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Link State
Link StateVeeam Legend
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[GUIDE] How To deploy & schedule Veeam Agent Protection Group MS Cluster step by step

How To deploy Veeam Agent Protection GroupAre two physical nodes of an MS cluster and MSSQL instance in the clusterReference:Installing Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows - Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows GuideGetting Started - Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows GuideInstallation and Configuration - Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows GuideCreate new Protection GroupThe account used to perform a consistent backup of an MSSQL DB must be entered either in the Local group Administrators or enter the user side MSSQL studio with permissions of DBA Admin\Owner.You require different sets of Microsoft SQL permissions in the following cases:Installation (remote or local): current account needs CREATE ANY DATABASE permission on the SQL server level. After database creation this account automatically gets a db_owner role and can perform all operations with the database. If the current account does not have this permission, a Database Administrator may create an empty database in advance and grant t

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k00laidIT
k00laidITVeeam Vanguard
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Prepare Ubuntu 22.04 for Veeam Backup for M365 v8 Proxy Use

This new blog post is on preparing Ubuntu 22.04 for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 8 proxy use provides a comprehensive guide on setting up an Ubuntu server to function as a proxy for Veeam Backup. It covers the installation of necessary packages, configuration of network settings, and optimization of the system for better performance and security. The post emphasizes the importance of ensuring that the server is properly configured to handle the backup tasks efficiently, including setting up the correct permissions and ensuring that all dependencies are met. To get the full instructions read the full post on koolaid.info at https://koolaid.info/prepare-ubuntu-22-04-for-veeam-backup-for-m365-v8-proxy-use/.

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Stabz
StabzOn the path to Greatness
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Playing with Entra ID Backup (Configuration - Errors - Questions)

 “This is a beta preview of this upcoming Veeam release, this user interface is not finalized and TBDs, icons, etc. will be to the Veeam standard upon GA.”Back on track after 3 weeks of vacations, playing with a new beta is a good way to get back into the swing of things 😄.1. InstallationI bypass the installation step of the Veeam version 12.3, it’s the same step than currently.  2.  Tenant ConfigurationIn the inventory tab you will notice a new entry “ Azure Entra ID”  First step you have to specify your Tenant ID, is not the Tenant Name .onmicrosoft.com, to help you to find it : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/how-to-find-tenantOtherwise you will get the following error message during the configuration: You could add an description, currently the region can’t be changed and you could modify the cache repository used only for the audit log backup necessary to keep temporary metadata to track of all objects that have changed between each session.The next step is f

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Matt.Berrey
Matt.BerreyNew Here
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Navigating Entra ID Backup and Restore in Hybrid Environments

Understanding the ChallengeWhen you're running a hybrid environment using Azure AD Connect to synchronize on-premises Active Directory to the cloud, backing up and restoring Entra ID can become a complex task. The primary concern is the potential for conflicts with AD Sync's delta synchronization process, which can lead to unexpected issues during a restore.Key Considerations and Best PracticesTo mitigate these challenges and ensure a smooth backup and restore process, consider the following:Coordinate with AD Sync: Pause AD Sync: Before initiating a restore, pause AD Sync to prevent conflicts and ensure a clean restore process. Resume AD Sync: Once the restore is complete, resume AD Sync to synchronize any changes that may have occurred during the downtime. Leverage Azure AD Backup Solutions: Veeam Backup for Microsoft Entra ID is a solution developed for protection and disaster recovery tasks for Microsoft Entra ID. Test Restores Regularly: Conduct regular test restores to veri

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safiya
safiyaCommunity Analyst
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Veeam 100 Show - Enhancing your DR Plan with Object StorageVeeam 100 Show #13

Happy December! ❄Today we had our final Veeam 100 Show of the year. We welcomed ​@k00laidIT who discussed how to fit object storage properly, both on-premises and in the cloud, into your disaster recovery strategy and showed how to consider different data types when using it.Thanks ​@kirststoner12 for joining in on the conversation.Catch the replay below!  If you want more object storage content from Jim, catch a recent webinar he did on the topic and read up on his blogs. WebinarBlog  Have a fun and safe end to 2024, community! ☃💙

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SSimpson
SSimpsonComes here often
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Veeam Data Platform v12.3 Is Here !

I am excited to announce the launch of Veeam Data Platform v12.3! This latest version of our data platform introduces powerful enhancements that make achieving data resilience more seamless and efficient than ever before.Data Resilience Made SimpleWith Veeam Data Platform v12.3, we’re delivering a comprehensive solution that seamlessly supports the protection needs of our customers' hybrid estates. This release packs in three key areas of focus:One comprehensive platform for hybrid estates Two new cutting-edge features to safeguard against cyber threats and ensure operational continuity. Three major releases in just 12 months, all filled with enterprise-grade cybersecurity upgrades for our Advanced and Premium editions.What's New in v12.3?Veeam Data Platform v12.3 brings several advanced capabilities to enhance your data resilience strategy:Microsoft Entra ID EnhancementsAccelerated Change Detection: Detect changes faster to ensure faster, more responsive data protection. Simplified Go

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Pybarra
PybarraInfluencer
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Veeam Data Platform CRN Product of the Year Winner

Please celebrate with us because we could not do it without the all your efforts in this #awesome #community 💪😎 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7269423304170455040-pcOl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

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SteveF
SteveFComes here often
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Veeam Amazing Object Storage Tips & Techniques Part 4

Introducing Veeam’s Smart Object Storage API Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v12 which was launched a month ago, has many great features and new capabilities.  One of my favorite features is the Smart Object Storage API (SOSAPI).  The purpose of this blog is to introduce you to this new and powerful feature.Let’s that off with explaining what the Smart Object Storage API (SOSAPI) is.  It is a new tool which allows Veeam and our on-prem object storage partners to develop tighter integrations between our products.  So, the great part about the SOSAPI is that a customer doesn’t need to do any additional work to get the benefits of this great addition to the Veeam portfolio. However, you do need to select an object storage platform that has the SOSAPI implemented within their product.  When VBR v12 was launched last month, Scality and Object First were the inaugural launch partners for SOSAPI.  Cloudian also released a version of their object storage which was integrated with the Smar

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SteveF
SteveFComes here often
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Veeam Object Storage Partner Showcase Part 2

Introduction to Scality ARTESCA’s Veeam Assistant Veeam’s Object Storage Journey:For the past several years I have had the pleasure of working with my friend Pierre Gueant, Director of Solution Partners at Scality.  Our latest collaboration is to create a series of blogs that we will publish together here on Veeam’s Community Resource Hub.  This is the 1st blog in that series and its purpose is to introduce you to Scality’s ARTESCA Veeam Assistant. When Veeam started our “object storage journey” back when Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v9.5.4 was released in early 2019, we realized that object storage would become the predominant storage platform for secondary storage. This realization culminated when VBR v12 was released in early 2023. One of the major features in VBR v12 was the ability to directly backup customer data to object storage. With this direct-to-object capability, enterprises can now use cloud and on-premises object storage as their primary backup repository. Object

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SteveHeart
SteveHeartInfluencer
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Why filtered logs might be better than filtered coffee

Managing and filtering Syslog messages can reduce noise and highlight critical events. This blog post explains how the PRI value helps categorize messages by severity, describes syslog filtering, and shows how to use rsyslog in a Docker container to forward selected messages based on a filter.What is the PRI value for, and why does it matter?The Priority (PRI) value combines the facility and severity into a single numeric value. This value helps categorize Syslog messages. Each log message is assigned a Facility Code indicating its source, such as system processes, mail server, etc, and its severity. I could tell you from my memories and more about the origins of the Facility Codes 😉, but plenty of websites on the Internet describe this in detail. Veeam Backup & Replication leverages the user-level facility (Facility Code 1).Next is the severity. The table below shows how different severities map within the user-level facility (not all severities are covered in this table):PRI Val

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k00laidIT
k00laidITVeeam Vanguard
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Deploying NATS.io for VB365 with Podman.io

In this blog post on deployingNATS.iofor VB365 with Podman discusses the implementation ofNATS.io to support Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 8 at scale. It highlights the shift towards a more distributed and cloud-native approach, utilizing proxy pools for better load balancing and scalability. The post provides a detailed guide on setting upNATS.io using Podman, emphasizing the benefits of process isolation and container management. It also covers the configuration of environmental variables and sizing recommendations to optimize performance.For more information on how to deal with this check out my post on koolaid.info!https://koolaid.info/deploying-nats-io-for-vb365-with-podman/

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NicBackup
NicBackupVeeam Vanguard
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Veeam 100 Summit and Hardened Repository with immutability

t’s been a few weeks since I returned from the most excellent Veeam 100 summit, this time in Berlin! I’m lucky enough to have been a Veeam Vanguard since 2021, and this was the first time the summit happened in Berlin. The last time I was in Berlin was at least 15 years ago.In this post I am not going to sum up the summit directly; There are some blog post from fellow Veeam Vanguards and Legends I link at the end of the post. Instead, I want to focus on the new version of Veeam Hardened Repository (VHR), that was introduced during the summit.have set up VHR in my home lab before, and decided to load the ISO directly into the home lab from Berlin, because….why not;-)One big change is that VHR is becoming official…like production official. VHR will be supported by Veeam, so you can open a support case if you run into issues. Here is the statement from Anton Gostev, Chief Product Officer at Veeam.“Support This build is now a subject to Veeam Experimental Support. This means this build is

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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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Federica
FedericaInfluencer
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A #LadyVMCE in Berlin – my Veeam 100 Summit Recap – a different perspective on the summit

  It has been few weeks traveling for me, but I couldn't skip the invitation from community managers to share our experience at the Veeam 100 SummitThose who know me are familiar with my physical limitation and how my hearing starts to perceive distorted and incompressible sounds when discussions shift to technical topics, so my experience, I am sure, is quite different from the rest of participants.First. What is Veeam 100 Summit?Veeam 100 summit  get together our most active community members (Vanguard, Legends MVP). This year the most active this VUG Leaders were invited for the very first time. What happens in Veeam 100 Summit?During the summit, Veeam has the chance to engage face-to-face with community members, sharing exciting products, news, that are not publicly available while receiving immediate and spontaneous feedback. You might wonder “Oh ok? So what were you doing there doing there if you are not a Veeam Legend or MVP, and not a product expert?”. Well I am in charge of th

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Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
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Better late than never Berlin Recap

 Being my second Summit, I was more prepared traveling half way around the world this time, and excited to see everyone I previously met in Prague and Miami.   DAY 1On Day 1 I received my swag and checked in. The trophy was such a awesome surprise! My nephews wanted to play with it but I had to explain it’s on my desk because it isn’t a toy. The jacket fits perfect and I’ve already put the screwdriver to use. Due to passport issues I had to book my travel last minute and couldn’t get a spot in the VRO workshop. I didn’t bring a laptop but would in the future as spots do open up. As I’m looking at a quote for VRO right now it would have been a great workshop.   DAY 2To say I’m excited for V12.3 and V13  is an understatement. Some of the new Veeam ONE features are going to be game changers for me. I won’t dive too deep as there was some Yellow and Red content but I’m sure Veeam will be releasing some teasers shortly. If not VeeamON is going to be exciting next year.   Finding out we can

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coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
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My Veeam100 Summit Berlin Experience

This year marked the 5th year being priviledged enough to attend the Veeam100 Summit. Since my 1st attendance in 2018, the venue has normally been held in Prague, CZ. The Product Strategy Team decided to change things up a bit and hold this year’s event in Berlin, DE; that would be Deutschland , or Germany, for those who use Duolingo 🙂 . With the event being held in a new city, and getting a preview of some of the content decided upon to be shared, I was really looking forward to the event this year!The Summit was held the last week of October. And personally, I love going this time of year to central Europe as the Fall colors are at or slightly past peak color.Fall in BerlinI got to Berlin a day and a half early so I can peruse around the city to take in some sites I’ve longed to see since my youth – Berlin Wall Memorial, Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust Memorial, etc. It was so surreal viewing the Berlin Wall Memorial. In the middle walking area there were pictures of Germans who lost th

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Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Cyber Security Month - Synology C2 Object Storage - Initial Configuration

As part of Cyber Security Month I was afforded the opportunity to test out a 1TB C2 Object Storage account from Synology.  I have partnered with them having 2 NAS devices that I have blogged about (DS920+ and DS923+).  You can check out my blog at the link as well as below.Synology C2 Object Storage  Synology C2 – Object Storage Setup It is CyberSecurity month, so I am writing a few blogs on Synology and using C2 Object Storage for backups.I have been fortunate enough to have a good relationship with both Synology and Nick Kozup, which has allowed me to get a 1TB subscription to the Synology C2 – Object Storage for doing some testing with backups, NAS backup/replication and many other things that utilize object storage. I have already blogged about the two NAS devices I have been sent (DS920+ and DS923+), which I use daily for my home lab, backups, and many other things.My account was activated today, and when I logged in to the interface, I was greeted with an empty slate to create bu

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Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
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Fast storage and configuration.

I connected a new SAN and 2 servers that will be used for Veeam. These are just some “Hero numbers” of reads and intend to do a writeup of design with proper benchmarks in the future.  When you have an environment with a large quantity of data, you still need to be able to restore it quickly or run instant restores while you migrate to production.   For a preliminary test I connected 2 servers to a single SAN and created a few volumes to run IOMeter.  23.9k MBPS = 23.9GBps =191.2 Gbps.  with sub millisecond latency @ 240k IOPS I am very happy. There is always a bottle neck to account for in design. Usually it’s budget 🤣.  Currently my limitation is the amount of of servers/ports at this point. Specifically 32Gb fiber ports as they are all running at 100%. If I had another server or more ports available on the repositories, I have no doubt this thing would be hitting close to 36GB/s.  Storage snapshots from production along with fast networking from proxies to repositories is critical

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Michael Melter
Michael MelterVeeam Legend
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VBR v13 Tech Preview insights and what else we already know

Two weeks have passed since the Veeam 100 Summit in Berlin. This time the grateful members of this select community were given facts about the upcoming version 13 of VBR and also the opportunity to test the Linux version via an OVA ready to install in a VMware environment. ​@HunterLAFR already showed us some initial screenshots here:LAB- Deploying VBR13 – on Linux – OVA! | Veeam Community Resource HubI’d like to add a summary of what I found most interesting.Before you ask: No, we don’t have a release date yet. There is still some 12.x version(s) to go before. 😎But, what we see with v13 seems already quite complete when looking at the interface.As ​@HunterLAFR has already shown in his screenshots, we have to options to access the GUI. There will be a new WebUI. This directly greets us with a nice and colorful dashboard. Obviously, this is all static demo date right now. But looks very promising still and will finally deliver the single pane-of-glass view onto your backup infrastructur

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HunterLAFR
HunterLAFRVeeam Legend
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Deploying Veeam Data Platform on the Lab - Recovery Orchestrator

I want to share with you all my initial setup of a small Lab for the Veeam Data Platformwhich is installing VBR + VONE + Recovery Orchestrator.In my case, I don't have too many resources, so, for lab proposes, all three roles will be deployed in the same machineThe wizard takes care of installing the tools, just asking you the necessary things to get it done.As you will see, installing the Orchestrator, includes the VBR and VONE.If you haven't downloaded the Veeam data platform, please do...This is the virtual specs for the VM where VDP is installed on my lab: Let's follow up on the screenshots and the comments on the installation.    !-->         Here ends the installation. Now, let's take a look into the consoles, with very high level / initial configuration: VBR - We already know how it looks, Showing you adding a Job from a Hyper-V VM.Initial setup with Backup config, etc...     Veeam One       Recovery Orchestrator Web  Lets add our VBR server, so Veeam One can start collecting

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Pybarra
PybarraInfluencer
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NetApp Veeam Backup and Replication Best Practices guide v12

Hello Veeam NetApp fans. I just updated the NetApp and Veeam BP guide to v12. I added FlexGroups to the document. More updates will come after VBR 12.3 is released. Veeam and NetApp will be doing more in the future around integrations stay tuned. Please use link below to download😀. https://www.veeam.com/resources/wp-netapp-configuration-and-best-practices-guide-for-veeam-backup.htmlUpdated for Veeam Backup and Replication 12.2.Thanks,Pete

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arnaud.quenum
arnaud.quenumVeeam MVP
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Testing backups? Almost no one does it.

Testing backups? Almost no one does it.Why?Too many constraints: not enough time, no available storage, fear of disrupting production.What if none of that was an excuse anymore?Veeam's SureBackup removes these barriers, making testing automatic, fast, and non-disruptive for your critical applications.Watch this video to see how this technology turns a time-consuming task into a seamless routine—and why testing your backups will never feel like a chore again.👇🏾 

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michaelcade
michaelcadeProduct Strategy
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homelab software upgrades - Kubernetes

I have been neglecting my home lab the last few months! So much so it was running a rather dated version of Kubernetes - 1.27.7  I wrote a post here on the trials and tribulations of the upgrade path to 1.30.6 which is the stable version and latest and greatest version that Veeam Kasten supports https://vzilla.co.uk/vzilla-blog/upgrading-my-talos-kubernetes-cluster 

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Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Veeam 100 Summit Recap - Berlin 2024

Last week I finally had the time to write my review of the recent Veeam 100 Summit that took place in Berlin for 2024.  It was a fantastic event and experience as always meeting new V100 members and talking with the veterans.  It even had a surprise announcement from ​@Cragdoo moving from the V100 over to being a Veeam employee - congrats again Craig!Feel free to check my blog here as it is quite lengthy with many screenshots and pictures -Veeam 100 Summit Recap - Berlin 2024

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vmali
vmaliComes here often
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How to upgrade dev kernel on Linux

Step 1: Check Current Kernel Version Before upgrading, confirm the current kernel version:uname -r Step 2: Update the SystemUpdate the system's package repository to ensure you have access to the latest kernel packages:sudo yum update -y Step 3: Install the Development Kernel Install the development kernel package to provide the necessary headers and libraries for building modules or applications:sudo yum install -y kernel-devel Alternatively, if you need a specific version:sudo yum install -y kernel-devel-<version>Replace <version> with the specific kernel version you want.Step 4: Verify the Installed Kernel and Development Package Check Installed Kernels:rpm -qa | grep kernelEnsure kernel-devel Matches the Installed Kernel: ls /usr/src/kernels/Step 5: Reboot to Use the New Kernel sudo reboot uname -rHappy Kernel Upgrade!!  

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