From a high-level view - Veeam will create snapshots for your VMs, and back those VMs up to a repository of your choice. Read more about it here: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... ml?ver=120
I'm not sure what your goal is in having the VM backed up and being able to restore the VM *and* the corresponding snapshot. It looks like you could simply take a backup of the VM, run your regular updates, and if you have a problem restore the VM.
You can also make this a multiple-step operation. Take a backup. Then take your own snapshot - run your updates and remove the snapshot. If you need to restore the VM from a pre-update standpoint you can either restore from snapshot (while it exists) or if you've already removed the snapshot, restore the VM from the backup. This keeps extra space used by snapshots to a minimum (since they only exist for a short time) and still gives you that point-in-time restore option.
I'm not sure what your goal is in having the VM backed up and being able to restore the VM *and* the corresponding snapshot. It looks like you could simply take a backup of the VM, run your regular updates, and if you have a problem restore the VM.
You can also make this a multiple-step operation. Take a backup. Then take your own snapshot - run your updates and remove the snapshot. If you need to restore the VM from a pre-update standpoint you can either restore from snapshot (while it exists) or if you've already removed the snapshot, restore the VM from the backup. This keeps extra space used by snapshots to a minimum (since they only exist for a short time) and still gives you that point-in-time restore option.
Statistics: Posted by tjurgens-s2d — Jan 31, 2024 7:17 pm