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MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and podcasts

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

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and podcasts

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

Rick VanoverRICKATRON

published in News

Sizing, DR and ImmutabilityVeeam Community Recap #136

After an unplanned skippage last week (I think that’s a word!) El Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are back at it with effectively a double episode! We have four pieces of content to share, a solid stack of Special Department News and a double-dose of Who’s New! Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @coolsport00 via @Geoff Burke via @Cragdoo via @eprieto Special Department Newsvia @jos.maliepaard via @mkevenaar and @JonahMay NEXT WEEKFinally, Veeam published a great video with Microsoft talking about shared responsibility and Microsoft 365 data:Who’s NewWe welcomed nearly +175 new members this week! Thank you @safiya for preparing! Between the ‘double dose’ of Who’s New we had 8 coolest usernames: @shunny @spy @Grumbarowski @millerman67 @Bmoody @BIMM IT @stooze and @ZadokZeePriest! Alfred’s pick (double this week as we combined the two weeks) goes to: @a unique username and @mrgfriend! Have a great weekend everyone!

clownyboots178Comes here often

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Forcing a job to stop

I have a job that was canceled or stopped by VEEAM support 20+ hours ago and it is still running and I need it to be stopped as I am trying to do some other things any thoughts on how to stop it forcefully? This job is writing to Azure blob storage

haslundMr. VMCE

posted in Blogs and podcasts

#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 19 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Do you have network-attached storage file shares in your environment? Have you ever used NDMP?

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

adimanComes here often

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tape drive shows red sign on Veeam

Hello everyone, We have an HPE MSL3040 tape library and we have two F.C drives on it. The drives are detected on the Veeam server but one of them shows a red sign (screenshot attached). On device manager both drives are properly working. we are unable to use the parallel processing feature because the second drive seems to be non functional. Any ideas as to why this could be happening? Thanks in advance for your support.

MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and podcasts

Veeam Agent for Linux – Failed to create Volume Snapshot / Failed to Load Module [veeamsnap]

So I had a unique support case recently, a customer using Veeam Agent for Linux with mixed success, they had one particular server that worked fine during implementation and then after a week the backups had started to immediately fail. The server was unable to load the veeamsnap module.Veeam themselves have a great article dealing with this in general and it helps resolve the majority of the cases, link here.One point I believe this article doesn’t properly discuss though is why this can happen, especially when it previously worked properly. To understand this we need to know a bit about how Veeam works with its Linux Agent.To fully understand how the Veeam Agent for Linux works, the first question we need to answer is, what is “veeamsnap”? veeamsnap is a Linux kernel module used by Veeam to create volume snapshots. Due to the huge variety of Linux systems and updates supported by Veeam, there are some pre-requisites that must be met for veeamsnap to function, these are documented her

Oxidation9992Not a newbie anymore

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Issue with SMTP Notification Emails After Update to Version 12

Dear Veeam Community,I hope this finds you well. I've encountered an issue after updating to Veeam Version 12 and was hoping someone might have come across a similar problem or can provide some guidance.**Problem Description:** After the update, I am unable to send notification emails. I consistently receive the error message: "Unable to connect to SMTP server because of invalid credentials or connection settings." I am certain of my credentials, having double-checked multiple times.Steps Taken:1. I've tried all configuration variants using both ports 587 and 465.2. When using port 465, I am able to apply the settings, but an error then displays.3. With port 587, the error surfaces after sending the test message.**Mail Server Error Logs:** From the logs, the following sections raised concerns:* `SASL login authentication failed`* `TLS library problem: error:14094412:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert bad certificate`The error regarding the TLS library is particularly concerning.

alheroNew Here

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First Time Learner - Apologies!!

Forgive me for this new discussion and please do delete if it is not the right place to ask. I am trying to do a bit of studying around my job currently and wanted to clarify a few points with Veeam (in the process of doing a small course). I'm getting very confused with the differences between forward incremental and reverse incremental backups and wondered if you could clarify. Am i correct in thinking when choosing forever forward incremental backup, that if there is no synthetic backup scheduled, then the first full backup is completed followed by incremental the days thereafter. Therefore, if you wanted to complete a full restore, you would need to restore that original full backup followed by every single incremental up to the date of the full restore?And if a full backup is done, the retention period is approx 6 months and there are no synthetic backups scheduled.. then if there is a day mid way through that the backup job fails, then this runs the risk of not being able to res

De CockComes here often

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Second AV for SureBackup

Hi Community,We are using as AV solution Sentinel One. This Solution isn’t standard included in the AntivirusInfo.xml for Secure Restore/SureBackup. So I had to create my own entry, based on very little info and no list of error codes. It’s working but I don’t feel 100% safe as it wasn’t standard included or supported. During a recent Veeam On Tour it was brought to my attention, that using a different AV solution other then the one that’s active on your server bring an extra level of security/check. Now standard on this windows servers os Defender installed.Defender is also standard part of the AntivirusInfo.xml. We don’t want 2 AV solutions add the same time active on our systems. However if we could for example with SureBackup start a PS script that activate Defender at the start of the job and deactivates it again add the end of the task. This would be a great solution to me. Has anyone here this kind of solution in place and would like to share the PS?What about the AntivirusInfo.

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?

MavMikeVBRNot a newbie anymore

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Veeam v12 and StoreOnce replication issue

working in a client env with veeam v11 and 12….just upgraded to v12.we have issues with replication not working (started all of a sudden 3 weeks ago). Support said that it was a known issue in v11 and we needed to upgrade. Tbh I wasn’t convinced as its been working fine for some time.Anyway we upgraded to v12 but replication is still not working.You can see that the copy is seen as in-progress so Veeam is just trying to send data. You can also see on the storeonce side that Veeam files have landed/created with ZERO bytes. It just sits there for hours and you dont see any data being transmitted for some reason…..We do have a call with support but just wondered if you guys had any ideas. We’ve involved HPE and run scripts on the storeonce appliances which are able to send files between the devices (1G files, 10G files etc).

Antony_cmNew Here

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12:35:21 AM Task failed. Error: Connection problems.

I am facing problems. Task failed. Error: Connection problems. Processing finished with errors.Veeam Backup & Replication Version 12

ScottVeeam Legend

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Let's talk storage.

I’m in the market for new storage at 2 sites. I’m hoping to get some input from the community here if any of you have a lot of data, or fast storage. Requirements - You need to be able to hit a minimum of 2GB/s on your Veeam jobs to post your solution. I want you to detail your proxy, repo, and storage setup as well. (This is not a competition though) Currently I have 2 V7000’s. I can hit about 2.2GB/s sending data to 6 LTO8 drives. I am hitting about 6k IOPS but the latency starts to increase at this point. I’ve been happy with this storage, (7200RPM disks) but it’s time to upgrade, and I am looking at a few options. Option 1) Exagrid at 2 sites. 10+ EX84 per site - Does anyone here own Exagrid storage? What is your performance like, how about long term restores? The price is decent, I just have concerns about a large scale instant restore, synthetic operations, merges etc. (Those are my current pain points with my current v7000s It’s fast untill I run too many at once) Option 2)

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and podcasts

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

SteveHeartVeeam MVP

posted in Script library

Entra ID Protector - A new Powershell script on the horizon

NewsI would like to share with you a recipe from my "Script Kitchen" that I'm in the process of matching ingredients to. The question I asked myself: Do you really need to protect your Entra ID tenant(s)? My answer: see below ;) IntroEntra ID stores a variety of settings and policies that are important to the continuity of your business. Anything that compromises your Entra ID configuration can result in an immediate loss of access to data and applications. So how about exporting the information to another location so it can be analyzed and imported or reconfigured if something bad happens? And how about adding a retention to the exported data?Microsoft provides some built-in retention mechanisms (Recycle Bin), but these mechanisms are not enough to meet the needs of most organizations. The Recycle Bin stores deleted objects such as users and groups for 30 days. Some limitations which I associate with it:- After 30 days the deleted objects are permanently deleted and cannot be recovere

CragdooVeeam Vanguard

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Everyone should have a recovery plan, but how do you ensure it is reliable?

At the recent VeeamOn Tour, held in London, I was lucky enough to be asked to sit on a Veeam Vanguard panel, to talk about the topic of data security, which led to the question "Everyone should have a recovery plan, but how do you ensure it is reliable?". Let's go through my points offered on the day, in a little more detailWhen talking to customers about recovery plans, there are 4 points I like to discuss:-Understand your valuable data/core systems & processes"Kind of obvious Craig" I hear you say. Well yes and no…it's not always the usual suspects. Everyone would immediately point to production data as their most valuable data, and it's not wrong. It just there's more to valuable data than just production data.Companies need to be able to take that step back from production and look at their data estate holistically. Yes we want production data/systems protected, up and running ASAP, but what about data/systems that are with upstream or downstream from production data?For exampl

VeeamQuestionsNew Here

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After v12 Upgrade Agent Backup Job Of Veeam Server Fails

I’ve recently gone through the process of upgrading my Veeam implementation from v11 to v12. Everything has upgraded correctly and I’ve even managed to get a hardened repository server upgraded successfully. My problem is that although all configured jobs are quite happily running and successfully completing under v12, the physical Veeam server running as an agent backup job fails. This was working previously before the upgrade. Is there any solution to this issue.

reinhtNew Here

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Restore failed: The requested security package does not exist

I’m using VEEAM 12.0.0.1420.I’ve created a backup on a RDX drive with the option ‘This repository is backed by rotated drives’.Then i created a bootable recovery media → USB stickStarting machine from USB stick and open wizard ‘Volume Level Restore’Backup location is fine, full backupStarting progress will show the following lines:OK Loading backup filesOK Restore process started …BAD Restore failed: The requested security package does not existBAD Saving restore logs Error: Unable to save recovery logs to target repository. To do …Please advise.THX Reinhard

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and podcasts

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

FrankD28New Here

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Very Large VM Size

Hello,I’m backing up a single physical server that uses about 128GB of storage. However, the “VM Size” as reported by the restore wizard is 834GB. Why so large?Thanks for any insight,FrankV drive is external USB USB drives are excluded

dikaComes here often

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build VBR server on aws and using direct object storage

hi, I would like to know that, could we build VBR server on AWS and backup our VM and physical on prem and store our backup file on S3 Bucket by using direct to object storage Thank You

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Veeam B&R does not backup over FC switch

Hello,We have three ESXi servers connected to our Nimble storage using a Brocade Fibre Channel switch, each ESXi server connects to Nimble storage with individual zone as: ESXi1_Nimble, ESXi2_Nimble, ESXi3_Nimbe.A few months after this configuration was done, we added a physical server for Veeam B&R v12 as backup server and repository, which is also a backup proxy server. This is connected to the same FC switch and I created zone between the Veeam B&R server and the Nimble storage as: VeeamBR_NimbleAnd most recently, we added a HPE tape library to this mix for GFS tape backups. Added the library to the FC switch and created a zone between VeeamBR_HPETapeDrive. Each night, the Veeam B&R server runs backup jobs then stores into its local repository (D: drive). Then it runs backup to tape, which writes from the Veeam B&R backup repository into tape drive. I have already configured "Direct storage access" while configuring Backup proxy's Transport mode. The backup jobs do

spider32Comes here often

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SQL restart when doing Instant DB recovery

SQL restart when doing Instant DB recoveryThe Database went offline and in Recovery Pending state. It is currently doing Instant DB Recovery. Is it safe to restart SQL to bring the Database online without affect transactions already in the cache folder? Would it affect the Instant DB recovery process (I don’t think so but better to ask). What other processes should we consider before doing a restart of the SQL? Thanks.

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