For years, the Veeam Health Check Report has been a trusted resource for assessing configuration drift, security posture, and operational gaps across Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) environments. But as cyber‑resilience expectations evolve, organizations require continuous insight—not periodic manual reports.

Note: This is a lab environment and was setup with error for this purpose of this blog. 
 

Why Automate the Health Check?

The traditional Health Check tool delivers exceptional detail, but it remains a point‑in‑time assessment. Modern resilience requirements—CPS 234, ASD Essential Eight, ISM, NIST frameworks—expect continuous monitoring, not periodic snapshots.

Integrating this logic directly into Veeam ONE Intelligence would:

• Eliminate manual execution of the standalone Health Check tool
• Provide continuous diagnostic, configuration, and compliance insights
• Enable proactive remediation aligned with cyber‑resilience best practices
• Support automated reporting to leadership, auditors, and governance teams

The idea is simple:
If the VBR configuration already exists—and Veeam ONE already monitors it—why not let Veeam ONE generate the full set of health, security, and operational insights automatically?

What Data Needs to Be Collected?

To replicate today’s Health Check output, Veeam ONE would need to extract the following directly from the VBR server:

Core Configuration & Environment Data

• License Info – Current license state and usage
• Backup Server – DB configuration, roles, resource footprint
• Server Info – All servers registered within VBR
• Server Summary – Workload types and object counts

Security & Compliance Insights

• Security Summary – Enabled hardening features
• Non‑Default Registry Keys – Configuration drift indicators

Protection Coverage

• Job Summary – All jobs by type and count
• Missing Job Types – Unused or unconfigured workload categories
• Protected Workloads – Comparison of discovered vs protected assets

Infrastructure Components

• Proxy Info – Configured resources and workload mapping
• Repository Info – Non‑SOBR repo details
• SOBR Info – Global SOBR configuration
• SOBR Extent Info – Per‑extent resource and policy view

Operational Metrics

• Job Concurrency – Hourly heatmap of job activity
• VM Concurrency – Hourly VM processing load
• Job Session Summary – Aggregated success/failure patterns
• Job Info – Deep configuration per job

These data points form the backbone of a robust operational and security review.

This raises a natural question:

Can the Health Check framework be adapted into an automated Veeam ONE Intelligence workflow?

After analysing the Veeam ONE API output, the answer is clear:


Yes & No—Veeam ONE already exposes most of the data required, and the Health Check logic can be automated to deliver ongoing diagnostics, compliance posture and resilience insights. But there are still some gaps which the Veeam one API doesn’t address just yet. 

This article outlines that transformation and presents a sample summary generated using your real Veeam ONE output.

1. Summary – Key Cyber Resilience Findings

(Updated based on Veeam ONE output) 

Veeam ONE analysis of the environment shows a generally healthy backup posture with several noteworthy strengths and gaps:

Strengths

• All VBR servers are operational and visible in Veeam ONE.
• 100% of VMs and computers have recent successful backups.
• All recent backup jobs completed successfully — no failures or warnings detected.
• Infrastructure components (proxies, repositories, SOBRs) are online and functional.

Key Gaps Identified

• Configuration backup is not enabled on all VBR servers — a critical cyber‑resilience issue.
• Encryption best practices are not fully implemented, including encryption password complexity.
• The 3‑2‑1 rule is not fully met — lack of backup copy jobs highlighted.
• Multiple best-practice checks return “NotImplemented”, requiring remediation.
• Veeam ONE reports show incomplete segmentation and redundancy in some repository/SOBR configurations.

In short:
Backups are running well, but cyber‑resilience controls—especially encryption, configuration protection, and copy job strategy—require immediate attention.

2. Infrastructure Posture – Architecture, Release, Coverage, Gaps

(Updated with extracted details from PDF) 

• All backup servers are running VBR 13.0.1.2067.
• Workload platforms detected: Hyper‑V (2 hosts) and vSphere (1 host).
• VMs discovered: 18, physical machines: 1.
• All workloads have recent restore points — no unprotected systems detected.
• Best practice checks identify gaps in:
  • Configuration backup enablement
  • Encryption policy adoption
  • Cloud/offsite copy job configuration
  • Password complexity enforcement

This suggests a functional environment with resilience gaps mainly around protection redundancy and security hardening.

3. Data Security – Encryption, Access Controls, Credentials

(Reflects gaps identified in API output)

Veeam ONE reports highlight several missing cybersecurity controls:

• Encryption best practices are not implemented across multiple servers.
• Backup encryption passwords lack required complexity standards.
• Non‑default registry key review requires execution of the Security Assessment report.
• Recommended controls such as immutability (repository level) are not visible in the dataset.

These gaps impact compliance with ASD Essential Eight Strategy 8 (Regular Backups) and general cyber‑resilience expectations.

4. Backup Operations – Retention, Segmentation, Patch Status

(Aligned to available Veeam ONE guidance) 

• All recent jobs succeeded — no operational failures.
• Heatmaps for VM and job concurrency are available via Veeam ONE reports.
• Repository segmentation and SOBR redundancy require review to ensure:
  • Tiering is configured correctly
  • Extents are balanced
  • Offsite copy or cloud tier exists

Backup operations are stable, but resilience‑level practices are under‑implemented.

5. Testing – Recovery Verification & Alerts

(Mapped to report guidance) 

Veeam ONE API does not provide SureBackup/SureReplica job details, but the system recommends reviewing:

• Backup Infrastructure Assessment report
• Restore Operator Activity report

These provide the required insights into restore testing posture, alert behaviour, and operator activity.

6. Compliance – ASD8, ISM, CPS 234 Alignment

(Updated using gaps identified) 

Gaps affecting compliance alignment include:

• Missing offsite/secondary copies → ASD8 Strategy 8
• Missing encryption → ASD8 Strategy 7 (Protection of Important Data)
• Missing configuration backup → CPS 234 “Recoverability Controls”
• Missing password complexity → ISM controls on credential hygiene

Veeam ONE recommends using the VM Backup Compliance Overview and Protected Computers reports to automate compliance mapping.

7. Recommendations – Prioritised Actions (Critical → Low)

(Derived from best practice gaps) 

Critical

• Enable configuration backup with encryption on all VBR servers.
• Implement backup copy jobs to satisfy the 3‑2‑1 rule.
• Enforce backup encryption password complexity policies.

High

• Review repository/SOBR segmentation and redundancy.
• Implement encryption for all job types and destinations.

Medium

• Review non‑default registry keys using the Security Assessment report.
• Validate access control and RBAC usage across consoles.

Low

• Standardize documentation and scheduled review processes.
• Implement Sure Backup/Sure Replica where feasible.

8. Best Practice Alignment – MITRE ATT&CK & Veeam Guidance

(Based on Veeam ONE’s best‑practice output) 

Gaps align with several ATT&CK techniques, including:

• Exfiltration & Impact: Lack of offsite copies increases ransomware blast radius.
• Defense Evasion: Missing encryption and configuration backups simplify attacker movement.

Veeam best practices strongly recommend offsite copies, encryption-at-rest, and immutable storage to counter these risks.

9. Conclusion – Strengthen Resilience Through Automation

Your Veeam ONE analysis confirms that the environment’s operational health is solid, but core cyber‑resilience controls require improvement. Automating the Health Report inside Veeam ONE Intelligence can:

• Provide continuous cyber‑resilience monitoring
• Eliminate reliance on manual health checks
• Strengthen compliance with ASD8, CPS 234 and ISM
• Prioritise actions based on real‑time infrastructure posture

Backup remains the foundation of cyber recovery—automation simply unlocks its full resilience potential.