If the Archive Repository is in use and was copied, on the Archive Repository tab, use the drop-down box to select the new Archive Repository.
- Complete the job editing process.
- Enable the job.
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