Unanswered questions

Hello,I have a backup of a Windows PC on the NAS and have added the NAS IP as a backup repository. However, the program says that the path contains invalid characters. If I map the NAS as a drive, I no longer get the error, but the backup cannot be found. If I download the backup to the PC, it works. What could this be?The path is:\\192.168.68.136\PC_Backups\laptop_ideapad_2026\Ideapad_Job_Aeternum\Ideapad Job Aeternum2026-03-08T115126.vbkReplacing spaces with underscores does not help either. As I said, downloading it works.I use a QNAP NAS. Regards 

Hello,I downloaded the latest version of Veeam B&R Community, I'm trying to update the program and I get an error message, it won't let me continue. Do you know what the problem might be?My OS is Windows Server 2022 Standard.Thank you.

Good day all, we have the article for the upgrade to 12.3.2.4465 to remediate the CVE’s in it, I know it’s early days, do we have a guide for upgrade like the one we had for the 12.3.2.4165 upgrade.Thanks in advance. Tony

Hi!We have an ESXi 7 host with some VM on and want to replace it with a new host with ESXi 8.We have Veeam backup & Repliaction Enterprise 12.3 on a standalone server.The backup is going to a NAS, and then out to a cloud backup.I want to migrate all my VM to the new ESXi host but without losing the backupchain.Not sure what method that I should use.Can anyone here please give me som input what path is the best way to go?We rather not start from the beginning with all our backups.

I am creating failover plans in VBR and want to script changing DNS entries to point to new IPs.  I can’t find any documentation about how these scripts run, any parameters that can be passed to them etc.  All I can see is that they run on the VBR server.  Can anyone point me to something?Thanks

Hello, In the kasten version 7.0.8, the backup policy is failing for cephfs PVC (using shallow read-only) during the export phase with the error “permission denied”  Failed to copy artifacts Error converting snapshots Failed to export snapshot data Error creating portable snapshot failed running genericVolumeCopy failed running copyVolumeData Failed to execute copy volume data pod function Failed to create and upload backup Failed to exec command in pod command terminated with exit code 1. stdout: stderr: [31mERROR[0m upload error: permission denied Thanks & RegardsKanika Mahajan

Hello All I am reconfiguring my Backups, and trying to achieve disaster recovery, i want to backup local VMs,Microsoft 365 and Entra ID, for that i am using Veeam Backup and replication V13 (VM) Veeam Microsoft 365 for Email, OneDrive and SharePoint. look to add Entra ID but not sure which Veeam product will be best.for repositories i am thinking one local (immutable backup), Azure Blob (immutable backup) now my question is which product i should use for Entra ID backup, what i should use for local immutable backup, is “Object First” devices good? my backup will be under 8 TB, and what i should use for remote backup Azure or i think Veeam have product cloud vault? what will be best.  

I would like to know from you, gentlemen, if anyone here happens to use this NIST document. It dates back to 2010, but it seems to me to be an excellent source of information. What references have you been using in your projects?   

Malware detection scanned  a suspicious file from backup but the file is actually legit and so I marked it as clean and Exclude. If I modify the same file for testing purposes, will the malware detection flag it as safe, legit file since I marked it Clean and Exclude? Or it will be detected as suspicious again? Thanks. 

Dear Community, As we transition to Veeam 13 I may be getting a bit lost on the usage/purpose of the above Appliance.I have deployed the VSA ver 13 as in-house demo to explore the features and usage. I also deployed the Veeam Hardened Repository 2.0.0.8 and I like how it makes things easier.However the Usage of the Veeam Infrastructure Appliance which can also be used to deploy the Linux VHR has other roles/features that may not be clear on how they plug-in to the entire deployment. I am reading this part https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/linux_infrastructure_appliance_byb.html?ver=13 and I would like to understand which components that we used to integrate and configure in VBR ver 12 can be compared. Hope its clear. Though I hope for some more Videos on deployment of the same, on the Veeam Youtube channel on the same with demos.

(running Veeam 13, Community/Free edition on Win 11).I did a bunch of migrations and updates a month ago. Before doing so I set aside the existing Veeam backups, so I have them. When I try to import a backup for one server from it (just to browse and retrieve a couple files) it tells me "Path contains invalid symbols...",. But it doesn’t. I have a path with no special characters or trailing spaces or anything like that. The message isn’t any more specific.I’ve tried mounting the file share where it exists as a mapped drive and a network location. I would copy it into the local machine to try that, but there isn’t room.Also, the import dialog says “Specify a backup to import. You can import backups from a backup repository or any managed server.” but the dropdown menu only lists the local machine and my two hyper-V hosts, not the repository (which is on a network share).Thanks.

I would like to output tape backup details in CSV format.Using PowerShell, for example.The output contains the execution time for each virtual machine, which can be confirmed in the history details in the GUI, and whether a full backup or differential backup was performed.When I copy and paste from the history details in the GUI, I am having trouble because when I analyze the data, an execution time of 40 minutes is sometimes calculated as 40 hours.Does anyone know how to output this information?

We use AWS VTL for backing up some of our larger SMB file shares (mainly AWS FSx for Windows) that run into a few terabytes each.When running a tape backup job we’d run a powershell script to check there were at least 10 free tapes before starting each job (there’s around four or five chained jobs).The script worked fine on VBR v12, but always returns “TooManyRequests” on v13.I have found various “retry” scripts, but the VBR commands ALWAYS return “TooManyRequests” so never complete.Is there now an alternative method to auto load blank tapes that didn’t exist in v12?Our script that worked in v12:# Get Library$NOVA_Tape_Library = Get-VBRTapeLibrary -Name "Novasol Gateway-VTL V3"# Get Number of Free Tapes$NOVA_Free_Tapes = (Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Free").medium | where {$_.LibraryId -eq $NOVA_Tape_Library.Id}# if number of free tapes < 10 import tapes and format for use?if ($NOVA_Free_Tapes.length -lt 10) { write-host "Import Tapes" Import-VBRTapeMedium -Library $NOVA_Tape_L

Hi teamA hardened repo using the VEEAM Hardened ISO experienced a power cycle and upon reboot its out of band interface lit up like a x-mas tree.Upon further investigation it appeared that the virtual disk was just gone. A message indicated that RAID6 detected foreign configuration.Been working with vendor and they have asked to install storcli on to the server.Would this be possible, being a hardened repo? They have a non-recommended method alternative too.Can’t believe that a power cycle did this and not sure what the root cause is but would be good if we could get it back. Otherwise will have to rebuild and sync primary backups againcheers

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

Hello everyone,For several days now, I have been receiving the following error message during our backup copy job:“Failed to perform backup verification Error: Unable to get block digest: block is not initialized. Skipped arguments: [0]; Agent failed to process method {Signature.FullRecheckBackup}.”I performed a full backup, but unfortunately the same error message appeared again. The copy job does not conflict with the backup job.How can I fix this error?Thanks in advance!Version: Backup & Replication 12, Build: 12.3.2.4165

Hello guys,After a basic restart of the VM I can't no longer access our VBR console.All services are up and running.Any recommendations?