VMware vSphere • Partial S3 offloads when full expires

I need to find out how Veeam handles the offloaded blocks for a system that doesn’t fully get offloaded before the full backup expires.

Here is the scenario.
The system has a 5TB full backup.
Aug 4th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 5th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 6th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 7th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 8th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 9th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 10th – 100GB is offloaded.
Aug 11th the full that started offloading on Aug 4th has expired and has been removed.
Aug 11th – this process starts over again offloading 100GB/day but never fully gets caught up for weeks/months.

Fast forward to today and that original 5TB VM is fully offloaded.

What happens to the 100GB that was offloaded on Aug 4th? Is it removed right away on Aug 11th or does it remain on the S3 appliance for 70 days (30-day retention, 30 days immutable +10)

If my assumption is correct that the partial data offloaded is kept for 70 days this could lead to a significant amount of data consumed on the S3 appliance. It eventually goes away but only 70 days after the system finally completes the full system offload and is keeping up each day.

Dave

Statistics: Posted by efd121 — Nov 14, 2024 10:44 pm

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