You can back up and restore the configuration
database that Veeam Backup & Replication uses.
During configuration
backup, Veeam Backup & Replication exports data
from the configuration database and saves it to a backup file on the backup
repository. If the backup server fails for some reason, you can re-install the
backup server and quickly restore its configuration from the configuration
backup. You can also use configuration backups to apply the configuration of
one backup server to another backup server in the backup infrastructure.
It is recommended that you regularly perform
configuration backup for every backup server in the backup infrastructure.
Periodic configuration backups reduce the risk of data loss and minimize the
administrative overhead if any problem with backup servers occurs.
Configuration
Backup Files:
When you perform configuration
backup, Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves data
for the backup server from the configuration database, writes this data into a
set of XML files and archives these XML files to a backup file of the BCO format.
Veeam Backup & Replication exports
information about the following objects:
·
Backup infrastructure components and objects: hosts, servers, backup
proxies, repositories, WAN accelerators and jobs, global settings configured on
the backup server and so on.
·
Backups:
backups, replicas and backup copies created on the backup server.
·
Sessions:
job sessions performed on the backup server.
·
Tapes: tape
libraries connected to the backup server.
Configuration backup is job-driven. You can
schedule it to run regularly or start it manually. You can choose the backup
repository in which the configuration backup must be stored and specify the
necessary retention settings.
Restoring
Configuration Database:
Restore of the configuration database is
helpful in the following situations:
·
The
configuration database got corrupted and you want to recover data from the
configuration backup.
·
The
Microsoft SQL Server on which the configuration database resides got corrupted,
and you want to deploy the configuration database on a new Microsoft SQL
Server, and restore data from the configuration backup to it.
·
You
want to roll back the configuration database to a specific point in time.
·
You
want to restore data to a new configuration database on the same Microsoft SQL
server, for example, for testing purposes.
Steps to Restore the Veeam Configuration Backup:
In Configuration Backup Settings page, You have restore tab to start the config restore.
Two options are available for restore mode.
1. Restore - Restore and recover to same veeam backup server.
2. Migrate - Migrate to the other Veeam Backup Server.
The backup repository location, has veeam configuration backup files in BCO format.
Review the Backup Contents.
User Credentials for sql server database.
Select the Restore Options.
It will stop the Backup service and initiate the restore process.
Now Veeam Configuration Database restored successfully.
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