Step 7. Specify Settings for Connected Volumes

Note

This feature is available for Windows-based servers only.

After you add a managed server as a file share to the inventory of the virtual infrastructure, you can configure the following settings for it:

  • Specify volume-specific settings.
  • Enable or disable failover to direct backup if a snapshot is not available.

Before you specify settings for a managed server added as a file share, you must rescan volumes of the added server. During volume rescan, Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves information about disks and volumes that are currently connected to the server and writes this information to the configuration database.

Veeam Backup & Replication automatically performs volume rescan every 4 hours. You can also start volume rescan manually:

  1. Open the Backup Infrastructure view.
  2. In the inventory pane, select Managed servers.
  3. In the working area, select the host and click Rescan on the ribbon. Alternatively, you can right-click the host and select Rescan.

Volume-Specific Settings

You can define volume-specific settings for a managed server added as a file share: select what VSS provider must be used for snapshot creation and specify the maximum number of concurrent snapshots that must exist for the volume.

To specify volume-specific settings:

  1. Open the Inventory view.
  2. In the inventory pane, select File SharesFile Servers.
  3. In the working area, right-click the managed server and select Manage Volumes.
  4. Select the volume in the list and click Edit.
  5. Specify VSS provider settings for the volume:
  1. Click OK to save the changes.

Step 7. Specify Settings for Connected Volumes 

Failover to Direct Backup Settings

If snapshots for volumes are not available, Veeam Backup & Replication may automatically fail over to direct backup.

By default, the failover option is enabled. To disable failover to direct backup:

  1. Open the Inventory view.
  2. In the inventory pane, select File SharesFile Servers.
  3. In the working area, right-click the managed server and select Manage Volumes.
  4. In the Manage Volumes window, clear the Failover to direct backup if a snapshot is not available check box.

Important

We do not recommend to clear the Failover to direct backup if a snapshot is not available check box, as it may result in the file backup job failure if a snapshot is not available for the volume.

Step 7. Specify Settings for Connected Volumes