https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/veeam-bu-job-or-nimble-snapshot-replication/m-p/7008920#M1159 <P>(In the interest of full disclosure, I have posted this same question over on the Veeam Forum)</P><P>This is rather a convoluted question so let me see if I can explain it.<BR /><BR />We have a Windows 2012 server that acts as a file server for our roaming profiles and user documents.<BR />The server itself is a VM and was residing in Nimble Volume VCStor-VMFS6 (which is a cluster of 2 datastores VCStor01 and VCStor02)<BR />DocStor is a Nimble volume and is presented to VMware as DocStor and is mounted as an iSCSI mount to the server.<BR /><BR />VCStor was getting a Nimble snapshot<BR />DocStor (volume)was getting a Nimble snapshot<BR />Docstor (volume) has a Veeam backup job assigned as forever incremental with 14 recovery points.<BR /><BR />&lt;clear as mud yet???&gt;<BR /><BR />While looking at Veeam storage snapshots I could see the 2012 server. However, if I told it to restore I discovered that if told it to Restore Guest Files that I was only seeing the "C" drive. The iSCSI drive was not presented.<BR />After a little consideration, I performed Storage vMotion on the VM and relocated it to the DocStor datastore/volume.<BR />I told Nimble to take a snapshot and told Veeam to rescan.<BR />I performed a Restore Guest Files and the DocStor data was now available ...<BR />This is exactly what I was hoping for .... BUT .. it raised a question ..<BR />I am currently critically low on Nimble storage (I am at 92% and without funding for upgrades .. )<BR /><BR />Given what I have described what would be the general consensus on reducing the backup footprint and storage needs?<BR />Is a Veeam Forever incremental backup smaller or larger than a Nimble snapshot?<BR /><BR />I thought of using all Veeam backup --OR<BR />all Nimble Snapshots/Replication -- OR<BR />a hybrid of the two ..<BR />Mon-Fri use the Veeam backup, then on Sat take a single snapshot and replicate retaining 5 replicas.<BR /><BR />I hope I explained well enough to get some feedback ..<BR />If not .. ask me .. I will try to offer more info ..<BR /><BR />Thank you all ..<BR /><BR />Bob</P> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:25:23 GMT bob_moodytx 2018-06-14T19:25:23Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/veeam-bu-job-or-nimble-snapshot-replication/m-p/7008920#M1159 <P>(In the interest of full disclosure, I have posted this same question over on the Veeam Forum)</P><P>This is rather a convoluted question so let me see if I can explain it.<BR /><BR />We have a Windows 2012 server that acts as a file server for our roaming profiles and user documents.<BR />The server itself is a VM and was residing in Nimble Volume VCStor-VMFS6 (which is a cluster of 2 datastores VCStor01 and VCStor02)<BR />DocStor is a Nimble volume and is presented to VMware as DocStor and is mounted as an iSCSI mount to the server.<BR /><BR />VCStor was getting a Nimble snapshot<BR />DocStor (volume)was getting a Nimble snapshot<BR />Docstor (volume) has a Veeam backup job assigned as forever incremental with 14 recovery points.<BR /><BR />&lt;clear as mud yet???&gt;<BR /><BR />While looking at Veeam storage snapshots I could see the 2012 server. However, if I told it to restore I discovered that if told it to Restore Guest Files that I was only seeing the "C" drive. The iSCSI drive was not presented.<BR />After a little consideration, I performed Storage vMotion on the VM and relocated it to the DocStor datastore/volume.<BR />I told Nimble to take a snapshot and told Veeam to rescan.<BR />I performed a Restore Guest Files and the DocStor data was now available ...<BR />This is exactly what I was hoping for .... BUT .. it raised a question ..<BR />I am currently critically low on Nimble storage (I am at 92% and without funding for upgrades .. )<BR /><BR />Given what I have described what would be the general consensus on reducing the backup footprint and storage needs?<BR />Is a Veeam Forever incremental backup smaller or larger than a Nimble snapshot?<BR /><BR />I thought of using all Veeam backup --OR<BR />all Nimble Snapshots/Replication -- OR<BR />a hybrid of the two ..<BR />Mon-Fri use the Veeam backup, then on Sat take a single snapshot and replicate retaining 5 replicas.<BR /><BR />I hope I explained well enough to get some feedback ..<BR />If not .. ask me .. I will try to offer more info ..<BR /><BR />Thank you all ..<BR /><BR />Bob</P> Thu, 14 Jun 2018 19:25:23 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-performance-and-data/veeam-bu-job-or-nimble-snapshot-replication/m-p/7008920#M1159 bob_moodytx 2018-06-14T19:25:23Z