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This post shows how to query backup job space on Veeam Repositories and how to find orphaned backup files.

For example, there is a new feature for identifying orphaned disks. When you remove a backup job, it will now tell you if the disks that were ...

Feb 11, 2011 · Re: Import orphaned vbk files from Storeonce Catalyst store. Hi Daniel, you can import these backups in Veeam B&R with the help of the Import-VBRBackup cmdlet - it has the “-Repository” parameter that allows specifying the particular repository name and this could be any supported type of repository, including StoreOnce.

The setup is done with scale-out repositories and per-VM backup files. So data is spread over multiple disks and each virtual machine ...

Nov 30, 2021 · In second part you can find code snippets to check files on repository (even scale-out) against backup files in Veeam database. Physicals files not listed in database are orphaned. Analyze used Repository space. Restore Points are files in repositories. Veeam is aware of these files and keeps track of storage space they occupy.

Oct 04, 2021 · Orphaned VMs. This report discovers VMs that are present in existing backup files, but are missing in backup, replication or backup to tape jobs. The report examines the content of backups on disk and tape and compares this data to the configuration properties of scheduled jobs, listing VMs that are not included in the jobs.

Jul 17, 2019 · function Get-StoragesPathsAndTentantPathFromBackup { param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)] [Object[]]$Backup ) $Storages = $Backup[0].GetallChildrenStorages() | Sort-Object -Property PartialPath, CreationTime -Descending $BackupPaths = $Backup[0].GetPartialPathWithTenantFolder() $Repository = $Backup.FindRepository()[0] $StoragePathsandBlocksize = @() if($Repository.Type -eq "ExtendableRepository"){ foreach($Storage in $Storages){ $Extent = $Repository.FindExtentRepo($Storage.Id ...

30.11.2021 · In the first part I show how to easily query used space by backup jobs. For more details, even used space of each machine within a backup job can be shown. In second part you can find code snippets to check files on repository (even scale-out) against backup files in Veeam database. Physicals files not listed in database are orphaned.

Orphaned means that there is no job linked to it. Like a standalone backup, veeamzip or once you delete the original job, its files move ...

08.10.2021 · Hello I've recently found some old backup files that have been replaced with more recent backup set within our SOBR. But they are still in our SOBR taking up storage. Anyone have experience finding those old backups to remove them and free up some space. Below is how my SOBR shows our stats. As you can see it is off and doesn't add up.

We have veeam for backup software for backing up VM's. We are working with veeam support on a separate issue and they told us to look for ...

30.11.2021 · Experiences with orphaned backup files. This week I was investigating some imbalance in size on two (scale out) repositories. Every repository gets the backup of a subset of all VMs and copy these to the second repository. And vice versa. So in theory, both repositories should be very similarly utilized.

14.01.2021 · When removing a job, I personally don't like the "Disks Orphaned" entry: it sounds like something wrong but it's just a cosmetic consideration. In fact, I prefer "Disks Imported". This can be achieved in this way: delete the backup job, execute "Remove from configuration" on the backup file and then perform a rescan of the Backup Repository.

Nov 30, 2021 · The theory of Veeam support was, the bug “survived” update to U4. According to creation-date of orphaned files, just after upgrade to v10 we did not see any new orphaned files. Yes, you guess right, VBR do not delete these files. We want to deleted them automatically. But I need to do some checks because we are talking about >800 files.

Jul 09, 2013 · Orphaned snaps are usually caused by timeouts and/or backup failures, which are not always Veeam related since it completely relies on VMware API stack. This was an issue with an earlier version of 6 and 6.5, latest patch had fixed this - so make sure you're running the latest patch.

I have some news about this: in an older build of 9.5 there was a bug, it causes vib-files left on repository without any reference in Veeam DB.

Jan 14, 2021 · When removing a job, I personally don't like the "Disks Orphaned" entry: it sounds like something wrong but it's just a cosmetic consideration. In fact, I prefer "Disks Imported". This can be achieved in this way: delete the backup job, execute "Remove from configuration" on the backup file and then perform a rescan of the Backup Repository.

Following my own experience I would advise against deleting any files from the backup repository if you're then offloading to tape - this caused us all ...