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VAMW - Syncing with dropbox?

H
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Hello,

I am having problem syncing my backup files with dropbox. The problem comes from my vbk files which is around 1.9TB now. Dropbox needs 2 days in order to complete syncing that file, and if in the middle PC shuts down or goes into sleeping mode the syncing process will be reset (need 2 days again to sync).

Moreover, when syncing Veeam Agent can’t proceed incremental backup because backup files are being used by dropbox. Last but not least, I thought the vbk file would not be changed (so it just needs to be uploaded to dropbox once) but I was wrong. So once there’s a change on the vbk file dropbox will need to upload a whole new vbk file again (needs 2 days syncing again).

So, I wonder if anyone here has experience on this situation could give me some advice on it.

Many thanks!

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Chris.Childerhose
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Never tried sync with dropbox and am wondering why. Yes Veeam files will take a while to sync due to size.  If you have have the PC not sleep then you might get things finished.

I would look at direct to object storage or another method versus sync.

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
MicoolPaul
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Hey,

 

So Dropbox is not supported by Veeam, just as an FYI I’d you weren’t aware.

 

In answer to your problem, have you got synthetic or active full enabled on your job? Sounds like it’s doing forever forward incremental instead of creating a normal forward chain.

 

Details: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforwindows/userguide/backup_job_advanced_backup.html?ver=60

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Chris.Childerhose
Userlevel 7
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Hey,

 

So Dropbox is not supported by Veeam, just as an FYI I’d you weren’t aware.

 

In answer to your problem, have you got synthetic or active full enabled on your job? Sounds like it’s doing forever forward incremental instead of creating a normal forward chain.

 

Details: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforwindows/userguide/backup_job_advanced_backup.html?ver=60

I had a feeling that was the case thanks for the confirmation Michael.

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
H
Userlevel 3

Hey,

 

So Dropbox is not supported by Veeam, just as an FYI I’d you weren’t aware.

 

In answer to your problem, have you got synthetic or active full enabled on your job? Sounds like it’s doing forever forward incremental instead of creating a normal forward chain.

 

Details: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforwindows/userguide/backup_job_advanced_backup.html?ver=60

Hi,

I don’t have active full enabled (pic attached). But VAMW is creating new vbk file. Is there any way to make the vbk file stay static?

 

MicoolPaul
Userlevel 7
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Hi, that’s unfortunately not how the Veeam Agent is architected:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforwindows/userguide/active_full_backup.html?ver=60

 

As I say, it wasn’t architected with Dropbox in mind, but instead object storage would give you cloud backups though you’d need to license the product for that functionality

Michael Paul - #VeeamLegend | #VeeamVanguard | Veeam Certified Architect | VMware vExpert | https://micoolpaul.com | Twitter: @MicoolPaul | Mastodon: @micoolpaul@masto.nu | Bluesky: @micoolpaul.bsky.social

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