Ok so I have my own server at home.
My PC uses Veeam Agent for Windows (the free one) to backup daily to the server. This works really well and I'm totally happy with this.
The problem is now offsite backup. What I currently have to do is regularly plug in an external drive, copy the Veeam files from the server and then keep the drive at work. This is cumbersome and I tend to forget to do it regularly enough.
What I want is to do the the same via the Internet. Put a spare drive into a machine at work, then VPN in from home and copy the Veeam files that way.
The problem, of course, is bandwidth. Whilst I can obviously "seed" the drive at work manually to start with, I need some method of updating the files at block level so only changes are transmitted.
This is proving virtually impossible. GoodSync is no good as it needs a server licence to work on a server. Syncovery doesn't work because it's not recognising file name changes properly.
Ironically, Veeam pretty much does what I need - as the retention window moves each day, the oldest incremental backup is merged into the large "main" backup. If only I could get it do the same again but to a different drive (I'm VPN-ing so, as far as software is concerned, it's just a drive mapping or UNC path).
I'm almost tempted to put Veeam on the server and try backing up the backups!
Surely there has to be some solution?
My PC uses Veeam Agent for Windows (the free one) to backup daily to the server. This works really well and I'm totally happy with this.
The problem is now offsite backup. What I currently have to do is regularly plug in an external drive, copy the Veeam files from the server and then keep the drive at work. This is cumbersome and I tend to forget to do it regularly enough.
What I want is to do the the same via the Internet. Put a spare drive into a machine at work, then VPN in from home and copy the Veeam files that way.
The problem, of course, is bandwidth. Whilst I can obviously "seed" the drive at work manually to start with, I need some method of updating the files at block level so only changes are transmitted.
This is proving virtually impossible. GoodSync is no good as it needs a server licence to work on a server. Syncovery doesn't work because it's not recognising file name changes properly.
Ironically, Veeam pretty much does what I need - as the retention window moves each day, the oldest incremental backup is merged into the large "main" backup. If only I could get it do the same again but to a different drive (I'm VPN-ing so, as far as software is concerned, it's just a drive mapping or UNC path).
I'm almost tempted to put Veeam on the server and try backing up the backups!
Surely there has to be some solution?
