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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Overview of Archiving backups in UVB 8.0</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>Backup archiving lets you copy individual backups or entire backup data stores to another location for long term or offsite storage. By mounting one or more existing backup data stores, a second archive Unitrends Virtual Backup Appliance can be used to automatically create backup copies.</p> <p><strong>Figure - Archive process for VMs - Multiple Environments</strong></p> <p> </p> <p>The Archive feature includes options to create archive jobs based on backup jobs, create individual backup archives, and reports.</p> <p>Before creating archive jobs, a new VBA must be deployed and archive storage must be added from the <strong>Storage </strong>tab of the <strong>Configure - Environments </strong>page. Once the archive VBA is deployed and archive storage is added, you have two options for creating archive jobs.</p> <p>By selecting backups within the <strong>Recovery</strong> - <strong>Backups</strong> tab and clicking Archive, you can create a single job that will run once and archive backups to the selected Archive storage.<img alt="User-added image" height="369" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/6R7IHJT1CGSC/eid-ka01w000000tdcl-feoid-00n40000002yvfa-refid-0em40000000mjlg." width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <p>The second option is to create a triggered job which runs automatically after a Backup job. From the Jobs page, select <strong>Create</strong> <strong>Job</strong> > <strong>Archive</strong> to open the Archive job dialog. From here you can select the backup job to use as the trigger, the VMs within the job to archive, and the archive storage target.</p> <p>Recent Archive status for all VMs is displayed on the Protect page along with the name of the Archive job.</p> <p>For more information on creating archive jobs, see <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Funitrends-support.zendesk.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Farticles%2F360013154997">Create Archive Job dialog (8.0)</a>.</p> </article> </main>