Hi Veeam community
I would like to hear your thoughts about pros and cons regarding GFS and Standard Mediapools.
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Pros and cons for GFS and Standard mediapools
Best answer by Chris.Childerhose
Standard media pools allow retention for X number of days whereas GFS let's you set up more restore points similar to backup jobs. You can keep weekly, monthly and yearly. We use GFS over standard as it can synthesize some of the backups from the repository to tape.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/100/vsphere/gfs_media_pools.html
+21Standard media pools allow retention for X number of days whereas GFS let's you set up more restore points similar to backup jobs. You can keep weekly, monthly and yearly. We use GFS over standard as it can synthesize some of the backups from the repository to tape.
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/archive/backup/100/vsphere/gfs_media_pools.html
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Hi Chris
Thanks, i was maybe to open in my question. Can i have your considerations about putting active fulls and virtual actual fulls on tape?
RH
+21Hi Chris
Thanks, i was maybe to open in my question. Can i have your considerations about putting active fulls and virtual actual fulls on tape?
RH
The fulls that go on tape are active fulls which get synthesized from the backups on disk. So Veeam creates them to place on tape.
Chris Childerhose - VMCA2024 | VMCE2023 | VMCE-SP2024 | Veeam Vanguard 8* | Veeam Legend 5* | VUG Canada Leader | vExpert 6* | Toronto VMUG Leader | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
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