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Kseniya
Kseniya✨
published in Blogs and Podcasts

The Veeam Community Guide

 Since we launched Veeam Community Hub one year ago, 11,199 members joined and we are very happy to see new members engaging, sharing the knowledge and helping each other.Community is rapidly growing, and I thought it would make sense to create a guide with the best practices on how to use community: what category to choose, what type of content to go with, what to do and what not to do.Let’s look into that!Veeam Community Hub is owned by Veeam Legends and Veeam Community. It’s community driven property. If you would like to talk to Veeam PM or submit a support ticket, please reach out to Veeam Support or Veeam R&D Forums All content in all categories apart from User Groups is in English. If you feel more comfortable with your local language, you are welcome to create posts in local user groups  Do not publish empty posts with external links only. Just do not, please. This type of content will be hidden. It is absolutely OK to use external link as a reference to something though. E

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Chris.Childerhose
2 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
published in Blogs and Podcasts

Blogs and podcasts: Housekeeping rules

Hi Veeam Community!Here are a few housekeeping rules to keep this space friendly, interactive and useful:All content is in English only Personal information, which is not suitable for public viewing, cannot be published – e.g. address or phone number Podcasts and YouTube streams should be embedded through the ‘Embed media’ functionality. Here’s an example. Don’t just post a sentence with a hyperlink. Such posts will be hidden. We ask that you don’t just post a link to a blog or article, since most community members prefer to stay here and have discussions. Users may not post any offensive materials, share illegal or copyrighted content, attempt to distribute illegal substances, or distribute viruses or other material. Users may not use this place for (commercial) activities such as the advertising or sale of products or services, the offering of (interactive) games or the advertising of other communities or websites. The Veeam Community Team reserves the right to remove content or rest

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Kseniya
3 years ago
tarik.yenisey
tarik.yeniseyComes here often
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Increase the Security of Your Veeam Environment with Veeam Security&Compliance

Security & Compliance Analyzer in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 is a tool that allows you to examine and evaluate the installed Veeam backup infrastructure for security and compliance. This tool helps identify vulnerabilities and compliance violations associated with Veeam backup.This tool has basic functions as follows:Security Assessment: Performs a scan of the system to identify vulnerabilities of the Veeam backup infrastructure. This scan checks various security criteria such as password policies, access controls, status of updates, etc.Compliance Assessment: Evaluates compliance with a specific compliance standard (e.g. GDPR). This helps determine whether Veeam backup infrastructure needs to be configured to meet applicable data protection laws or regulations.Reporting and Monitoring: Security & Compliance Analyzer reports and monitors results. Users can get detailed information about security vulnerabilities or compliance violations and take the necessary steps to r

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Chris.Childerhose
19 hours ago
Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Create iSCSI Target and Storage LUN on Synology DS923+ as Backup Target for VBR

Recently as blogged already, I got a DS923+ Nas and here is one of the guides agreed upon. This short article will discuss how to set up iSCSI Target and Storage LUN on Synology DS923+ for VBR.ISCSI stands for Internet Small Computer System Interface. It revolutionizes storage accessibility by seamlessly transporting SCSI commands over TCP/IP networks, granting unparalleled block-level access to storage devices. This innovative technology bridges the gap between traditional storage systems and modern networking infrastructures, empowering businesses with efficient, scalable, and flexible storage solutions.iSCSI allows you to use a Windows repository with ReFS which leverages FastClone. Do you wish to learn more about why the Storage LUN Better is better than a Mapped Network Drive etc. Create iSCSI Targets/LUNYou can create an ISCSI target or LUn on a Synology DS923+. Since this is a pretty new device, we will create both on the fly.For simplicity, I will create a single LUN and presen

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Nico Losschaert
1 day ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Easy Quick Setup Veeam Logs to Synology Log Center

Hi Folks,If you have a Synology appliance at home and want a quick and easy way to export your Veeam logs for viewing you can setup Log Center in just a few minutes and be done.First we want to install the Log Center package from the Package Manager.Log CenterInstallRun after InstallationPress OpenLog Center is now up and running. We now will setup a receiver.Log Center Log Receiving I will call mine Veeam and leave the other selections to the default settings: ReceiveI will need to choose a location for storing my logs:location default settings I will compress the log archives in order to save space:CompressNow it is time to setup the Veeam Log Forwarding:OptionsSyslog serversenter the Synology IP or DNS All doneThe VBR server should sent a Test message to Log Center after the settings have been applied:RecievedNow to start a backup and see the results sent to Log Center:Backup Completed Backup StartedCompletedFinished with SuccessThe whole process was fast and simple to setup. 

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Chris.Childerhose
1 day ago
tarik.yenisey
tarik.yeniseyComes here often
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Ensure Data Integrity of Your Backup Chains with Veeam Health Check!

What is Health Check?A health check is a planned process within a backup or backup copy job that helps ensure the data integrity of the backup chain. When Veeam Backup & Replication initiates a health check, it performs a CRC check for metadata and a hash check on VM data blocks.CRC Check stands for Cyclic Redundancy Check. It is an error detection algorithm used to check whether data is corrupted during transmission or storage. This algorithm calculates a CRC value from the sent data and adds this value to the end of the data. The receiving party calculates the same CRC value from the data it receives and compares it with the sent CRC value. If the two values ​​match, it means the data is transferred or stored intact.  Why Are Health Checks Important?Health checks are important to ensure data consistency in the event of a disaster. Computers can make mistakes. The more systems interact with each other, the greater the chance of errors occurring. When performing a backup, Veeam com

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tarik.yenisey
1 day ago
Link State
Link StateVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

[guide] How to deploy Quantum DXi V5000 Community Edition Deduplication Free + Veeam

Hello everyoneI share with the community the installation and configure of Quantum's DXi V5000 Community Edition excellent deuplication appliance.Reduce Backup Costs with Efficient and immutability Data Reduction DXi inline, variable-length deduplication and compression minimizes overall storage footprint and reduces WAN traffic when replicating and tiering to other locations. Achieve data reduction rates up to 70:1.* General Info DXiQuantum DXi V5000 Community Edition for Free! | Quantum Quantum DXi V5000 integration with Veeam - Veeam Data Mover service is not enabled | Veeam Community Resource Hub Free Quantum DXi V5000 Community Edition | Veeam Community Resource Hub Quantum DXi - User Guide for VMware vSphere (veeam.com) KB1745: Deduplication Appliance Best Practices (veeam.com)  Infrastructure backgroundvcsa.vpsphere.local  VMware vCenter Server 7.0.3.00100 - Build number: 18778458Phischal Esxi x 4 - Vmware Cluster: VMware ESXi 6.5.0 - Build number 18678235vbr12 100.66.13.207 ESX

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tarik.yenisey
1 day ago
SSimpson
SSimpsonNot a newbie anymore
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Veeam New Backup Calculator Top 10 features

 10. There is a scenario builder9. Tape is now included8. Select from Data Center, SaaS, Public Cloud and Monitoring7. Immutability is included6. Capacity Tier calculations5. Direct to Object storage option4. The UI is fantastic3. Average write rate when doing CDP calculation can be factored in2. This is an official Veeam Calculator1. The restore simulator is back!Anyone who works in the backup space knows the importance of a good backup calculator. Not only will it save you time it could also save money. To take it a step further a Veeam sizing calculator can also help you understand how to size the Veeam environment, that’s way I am excited when I got the news from @Chas letting everyone know that the new Veeam hosted calculators are available.Before I provide an overview of some of the enhancements, I would like to extend a huge thank you to the Veeam team that worked on creating these tools Adam Congdon, David Tosoff and Olivier Rossi as well as Marty Williams provide input around

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Stabz
2 days ago
kristofpoppe
kristofpoppeVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Backup for M365 7a BUILD P20240418 - improvements

Hi all, just a small heads up for the latest patch P20240418 released on April 24th.This patch fixes several issues we’ve faced consuming the API via our management platform:On product builds 7.0.0.3604 and higher, processing REST API requests to retrieve the organization’s objects takes more time than expected. (GET) v7/Organizations/{organizationId}/Users (GET) /v7/Organizations/{organizationId}/Teams (GET) /v7/Organizations/{organizationId}/Sites, Export to .PST via the (POST) /v7/RestoreSessions/{restoreSessionId}/organization/exportToPst request takes more time compared to the save operation performed on the same mailbox backup data. If one of the requested repositories is in the Invalid state, the (GET) /v7/Organizations/{organizationId}/usedRepositories request mistakenly returns the same error for all repositories from the scope.  But also other improvements and enhanchements are in this release.Worth upgrading !More info ? https://www.veeam.com/kb4533 

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kristofpoppe
3 days ago
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Database Considerations: Veeam Backup & Replication / Veeam ONE on Windows Server 2022 - Part One

With Microsoft releasing Windows Server 2022, Veeam have delivered support for this in Veeam B&R and Veeam ONE v11a. This includes support not just for protecting Hyper-V VMs on the OS, or guest OS support, but also running all the relevant Veeam Components and services on Windows Server 2022. This is truly a great milestone that Veeam have achieved so promptly after the release of this operating system.There’s more to this story however, Veeam currently ships with SQL Server 2016 Express edition as its default database if you don’t choose to install your own first. This will leave you in an unsupported state with Microsoft as only SQL Server editions still within mainstream support are supported for Windows Server 2022, for SQL Server 2016, mainstream support ended in July 2021.Now we know the danger, we’ve got two topics to discuss up again, firstly, how do we install a supported version of SQL Server for Veeam? And secondly, what do I do if I’m running SQL Server 2016 on Windows

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MicoolPaul
3 days ago
J
jasik15857New Here
asked in Blogs and Podcasts

Five Suggest Strong Password Ideas: How to Create a Strong Password in 2024?

What is a Suggest Strong Password?While one might assume that the answer to this question is highly subjective, it is, in fact, quite the opposite. In its most straightforward sense, we suggest strong password ideas which proves challenging to crack. The effectiveness of a password lies in its strength, serving as a robust defense against hackers and malicious actors. A powerful and reliable password can require millions of years to decipher, acting as a deterrent that discourages hackers from attempting unauthorized access.

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Chris.Childerhose
4 days ago
regnor
regnorVeeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Announcement: Veeam App for Splunk  📢

A quick announcement for the Community 📢Today Veeam published their App for Splunk. The App enables Splunk customers to analyze Veeam events, monitor their Veeam Backup environment and provides access to alerts, dashboards and reports.Although I had a Splunk training just last week, I currently don’t have access to any lab environment. Therefore I can’t test the new app but I would look forward to any feedback from the Community 😊  The Splunkbase Website does include some screenshots which look quite nice.Supported Splunk PlatformThe App is supported on the following platforms:Splunk Enterprise 9.1.0+ Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2308+LicensingThe App itself is available for free and can be installed or downloaded from Splunkbase:https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/7312Veeam customers do need to have the Advanced or Premium Edition in order to use the app.More detailsMore details can be found in the corresponding helpcenter guide: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/security_plugins_splunk/

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Link State
4 days ago
coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Demystifying Veeam’s Backup Copy Feature – Part I, Intro, Requirements, Limitations

One of the biggest mysteries of Veeam’s list of features in my opinion is the Backup Copy Job. On the surface, they’re easy to understand – you create a Copy Job, use some supported backup source, and copy this source VM data to a designated target to implement part of the 3-2-1(-1-0) Rule – have multiple copies of your data and/or at least 1 offsite copy of your data. Easy, right? Well, when you look under the hood of the technology behind the retention, scheduling, interval, etc. things start to get murky pretty quick, at least for me. The most difficult to understand about Copy Jobs in my opinion is how the retention algorithm works when using the GFS (grandfather-father-son) archive option. And with the changes brought to Copy Jobs with the release of Veeam v11, I believe things got worse instead of better. As such, I thought it would be beneficial to the Veeam Community for me to go through the Backup Copy process from a deep-dive perspective, and see if I can make a bit more clea

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5 days ago
Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

VBM365 v8 Technical Preview - Installation & Some New Goodies

Everyone that is part of the Veeam100 group gained access thanks to @Rin to the VB365 v8 Technical Preview.  I took it for a spin in my lab installing it then doing a bit of exploring to find some new things and dialogues.  You can find the blog below and can explore it on my blog site as well here - https://just-virtualization.tech/2024/04/19/veeam-vbm365-v8-technical-preview-installation/Being part of the Veeam Vanguard/Legends programs gives you some special privileges and opportunities, like testing out the first Technical Preview of the VBM365 v8 software. Today, I am going to go through the installation, which is identical to the current v7 version, but I will point out some new things for v8 that will come once the product goes GA.!-->To begin the installation of the software you need to download the ISO file as well as the license (LIC) file for testing. Once again this was available through the Vanguard/Legends program that I am part of. Once downloaded, mount the ISO file

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Chris.Childerhose
8 days ago
Cassandra Faris
Cassandra FarisProduct Strategy
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Learning Azure Through Community: Preparing to Learn

I’ve been part of technology communities for over a dozen years. If there’s one lesson I’ve learned, it’s that you never stop learning. When I started in tech, Cloud was the shiny new thing. At the time, I was recruiter who wanted to learn about the technologies I was recruiting for so, I started attending Columbus Cloud Computing User Group. Over time, I became more involved in the community, co-organized a cross-platform cloud computing conference, and worked in Community Management with cloud and DevOps engineers, architects, and admins. Through this ad hoc learning, I gained a theoretical understanding of the cloud but not much hands-on experience. As the newest member of Veeam’s Product Strategy team, I’m enhancing my knowledge and becoming more hands-on with Azure and Veeam’s Azure backup and recovery solutions. Today, I’m sharing how I’ve started learning plus my top tips for preparing to learn a new skill. This post is the first in a series called “Learning Azure Through Commun

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Cassandra Faris
9 days ago
brenoribas
brenoribasComes here often
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Malware Detection with VBR

Hello, community! We just post a video explaining in a simple way some functionalities about the Malware Detection with VBR.  I hope you guys enjoy this video! Have a good rest of week. Regards, Breno

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C
10 days ago
leduardoserrano
leduardoserranoVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Truly no lock-in: the freedom of choice with Veeam

I apologize for my absence from the community over the past few days!Before the post, I would like to make up for it with the sound of some of the coolest Grandpas in the world 😎 One of the aspects that Veeam has been reinforcing is the need for customers to implement and maintain cybersecurity policies using established frameworks in the market, such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0. As an example, we have this excellent post by Ray Heffer:https://www-veeam-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.veeam.com/blog/nist-cybersecurity-framework-2-0.html?amp=1Implementing technology solutions in line with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 can be a challenge. However, with Veeam, this process is made easier. Some time ago, I prepared an association between the functionalities present in each of the elements of the Veeam Data Platform with the functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, demonstrating the ease of implementation.NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and how Veeam can help y

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leduardoserrano
10 days ago
ericeberg
ericebergComes here often
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Fortify your digital immune system with Veeam and Microsoft Sentinel using Syslog - Part 1

I’d like to draw your attention to a small but significant feature that was introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1: Syslog support. As documented in the user guide (and in Veeam KB4522 with a few extra details), VBR 12.1’s syslog conforms to the industry standard RFC 5424 specification and supports UDP, TCP, and TLS transports.This feature opens the door to a huge array of security solutions. As you’ll see, this creates new opportunities for customers to incorporate VBR’s application events and malware signals into their broader security architectures and workflows to fortify their digital immune system.Veeam Backup & Replication, Meet Microsoft SentinelAs an example of what’s possible with syslog, I will walk you through how to set up VBR to send events to Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft’s cloud-native SIEM.Solution diagram - Veeam Backup & Replication sends event data to Microsoft Sentinel using syslog and Azure Monitor AgentUsing Azure Arc and the Azure Monitor Agen

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wouter.oltlammers
12 days ago
coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Demystifying Veeam’s Backup Copy Feature – Part III, Long-Term (GFS) Retention

If you missed the first part of this 3-part series, you can read it here. For the 2nd part, go here. This 3rd and final part in the Blog series will be a bit lengthier than the previous 2, but the extra content is worth the read. In this 3rd post, I’ll be discussing the Backup Copy Job Long-Term (or GFS) Retention Policy. For the remainder of this post, I’ll just refer to this as ‘GFS Policy’. Over the years, I’ve generally felt Veeam’s User Guides have been fantastic. The best out there, in my opinion, are the VMware User Guides, with Veeam a close 2nd. Since about Veeam v9, when Veeam really started gaining steam implementing some of their best features to date – Storage Integration, expanding their Veeam Agent offering, etc, their User Guides have seemed to start lacking some needed information. I think part of the reason is they were jamming everything into one Guide and possibly cutting some corners. They really needed to start separating some features out of the main User Guide t

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coolsport00
12 days ago
Stabz
StabzVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Deep dive Inline Malware Detection

First of all : Wishing you a happy new year with the hope that you will have many blessings in the year to come. 1. ObjectiveThe objective of this deep dive is to detail the steps to follow to activate the Inline Malwares Detection feature.2. Introduction2.1 Description of Inline Malwares DetectionVeeam Backup & Replication 12.1 introduces a new security feature called “Encryption Detection”. It is an online entropy analysis that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to detect previously unencrypted data that becomes encrypted in processed disk images.This allows for the detection of a potential ransomware attack. “Inline Entropy” analyzes data on the fly during backups.Veeam is not intended to replace detection tools (EDR/XDR, Antivirus) that must be installed and configured on production environments, but rather complements them to facilitate forensic analysis and determine healthy backup points.Detecting data encryption as quickly as possible is a key element

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coolsport00
13 days ago
Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Object First (OOTBI) - Blog Series

As many of us know Object First has storage named OOTBI that works very well with Veeam using the new SOSAPI.  I am going to be starting a blog series on this which you can follow on my blog site -https://just-virtualization.tech/2024/04/11/object-first-ootbi-blog-series/This is my initial post with some pictures about the series coming.  This should be fun as I was also accepted in to the Object First Aces inaugural group and thanks to @Geoff Burke was able to secure a demo appliance for testing and blogging.I know there are others that have these as well so let’s ensure we put out some great content for everyone to enjoy!  😎Some quick pics I took -OOTBI Arrives at my houseOOTBI - Unboxing beginsSome other great posts already on the community about OOTBI can be found below which I hope to add to.  😁Object Storage Setup with Ootbi | Veeam Community Resource HubObject First Appliance Setup and Remote Connection Options | Veeam Community Resource HubOotbi meets the Veeam Community Hub

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dloseke
13 days ago
Nico Losschaert
Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Bad Practice vs Good Practice in a real use case

This post is related to a real use-case at a customer.Some time ago, this customer asked me to perform a backup audit on their infrastructure because they had doubts about the current setup 🤔So of course I did, I do this often for existing and new customers…If you want to know more about it, just go on reading this topic 😁 Some info about the customer and their infrastructure : they are one of the biggest companies in Belgium in their sector they are having a large vmware cluster : 1 cluster with HA that vmware cluster is divided over 2 locations at the same site but with +/- 500 meters between and no buildings in between, so ideal in some DR scenario’s between the 2 locations they are having a 40Gbit fiber connection the current backup-setup is being done by another IT company in Belgium they are having 2 backup-servers, 1 on each location they are using on each location a physical SAN as shared storage with synchronous mirroring between the 2 SANs using hybrid storage with auto tie

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bene
13 days ago
leduardoserrano
leduardoserranoVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Webinar+Demo: Integrating Veeam with Organizations' Cybersecurity Strategy

 Hi! On April 9, the webinar “Integrating Veeam with Organizations' Cybersecurity Strategy” was held, with the participation of Marcio de Freitas, Engineering Manager at Veeam Brazil.We conducted a Penetration Test demonstration using Kali Linux, reproducing Command and Control (C&C) actions and triggering a Ransomware attack simulation on a specific target. Then, we demonstrate how the Veeam Data Platform works in Threat Detection and Response (D&R) integrated with other cybersecurity solutions, such as anti-virus, EDR, MDR, and SIEM.Marcio also presented how Veeam is focusing on cybersecurity in the latest releases. We also explored the main frameworks available for organizations to implement and maintain a consistent security policy: NIST CSF 2.0, NIST 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture, NIST SP 800-61r2 Incident Response Plan, MITER ATT&CK, and MITER CVE.PS:The webinar was held in Portuguese. To enable English (or other language) legend, please, follow these steps:On YouTu

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leduardoserrano
15 days ago
safiya
safiyaCommunity Analyst
published in Blogs and Podcasts

Veeam 100 Show - PowerShell Power-Up: Advanced Veeam Scanning Techniques using ScriptsVeeam 100 Show #7

Happy Thursday, Community! We had our April V100 Show earlier today: PowerShell Power-Up: Advanced Veeam Scanning Techniques using Scripts. The V100 Show highlights the innovations of our Veeam 100 members and how they are benefiting the community at large.  @Cassandra Faris was joined by @MicoolPaul @SteveHeart who covered the power of PowerShell and Veeam. With the sharing of use cases, benefits, and demos that prove the importance of backup testing, this is a packed show you should watch. Catch the replay here! Find Steve’s scripts: VBR Backup AV & YARA ScanData Integration API ScriptGuest Index Data Scan Manager

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vAdmin
18 days ago
Stabz
StabzVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

The importance of testing these backups!

Hello, I wanted to share with you a customer’s feedback that I encountered. They contacted me to report extremely slow restoration times during a file restoration process.I was a bit surprise cause I had tested all types of restauration on his infrastructure and everything worked properly.The restore type : “Guest File Restore” OS: Microsoft Restore option: Keep Folder Size : 64 MB Restore Time: 1h30min 😱I first checked the log in the History I directly noticed the fact that the restoration is via vSphere guest interaction API and not using a Veeam proxy .After a brief exchange with the admin, it figured out that the VM to which the files should be restored is in a new Vlan ! You’ve probably guessed it, but it’s once again the fault of the network!Indeed, the network openings between the Veeam environment and the production environment for this new VLAN have not been set up, after having done the necessary we tried again the restore.This time, the restore used my proxy and took only f

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vAdmin
18 days ago

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