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 Details: Files visible: Central_AD.vbm → metadata/config fileCentral_AD2026-06-01...vbk → Full backup (~73 GB ✅ normal)Central_AD2026-06-02...vib → ~2.4 GBCentral_AD2026-06-03...vib → ~2.6 GBCentral_AD2026-06-04...vib → ~2.1 GBCentral_AD2026-06-05...vib → ~2.5 GBCentral_AD2026-06-06...vib → ~2.5 GBCentral_AD2026-06-07...vib → ~1.5 GB👉 These .vib files are incremental backups (daily changes only)Hello Veeam Community,I am using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows free for office use, with no big data exchange, and noticed that the incremental backup (.vib) files for a single machine are relatively large (around 1.5 GB to 5.6 GB per day), while the full backup is about 73 GB. Machine details: - Role: Active Directory server (Central_AD) - Backup type: Incremental (daily) I would like to understand:1. Is this incremental size normal for this type of workload?2. What factors could cause such daily change rates?3. Are there recommended optimizations to reduce incremental backup size?4. How

Hi all, I'm planning to deploy the Veeam Software Appliance and wondering — is it generally better to run it on physical hardware or as a virtual machine (e.g. on vSphere)?I know both are supported, but looking for real-world experience on pros/cons of each approach. Things like performance, reliability, and best practice recommendations would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

Dear All, Greeting!!!, I hope every thing is fine. I am facing this issue while i am open Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager HTTP Error 404.4 - Not Found ‘The resource you are looking for does not have a handler associated with it. Most likely causes: + The file extension for the requested URL does not have a handler configured to process the request on the Web server: ‘Things you can try: + Ifthe fle extension does not have a handler associated witht, add a handier mapping for the extension. 2 Verify that the handle associated with the Fle extension is propery nctaed and conigured. © Create a tracing rue to track failed requests for this HTTP status cods. For mare information about creating a racing ule fo failed requests, cick here. Detailed Error Information: Module 11S Web Core Requested URL hitps:/localhost:3443/oauth/authorze?chient_id=veeam-ebapp-publicclientaresponse type=codearedirect_uri="%2FAuthorize. Notification HapRequestHandier Physical Path F:\Veeam\Backup and Replicaton\E

Hello.I have three servers: one is EnterpriseManager, the second is VeeamBackup, and the third has the Veeam console installed. When I launch the Veeam console on the backup server, I get the error "failed to load license from backup services." I looked at the logs and see that the client versions match. I see that a connection attempt is being made, but the connection is being closed. I don't understand why. I tried TNC fqdn for the backup server - port 9392, as well as port 9396, and there were no errors..  I changed the names and IP addresses in the logs. I don't think they're needed for analysis. CODElog uploadfiles

Dear Veeam Community,I hope you can enlighten me.We have the goal to setup endpoint backups without the use of a vpn.We installed veeam b&r & cloud gateway on a test server so far.Now whe thought we could like generate an agent for a tenant and then install that agent to endpoints of this tenant to be able to backup files of the endpoint via the cloud gateway direkcly into the configured tenant backup repository.At this point we’ve tried a lot and I doubt that this will work the way we intended.It seems like the cloud gateway is used to connect different vbr servers and save their backups in a service providers repositories. But that wouldnt solve the problem that the customer needs an own vbr and a vpn to have a connection between his endpoints and his vbr server in order to back the endpoints up to the service provider. (Endpoint → Tenants VBR Server → Cloud Gateway → Service Providers Repositories)Is there any chance to make it work like this:Agent on Endpoint → Cloud Gatewa

Hi All,I’m encountering an error when attempting a restore from VBR version 13.1.2064 (recently upgraded):“ResourceExhausted: Sending message exceeds the maximum configured message size.”Does anyone know if this is a known issue or bug in the newer VBR versions?

Hello, I have got few vms removed from primary backup job - since these VMs are decommissioned, the copy jobs are configured with the primary job name - immediate copy , however these vms are not removed from the copy jobs even after the retention period, i can see these under backups ( disk copy ) option. Kindly advise

Veri Hazırlığı: Kaynak ortamdan okuduğu verileri sıkıştırır ve tekilleştirme (deduplication) işlemlerini gerçekleştirir.İletim Güvenliği: Aktarılacak veriyi şifreleyerek hedef depolama birimine iletir.Kaynak Optimizasyonu: Tüm bu ağır iş yükünü (veri okuma, işleme ve taşıma) bizzat üstlenerek, ana kontrol sunucusunun sadece komuta ve planlama süreçlerine odaklanmasını sağlar.

I am not able to replace my Veeam Backup and Replication certificate with a new .pfx. When I try to install the .pfx from the Options->Security->Install menu in the B&R Console it returns an error “Certificate’s Private Key is Empty”. I have verified I created the .pfx correctly using OpenSSL and combining the .cer with the .key. I have verified the .key is in fact a private key and not a public key. I have verified the .pfx key permissions have the appropriate read/write for the Veeam service account to access the key. The .pfx certificate is good with a valid private key. Why can’t it be installed on Veeam Backup and Replication. In order for me to upgrade Veeam B&R from version 12 to version 13 I require a certificate with the Basic Constraints extension. I now have a certificate with Basic Constraints as a .pfx but I cannot install it to Veeam B&R.

Simple question, but I don’t think this is possible from reading up about this, there is a great video on migrating, but I think this assumes you still have the old VMWare infrastructure as well as your destination Hyper-V. So, the question is then, can you restore a full backup of a VMWare VM, onto Hyper-V? Assume pre-reqs like removing vmware tools are taken care of, but the actual conversion to Hyper-V can this be done without running your source VMW environment?

Hello,we would like to create full backups of our client machines. These should be generated every first Monday of the quarter. Subsequently, no incremental backups should be created.The full backups alone are sufficient for our needs.Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a setting to implement this.Incremental backups are always being generated. Best regards, Ruben Friedland

Hi Community.  I am unable to resolve the above referenced issue.  This happened after an update to v13.  After the install, it worked for 2-3 days. I then started to configure my tape infrastructure and when I finished, I was prompted to reboot the server.  Now I can’t get back into the console.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello,Updating the windows console to 13.0.1.2067 is systematically failing with the error “Failed to update the backup console: Failed to deliver update specification to backup server.”I’am using a VSA - current build 13.0.1.2067Even when downloading directly the 13.0.1.2067 ISO, i get the same issueAnyone had the same problem and could fix it ?RgdsJIhad

Transaction logs are not able to start on DB servers, which could be the issue. Error: Failed to use DB:UpdateDirectBackupInfoIsOutOfSync in managed mode Case already been opened with Support. 

We’re evaluating replacing out Windows VBR-servers with VSA, and I have set up a pilot machine. We need AD authentication to work for this, and I have joined the VSA to our domain.The main issue we have is that authentication is extremely slow and even if I can get “connected” pretty quick when I log in from the VBR-console, it can then take several minutes just to get past the splash screen. Even once logged in, I can get kicked out with some authentication error and “too many retries”. Also adding the AD-group to the “Veeam Administrator” role took forever and several retries. My strong suspicion is that SSSD used for this, is doing forest-wide queries, and since we are a huge company with many domains and trusts this is what takes time and causes timeouts. We’ve worked around this in other self-managed linux systems by using ldap as provider instead of “ad”, and limiting scope with ldap_serarch_base and filters, but not sure this is an option here, and pretty sure it wouldn’t be sup

 I  have 1 backup that is unable to scan, I’m getting the error : 5/27/2026 11:18:04 AM Failed : Scanning for viruses fuse: mountpoint is not empty fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option Unable to mount device [/dev/loop26] with filesystem [ext4] to mount point [/run/media/Veeam.Mount.FS/9bb20087-b8ef-47b7-8fe3-ffd91c43c73b/vg_root_0-lv_root_0/storage/core]. Agent failed to process method {Mount.GenericMount}.  (fuse: mountpoint is not empty) (fuse: if you are sure this is safe, use the 'nonempty' mount option) (Unable to mount device [/dev/loop26] with filesystem [ext4] to mount point [/run/media/Veeam.Mount.FS/9bb20087-b8ef-47b7-8fe3-ffd91c43c73b/vg_root_0-lv_root_0/storage/core].) (Agent failed to process method {Mount.GenericMount}.) (0:00:09)” The backup in question is a vcenter backup which is a linux backup, the backup repositories already have the new linux mount server I made as the default mount server. I don’t have any other available option to u

First at all the Scenario Builder is a good tool, but we still miss information in the results of database sizing. No information about MS SQL (external DB) is provided here with regard to the size and design of the DB. The result is not sufficient for planning the DB, meaningful information such as size or Specifies how many data files and log is expected. There are still no information about cores and memory for the MS SQL server as wellThe same is also completely missing for PostgreSQL DB. In the result for the Enterprise Manager, estimated DB size (636GB) is specified, but the adzu-recommended number and CPU cores (2) or Memory (4 GB) do not match workwise. With a size of 636 only 2 cores and 4GB memory, there is no promising performance. The details of the design (number of DB files, log sizes) are also completely missing here.  It would be highly desirable if this information were available for more precise planning of a Enterprise environment.

Hello everyone I want to take VMCA and VMCE this month. The certificate will say the year 2026, right? Thanks.

안녕하세요 여러분,현재 고객사의 Azure Blob 스토리지 비용 최적화를 지원하고 있는데, 아키텍처적인 측면에서 몇 가지 어려움에 직면하고 있습니다. 비슷한 상황을 경험해 보신 분들의 조언을 구하고 싶습니다.[현황 및 요구사항] 데이터 용량: 현재 약 1.2PB가 Azure Blob Storage( 핫 티어 )에 저장되어 있습니다. 역할: 확장형 백업 저장소(SOBR) 내의 용량 계층 으로 구성됩니다 . 보존 정책: 고객은 모든 백업에 대해 9999일 이라는 장기 보존 기간을 요구합니다 . 백업 전략: GFS 플래그/보존 기간은 구성되거나 고려되지 않습니다. 단일 연속 보존 체인이 사용됩니다. 고객은 방대한 데이터 양과 장기적인 운영 비용으로 인해 핫 티어에서 쿨 티어 로 이동하여 Azure 스토리지 비용을 절감하고자 합니다 .저희는 처음에 새로운 Cool 티어 Blob 저장소를 생성하여 SOBR에 추가하고 Veeam의 기본 "Evacuate" 기능을 사용하는 방안을 제안했습니다. 그러나 고객은 이에 반대하며 Azure의 기본 도구를 활용할 수 있는지 문의했습니다.현재 다음과 같은 두 가지 대안적 접근 방식을 검증 중이며, 그 타당성을 확인하고자 합니다.옵션 1: Azure 측에서 Azure Blob 액세스 계층(핫 ➔ 쿨)을 직접 변경 계획: 고객은 Azure 포털 또는 Azure 라이프사이클 관리를 통해 기존 컨테이너의 액세스 계층을 핫(Hot)에서 쿨(Cool)로 직접 변경하려고 합니다. 질문: 이렇게 하면 기존 백업 체인이 끊어지거나 Veeam에서 인덱싱 문제가 발생할까요? Veeam Backup & Replication(v12)은 기본 Azure 계층이 변경된 후에도 백업 및 복원 작업을 원활하게 계속 수행할 수 있습니까? 옵션 2: Azure Copy Tools를 사용하여 데이터를 새 Cool Blob에 복사하고 Veeam에 다시 연결 계획: 새로운 쿨 티어 Azure Blob 컨테이너를 생성합니다. Azur

Hello Veeam Support Team / Community members I am experiencing an issue with Veeam Agent for Windows that prevents it from starting on my server.- Product: Veeam Agent for Windows (installed via .exe)- OS: Windows Server 2016- Hosting: Virtual Private Server (VPS) on Hetzner Cloud- Virtualization: Managed by Hetzner (type unknown to tenant)**Error message:**"Failed to restore client id. WMI method call failed. Object reference not set to an instance of an object."**Troubleshooting steps already performed:**1. Verified WMI service is running — no errors found2. Ran `winmgmt /resetrepository` and `winmgmt /salvagerepository` — issue persists3. Checked Win32_ComputerSystemProduct UUID via PowerShell — returns empty/null value4. Fully uninstalled Veeam Agent, cleaned registry and program folders, reinstalled — same errorThe Hetzner VPS environment does not expose hardware identifiers (UUID) to the guest OS. The WMI query `(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID` returns no

I'm experimenting with the VHR 2.0.09 ISO. It works perfectly for me. I'm using a virtual machine for VHR where I have two disks added, one for the OS and one for the repository. I'm trying to extend the repository. What would be the recommended steps to extend the disk, or is it not possible?

Hi there!I`ve been thinking a bit about this, and finally the time has come to share it with you all.After trying different apps, AI, classrooms, etc… it came to my mind,Why dont give this a shot?We are world wide, many languajes and tons of native people, with differet accents and slangs, but we do share something in common, IT and Veeam love! the idea is simple, to create different conversation groups depending on the Languaje you want to practice / learn.Im more than happy to share some of my time if somebody wants to practice some Spanish.I know we do have French, Dutch, German, English, Portuguese, Italian (😉), and many others…What do you think?Is it something you may be interested in?Summer is comming (for me) and would be a great time for sharing some experiences and give some time to others.cheers.Luis F. 

They want a detailed description but truncate it at about 2.000 characters :("Provide a detailed issue description and error messages." field does not accept more than that.Usually I prepare my issues in text editor and in the end copy/paste into support portal.Now I realize only half of it made it through while I don't have my original any more.I'd expect the GUI at least to give a warning. Noone serious will type his message into some web form initially and realize the input no longer works as he’s typing live.Who can fix that? Open a case for it? ;)

Hola a todos:Tengo una consulta, tengo un VBR al cual le agregué un repositorio de BlackBlaze. Todo bien con ello, la pregunta pasa por lo siguiente: Si en caso de que se dañe el servidor VBR y no tenga como recuperar las configuraciones de los jobs, puedo volver a unirme a ese repositorio in perder los backups en él? Obviamente estarían como huérfanos, pero si se podria? Saludos,

Hi,I am looking for a solution for the long-term retention of SQL backups.Our SQL Servers are saving SQL dumps (FULL+LOG) to a share on the Veeam Backup Server.An hourly File Backup Job copies the changes to out Hardened Repository.An additional requirement is to retain the FULL backups of specific databases for a longer period - ideally using GFS retention policies, i.e. 4 weekly and 12 monthly.Due to the limited capacity of the Hardened Repository we would like to use our HPE StoreOnce Deduplication Appliance for this purpose initially, maybe to replace or extend this using Azure Blob Storage.I tried around a lot, but I didn’t find a solution yet.Ideas are welcome!Oliver.------------------Hallo,ich suche nach einer Lösung für die langfristige Aufbewahrung von SQL-Backups.Unsere SQL-Server speichern SQL-Dumps (FULL + LOG) auf einer Freigabe auf dem Veeam Backup Server.Ein stündlicher File Backup Job die Änderungen auf unser Hardened Repository.Eine zusätzliche Anforderung besteht nun