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vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

[What (esle) is new in v11 - V] Tape stuff

As @eprieto did already post an excellent 3-part series of new v11 tape features. I want to highlight 3 small other features here.Tape Consolidation As Esteban already explained, it is possible to copy tapes in v11. But Veeam put wood behind the arrow. You can use this feature to copy more old-generation-tapes to a few new-generation-tapes. In my example I used LTO2 as source and LTO6 as target.Select tapes you want to consolidate.You can also select tapes by media pool in wizard.Select the target device and target media pool.Choose your options and run the job.After that - in my demo - I copied two LTO2 tapes to one LTO6 tape. Full Tape Restore With v11 you are able to restore the entire Tape to a Folder.In wizard you choose the folder. Veeam knows how much space is needed and don't let you continue, when too less is left.When tape includes file backup, there are a few more options then. After the restore, all files are there like on the tape New column in Tape viewThe column shows w

2 years ago

Eddie KwokExperienced User

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[Blog Post] Step by step of Veeam Agent for Mac 1.0 @ Part 2 (Restore from VBR v11)

From Veeam Backup & Replication restore Mac OS FileOpen Veeam Backup & Replication console and click Backups, Disk. You will see the Mac Agent Backup. Right-click “Your Mac Device Name”, Restore guest Files, Linux, and other…Select the available restore point.A new feature of v11 is the ability to leverage an existing managed Linux server to act as the file-level recovery appliance, you can choose a Linux host that I have in my environment.v11 will open the Veeam Backup Browser, which enables the ability to see the structure and the ability to recover your files and folders.You can restore folder or file to the v11 Desktop only, If you need direct restore the Mac device, please continue to see “Step by step of Veeam Agent for Mac 1.0 @ Part 3 (Restore from MacOS)” Coming Soon…Reference Link: https://vexperthk.com/2021/03/09/step-by-step-of-veeam-agent-for-mac-1-0-part-2-restore-from-vbr-v11/

2 years ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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[What (else) is new in v12 - X] miscellaneous

I want to continue my post series about little new features in the new v12 realease. Here are 3 little things that will make administrators live a little easier.Modern Authentication for mail notificationsPrior to v12 it was just possible to set SMTP server settings for basic authentication. With v12 you can add Microsoft 365 and Google Gmail for mail notification too. More intuitive Add Storage dialogIn older version, it was necessary to press Show more vendors when adding a storage product that is not listed. With v12, all vendors are listed in a scroll-able list. New default with new repositoriesWith v12 Use per-machine backup files is the new default option when adding a new backup repository.

3 months ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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VEEAMON 2021 Delivery of gift

Hi all, Today I received two packages from TNT , being curious I opened them of course.The two packages are from VEEAM regarding the VEEAMON 2021 event. The first one is the Remote Racer, yeah we can play now .The second one is a sweatshirt from the VEEAMON 2021 event as a gift from Alfred, @Kseniya and @Rick Vanover for participating in the community during the event.BTW, a very nice and beautiful sweatshirt including the link to the awesome community and of course Alfred is present What an honour to receive this, I big thank you to Veeam, Alfred, @Kseniya and @Rick Vanover .Very nice receiving packages from Veeam...So for the people still waiting for a VEEAMON 2021 gift, no worries it will be delivered, just be patient . The longer it takes, the bigger the surprise is! regardsNico

1 year ago

JMeixnerVeeam Legend

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VBR Console users and roles and job notifications

At the last days I had an issue with job notifications not sent from the VBR Console after modifying the users and roles within the console.One of my clients demanded that the access to the VBR console has to be restricted to some explicitly defined backup Admins and no one else.So, I removed the local Administrators group from the list in the users and roles and added the personalized accounts of the backup admins.Fine, the backup admins can start the console and work with it, and all other accounts have no access…The next morning the admins told me that no job notifications were sent in the night. My first thought was that the colleagues responsible for the mail server and/or the firewalls had done some changes and now the backup server cannot reach the mail server. But after checking with them no changes were done and there were no dropped mails at the mail server. So, it seems that the VEEAM server did not send anything at all…I saw then that some mail from PowerShell scripts were

2 years ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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[Quicktip] Failed Veeam Backup&Replication Upgrade

Recently I had problems by upgrading Veeam from 9.5U4 to v10. Upgrade process failed after a while. We found out, directory C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup lost its permissions. We had no change any more to enter this directory. Short answer: Antivirus software causes the problem. After disabling real-time scan, upgrade run without further issues. Antivirus software was configured according Veeam best practices.

2 years ago

MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Veeam v11 Launch Event

Morning all! With under 8 hours to the launch event, make sure to sign up!Join the Live Event for V11 Launch (veeam.com) Here’s the time the launch event kicks off in some time zones: AWST (Australian Western Standard Time): Midnight (25th Feb)EET (Eastern European Time): 6PMEST (Eastern Standard Time): 11AMGMT (Greenwich Mean Time): 4PMPST (Pacific Standard Time): 8AM Time to level up to 11!

2 years ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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It all started with a backup issue...but at the end...

Some weeks ago the backup monitoring team of my company had an issue with the backups of one of our customers…Where it started and where did it end...If you want to know, keep on reading The infrastructure of the customer : The customer was having a Hyper-V infrastructure with a couple of Hyper-V hosts and +/- 30 VMs running on shared storage (several CSV volumes) divided on those hostsThe customer is using backup-jobs in Veeam Backup & Replication and is using replication-jobs in Veeam Backup & Replication The backup issue : The backups were running fine, except for 1 VM.I don’t know anymore the exact error in Veeam…The engineers tried several things trying to resolve this issue, but nothing helped.At least they contacted me if I had an idea for this issue.I quickly noted the error and mentioned that the cause of this error is not related to the backup, but that there is a Hyper-V issue for this particular VM.I suggested two things : try at first a live migration of that part

1 year ago

marcofabbriVeeam Legend

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VMCA 2022 Official Prep FULL Guide

I created this topic to put some order to @haslund 20 threads about his fantastic VMCA 2022 Official prep course, so we avoid dispersing information, questions and answers unnecessarily.@Kseniya hope this help our community.Remember to tag @haslund when you need an official answer and to thank him for all his amazing work, of course :) Sources of first topic:

7 months ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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HPE is launching LTO-9 Ultrium data cartridges

HPE announced their launch of LTO-9 Ultrium data cartridges.Could not find much more information about it. No release-dates of LTO-9 drives. As discussed earlier here with LTO-9 drives does not provide double-capacity compared to previous version.

1 year ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Monitor Hardened Repository with Veeam ONE v11a

An attacker can not immediately delete or change backup files located on Hardened Repositories. But with more time the attacker can do some damage. So it is important to keep a regular eye on it. A efficient way is to monitor Hardened Repository with Veeam ONE v11a. In this version some enhancements have been added which we will now take a look at. Monitoring immutability enabledWhen Veeam hardened repository is setup correctly, immutability is enabled and a appropriate number of days is chosen. When an attacker has access to the backup server, he could try to disable immutability. After some time all backups would be free to delete or modify. Therefore it is important to keep it enabled.In Veeam ONE v11a there is a new alarm for checking the state of immutability: Immutability state. Alarm is assigned by default to whole Backup Infrastructure. When Immutability state becomes disabled, alarm will trigger. Use this to be notified by mail. If you prefer reports for notification, Backup O

1 year ago

eprietoInfluencer

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PART II 👉 Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

Tape 📼 Improvements VEEAM v11 TAPE VERIFICATION!!! Check for media errors Compliance Verify after migration Sleep at night Restore without restore Performance near drive speed + some time for post-processing All VBR versions supported Audit file to track the corrupted files No scheduler (use PowerShell)

2 years ago

eprietoInfluencer

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Veeam Backup Repository Design 🔥

In another Topic, I wrote about designing a Proxy In This Topic will see about the repository design.We need to consider The key recommendation is to follow the 3-2-1 rule. Calculate 1 core and 4GB RAM per repository task slot. The recommended minimum for a repository is 2 cores and 8GB RAM.Sizing The recommended amount of CPU for a repository is 1 core per concurrent configured task slot on a repository server. Configure at minimum a 2 core and 8GB RAM repository server to allow the operating system to be more responsive. When sizing task slots on a repository you have to understand when and how many task slots are consumed. Any write process will consume a task slot. So backing up 10 VMs in one job using per-job backup chains will only write one file (VBK/VIB) in the end - so it consumes one task slot. Running the same backup job with per-VM backup files will create one file per VM and thus can leverage up to 10 tasks slots (when available). Backup Copy Jobs, Agent Backups and

2 years ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

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VBO365 vs SaaS competitors : 10 reasons why to choose VBO365

Hi all,As a Veeam partner I often get the question from customers and colleagues : why choose VBO365 and not one of the so many SaaS competitors?That question is not so easy to answer, but there are a lot of reasons.I’ll try to give some reasons why I find that VBO365 has advantages relative to other SaaS competitors. Flexible : You can install VBO365 on a VM or physical server on-premises.You can use regular storage or an object-storage appliance.Also you can install it on a VM in the public cloud and using object storage as the best choice (costs and quantity of storage). Proximity : Because you can install it on-premises or as a partner on your own hardware in a datacenter, you can deliver proximity instead of used storage of a competitor in a region far away from your location.In Belgium the proximity is an important reason for a lot of customers. Several flexible restore options : With VBO365 you have many, many restore options, not only to existing O365 resources (mailbox, onedri

1 year ago

Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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How to modify vCloud URL in Veeam

With the recent topic of how to change the IP/DNS Name of the vCenter recently posted I wanted to share for those with experience in SQL how you can modify the vCloud URL within Veeam.This requires some SQL knowledge and that you shut down the Veeam services during the process. The main query is as follows:SELECT * FROM Hosts WHERE type=1 OR type=6 OR type=14; Under the "options" column for the relevant row(s) we're going to see the reference(s) to the old cell hostname. Then once you are ready follow these steps:0) Veeam Configuration Backup1) Stop Veeam Services2) Backup VeeamBackup SQL DB3) SELECT * FROM Hosts WHERE type=1 OR type=6 OR type=14;4) Copy the "options" value5) Modify the copied "options" column value to have the new VCD URL6) Note the id column of the related row7) Perform the update query on the objects that need the new URL:UPDATE Hosts SET options='NEW_options_VALUE' WHERE id='ID_FROM_STEP_6';8) Start Services9) Open Console, and "next" through the properties of the

2 years ago

JMeixnerVeeam Legend

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USB Disk as Veeam Repository in a private Environment

I had some – in review stupid – error with an backup of a single private computer with the free version of the Veeam Agent for Windows.I had told the owner of this machine to use the Veeam Agent for backup, because it is free and reliable. That I am using the products of this company professionally and didn’t have much problems with them and that they are very easy to use.So this poor little owner downloaded the agent, installed it and configured a backup job according to the procedure and recommendations I have given to him.The he tried to run the backup and after a short time – BANG Error.He called me and told me that there is a problem. I asked him to send the error message to me and I will have a look at it.19.02.2022 14:29:59 :: Error: Shared memory connection was closed. Failed to upload disk. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.SyncDisk}. Exception from server: There is not enough storage space available on the data medium. Failed to write data to the file [S:\VeeamBack

1 year ago

JMeixnerVeeam Legend

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VBR V12 BETA3 - 2FA Login is not available with expired license

I was today the first day in the office after my vacation. After starting my VBR V12 BETA3 instance, I noticed that the trial license has expired at 12/31/2022.At login I was stunned that the second factor for login was not active.So, I had a look at the “Users and Roles” dialog and there was no checkbox “Require two-factor authentication for interactive logon” available.“Users and Roles” Dialog without “Require two-factor authentication for interactive logon” availableOK, the difference to my last login before Christmas is the expired license. I installed our NFR license and checked the “Users and Roles” dialog again.Now the checkbox “Require two-factor authentication for interactive logon” is available again and the 2FA is working again at next login.“Users and Roles” Dialog with “Require two-factor authentication for interactive logon” availableConclusion is that – at least with the BETA version – 2FA is available only with a valid license. Your installation is left without a more s

4 months ago

haslundMr. VMCE

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Building a home lab - YouTube Video series

I recently started a YouTube video series on how to build your own home lab. New videos are posted each Wednesday so don’t forget to subscribe to get notifications when a new video goes live.

2 years ago

regnorVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Snapshots are not backups!

Most of you probably already know or have heard this statement: Snapshots are not backups! Just last week a German hosting provider did lose 1500 snapshots because of failing hardware. And who hasn’t experienced some horror stories about (forgotten) VMware snapshots. Because of that I wanted to highlight this with a dedicated blog post. What is a snapshot? In general a snapshot is a frozen point in time state of a certain system or data. While we're often referring to snapshots in case of virtual machines, there are other variations like storage or file snapshots. For virtual machines, snapshots set the virtual disks to read only state and redirect all changes to a different disk file(the details may differ depending on the hypervisor). They can be used for quick rollbacks or during VM backups. Normally those are only created temporarily(or at least the should). Storage or file snapshots can be used for versioning and can also be replicated to different systems; those tend to have a lo

1 year ago

vmJoeVeeam MVP

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Is Veeam the most significant storage company that no one knows about?

Veeam storage functionsIs Veeam the most significant storage company that no one knows about? One of the essential features of any Veeam Backup and Replication architecture is the storage hardware that the backup target or backup repository will sit on. The repository performance, features, and scalability are critical to ensuring that the Veeam deployment will meet customers' needs for quite a while. Unfortunately, this is the component that many customers tend to make bad decisions, usually due to VARs and storage vendors trying to make the backup decisions for the customer. This is easy for the partner and storage vendor community to do because, as we all know - we at Veeam pride ourselves on the fact that the Veeam Backup and Replication suite is a software-defined and hardware agnostic backup storage platform. The partners, storage vendors, and even customers don't realize that Veeam also has another tag ling used internally - "Veeam is the largest storage company that no one

1 year ago

regnorVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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VBR: Error during guest credentials test ("Building list of machines to process Error: [...])

Just a quick post on an interesting issue with the Guest Credentials test in Veeam Backup & Replication we’ve seen last week. Instantly after clicking “Test Now” in the Guest Processing section of a certain backup job, an error was displayed."Building list of machines to process Error: (Child group-vXYZ (Folder) for object XYZ was not found)"Normally you see such errors with vSphere when a certain object has been deleted or recreated. While Veeam displays names of objects, internally it works with MoRef IDs. So we’ve checked the job selection, custom credentials and the application aware processing settings. But all listed objects were still valid, especially no folders where used anywhere.We’ve contacted Veeam Support and had a remote session. The support engineer discovered some orphaned VM folders in the exclusions. After removing those, the error disappeared and the credential check worked again. From a logical point I thought those weren’t relevant for the check, so I didn’t c

3 months ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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[What (else) is new in v12 - VII] Universal SureBackup job

SureBackup is a really great feature to verify your backup data. Up to now the selection of VMs to verify within a single job was limited. For example it was not possible to mix physical with virtual machines. There seems to be something new in v12 beta! With beta it is possible to add agent backup machines to virtual machines into the same Application Group and as Linked Jobs too.

9 months ago

vNote42Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Better Data Change Rate History Report in Veeam ONE v11a

When it comes to sizing a new Backup environment or just new repository server, one metric that is always asked is the daily change rate. You can also see in the most popular - unofficial - Veeam sizer:https://rps.dewin.me/ https://rps.dewin.me/rpc/ Even with VeeamONE it was not simple to get this information easily for VMs and physical machines. This gap was closed with the version v11a of Veeam ONE. The previous report named VM Change Rate History was replaced by the new Data Change Rate History. Fortunately not just the name changed, it also gets some new features!What's new in report configurationIncludes Agent backups. Now these job-types are supported: VM Backup Replication Agent Backup You can select the base of change rate calculation: Data transferred or read. What's new in the report itselfIncludes a nice graph for change rate history - for VM and agent data. Includes daily change rate. In Summary In detail - per machine This is a great help for siz

5 months ago

patricio.rcmVeeam MVP

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Veeam Cookbook is here!!!

Hi all!!! I’m here to let you know that the Veeam Cookbook is here and available for all of you in https://veeamcookbook.com/. This cookbook is a collection of recipes to accomplish one task each, the idea is based on a recipe that you read for instructions not for explanations.This book is intended for many people: New to Veeam and just want a simple next, next, next, approach, not to learn about Veeam but how to do something. People who already know Veeam well but sometimes we only do tasks once on an odd occasion, we know the technology just cannot remeber the how! People who just want a quick refresh These recipes for now are based in Veeam Backup & Replication operations Version 11. The cookbook is the creation of the EMEA Veeam Solutions Architects, and we’d really appreciate your feedback for future releases. More to come soon!!!

1 year ago

EdxHComes here often

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Veeam Ports Finder Tool

Hi all. The EMEA SAs have recently just added a new tool to https://www.veeambp.com called the ‘Ports Finder’ (aka Ports Directory). The idea behind the tool was to make it easier to find all the ports you need for a Veeam solution. It doesn’t provide mapping for specific hosts or any of the advanced feature that the Veeam Ports Tool provides.Currently it only has VMware and Hyper-V ports; however, that will be changing soon and will have:VMware Hyper-V AHV Enterprise Manager All Explorers Windows, Linux and Solaris Agents VBR Integration with AWS and Azure Veeam ONE O365 VDROAll the port mappings were pulled directly from their respective webpages so they are 100% accurate. We will aim to keep the database updated as things change or are added over time. Ed

1 year ago

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688 Topics

[What (esle) is new in v11 - V] Tape stuff

[Blog Post] Step by step of Veeam Agent for Mac 1.0 @ Part 2 (Restore from VBR v11)

[What (else) is new in v12 - X] miscellaneous

VEEAMON 2021 Delivery of gift

VBR Console users and roles and job notifications

[Quicktip] Failed Veeam Backup&Replication Upgrade

Veeam v11 Launch Event

It all started with a backup issue...but at the end...

VMCA 2022 Official Prep FULL Guide

HPE is launching LTO-9 Ultrium data cartridges

Monitor Hardened Repository with Veeam ONE v11a

PART II 👉 Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

Veeam Backup Repository Design 🔥

VBO365 vs SaaS competitors : 10 reasons why to choose VBO365

How to modify vCloud URL in Veeam

USB Disk as Veeam Repository in a private Environment

VBR V12 BETA3 - 2FA Login is not available with expired license

Building a home lab - YouTube Video series

Snapshots are not backups!

Is Veeam the most significant storage company that no one knows about?

VBR: Error during guest credentials test ("Building list of machines to process Error: [...])

[What (else) is new in v12 - VII] Universal SureBackup job

Better Data Change Rate History Report in Veeam ONE v11a

Veeam Cookbook is here!!!

Veeam Ports Finder Tool

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