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Maintenance Mode Limitations

The following table lists limitations that are imposed right after the object storage repository was put into maintenance mode.

Activity

Restriction Level

Related Topic

Moving to object storage.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Moving Inactive Backup Chains to Object Storage

Copying to object storage.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Copying Backups to Object Storage

Downloading from object storage.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Downloading Data from Object Storage

Moving to capacity tier (manual operation).

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Moving to Capacity Tier

Copy to performance tier (manual operation).

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Copying to Performance Tier

Restore from offloaded backups.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Data Restore

Export as .vbk from offloaded backups.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Exporting Backups

Removal of backups from configuration.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Removing from Configuration

Retention policies.

Synchronization is skipped for backup chains located in object storage repositories. Obsolete restore points will only be removed from backup chains on the extents.

Retention Policy

Removal of backups or VMs created with the Per-VM method.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Removing Backups from Object Storage Repository

Scale-out backup repository rescan.

Synchronization is skipped for object storage repositories.

Rescanning Scale-Out Repositories

Evacuation of storage along with indexes from on-premise extents.

Maintenance Mode Limitations 

Evacuating Backups from Performance Tiers

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