When you perform configuration backup, Veeam Backup Free Edition retrieves data for the backup server from the configuration database, writes this data into a set of XML files and archives these XML files to a backup file of the BCO format.
Veeam Backup Free Edition exports information about the following objects:
- Backup infrastructure components and objects: hosts, servers, global settings configured on the backup server and so on.
- Sessions: job sessions performed on the backup server.
- Tapes: tape libraries connected to the backup server.
Configuration backup is job-driven. You can schedule it to run regularly or start it manually. You can choose a location in which the configuration backup must be stored and specify the necessary retention settings.
By default, Veeam Backup Free Edition is configured to create a configuration backup daily. The resulting configuration backup file is stored in the \VeeamConfigBackup\%BackupServer% folder on the default backup repository. However, for security’s sake, it is recommended that you store configuration backups on the backup repository other than the default one or any other storage.If the backup server fails, its configuration data will remain, and you will be able to recover the failed backup server.
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When you configure a new backup repository, Veeam Backup Free Edition offers you to change the configuration backup file location from the default backup repository to the new backup repository. Click Yes, and Veeam Backup Free Edition will automatically change the backup target in the configuration backup job settings and will use this target in future. Configuration backups that were created before the target change will remain on the default backup repository. You can manually copy them to the new backup repository to have all restore points of the configuration backup in one place. |
Related Topics
- Scheduling Configuration Backups
- Running Configuration Backups Manually
- Creating Encrypted Configuration Backups
