Upgrade Backup Chain Format after upgrading to Veeam Backup and Replication V12

[@iAnguel]

You can switch a job anytime to the new per-VM chain format by changing the repo to per-vm, then detaching the old backups from the job, editing the job (if needed) and restarting the job. This will then start a new chain in the per-VM format and the old backups will appear under "Disk (Orphaned)". BTW - thanks for the confusion and the bad docs, Veeam...

[@hiromusician78]

This was very helpful, Thanks!

[@frankdamont]

excelente video amigo!!

[@danielpereira7181]

well done mate !

[@blablablablaaaaa]

thank you Vikash

[@DarkbaseTTV]

Thanks for the video, Vikash! Quick question: I have a SOBR running which has per VM files enabled, but on the extents I do not have the option enabled. I have the upgrade button visible in v12. Is that a proper setup or should I enable this option on the extents aswell?

[@vikash-tech-wizard]

The extents can be little tricky to deal with. I don’t recommend that myself. Check the Veeam Knowledge Base for that

[@Andi0r]

Hi, i assume that there will be impact on the backup size, until now i was using compression and deduplication, cant imagine that it will still work with one chain per VM. Is it only recommended if i have the backup files stored on a storage with compression and dedup? If yes, i dont think that it will work with encrypted backups, correct?

[@vikash-tech-wizard]

There are several things to consider regarding encrypted backups but using the new backup chain format can still be perfectly used so you can still benefit from it.