Backup File Server to DAS
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@coliver said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
i need to know what backup mode allows me to backup the system image : is it entire computer or volumes level backup (then choose the C volume) ??
Entire Computer
Ok, is this mode backup everything including the data in all partitions ??? then the size must be very heavy
As big as all the files on your computer with overhead.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@coliver said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
i need to know what backup mode allows me to backup the system image : is it entire computer or volumes level backup (then choose the C volume) ??
Entire Computer
Ok, is this mode backup everything including the data in all partitions ??? then the size must be very heavy
If you want a full backup, of course.
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but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ?? -
@IT-ADMIN said:
Ok, is this mode backup everything including the data in all partitions ??? then the size must be very heavy
Yepp. You can expect the first full backup to be about the same size as all of the data on your computer now. So if you have 2TB worth of data on your whole computer, then the backup size will be about that.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??No, if you need to restore the Excel file, you can restore just that file.
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i think that backing up the C drive is sufficient to backup the system image without backing up every thing
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@dafyre said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??No, if you need to restore the Excel file, you can restore just that file.
you mean that during the restore process (in the mode entire computer), i will have the possibility to select which item to restore ??
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@IT-ADMIN said:
i think that backing up the C drive is sufficient to backup the system image without backing up every thing
Why would you not want to back up everything?
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@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??No one said it was optimal, you are the one that asked how to restore the entire system
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@dafyre said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??No, if you need to restore the Excel file, you can restore just that file.
you mean that during the restore process (in the mode entire computer), i will have the possibility to select which item to restore ??
Given that they do a file level backup, must this not be true?
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@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??It allows you to restore individual files from that image level backup.
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@coliver said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??It allows you to restore individual files from that image level backup.
oook that is the answer that i'm looking for, thank you @coliver
in this case having an entire computer schedule backup will be ok and can be restored to : system image or data (it depend on the selection)
i think i'm ready to go -
having only one schedule backup of entire computer allows us to restore system image and data in the same time
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@IT-ADMIN said:
having only one schedule backup of entire computer allows us to restore system image and data in the same time
Yes, but to do a FULL or Bare Metal restore, you will need to make the Recovery ISO and burn it to a USB or DVD that will boot your computer and connect you to the storage where your backups are located (IE: If they are on a NAS somewhere).
(Veeam offers to do this for you at the end of the installation or the first time you run it, if I remember right)
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@IT-ADMIN said:
having only one schedule backup of entire computer allows us to restore system image and data in the same time
That is ONE thing that it allows.
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@coliver said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
but i think it is not optimal, because if i want to restore a 10 MB excel sheet then i have to restore the whole system ??? it make no sense for me
it should be the possibility to have 2 schedule : one for system image and one for data, this is the best way to have a good backup plan, am i right ??It allows you to restore individual files from that image level backup.
I said that
It should that right in the screenshot that he provided. -
@dafyre said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
having only one schedule backup of entire computer allows us to restore system image and data in the same time
Yes, but to do a FULL or Bare Metal restore, you will need to make the Recovery ISO and burn it to a USB or DVD that will boot your computer and connect you to the storage where your backups are located (IE: If they are on a NAS somewhere).
(Veeam offers to do this for you at the end of the installation or the first time you run it, if I remember right)
yes you are right, i already created a veeam USB recovery media
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if the system broke and cannot boot, i will plug my bootable USB and point to my restore point in the NAS, and i'm done
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now i'm trying the mode : Entire Computer on my PC (about 70 GB in C and 30 GB in D), when the backup finish i will see if i can restore only one file in the D drive.
