Initial Configuration of Seed Appliances
Drobo NAS seed devices must be configured using the Drobo Dashboard utility
Download Page: https://www.drobo.com/docs/start-drobo-b810n/
Follow these Instructions to access the Drobo and setup the networking: http://manuals.drobo.com/#t=B810n_Troubleshooting_Your_Drobo_B810n.htm
SuperMicro Seed Servers are configured like a normal Windows Server, your Service Manager will provide the local credentials to the server
Configure a NIC on the server to your network
If available use 10Gb networking instead of the 1Gb Ethernet
There is a data drive already configured (typically D: or E: drive)
Adding Seed Devices to Veeam
Drobo NAS devices must be added as Network Attached Storage
SuperMicro Servers can be added as either Network Attached or Direct Attached Storage
Adding Repositories in Veeam
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/repo_add.html?ver=100
During Repository Setup, you MUST enable 'Per-VM Backup Files'. This is in step 4 of the guide, sub-step 3 in the Advanced Settings
Using Seed Devices for Backup Copy Job Seeding
Create your Backup Copy Job like normal, and set the target as the seed repository you added. Once uploaded, we'll just switch the target to the Cloud Repository.
When naming your Backup Copy Jobs, please follow the guidelines listed below. Not following these naming conventions will result in an unsupported configuration.
Allowed alphanumeric characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9
Allowed special characters: _ - . + = @ ^
Must not contain spaces; use underscores in their place
Using Seed Devices for Replication Job Seeding
Create a normal backup job (not Replication) for all VMs that you will want to replicate, setting the target as the seed repository. We will use this backup job as seed data for the Replication Job later on.