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Seal Mode Limitations

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

Activity

Restriction Level

Related Topic

Moving to object storage.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Moving Inactive Backup Chains to Object Storage

Copying to object storage.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Copying Backups to Object Storage

Downloading from object storage.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Downloading Data from Object Storage

Moving to capacity tier (manual operation).

Seal Mode Limitations 

Moving to Capacity Tier

Copy to performance tier (manual operation).

Seal Mode Limitations 

Copying to Performance Tier

Restore from offloaded backups.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Data Restore

Export as .vbk from offloaded backups.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Exporting Backups

Removal of backups from configuration.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Removing from Configuration

Retention policies.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Retention Policy

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

Seal Mode Limitations 

Removing Backups from Object Storage Repository

Removal of a VM from a single storage.

Seal Mode Limitations 

Deleting from Disk

Scale-out backup repository rescan.

Seal Mode Limitations.

Rescanning Scale-Out Repositories

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

Seal Mode Limitations 

Evacuating Backups from Performance Tiers

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