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How to Create Veeam VM Copy Job in Veeam and Replication

Hello, Friends in this today’s article how to create Veeam VM copy Job in Veeam and Replication. In my previous article, I explained how to Upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication 12, It is very useful if you have no vCenter tool. With Veeam Backup and Replication, we can create a virtual machine copy job to create a self-sufficient fully-functioning copy of a virtual machine or VM container (cluster, host, folder, resource pool, datastore, VirtualApp, or tag) on the selected storage. Virtual machine (VM) copying can be helpful if you need to move your datacenter. Visit Veeam for more details.

So please follow the steps below to create a Virtual Machine Copy Job.

Create Veeam VM Copy Job

Open the Veeam Backup and Replication, click on copy job tab, and then choose virtual machine. Or right-click on a Job and then click on VM copy.

Veeam backup and replication

New VM copy job wizard, type your VM copy job name and then click on the next button.

New VM copy job name

Click on Add button

New VM copy job virtual machine

Choose a virtual machine the one you wish to copy the job and then select add.

Add object Veeam backup

After choosing the Virtual Machine, click on the next button.

Create veeam VM copy job

Now you can select a backup destination otherwise you can leave the default backup repository and then click on the next button.

Veeam VM copy job storage

Add Guest OS Credentials

Here you can tick the box “enable application-aware Processing” if you have any application otherwise leave it as it is and then click on next.

VM copy job guest processing

Choose a user credentials for this VM copy job and then choose ok.

Veeam backup manage credentials

Click next

Virtual machine copy job guest processing

Create a VM copy job schedule window, set up a backup schedule, and then choose apply.

VM copy job schedule

View the copy job summary, and click finish.

Create VM copy job summary

Click on the Run tab to start a VM copy job.

Veeam backup and replication

Now you can see the VM copy Job is in progress.

Veeam backup job progress

Thanks for reading this article friends I hope you liked this article. Please comment your feedback in the comment section if you have any suggestions or any queries about Veeam Backup and Replication Software.

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