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GeorgeNot a newbie anymore
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Veeam backup for office365

Hi, How can I add backup repository (Linux hardened) to Veeam office 365 backup?

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Link State
3 hours ago
leduardoserrano
leduardoserranoComes here often
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The Veeam Linux Hardened Repository processes

Hi! I highlight in this post the processes involved in protecting a Veeam Linux Hardened Backup Repository. To correctly handle files and objects associated with different backup chains, Veeam processes must have control over immutability at the file and object level. This is why the immutability implemented only at the directory or bucket level is unsuitable for flexible and granular protection of backup chains. I hope this information is helpful to you.How does Veeam Hardened / Immutable Repository work? – Cloud and Roll (cloudnroll.com) 

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leduardoserrano
1 day ago
Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
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Restore Exchange Mailbox Items from Storage Snapshot

Using Veeam to orchestrate storage snapshots is a fast, reliable way to have frequent restore points and quick restores.  Unfortunately, unlike a VMware backup, storage snapshots on databases are not application aware.  Restoring application items from a storage snapshot will often give you a blank explorer window. The first thing you will want to do is restore from the storage snapshot, and select a Host to mount the SAN volume on  With the explorer up it will look empty, but the volumes will be mounted to your PC.Click Add Store, or right click All Stores and Add a Mailbox Database   Next, we will point the explorer to the specific Exchange mailbox database.   If you go to C:\VeeamFLR\*VMname* you can see Volumes listed as folders there that are the mount points to the disks. This should mirror the folder structure on your Exchange server. In this specific situation here is what it looked like.  Depending on your disk configuration and folder structure the volume, VM name, and folder

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Scott
4 hours ago
wolff.mateus
wolff.mateusVeeam Legend
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Upgrading Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV V5

 Recently Veeam release a new version of Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV. A bunch of new features came out of the box with this upgrade.So, the the latest build versions of Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV now is:Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 5 - 5.0.0.1080  Nutanix AHV Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication - 12.5.0.465 The process to upgrade the environment is really easy and the idea is not a step by step, for the simple fact that is not necessary a complete how to about this. The Ugrade The whole process of upgrade is on Veeam Help Center but basically we need fist to update the Nutanix AHV Plug-In inside of Veeam Backup Replication server.For this is just to run with the wizard of plug-in: The setup is only about Next, Next, Upgrade, Finish: After that we can open VBR console and go to Backup Infrastructure view, navigate to Backup Proxies > Out of Date, right click on the proxy appliance of Nutanix AHV and select Upgrade Proxy: After that, the upgrade of Veeam proxy appliance will

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coolsport00
3 days ago
wolff.mateus
wolff.mateusVeeam Legend
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Release Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 5.0

Last wednesday we have a new release of Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV. All release notes we can see here.A lot of new features was implemented. The list of all build of VBKP for Nutanix we can see here. 

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coolsport00
3 days ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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What annoys you most in IT?

Hi Everyone,I thought I would first of explain what inspired me to write this on a nice September morning. It was a dumb decision. I have made many dumb decisions in my life and sometimes, just for fun I repeat them. In this case it was agreeing to a dentist appointment at 7 am on a Friday morning. This all came about around the time of VeeamON. Some of you noticed there were times at VeeamON in Miami when I was walking around with a not so jolly expression on my face. The reason for this was because I was stuck in between benefits providers (read dental insurance) and precisely at that time one of my remaining wisdom teeth decided to cause Armageddon. I held out as best I could. I tried keeping Listerine in my mouth for long periods at a time, then going to the beach and holding salt water in my mouth as I read it has healing powers (although this caused some fellow beach dwellers to give me strange looks). Finally a few weeks after getting back home I was able to go to the dentist wi

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Scott
4 hours ago
eprieto
eprietoInfluencer
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Free Exam Vouchers with Select VMware On Demand Courses! 👨🏼‍🏫

Did you know we have a free exam voucher promotion for On Demand courses purchased through VMware? Current qualifying On Demand courses: Data Center Virtualization vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8], [V7] vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure [V8] vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7]Network Virtualization NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4] NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations [V4] NSX for Intrinsic Security [V4.x] NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2] NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V3.2] NSX-T Data Center: Intrinsic Security [V3.2] NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Install, Configure, Manage [V20.x]Cloud Management & Automation Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.10] vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3]Cloud OperationsvRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6]VMware Cloud VMware Cloud on AWS: Deploy, Configure, Manage 2021Desktop & Mobility Horizon: Deploy and Manage [V8.8] Horizon 8: Deploy and Manage Hori

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eprieto
8 days ago
Stabz
StabzVeeam Legend
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Troubleshoot Unable to Use-Hot Add with Linux proxy after Veeam v12 upgrade

Hello everyone,I would like to draw your attention to an issue detected following the Veeam upgrade to version 12 at one of my clients. This also applies to new installations.During backup and restoration operational tests, which are crucial to perform during installation/post-upgrade, the following error message appeared when restoring a VM: Unable to use Hot-Add mode.While analyzing the logs of a backup job, the proxies switched from Hot-Add to NBD mode.After analyzing the logs and isolating the issue to a single proxy (Forcing the proxy to use only Hot-Add + creating a test backup job with only this proxy), I was able to obtain a more informative message.There is a Veeam Knowledge Base article available at https://www.veeam.com/kb4460.To resolve the error, it is necessary to disable "multipath" on the Linux proxies, following the procedure outlined in the KB. After applying the fix, backups and restores successfully utilize the Hot-Add mode, resulting in improved performance.I apolo

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Geoff Burke
5 days ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Sept 28 Join me in a fun talk From Physical to Virtual: The Evolution of Data Protection

Hi Everyone, Please join me on Sept 28th on Kodekloud’s celebration of free week. The show will be hosted by none other than Patrik Akil so I am very excited. Believe me as I talk about my experience in Data Protection from Physical, through virtual to Container workloads.. you can bet it won’t be boring :)   https://www.linkedin.com/events/7110978568662253568/about/?invite=false&message=false&sAtp=&sTrk=&sV=&showRequesters=false&showShareByPost=false 

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HangTen416
11 days ago
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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vSphere 8.0 U2 is Released: Reminder not to Update immediately

Morning everyone, VMware vSphere 8.0 U2 is now available, with improvements to lifecycle management, AI workloads, and DevOps amongst others!https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2023/09/vsphere-8-update-2-now-available.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vsphere-8-update-2-now-available A quick reminder to all, Veeam Backup & Replication v12 only supports up to vSphere 8.0 U1 currently. Veeam can’t start their validation until the code is available so we’ll now see Veeam begin their testing process. You can check the status of vSphere platform support here: https://www.veeam.com/kb2443Veeam typically target vSphere platform support within 90 days of release, so with the betas of VBR 12.1 functionality appearing online, I’d guess we won’t see 8.0 U2 support until 12.1 ships unless that encounters massive delays. So yes, wait for Veeam to support vSphere 8.0 U2 before you upgrade, there’s no point having all this new functionality if you can’t protect any of your work

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Mildur
4 days ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Who likes Tofu? The Linux Foundation announces OpenTofu

Hey folks,It seems like just yesterday that HashiCorp announced changes to the Terraform licensing plan and already there is a possible alternative on the horizon. The Linux Foundation announced today the formation of the OpenTofu project which is being billed as an alternative to Terraform. As they say, we will wait and see what happens but since LF is involved this is definitely not a dead from the start.You can read more here: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/announcing-opentofu

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coolsport00
12 days ago
W
WolfangNew Here
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Veeam Agent Linux 6 failed install on Debian 11

Hello,  I try to install Veeam Agent for Linux on my debian 11but i have two errors that involve failure of Veeam Agent for linux installation 20/09/2023 09:41:17 Failed [172.16.0.18] Failed to install veeam_6.0.0.1060_amd64.deb and blksnap_6.0.0.1060_all.deb packages: E: Impossible de trouver le paquet linux-headers-5.10.0-18-amd64 E: Impossible de trouver de paquet correspondant à l'expression rationnelle « linux-headers-5.10.0-18-amd64 » E: Impossible de trouver de paquet correspondant à l'expression rationnelle « linux-headers-5.10.0-18-amd64 » Failed to invoke rpc command  0:00:14 20/09/2023 09:41:32 Failed [172.16.0.18] Failed to install Veeam Agent for Linux: E: Impossible de trouver le paquet linux-headers-5.10.0-18-amd64 E: Impossible de trouver de paquet correspondant à l'expression rationnelle « linux-headers-5.10.0-18-amd64 » E: Impossible de trouver de paquet correspondant à l'expression rationnelle « linux-headers-5.10.0-18-amd64 » Failed to invoke rpc command   my config

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Jean.peres.bkp
11 days ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Free Week at Kodekloud!

Hi Folks Kodekloud will be offering a free week starting on the 25th. There are a ton of new courses. Aside from all the Kubernetes courses there are also AZURE, GCP, AWS etc. Go take a look, take a vacation from work, buy lots of coffee, do courses non stop then go back to work with bigger salary demands or demanding more vacation time in order to run this function in a loop 😁https://kodekloud.com/pages/free-week?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=1+Week+Until+KodeKloud%27s+Free+Week&utm_content=announcement

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wolff.mateus
13 days ago
Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Monitoring Veeam Backup with Backup Eagle – Part 2

 Backup Eagle logoIn my first blog post, I reviewed what Backup Eagle was and how it can monitor your environment. I also went through the installation process as well. Part 1 can be found here –Monitoring with Backup Eagle – Part 1The company graciously granted me an NFR license to test within my homelab – Backup Eagle by Schmitz RZ Consult GmbH.In this post, I am going to cover the Administration Console, including things like –Installing a license file Adding servers for monitoring Dashboards ReportsBackup Eagle is used for Backup Monitoring, Reporting, and Audit & Compliance.Backup Eagle – What it is used forLaunching the console is very straightforward; double-click the desktop icon “BACKUP EAGLE Administration Client,” which launches the console. You can see the console when it first opens below (keeping in mind I already have data showing – a new installation will not have any data until you add servers).Dashboard in the Administration ConsoleAfter you get into the dashboard

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Chris.Childerhose
14 days ago
coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
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Transfer Hardened Repository & Associated Jobs to new Veeam Server

Hello Community! I am in the middle of modifying my Backup/DR environment →  adding infrastructure, upgrading VBR servers, etc, etc...basically a refresh cycle as it were. One of my VBR Servers is used for DR purposes using Veeam Replication. I created a new server for it on the newest server OS (2022) and did a Configuration Backup migration. This was the first time I performed a DB migration and was pleasantly surprised by the ease of this task. Well done Veeam! As for my other VBR server, I’m not wanting to do a DB migration. I’m going to recreate most everything from scratch for various reasons. But, out of just under 30 jobs I have on this server, I do want to retain 7 of them. Sadly, as some of you know based off a Hub post from a yr or so ago by @shawnl :..exporting Jobs isn’t really possible. I really would like a Backup/Copy Job export function in the Console personally. Anybody else concur this would be a useful feature add?But, I digress. My main purpose here is to provide t

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coolsport00
21 days ago
T
TurkTownBlueNot a newbie anymore
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Moving VeeamBackup.mdf (and ldf) to a different location

My Backup Server’s C: Drive is getting tight and I want to relocate Veeams’s MS SQL Database files from their default location on C:\Program Files\… to a larger Data drive. Now, whilst I can find articles about relocating the whole Veeam config to a different SQL Server, I can find nothing on moving the database mdf/ldf within the same Server.   Is it simply a case ofstopping the Veeam services, detaching the databases in SQL Server Management Studio,  moving or copying the files to the new location, attaching the database from their new location?Has anyone had any experience of this? How successful was it? Are there any pitfalls to avoid?

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coolsport00
4 days ago
jb16wer
jb16werNot a newbie anymore
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Introduction to Containers and Kasten - Veeam looking after your animals (services)

Check out our introduction to Containers, Kubernetes and Kasten K10. Look after your pets (services) and ensure fast recovery times.Introduction to Containers and Kasten - Veeam looking after your animals (services) Part 2 -  Vets for your pets - Speedy Recovery of your pets (key containerised services) coming soon!

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Julia F Morgado
26 days ago
leduardoserrano
leduardoserranoComes here often
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Deploying Veeam Backup for Google Cloud + Google Cloud Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication

Hi! In this video, I show how to install Veeam Backup for Google Cloud and integrate it with Google Cloud Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication. I hope it's helpful. 

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Chris.Childerhose
29 days ago
Nico Losschaert
Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend
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Veeam Backup for M365 vs Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive

Hi allMany people in the community probably are already aware of the fact that in Q4 of 2023 Microsoft will launch in preview their own 365 Backup and Archive service.For those who doesn’t know yet, they are now informed 😎.More info can be read and viewed on following links : Welcome to Microsoft Inspire 2023: Introducing Microsoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive - Microsoft Community HubMicrosoft 365 Backup and Microsoft 365 Archive My goal is to have a summary of pro’s and con’s of this MS service vs the proven existing Veeam solution!As a partner we are offering at this moment a Veeam SaaS solution and my idea is to keep it that way of course 😊, but therefore I have to convince the cloud team that this is still the best solution to offer to our customers.The MS backup solution is a built-in solution to backup M365 (Onedrive, Exchanage and Sharepoint).The MS archive solution is to put less frequently data on cheaper cold storage but can still be directly used.Is this Microsoft

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HangTen416
19 days ago
A
allynzVeeam Vanguard
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Near-zero Replication for Veeam Repositories

In this demo I illustrate how you too can utilize the Pure Storage platform to provide rapid recovery and near-zero replication for your Veeam repositories.This lab consists of 2 Pure arrays, 2 vSphere clusters and a single VCenter. Though in this lab we could use other means to provide recovery, say through vSphere, this setup up was used to simply illustrate an easy to use and efficient DR strategy from Production to a DR cluster. Utilizing, Veeam.In this lab I built 2 Veeam servers. The first holds the Veeam Backup Server, proxy, and primary repository. The second runs the Veeam Disaster Recovery (VDRO) server and is the remote repository. In this lab – I do not utilize VDRO for recovery – that will come in a later post.Normally, in a Veeam scenario like this there would be 2 Veeam jobs providing restores and the local and remote sites. The first would be the primary backup job to the repository local to the production site. The second, would be what is called a backup copy job from

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Chris.Childerhose
1 month ago
A
allynzVeeam Vanguard
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DR with Veeam Orchestrator and Pure Storage

I have been thinking a little more about how best customers can best utilize their technology to build in fool-proof data protection. Data protection which helps eliminates risk normally associated with managing a data protection solution.I have spent a long time dealing in this space, and I have found, that it’s common for organizations to put data protection solutions on the back burner. Utilizing cheaper, and sometimes older technology that lacks features and tools that reduce management risks. Because it isn’t viewed production data.This is only true, until it is. When your production is offline, you need a reliable solution to get you back to work, as fast as possible.Now, my approach has always been to match the best technology. Careful not to overcomplicate, but enough to allow best in breed, or match technology that is first class in their space to build the solution. So, in this demo I will show how features in Pure can help support those in Veeam. So, what does this demonstra

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Chris.Childerhose
1 month ago
rildo.giroux
rildo.girouxNew Here
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VMCA 2022 - Finally passed after 3 try's

Hi Guy’s The path to success is rarely linear; it often winds through setbacks, challenges, and moments of doubt. My journey through the VMCA (Veeam Certified Architect) exam epitomizes this truth, culminating in a well-earned victory with a score of 79%. It's a story of resilience, growth, and the satisfaction that comes from persevering against the odds.Adding a unique layer to my journey is the fact that I have spent the last seven years dedicated to working with Veeam, a prominent player in the realm of data protection and management. This experience has given me an extensive and intimate understanding of the intricacies of data backup, recovery, and virtualization management.The VMCA exam was no small feat during my first two attempts, with scores of 55% and 64% respectively. Yet, each outcome held within it a lesson, a piece of the puzzle that would eventually lead me to success. These results could have deterred me, leading to discouragement and abandonment, but they had the opp

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Scott
1 month ago
M
mohammed Kamy KommunikasjonComes here often
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Hyper-v VMs Warning Failed to connect to GCP plug-in: Failed to login to platform service:

Hi  have currently this warning for 3 consecutive days. the backup jobs ara all success but I getthis warning message . can any one help me resolve thisWarning message:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>8/31/2023 10:00:51 AM Warning Failed to connect to GCP plug-in: Failed to login to platform service: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it xx.xx.xx.10x:9xxThnanks in advance>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>»  

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M
1 month ago
Roy Adiel
Roy AdielNew Here
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AWS Deprecates TLS 1.0/1.1

Due to multiple security vulnerabilities, many companies, including AWS, have deprecated TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1.AWS Security Blog - TLS 1.2 to become the minimum TLS protocol level for all AWS API endpoints This could lead to customers not being able to backup into a repository based on AWS S3 Bucket.Veeam KB article was created to show the the error in VBR to help customers remediate this issue: https://www.veeam.com/kb4490  

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wesmrt
1 month ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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AI generated tutorial, complete and utter fail! Veeam keep your trainers!! :)

Hi Folks, I was just forced to watch for the first time an AI generated tutorial/presentation. This was not Veeam training but I decided to send out this feedback just in case anyone at Veeam is thinking about jumping on this bandwagon.All of this hype about Chat/AI etc crashed miserably in my eyes after watching this content. The AI generated lady doing the tutorial had less personality and sincerity than RD2 in Star wars (reminder RD2 could only beep and not speak). The phoney AI generated smile would have been better placed in the film Aliens on the monsters that emerged from people’s stomachs.Then there were the pronunciation errors. Living in Toronto I hear all sorts of different pronunciations in English but they normally add some spice to the discussion. Italian, French, Chinese etc native speakers all have different pronunciations and if anything they add flavour to the conversation. Machine AI however is horrendous. It will go along for a bit perfectly but then blurt out somet

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TylerJurgens
1 month ago

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