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The release of Veeam Backup & Replication v13 marks a major milestone—especially with the debut of the Linux-based Virtual Software Appliance (VSA). No more mandatory Windows licensing or server setup: Veeam delivers a pre-hardened, Rocky Linux-based appliance that promises both security and simplicity. Whether you want to deploy via OVA on your favorite hypervisor or ISO on a physical server, installation is refreshingly straightforward.What I Like1. Security and Compliance Built-InThe Veeam v13 appliance comes pre-hardened and DISA STIG-compliant, with SSH disabled by default. There’s mandatory 2FA for administrator and Security Officer accounts, and a new Security Operator role to approve high-risk actions (like deleting backup data). Automatic patching and managed OS updates by Veeam further minimize risk and maintenance effort.2. Deployment is Easy and Fast

Hello,VeeamONE till version 12 was using connection from VeeamONE to VBR on port 2805 to connect to Veeam Agent on VBR.In Veeam ONE 13 connection was exchanged from VBR to VeeamONE on port 2805, even VBR is on version 12.x.We had enabled only connection from central domain, where is located Veeam ONE, to customer domain, where VBR is located.So during adding VBR into Veeam ONE, Veeam Analytics Service (previously Veeam Agent) was installed, but connection timed out. Adding VBR failed due no response from Veeam Analytics Service - status “Failed to install”.

QNAP QuObjects application is free and certificated for objects with immutability, which means you can use it as object storage within Veeam for a backup repository that supports their immutability feature.QNAT QuObjects Requirements: 1.Log on to the NAS as an administrator.2.Select App Center. 3.Click the Search icon on the App Center page. 4.Enter QuObjects and select the QuObjects and click Install.

Hi Everyone,Earlier today, during the delivery of the Veeam Backup & Replication v12.3: Configure, Manage, and Recover course, I felt compelled to write this article because I've noticed that most students, when they need to create a repository, only think about capacity and forget to consider throughput. Failure to properly configure the required throughput will certainly lead to several problems. Furthermore, the vast majority consider using only RAID 5, without a hot spare disk.In this article, I will make regular updates.https://pulia.com.br/backup-repositories-repositorio-em-bloco-das/ After reading this article, you'll understand that buying an Object First box is the best option to have a repository. Enjoy reading it! have a great week.

 Active Full Backup and Synthetic Full Backup in Veeam essentially serve the same purpose: creating a full backup file containing the data of the entire virtual machine (VM). However, they differ significantly in how they do this and, consequently, their impact on the system.Here are the definitions and differences between these two backup types:What is Active Full Backup?Active Full is the traditional full backup method.Data Source: Reads data directly from the source data store where the virtual machine (VM) is located. Process: Veeam Backup & Replication retrieves all VM data from the source, compresses and deduplicates it, then writes it to the backup repository as a new .vbk (full backup) file. Areas of Influence: Production Environment (Source): The load on the source datastore and VM where the VM is located will be high because all the data needs to be read. Network Resources: Net

Hey all, we’ve got a new installment in our RegKey of the Month series up now! This month’s spotlight: the Classified Stripe banner in Veeam Backup & Replication.Why it matters: if you run multiple VBR servers (prod, test, branch, DR, etc.), a visual cue (e.g. “PROD – do not touch”) helps avoid costly mistakes. The post covers: how to implement it via registry keys in Windows deployments how to achieve the exact same result on the Veeam Software Appliance v13 (yes — even though there is no registry in VSA, we map the settings into config files) tooling tips, color code guidance, and gotchas Curious? Read the full deep dive here ➡️ https://integriservices.blogspot.com/2025/09/regkey-of-month-october.html

Proxmox VE 9 introduces external QCOW2 snapshots on thick-provisioned LVM volumes over SAN (including FC and iSCSI). There is already an updated plugin, that supports not only this version but also those specific snapshots.​@Iams3le already gave insight about the installation of the new plugin: Veeam Plug-in for Proxmox VE v12.1.5.17 update to Support Proxmox VE 9.0 | Veeam Community Resource HubNow, using a shared FC (or iSCSI) SAN is possible just like we did with VMware - while still being able to generate nice Veeam backups of the VMs on the LUNs: 

I tested the new VSA 13 with SAML implementation and thought I'd share the process in the form of this little step by step guide.  This guide provides instructions to configure Entra ID SAML integration for SSO access to VBR with version 13  As requirements, you need an Entra ID account with one of the following permissions: "Cloud Application Administrator" or "Global Administrator" for creating a new enterprise application.  You also need a working Veeam version 13 installation.   First, configure the Entra ID application:  Access Entra ID (https://entra.microsoft.com) and navigate to Enterprise apps and create a new application.   Search in the gallery for "Microsoft Entra SAML Too

This topic is for Lucho ​@JailBreak and others who want to easily install OpenShift virtualization. 🚀 Red Hat simplified OpenShift Virtualization setup with a more intuitive and faster installation experience in the Developer Preview of OpenShift 4.19, coming soon in tech preview, 🌐 making it easier in isolated environments and ⚡ speeding up deployment. The highlights its ⭐ key benefits, the new 🖥️ UI, 🆓 registration-free installs, and a 📘 quick start guide.We’ve made deploying OpenShift Virtualization easier and faster, enabling quicker adoption with: UI-driven configuration: simple guided wizard with best practices. Pre-installed operators: ready from day one. Registry-free installs: work

Resolving SQL Backup Error - Code 0x80040e14 (Dispatch error #3092) / failed: 112(There is not enough space on the disk.) IssueBackup operation fails with the following error:Failed to perform internal backup                                                               Code = 0x80040e14Code meaning = Dispatch error #3092/ failed: 112(There is not enough space on the disk.)Source = Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0 Root CauseThis error typically occurs due to insufficient space for temporary transaction log (T-log) files during SQL backup operations. Resolution Steps1. Verify Transaction Log File SizeContact the SQL DB Team to check the size of the transaction log file. Confirm the required space for temporary log storage. 2. Check Drive A

Earlier this year, I kicked off a series on HPE storage platforms and their integrations with Veeam Backup & Replication. We started with the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 and then looked at Veeam Ready – Appliance Hardened storage servers as secure backup repositories. I paused the series for a while to let some important HPE announcements catch up with the story I was telling and to complete more hands-on validation. Now is the right time to pick things back up with the HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000, the next natural step in the conversation. This blog is not a deep dive into every feature of the X10000 — instead, it’s about where it fits into a Veeam-powered backup architecture, why it matters, and how it supports cyber resilience at enterprise scale. The X10000 is HPE’s flagship object storage platform, built to manage unstructured data at scale with an all-flash, disaggregated architecture. Independent scaling of capacity and performance, powered by NVMe drive

Hey Everyone, wanted to share a few things with the community about Virtualisation or Virtual Machines on Kubernetes, in the field and with the overall Hypervisor Hunger Games all options are on the table it seems. I have made my feelings quite clear around vSphere being the best hypervisor and ultimately today still the best ecosystem but this is not stopping the exploration of alternatives. ​@Geoff Burke and I did a live stream at the end of August touching on a project called Kubevirt, this is the mechanism to run Virtual Machines on Kubernetes, either as an alternative hypervisor and / or alongside your containers. This is also what we find being used in the enterprise products such as Red Hat OpenShift and SUSE Harvester. Every month me and Geoff jump on the live stream and cover something cloudy, DevOpsy or just something interesting.  

Hey Folks, I wanted to share my discovery of Veeam v13 beta with you. ​@Michael Melter  made an excellent post on the installation.I had undertaken the same work so I'm sharing my version with you. On my side, in this first post I go a bit further by presenting the Host Management part. I wish you a good read! 1. Veeam Software ApplianceOne of the flagship announcements at VeeamON was the release of the Linux appliance version - yes, Veeam Backup & Replication is switching to Linux. (The Windows version is not deprecated for now, so don't worry).Objective: we want a product that performs backups without having to worry about maintaining operating systems.In this first article, we wil

HPE and Veeam jointly validated HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 as an S3-compatible, immutable backup repository for Veeam Kasten v8. The team confirmed successful backup and restore behavior, Object Lock immutability enforcement, and post-retention cleanup. CSI-assisted local snapshot restore testing was performed with HPE CSI Driver 2.5.2. Reference Architecture (at a glance)  Kubernetes cluster running Kasten K10 v8  Repository configuration: HPE Alletra MP X10000 S3 endpoint with Object Lock (immutability) enabled  Policies: App-aware backups with defined retention and periodic export plus restore validation  CSI for local snapshot flows: HPE CSI Driver 2.5.2  What HPE Validated HPE configured the repository settings in Kasten to use the HPE Alletra MP X10000 S3 endpoint with Object Lock enabled, then

Hands-On with Scale Computing  At Veeam on, Scale hinted to me they were at the event for a reason. As we are a large user of Veeam, this excited me as there is no chance of my installing VM’s I can’t backup. Things have progressed quickly in this area since and I’ll be testing these features out in the near future. Hypervisors have been such a hot topic this past year, with lots of discussion around cost, complexity, and future direction. I have been testing all options as the future is still unknown and there are a lot of new options available. Scale demoed how you could run a highly available cluster on just a few Intel NUCs, compact, inexpensive hardware that still delivers solid performance. That got me thinking: could this work in my environment too? I wanted to see firsthand how their platform performs, and I was especially curious about their Fleet Manager Platform, which makes it easier to manage multiple clusters from a single

 Hello Community ! Subscriptions to Veeam Universy PRO, new learning platform for professionals, are now open.Special thanks to ​@Federica !  Currently, these courses are available, with two more to be added over the course of the next year:  This type of subscription is very advantageous and economical as it allows 4 people from the same company to access the courses.For more information, please visit https://veeamuniversity-pro.com/

Today while I was working in the Veeam Windows Console for v13 I hit a strange error when copying a job error message to the clipboard.  It let me paste but the error noted is just a minor annoyance.  I have reported this and you can read it below and on my blog.  Once confirmed I will update things on the community and my blog post.Veeam Console – Possible BUG – Copying to Clipboard Veeam Console – Possible BUG – Copying to Clipboard I have been using Veeam v13 more frequently lately, particularly the VSA and the Windows Console application. Today, I encountered an unusual issue with the Console application while copying an error message from a job to the clipboard for investigation. The message below appeared, but I was still able to paste the clipboard contents regardless.

​ Oracle Retention for RMAN and Veeam Plugin Backup   When it comes to RMAN, Veeam acts as a storage location utilized by the Oracle SBT interface. Therefore, it is RMAN retention settings that are utilized to manage the backups generated when using the Veeam Plugin backup protection.Typical retention for application aware backup will focus on the most recent restore points and mark backups to be pruned per familiar Veeam retention policies and retention methods.With Oracle, an incremental strategy employs a combination of incremental level 0, incremental level 1 and incremental level 1 with cumulative incremental or stand alone full. Each of these backup types dictate what data RMAN will identify and capture to create backup sets.Data captured during any one of these types can be manipulated as desired by the user. Typically, an incremental level 0 backup will capture all files necessa

The Veeam SAP HANA Plugin is an SAP-certified backup tool that connects directly to SAP HANA through the Backint interface and lets you store transaction-consistent database backups and log files in Veeam backup repositories. It acts as an intermediary between the SAP HANA server and Veeam, compresses the backups, transfers them to the Veeam repository via Data Mover, and allows backup and restore operations using native SAP tools such as SAP HANA Studio, Cockpit, and HDBSQL.As the plug-in only establishes the interface to Veeam, all further configuration is carried out via SAP, and SAP administrators are free to configure this as they wish.Installing the plugin is quite simple, but there are a few things to consider beforehand. Preparations / Basic InformationOS and HANA VersionThe OS and SAP HANA version must be compatible with the currently used Veeam version.

With the release of Veeam Software Appliance and JeOS, deployment processes have become significantly more streamlined. In Europe, the prevalence of multiple languages naturally results in a variety of keyboard layouts, such as Azerty for French users, Qwertz for German users, and a Danish variant of Qwerty to accommodate specific characters like Å, Æ, and Ø. However, the rapid installation process does not provide the opportunity to configure keyboard settings during setup.There is, however, an effective solution. JeOS is an optimised and secure edition of Rocky Linux, and its installation is managed through an automated kickstart script. Settings such as keyboard layout, timezone, timesource, and network configuration are all specified within this script. To ensure every installation includes your preferred configurations, you can update or remaster the ISO and

​In the first part of this three part blogpost we’ve discussed why to use gMSAs to achieve application consistency before backing up our workloads with Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR).In this part I will show you, how easy it can be implemented with VBR and how the process differs from the official manual.  (1) Ensure your forest schema is updated to (at least) Windows 2012 (Version 56+)First,

After four years away from Veeam (now a Pure Storage Principal Technologist), v13 represents the evolution I always hoped to see. This isn't just another release. v13 is Veeam's comprehensive answer to modern infrastructure challenges. Key Transformations:Web UI Revolution: Complete backup management in-browser, eliminating dedicated management workstations Security-First Foundation: STIG-compliant hardened Linux with enforced MFA and dual admin model from deployment Hybrid Infrastructure Ready: Modern foundation while maintaining full backward compatibility Appliance Simplicity: OVA deployment with wizard-driven hardening, without being stuck In The Box.The Linux foundation isn't just OS modernization it is in reality an infrastructure alignment;

A previous post (https://community.veeam.com/blogs-and-podcasts-57/veeamsoftwareappliance-on-fedora-42-11241) covered how to set up the software appliance on a Fedora 42 host, including network configuration for direct bridging. This post provides information on setting up a Veeam Hardened Repository.While this documentation is intended for lab use, it may also be relevant for SMB customers seeking guidance on configuring an all-in-one appliance. Security considerations were not a primary focus, so additional safety measures may be necessary. For instance, it may be advisable not to bridge the host itself to prevent external access after installation.First, install virt-install to quickly set up new virtual machines.

Recently I installed Fedora 42 using Gnome Boxes, which serves as a lightweight graphical interface for KVM/QEMU, comparable to VMware Workstation.Since Gnome Boxes functions primarily as a front-end for KVM, it is possible to leverage virsh for automation purposes, making it particularly suitable for laboratory environments. For graphical access, users may utilize either virt-viewer or the Boxes GUI.These commands are generally compatible with other KVM-based platforms such as Proxmox, although networking configurations may vary. This setup is recommended for home lab use; it should not be deployed in production environments unless its appropriateness has been thoroughly evaluated, and you know exactly what you are doing

 Extracted from the original blog at wcithipster.com on Nov 25 Written By Zane AllynAs a Veeam Vanguard and a longtime backup enthusiast with more than six years of experience working at Veeam. Today, I’m beyond excited to share an early look at Veeam Backup & Replication v13. This release introduces two major enhancements: a fully Linux-based backup server and an HTTPS-based web console. These updates are not just features; they’re milestones that reflect years of community feedback.This sneak peek is based on alpha code, so things may change before the final release. That said