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Pro Tip - VSA & HA Clustering - SOBRs

  • November 26, 2025
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Chris.Childerhose
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I have been working on a case with Veeam Support to do with HA Clustering and not being able to enable it due to this warning -

HA Cluster warning about local repository

It turns out somehow I tried to enable HA and then in one of my SOBRs added a capacity tier which was the cause of this.  The recommended solution -

  1. Remove the Capacity Tier (Wasabi in my case) from any SOBRs - I only had one in this case with a Capacity/Archive Tier.
  2. Enable HA Clustering which now works
  3. Add the Capacity Tier back to the SOBRs as needed

While not the most ideal solution it works.  I asked them to check KBs or Help pages to see if this is mentioned and if not get this added as a note or something so users are aware.  Lots of testing so it was good to find this one and get a solution.

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wesmrt
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  • Veeam MVP
  • November 26, 2025

A little crazy because the Wasabi repo isn't a local repository 🤔
But glad it worked for you, Chris


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • November 26, 2025

Yeah it had something to do with creating a temporary local repo which HA does not like.  Once removed the HA function worked.


waqasali
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  • On the path to Greatness
  • December 2, 2025

Great tip! Removing the capacity tier before enabling HA makes sense. Thanks for sharing this workaround.
 


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • December 2, 2025

Not a problem otherwise it will drive you nuts why it won't enable. 😂 


AndrePulia
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  • Veeam Vanguard
  • December 3, 2025

@Chris.Childerhose Very useful info. thank you Chris


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • December 3, 2025

@Chris.Childerhose Very useful info. thank you Chris

Not a problem and happy to share.  Been playing with HA Clusters and VONE heavily.  Also have two tickets open for each thing as well due to issues.  😂