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Secondary backup hyper-v, job choice

  • October 6, 2026
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Hi,
I use communuty edition and wonder how i can acheive my backup goals.

I have
One site with production Hyper-V host
Backed up to a NAS on same site.

Backup copy of the first NAS to a second NAS on a second site
And a second Hyper-V host on the second site.

I cannot figure out how to use my second Hyper-V host and its storage :
-If i set up a backup copy job from second nas to second hyperV, the backup do nothing as it has 0 objects to process.
-Schedule a replication of my VM from the second NAS to second hyperV? But can i restrict it to only replicate from nas 2? I can select the sources, but its not clear if it will replicate from the selected one.
-I tried file backup from nas2 to hyperV 2 storage, but then it seem not much can be done with datas on hyperV2 storage.

I dont need HA and in case of disaster can accept the time to rebuild the VM, or loose 1 day of work.
Any advices would be appreciated.

Merci de m'avoir lu,

    4 comments

    tm67
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    • tm67
    • Veeam Legend
    • October 6, 2026

    Hello

    If you do a replica job, you can select the “source repository”. 

    Have a look at this page in the guide: Step 4. Specify Data Source - Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide

    If you select NAS2 as the source, then the replica will get the data only from there. 

    Hope this helps

    Timo

      • WoB84
      • Author
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      • October 6, 2026

      Hello

      If you do a replica job, you can select the “source repository”. 

      Have a look at this page in the guide: Step 4. Specify Data Source - Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide

      If you select NAS2 as the source, then the replica will get the data only from there. 

      Hope this helps

      Timo

      Yes it seems perfect, as i was note sure.

      I’ll try this.

        coolsport00
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        • coolsport00
        • Veeam Legend
        • October 6, 2026

        The “Replica from Backup” option is what you want, and selecting the 2nd option in the “Virtual Machines” selection window in a Replication Job as Timo suggests is the way to achieve what you want. Let us know how it goes.

        Best.

        Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE+ | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
          • WoB84
          • Author
          • New Here
          • October 6, 2026

          The “Replica from Backup” option is what you want, and selecting the 2nd option in the “Virtual Machines” selection window in a Replication Job as Timo suggests is the way to achieve what you want. Let us know how it goes.

          Best.

          Just set up the job for tonight, I can even schedule the backup after the backup copy from nas 1 to nas 2. Exactly what i want.

          I’ll let you now how it went thursday.

          Thanks,

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