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Archive Extent Structure

When data is being transferred to the archive extent, Veeam Backup & Replication creates and maintains the following structure of directories:

Archive Extent Structure 

Directory

Description

Misc

<bucket_name> or <container_name>

A bucket or container name.

Buckets and containers must be created in advance.

N/A

Veeam/LongTerm/

Standard folders created by Veeam Backup & Replication.

<repository_folder_name>

A repository folder that you create when adding a new capacity extent.

<backup_id>

Contains objects in a backup.

These folders are automatically removed during data removal.

<objects_in_backup_id>

An identifier of an object in a backup.

Objects

Contains meta information and other auxiliary data.

Storages

Contains a replicated version of offloaded backup files with metadata.

BlobStore

Contains data blobs created by the archiving session, as described in Archive Tier Data Transfer.

Checkpoints

Contains meta information about the state of archived backup chains. Such meta information is updated upon each successful archiving session.

Encryption

Contains required information to work with encrypted backups.

N/A