Distinguishing the new features of backup copy jobs
Backup copy jobs nowadays might be just as important as regular backup jobs. They provide a way to get your backups to another storage, send backups offsite, and help you achieve the 3-2-1-1-0 rule. A backup copy job takes files from your regular backup jobs and copies them to another storage repository-like block or S3. You can also use it to send data offsite to other block- or S3-compatible storage as well as to Veeam Cloud Connect.
With the release of Veeam Backup & Replication v11a, improvements and enhancements were made to backup copy jobs:
- Time-based GFS retention
- GFS full creation time
- No quarterly backups
- Repository as source
- Daily retention
Let's take a further look into each of these enhancements to see what each of them entails.
Time-based GFS retention
When setting up GFS retention for backup copy jobs, they are now time-based instead of being based on the number of restore...