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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
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VeeamON Online is ON – Registration Open now and FREE

VeeamON countdown alert! We’re just 24 days away from Veeam’s biggest and most action-packed event of the year. Less if you don’t count weekends, but anyway. If you’re registered, we can’t wait to see you in San Diego. If not, don’t let FOMO get the better of you. Register and join us online for free. Here’s what you can expect if you’re one of the 20,000+ who register to join us live and on demand. Guests, news, and more news. Livestream the Welcome Keynote and Closing Keynote. You’ll get an update when it’s time to watch or when the keynotes go on demand. The latest technical content. Access nine on-demand sessions. We picked the most essential content to bring to our global online audience – browse all of them on veeamon.com. Super Session access. Post event, we release all 8 super sessions to our online audience. The only way to get access is to register for the online event. I’ve just finished pre-recording my 3rd session for the online experience and let me tell you; this content

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Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
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Veeam 100 Show- A Case Study: The Evolution of Hybrid Cloud Data FreedomVeeam 100 Show Episode 12

In this show, @JSeeger , @michaelcade and @Madi.Cristil are discussing how a real life customer backup (and production) environment evolved over the years and how Veeam supported the changes and the customer to fit both their on-premises and cloud needs. A journey to simplify, enhance and provide efficient data resiliency across the hybrid cloud environments.

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safiya
safiyaCommunity Analyst
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Veeam 100 Show - Honey, I shrunk the RPOs

Honey, I shrunk the RPOs! 🐜 Happy Friday, community! In yesterday’s episode of the Veeam100 Show, @Michael Melter was joined by @anthonyspiteri79 to show how you can build the smallest RPO possible. Michael digs into his past as a scientist with a PhD in chemistry (wow!) and shows a Veeam relic from 2007! Catch the latest episode below 💫

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Kseniya
Kseniya✨
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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. Exam

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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 re

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regnor
regnorVeeam MVP
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🔑 Enable MFA for your Veeam Account

Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) or Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is the best way to protect accounts from password theft or phishing. Therefore it’s recommended to enable such options, when they’re available. Since some time it’s possible to use MFA for Veeam Accounts, which are used to access the my.veeam.com portal or also the Veeam Community 😉 Login to your Veeam account at my.veeam.com and click on edit profile in the top right corner. At the bottom of your profile details, you need to click on “Enable MFA”. As a side note, even after enabling MFA this link still states “Enable” instead of “Disable”. On the following page, you need to click on “Set up authenticator application” and follow the instructions. While FreeOTP or Google Authenticator are recommended, you can use any other OTP app; for example I’m using Aegis. Afterwards it’s recommended to create recovery authentication codes, for the case that your MFA app isn't available. Of course you should not store tho

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coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
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Implementing Linux Veeam Proxies

Since we added Linux Repositories to our Veeam Backup environment in my post from last week, why not add some Linux Proxies as well? I will show you how in this post. And trust me…this one will be far less painless. But adding Repositories wasn’t so bad, was it? 😏 System Requirements The first thing you need to do is check what OS's, hardware, and software are supported. Supported Linux OS's are exactly the same as with Repositories and are listed below: Linux Proxy Requirements As far as hardware goes, your server should have a minimum 2-core CPU, plus 1 core per 2 concurrent tasks (take note, this is a peformance enhancement since v12, up from 1 core per 1 concurrent task); and minimum 2GB RAM, plus 500MB per concurrent task. But for best performance and to run multiple Jobs and tasks, you should have much more Cores and RAM than the minimum. As with the Veeam Repository, look to the Veeam Best Practice Guide for actual Proxy sizing guidelines. The remaining requirements depend on t

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Dynamic
DynamicVeeam Vanguard
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Documentation by AsBuiltReport

I actually wanted to present AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VBR in a recap article on my blog, but in the last few days I had the opportunity to use the package again in another productive infrastructure and came to the decision that a complete article must be provided here! Because this product is simply awesome! The subtitle on AsBuiltReport "Document Your Datacenter With PowerShell" says it all, but see for yourself… A few months ago I reported on the Veeam.Diagrammer (also included in the AsBuiltReport.VBR) in my Recap #4, which was also provided by Jonathan Colon. In my opinion, Jonathan and his team have brought a masterpiece onto the market with the AsBuiltReport product. There is a large selection of modules, including for various products from Veeam, VMware, Microsoft, NetApp and others. Be sure to check out the other solutions too. The provision of the PowerShell module and how to use the tool are described in detail on the websites linked above and in GitHub. I will still show the step

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SSimpson
SSimpsonComes here often
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Veeam Backup & Replication Version 12.3.1.1139 – March 2025 Release Overview

Veeam Backup & Replication Version 12.3.1.1139 – March 2025 Release Overview Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.3.1.1139 was released on March 19, 2025. This update includes important security patches, new features, and enhancements. In this post, we'll cover the main highlights, such as security updates, improved platform support, and added functionalities. Security Updates Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.1.1139 includes critical security patches addressing important vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-23120 (Critical - CVSS 9.9): This vulnerability allows authenticated domain users to execute remote code, making it a serious concern for domain-joined backup servers. It’s worth noting that this vulnerability only affects domain-joined backup servers, which goes against the Security & Compliance Best Practices. It's crucial for users to apply this update as soon as possible. New Features and Enhancements This release introduces several new features and enhancements across various platforms an

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Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
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Step-by-Step Guide to Upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication to Version 12.3

I was installing the VBR Console on my PC, and when connecting to the backup server, there was a version mismatch that the Veeam User Guide (HelpCenter) spelt out correctly. Here is the guide on how to “Install Veeam Backup Console on a Jump Server for Secure Access”, discussing all the prerequisites, installation steps, limitations and workaround. I searched through the community but could not find any post discussing the upgrade process for the latest version of VBR. Therefore, I will be discussing these steps below. Two months ago, December 3, 2024 to be precise. Veeam launched Veeam Data Platform v12.3, introducing powerful enhancements that significantly strengthen data resilience. This release introduces advanced capabilities that strengthen enterprise data resilience and security, as discussed in this blog post. Therefore, I will not be discussing these as there are tons of articles in the community discussing the features/capabilities as referenced below. https://community.veea

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Pybarra
PybarraInfluencer
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NetApp ASA.R2 models will not be supported by Veeam

NetApp has released new All SAN Array models AKA ASA.R2 (ASA A1K, ASA A70, and ASA A90). These models will only support REST API. Veeam supports ONTAP integration only with ZAPI (ONTAPI). NetApp continues to support ZAPI and has no official EOA for it yet see NetApp doc below. I extracted a piece of this doc that says there is no firm date for EOA. CPC-00410 - Deferral of ONTAPI (ZAPI) End-of-Availability Announcement This correspondence is an update to our previous announcement from February 2023, which stated the end of availability (EOA) of ONTAPI (ZAPI) in January 2024. Upon reassessment and recognizing our customers' continued reliance on ONTAPI, we have decided to prolong offering ONTAPI. Consequently, the EOA for ONTAPI is now deferred until further communication. Note: Veeam also only qualifies GA versions of ONTAP. Once the GA version is available, it will show up on our Veeam documentation site link below😀. Veeam NetApp ONTAP Support Thanks, Pete

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Jean.peres.bkp
Jean.peres.bkpVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Sequence contains more than one element - Always ON

Hello everyone! I have a SQL environment where the error below started appearing after migrating between repositories: With this error it won't let me: Delete the jobs; Enable the job; Finalize the job configuration summary; Nothing about that specific job has worked again!! Background: Previously we needed to move the backup file and then map them to their target repository. Today we have the “Move backup” option: After clicking move, it tells me that it needs to move all the cluster backups: In addition to enabling Move via console, we can also choose which Job it will be linked to: That's awesome! Now let's get back to troubleshooting! I executed the sequence below to solve the problem: Clone the current job; Move the backups to the repository and cloned job; Run full backup; Continue transaction log; After that my job is working perfectly! Remembering that I am using Windows Agents within a protection group as good practices for Always ON protection

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Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Veeam Vanguard - Year 8 Blog

Back at the beginning of March was the Veeam Vanguard 2025 class announcement which I was part of for the 8th year in a row. I wrote a blog about this which can be found at the URL below. If you want more information on the program check out the V100 section on the community or feel free to reach out. Veeam Vanguard 2025 – Year 8!

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SSimpson
SSimpsonComes here often
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Veeam's All-Encompassing Malware Detection: Protecting Your Backups at Every Stage

In the ongoing fight against ransomware, companies are becoming increasingly resilient. Reports from Coveware by Veeam highlight a notable decrease in ransomware payments during Q4 of 2024. This progress is credited to several key factors, such as enhanced federal regulations, successful takedowns of major cybercriminal groups, and, most importantly, organizations' improved preparedness and resilience in responding to and recovering from encryption-based malware attacks.Data protection has undergone significant changes in recent years. Conversations have moved beyond topics like inline vs. post-process deduplication to focus more on security-driven areas such as workload immutability, incident response, and malware detection. Scanning backups for malware was never intended to replace traditional endpoint or extended detection and response tools. Instead, it serves as an additional layer of detection, enhancing a defense-in-depth strategy for identifying malware. Veeam offers the most p

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Tommy O'Shea
Tommy O'SheaExperienced User
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Comparing Motorcycle Safety to Data Protection Preparedness

The weather in Ontario has just started to consistently stay above freezing temperatures, even some days spiking up to 18 degrees (64F for my American counterparts). This has me thinking about one thing only; getting back on my motorcycle as soon as possible and enjoying the open road. However, as a new rider as of last year, I have prioritized safety and learning from others experiences. I do this by watching a Youtube Channel called "DanDanTheFireman". On this channel, Dan promotes motorcycle safety by reviewing footage of motorcycle incidents and providing after-action analysis of what went wrong, and would go have been done better. One of the methods/concepts that Dan teaches is called "MTC (Motorcycle Training Concepts) Awareness Stages". These 5 stages refer to the frame of mind a rider may be in at any given point in their ride. Later in this post I will look at these stages from a data protection mindset White Stage (Unaware) – The rider is completely unaware of their surroundi

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notFranck
notFranckNew Here
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🚀 Introducing Alpha Backup Agent for IaaS! 🚀

Bonjour à tous ! Je suis Franck COSTA, Product Manager Backup chez OVHcloud. Nous travaillons sur un nouveau produit de sauvegarde basé sur l’agent et la VSPC. Dans le cadre de l’alpha, nous offrons un tenant VSPC et 2 TB d’OVHcloud Object Storage pour sauvegarder directement les données. Si vous souhaitez participer a l’alpha et tester notre solution voici l’adresse: https://labs.ovhcloud.com/en/agentbackup-iaas/ Et si vous voulez échanger je reste disponible. --- I’m Franck COSTA, Product Manager Backup at OVHcloud. We are working on a new product. This new product Backup Agent for IaaS is based on the VSPC. We will provide a tenant VSPC + 2TB of OVHcloud Object Storage to backup directly data to our bucket. If you want to test it and contact me please don’t hesitate :) This product is designed to help you back up and restore your cloud instances, computer, servers, virtual machine easily and efficiently. Whether you’re running critical workloads or just want peace of mind, this tool

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Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Steps to resolve "Repository time shift detected: Immutability flag cannot be set"

This warning occurs when a time shift is detected in the Hardened Repository regardless of the deployment type used. In this article, the focus is on “VHR ISO”. This is a safeguard against immutability manipulation that can also be triggered by intentional time changes etc. But in my case, it was as a result of extended shutdown. As you can see below, the backup job completed with warning(s). Did a little troubleshooting and found the root cause. Please, see the error message for more information ‘A problem occurred during setting the immutable flag: repository time shift detected, immutability flag cannot be set. Please refer to KB4482 for more details.” If you are using the Veeam Hardened Repository ISO, this solution is very easy to implement. All you need to do is connect to the VHR and in the in the Configurator Main Menu, use the Reset time lock option as shown below. Now that the Timeshift reset is successful, please rerun the backup job again. As you can see, it completed witho

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Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Resolve failed to connect to VBR: Veeam ONE supports VBR and Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager v10 Update 1 and later

When trying to add VBR to Veeam ONE and you run into the following error “failed to connect to VBR: Veeam ONE supports Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager version 10 Update 1 and later” Then, while tryin to perform this upgrade, you run into the following “Setup has detected inconsistent configuration: some Veeam ONE components are missing. Remove the installed Veeam ONE components manually and start the setup wizard again”. I have got you covered from start to finish with the following guide “Install Veeam ONE and Add VBR: Fix failed to connect to VBR”.

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Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
How to upgrade Veeam Backup and replication to v12.3.1

Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.3.1.1139 was recently released on March 19, 2025. This introduces some critical security patches, new features, and performance enhancements. This update strengthens system security and improves reliability, making it essential for all users to upgrade promptly. Please, see what others are saying about this and the release overview. https://community.veeam.com/cyber-security-space-95/cve-2025-23120-a-vulnerability-allowing-remote-code-execution-rce-by-authenticated-domain-users-10000 https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-podcasts-57/veeam-backup-replication-version-12-3-1-1139-march-2025-release-overview-10008 Here is a guide on how to upgrade to Veeam 12.3.0 in order to use the Part 1 solution of this guide https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-podcasts-57/step-by-step-guide-to-upgrading-veeam-backup-replication-to-version-12-3-9771 Note: When using the Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 deployment embedded within Veeam Recovery Orchestrator 7.2 ISO,

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Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Tips when archiving data for long term.

I am currently in the process of migrating several hundred TB of data (millions of files), and while it’s taking a long time due to the file count, I have noticed duplicate data and a very unorganized structure. This is causing me issues, requiring manual verification, and I have also encountered incorrect permissions. Here are a few tips when archiving your data for the long term to avoid these issues. 1) Implement Proper Naming Conventions Consistent and meaningful naming conventions are essential for long-term data retrieval. Five, ten, or even twenty years from now, poorly named archives will create challenges. Establish, maintain, and adapt a structured naming system to prevent data from becoming unusable due to disorganization. 2) Use Compression to Optimize Storage and Performance Uploading and managing millions of small files can be inefficient, expensive, and time-consuming. Compression helps mitigate this issue, especially when leveraging cloud storage or archiving to tape. H

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Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
A-Z on how to perform an In-place upgrade to Windows Server 2025 for VBR

The various discussion in the below article gave rise to the creation of this article. In previous discussions on the community and my blog, we have extensively covered the steps for performing a clean installation of Windows Server, reinstalling Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), and migrating the configuration database. If you wish to have your VBR running on the latest Windows Server 2025. I have crafted a very detailed article discussing the steps here “how to perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025”. Windows Server 2025 comes in the following editions tailored to different organisational needs. They are the Essential Edition, the Standard Edition for lightly or non-virtualized environments, the Datacenter Edition for highly virtualised datacenter and cloud environments, as it is in my case, and the Datacenter: Azure Edition for seamless integration with Microsoft Azure in hybrid cloud scenarios. In this article, I touched on “Microsoft Windows Se

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tarik.yenisey
tarik.yeniseyInfluencer
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Veeam Data Cloud - Backup Work Hasn't Started for a Long Time

Hi, I have an M365 environment with about 600 Users. I have divided my backup jobs into 2, Outlook and OneDrive, but for a long time the backup jobs are working but not progressing. What should I do?

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eprieto
eprietoOn the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
OpenShift v4 on vSphere - Common Practices and Recommendations

General Recommendations Platform Memory and CPU Over-commitment First and foremost, memory over-commitment is not recommended in OpenShift. However, Red Hat recommends overall CPU over-commitment ratio must not exceed 1.8x of the number of physical cores and that memory usage may not exceed 0.9x of the physical memory available in a cluster. This rule is applicable to the ratio of CPU allocation to all of the pods to physical cores available in a cluster. NOTE: CPU over-commitment leads to throttling, so slowness of all workloads on the impacted node. Thereby workloads can be more or less sensitive to that. ✅More Information about CPU Ready Here General rules for the vCPU:pCPU ratio ⚙️🧠: ✅ 1:1 to 1:3 → No problem 😌⚠️ 1:3 to 1:5 → Performance may start to degrade 🐢📉🚫 1:5 or higher → Likely CPU Ready issues 🔴🧯 Storage and Network Latency Various kinds of applications are more or less sensitive to latency on network and/or storage. In the context of an OCP instance the etcd as host

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CDonohoeComes here often
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Expanding Your HPE + Veeam Data Protection Strategy with HPE Storage Servers

In a previous blog, I introduced the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 as the foundation of a resilient backup architecture, providing high-speed, application-consistent primary storage snapshots with end-to-end immutability. Now, we’re taking the next step in the series by exploring how Veeam Ready - Appliance Hardened storage servers further enhance security, reliability, and scalability in an HPE + Veeam data protection strategy. These are secure, validated backup repositories that provide an immutable, tamper-proof foundation for backup data. Public Service Announcement…. Now, just to be clear—this is only a Veeam Hardened Repository. I know we keep getting asked about an all-in-one Linux solution (trust me, I’m just as interested as you are!), but that’s not the topic today. So take a deep breath, stay focused, and let’s talk about this simple, secure Veeam Hardened Repository setup! 😁 What Does the Veeam Ready - Appliance Hardened Validation Mean? The Veeam Ready Program helps custo

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MarkPolin
MarkPolinComes here often
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VSP One Block Storage Now Supported with Hitachi Vantara’s USAPI V2.1 Plugin

If you have worked with Hitachi Vantara recently, you know they have a new block storage platform, VSP One Block, that has not supported their V1 or V2 USAPI plugin. The major new capability of the V2.1 plugin is support for Hitachi Thin Image Advanced (TIA) snapshots which is the snapshot type used by VSP One Block storage arrays. With the V2.1 plugin, all VSP and VSP One Block storage arrays are now supported for snapshot integration with Veeam Backup & Replication, including: VSP E series VSP F series VSP G series VSP 5100 and VSP 5500 VSP 5200 and VSP 5600 VSP One Block series For more information about the V2.1 USAPI plugin, please check out Veeam KB4191

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