KB1790: Veeam Backup Temporary Snapshot
www.veeam.com › kb1790Jul 09, 2013 · As detailed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, a snapshot is created on a VM that is being processed by a Veeam job. This creation of this snapshot causes the VM's base disks to be in a read-only state during the job's read operation. The snapshot that is created during this process is named VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT. Veeam Backup & Replication itself does not create/remove snapshots.
How storage snapshots and backups work together
www.veeam.com › blog › how-snapshots-backups-workMar 14, 2016 · These can be used for Veeam Backup from Storage Snapshots to lower the performance impact on your production environment and for restores directly from the snapshots themselves with tools like the Veeam Explorer for Storage Snapshots or Instant VM Recovery. Veeam On-Demand Sandbox for Storage Snapshots also allows you to uses snapshots to create a Virtual Lab environment.
Backup from Storage Snapshots - Veeam Software Help Center
helpcenter.veeam.com › docs › backupSep 01, 2020 · Backup from Storage Snapshots lets you speed up backup and replication for VMware vSphere VMs whose disks are hosted on storage systems. When you perform Backup from Storage Snapshots, Veeam Backup & Replication leverages storage snapshots for VM data processing. Backup from Storage Snapshots lets you reduce impact of backup and replication activities on the production environment and improve RPOs.
KB1790: Veeam Backup Temporary Snapshot
https://www.veeam.com/kb179009.07.2013 · If a snapshot named VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT is found on a VM, confirm that no active jobs are running in Veeam Backup & Replication. Then, remove the snapshot using the Delete or Delete All buttons in the Snapshot Manager. Note: A VMware Snapshot is a delta file containing all changes to a VM since the creation of that snapshot.