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Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

Linux and Windows, happily ever after, who would have thought

I am old enough to remember the intense wars between Windows and Linux users in the late 90’s.I actually had a dream that I woke up many many years in the future, circa 2100 where both OS’s had merged and life was wonderful. Well it is 2023, the world is still crazy BUT… today I got Terminator and Remmina running on Windows 11 via WSL2, and what's more with a shortcut!!! I am back on a windows laptop due to corporate stuff. I don’t miss the MAC to be honest, It felt like it was a half Windows half Linux (or BSD) Frankenstein but hey that is just personal taste so to each their own.How far has the world come though!!Terminator is my favorite terminal program and Remmina for RDP well, I just like it (don’t save your passwords in there though). In your Ubuntu shell type sudo apt install terminator -ysudo apt install remmina -yFirst see if it can run (some complaints about the config but I will figure those out later) Terminator is backand now for Remmina:RemminaSome verbose anger there ba

7 months ago

vNote42Veeam Vanguard

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[What (else) is new in v12 - VI] Two-factor authentication for VBR console

Quite a cool new feature is the ability to enable Multi-factor authentication (MFA) for the VBR console login. With this a user has to enter username, password and an additional confirmation code that comes from a Authenticator app like Google Authenticator.At first login, User can add VBR to his Authenticator app.It is really simple to use.BUT: 2FA works only for VBR console, NOT for PowerShell!Another security improvement is the option for Automatic Session logoff:

7 months ago

MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam Backup & Replication + Cloned AIX Servers – Clashing UUIDs And Overriding Them

Another interesting case from the field today. I had a customer that had historically cloned the disk of their AIX platform, without any further modification. This had suited them fine for years until the Veeam Agent for AIX came along and wanted to utilise some supposedly unique attributes of the installation as the basis of its UUID.This manifested in a bizarre scenario that didn’t appear during testing, but started when the agents were deployed out to all the relevant servers. Instead of seeing a long list of hosts with the Veeam Agent for AIX deployed, I saw no more than four.As the Veeam Agents were being manually rolled out, I didn’t know yet that this was actually an issue I was seeing, but instead my first assumption was a slow rollout was being performed.It wasn’t long however before I was alerted to an issue by the AIX team. Some installations were failing, with the following error:cli | Thread [Establish connect to VBR <VBR.FQDN.TLD>:10006; <VBRHOSTNAME>:10006

7 months ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Legend

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Veeam Customer History - Marfrig

This is the Veeam case of Marfrig from Brazil.Marfrig is a big company of a food sector that is attended by BS4IT, the partner that I work for.You can see all case on link below:https://www.veeam.com/success-stories/marfrig.html

7 months ago

beneComes here often

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Understanding Best Practices "Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365"

Hi Team, i want to share my latest best practice article about VB365. It is more a “understanding best practices” (the official titel is a bit missleading) and why there is not only one best practice for all installations. https://www.veeam.com/blog/veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-best-practices.html If you have questions or feedback feel free to contact me.

7 months ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Go to VeeamON!

Go to VeeamONMake your Backup policy StrongAnd remember Miami Beach is real LongDon't go wrongJoin the ThrongSinging the defeat ransomware songDuring the famous last night party at VeeamONLeave your boss with no doubtBecause you will gain the expert's cloutAnd your company's profits will mountLet the cyber criminals poutWhen you punch ransomware in the snoutDon't be a loutGet the heck outTurn up the volume and shoutBecause at VeeamON your knowledge will sproutAnd then there's the swagToo much to fit in a single bagCompetitor's merch left behind in the lagSo make the right choiceAnd prepare to rejoiceVeeamON is where its atCome dressed in a hatStep up to bat Be cool like Alfred the Veeam Legend catOr take in the Vanguard viewsWhile getting all the latest technology newsLeft with no regretGet those travel plans setAnd your backup targets will be metVeeamON is coming up fastIt is going to be a blastSo get on board and climb up to the top of the mastBecause when it comes Data protectionYou

7 months ago

mkevenaarVeeam Vanguard, Veeam Legend

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Mark your calendars: Mastering Veeam APIs with Grafana: Thu, April 13, 18:00 CET

Hi All,Mastering Veeam APIs with Grafana banner;the Automation Desk is back with a new event; Mastering Veeam APIs with Grafana. This will be a virtual event, in English so anyone can attend!Our one and only Senior Analyst at Veeam @jorge.delacruz will join the Automation Desk Leaders @k00laidIT, @JMeixner and @mkevenaar.In this online session, you will learn the fundamentals of using RESTful APIs for automation and observability with Grafana, specifically in the context of Veeam APIs. We will cover the basics of REST architecture, including the key principles and how it can be used to create efficient and scalable web services. You will also learn how to use Grafana to automate repetitive tasks and visualize performance metrics, allowing you to monitor and optimize your Veeam infrastructure.• Learn the fundamentals of RESTful APIs and how to use them for automation and observability with Grafana• Explore Veeam APIs and how to interact with them using RESTful requests• Discover how to

7 months ago

Rick VanoverRICKATRON

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Configure, Notify, Action: Veeam ONE’s ransomware detection

I speak to people often about ransomware and Veeam ONE has a helping hand here that can do more than many people think. What is important however is that the alarms and reports that matter get to the right persona are made visible. In this post I want to cover the 4 alarms and 1 report that matter the most AND how to handle the conditions that make these happen. Let’s get into it, these simple steps will make a different in getting Veeam ONE’s ransomware or malicious activity detected quickly.Possible Ransomware Activity AlarmThis alarm is in the Alarm Management section for both VMware and Hyper-V and looks at two sets of rules: sustained high CPU and disk writes; but also looks at sustained network transfer (exfiltration). At a minimum, this alarm should have an email sent to two or more persons (backup admins, security team, etc.) via email and separate the emails with a space: I also recommend going into the actions section, and put in a script that does something relevant to your

7 months ago

jorge.delacruzCommunity Manager

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[Guide] Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 - Security Notifications for each Restore operation

Greetings friends, some time ago I wrote about how to enable these notifications for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365, it was a success, and very simple until Microsoft, and Google, disabled the normal SMTP on TLS, so many people ended with these notifications broken due the force of OAuth.Since Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7, you can configure OAuth on the Console, for regular email notifications. But the Audit Email Settings configuration API wasn’t that trivial andeasy to setup, until today. We will go step by step, so you can have those Audit operations working again. Let’s go.Recommended – All Automated!Please come here to find everything automated:https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-podcasts-57/scripts-veeam-backup-for-microsoft-365-audit-email-audit-users-5351You will find there two scripts to make your life easier with this.Audit Diagram in Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365Before we start with the subject, I think a diagram about how all these works can help us better understan

7 months ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Remember to always use Logic and Common Sense when faced with problems and not just backup issues!

Hi Folks, I wasted a lot of time in my life doing dumb things. Luckily a remain young in spirit and continue to do dumb things even now. Like troubleshooting an ignition process on Flatcar when the issue was staring me in the face. When dealing with failures and errors be it in backup or anything else try the “metaphor” method in order to help you solve the problem. For me it was that services were not starting when booting the immutable OS. Permission denied came up in the journalctl output but it made no sense since that part of the filesystem was chmod with the right access. Then I checked the location and the files were there with the correct names but… there size was zero. I checked the ignition file creation and all looked fine. I struggled until it hit me when on my walk and passing by a location that I used to frequent quite often.. the beer store. If you are in line up to buy beer and you have brought your empty bottles to cash in on the recycling refund.. you can’t just take

7 months ago

Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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VeeamON 2023 - Backups Premier Event

I have been a Veeam Vanguard for six years and Veeam Legend for just over a year and was fortunate enough to have attended the VeeamON 2017 event in New Orleans and VeeamON 2022 in Las Vegas, and it was fantastic. Great sessions, lots of networking and meeting more of the Veeam folks and Vanguards/Legends.Being a Vanguard is a real honour, and many people ask me when they see my Veeam Vanguard jacket or shirt - What is Veeam? My answer is a typical one - it is backup software for your infrastructure for now and the future which then leads to a conversation around technology, backups, and many other things.This year's event in Miami looks to build on previous events like New Orleans, Chicago, and Las Vegas.Attending VeeamON is one of the best events if you want to learn more about backup and what Veeam is all about. From user sessions, networking and training this event is packed with something for everyone. I was lucky to be able to attend VeeamON 2022 in Las Vegas last year and th

8 months ago

vmaliVeeam MVP

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Oracle CBT, RMAN and Veeam Plugin

Oracle Block Change Tracking (BCT) is a feature in Oracle databases that helps improve the performance of incremental backups by tracking the changes made to database blocks.When Block Change Tracking (BCT) is enabled, the database keeps track of all the blocks that have been modified since the last backup. This information is stored in a bitmap file, which is used by backup software to determine which blocks to backup. By only backing up the changed blocks, incremental backups can be performed more quickly and efficiently.BCT is particularly useful in environments with large databases or where backups need to be performed frequently. It can also be used in conjunction with other backup technologies, such as snapshot-based backups or replication.BCT can be enabled at the database or tablespace level and is compatible with both physical and logical backups. To enable BCT, the database must be running in ARCHIVELOG mode and the appropriate initialization parameters must be set. Oracle BC

8 months ago

JMeixnerVeeam Legend

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Veeam Proxy for Linux has Problems with LVM

We had some problems with restoring VMs in the last time.After some research we found that the Proxy on Linux has a problem with the assignments of physical volumes. It seems that there are PVs of target machines are preserved in the LVM archive files of the proxy… This is causing problems at restore time – leaving the restored VMs unbootable.I have double checked the Veeam documentation about prerequisites (https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_proxy_requirements.html?ver=110) and found no hint that LVM is a problem with Linux proxy.The problem occurred with Suse Linux only, we are in the process to check if there is the same problem with RedHat Linux. To visualize the problem, I will show it from the Veeam Proxy perspective and from the target VMs perspective. Veeam ProxyList the physical volumes with pvs. One device is not found…Grep for the UUID of the missing volume in the directory /etc/lvm/archiveIn this case the UUID is found in three files. At these three occ

8 months ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Legend

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Monitoring Veeam Backup Server with Checkmk

Frequently I'm ask in how to monitor backup jobs of Veeam externally Veeam servers.I know that we can do this easy with Veeam One. But here I’m going to show you a solution to monitor backup jobs having only a Veeam Backup Server (without VEM or VONE).So, the application I’m talking about is Checkmk. Checkmk is a monitoring software usually used on NOC (Network Operations Center) environments. However, this is an easy tool to deploy and very light to hav in our backup environment. VersionsCheckmk has a free and commercial version:Checkmk Raw Edition (CRE) – Free and 100% Open Source. It even incorporates Nagios into its core. You can use it to monitor entire environments. Support for this release is available through the Checkmk community forum.Checkmk Enterprise Free Edition (CFE) – version already based on the standard edition, with Checkmk Micro Core (CMC), which means that it is no longer based on Nagios and is aimed at small IT environments with a single site and up to 25 monitore

8 months ago

Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Intel Optane + vExpert = Awesome!

I know this is not Veeam related but I am also part of the vExpert program with VMware and had the chance to get some Intel Optane drives through the program, so I wrote a blog on how I got them set up and some initial testing done. You can find it here- https://justvirtualization.blog/2023/03/31/intel-optane-vexpert-awesome/ Intel Optane + vExpert = Awesome! Thank you to @Intel and @vExpert for the opportunity to test some unique technology in the Intel Optane drives.I have been part of the VMware vExpert program for four years now, and in 2023, there was a webinar done by Intel on their Optane drives. After the webinar, there was the chance to be chosen to receive a gift from Intel of some Optane drives for HomeLab testing. I decided to submit for the chance to receive the Optane drives and was lucky enough to be selected. At the time of selection, you had to choose your drive choice, which was PCIe or U2 format. My HomeLab consists of four Intel Skull Canyon NUCs, so using PCIe w

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8 months ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Legend

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Vulnerability CVE-2023-27532 - Applying Patch

Recently we had a vulnerability on Veeam Backup & Replication called CVE-2023-27532.So today, I’m going to show how easy is update VBR and install the patch to correct this threat. According with KB4424, we need to download the patch correctly to v11 or v12. In my case I going to update a v12 environment. So, the first thing is download patch: After that we only to unzip the downloaded file: The installation is really simple. We only need next, next, finish: I prefer to do not check box to update components automatically. We can do that as a final step after installation: Just click finish: Now we can open our VBR console and update the last component: At the end we can check that Veeam Backup & Replication is on 12.0.0.1420 P20230223:

8 months ago

MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam Backup & Replication: NAS ‘Backup Proxies are Offline or Outdated’ incorrect error message

Hi,I had a really strange error that was causing myself some issues recently, so I thought I would share the results.I was protecting a few NetApp ONTAP systems, integrated with Veeam as NAS Filers. And when I was trying to protect one of the NAS Filers, all the SMB shares were working successfully, but the NFS shares were not.What was worse though, I would always get an error that made no sense. If I reviewed the error message for my NFS logs I’d get the error that ‘All backup proxies are offline or outdated’, and then if I browsed into the Veeam logs, there were no tasks logs even being created for the failing shares. If I dug into the logs for the parent job, I could see this error I mentioned above, plus that no scale-out repository extents were available. This struck me as very confusing, as the SVMs contained both NFS shares, and SMB shares, all SMB shares were protected fine.I checked firstly that I had configured the NAS element of the NetApp integration to support NFS and tha

8 months ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Have you seen Luca Dell'Oca new blog post about Veeam SOSAPI?

Hi Folks, I don’t often forward blog post stuff but these ones are great and very important in relation to Veeam 12 and Object Storage.Apologies if someone has already posted. It explained a lot for me about how Veeam now works with S3!check out Luca’s blogs here: https://www.virtualtothecore.com/a-first-look-at-the-new-veeam-sosapi/

8 months ago

vmaliVeeam MVP

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Detecting and Exporting Duplicate BIOS UUIDs on Windows Computers with PowerShell

One of the client recently requested me to help them find the duplicate bios uuid for their environment of 10K desktops, therefore, i am writing this post to help others if they are facing same issues with duplicate bios uuid.BIOS UUIDs are important identifiers that help distinguish one computer from another. They are typically unique, allowing administrators to manage their systems efficiently. However, in some cases, duplicate UUIDs might exist, causing confusion and possible errors. In this blog post, we'll show you how to create a PowerShell script that detects duplicate BIOS UUIDs on Windows computers and exports the results to an Excel file for further analysis.Step 1: Creating the PowerShell ScriptFirst, let's create a PowerShell script that queries a list of computers, retrieves their BIOS UUIDs, and checks for duplicates. You can get the list of computers from Active Directory, a text file, or an array.Here's a sample script that demonstrates these steps: # Import the Active

8 months ago

Iams3leVeeam Legend

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How to upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication to v11a

If you wish to explore the capabilities of Veeam Backup and Replication v11A, then you probably upgrade to this version. Kindly visit the following URL for more of these capabilities/features.Here is a link to the complete guide highlighting on all the needed steps.You may be notified if there is an update of the Veeam Backup and Replication. Upon clicking on this notification, you will be redirected to the following KB (download) link. Note: I will be upgrading from Veeam v11 Build 11.0.0.839 → 11.0.1.1261.I will be downloading the new 11A ISO as shown below. If you are not prompted that an update is available, you can download the latest version of the Veeam Backup and Replication ISO from the following Veeam Backup & Replication Download page. You will be required to login in order to access the download. Before proceeding to upgrade, ensure all existing jobs are successfully completed. If there are any filed jobs, ensure to re-run them.- Also, ensure there isn't any restore s

8 months ago

Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Blog has Moved!

For those that might follow my blog or have subscribed to it, I have done some moving of the URL (changed) and also the hosting provider. The current hosting provider was just too expensive, so I have moved over to Wordpress.com (Free). I have also changed the URL of my blog and the old URL will no longer work.If you follow me, you can find the new Blog URL in my signature and also here -https://justvirtualization.blog/

8 months ago

RinProduct Strategy

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Self-Service Restore Portal Enhancements

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365’s self-service restore portal was introduced in version 6 of this product and opened up the ability to grant end users access to their backup data and elevated users to restore orchestration over delegated data scopes. With the release of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v7, the self-service portal received some enhancements as well. These major advancements include a refined navigation interface, the addition of Microsoft Teams restore and point-in-time restore options. Along with the more major additions to this release, there were advancements to folder restoration in SharePoint and OneDrive and integrated access from the Veeam Service Provider Console as well. For more information about the complete release, please check out the "What's New" document linked at the bottom of this post.Self-Service Microsoft Teams RestoreMicrosoft Teams has become a critical communication and collaboration tool for businesses worldwide. However, data loss can still occur

8 months ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

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Veeam Backup & Replication v12 – My Top v12 Features

While attending the VeeamON conference in Las Vegas back in May, Veeam announced they will be releasing Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v12 later in the year, and gave several sessions presenting what some of those features will be in the new release. I thought I’d do a write-up of what v12 features I’m looking forward to most, as well as provide a few extra lines of other notable features coming.Security-Veeam is upping its security game by implementing Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA). MFA is self-explanatory. From the VBR Menu > Users and Roles option, a Security window opens for you to select MFA for your Veeam user accounts (see figure below). But what about the gMSA? gMSA is a fantastic concept as it allows Veeam to use Active Directory service accounts while not storing the password locally on the Veeam server (i.e. when using for AAIP). Instead, VBR retrieves gMSA passwords on-demand from organization domain controllers. Platfo

8 months ago

TKAComes here often

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veeam m365 v7 - error 429

Hi, we just upgraded to the latest VB365 v7 and configure new backup job for whole organization sharepoint sites ( around 550 users) at first full we had a lot error 429, but now its still same with incremental jobs.any experience with these error ? :) tomas

8 months ago

vNote42Veeam Vanguard

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Can we copy a backup copy job?

Yes, Veeam can! (sorry for this pun)Question arose today and I thought this is could be interesting to share: Is it possible to copy a backup copy job? So can a backup copy job use a backup copy job as source job? Yes and no. It is not possible to select the copy backup job directly. But it is possible to select the repository, the (second) copy job searches for backup data. How to create a copy copy job:Start the New Backup Copy Job wizard and enter a name. Here it is required to use Periodic copy (pruning) Copy mode! Note: Source copy backup job can also use Immediate copy (mirroring) mode. On next step, press Add… → From backups... and select the job you want to copy second time.It is important to do so, otherwise, selected source repository (next step) will be ignored!Press Source… and select the repository, the first copy job uses as target. This is the repository this copy job will read backups from. The rest of the wizard can be configured as desired. In joblog you see the sour

8 months ago

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