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Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
published in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam 100 Show - First episode - How to leverage existing Veeam object storage backups for Disaster Recovery
Veeam 100 Show - First episode - How to leverage existing Veeam object storage backups for Disaster RecoveryVeeam 100 Show #1

If you weren't able to join us for the first episode of Veeam 100 Show with @anthonyspiteri79  and @replicatius , don't worry ! You have the opportunity to catch the replay and gain access to insights, tips, and knowledge that was generously shared during this event. Featuring #VeeamVanguard and Opti9 Tech's Veeam Team Lead, Greg Barney, alongside #Veeam's Regional CTO for APJ, Anthony Spiteri, this session promises an in-depth exploration of the journey of creating DR-Ready.This unique orchestration platform integrates with Veeam and automates the process of transforming your Veeam backups on public object storage into a robust Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy. Be sure not to miss this chance to dive into the intricacies of building a resilient data protection strategy that can truly safeguard your business when it matters most. Best, Madi

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Sunny GhaiComes here often
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Veeam logs transported to External Syslog Server

Hi Team,Do we have any mechanism in VBR to transport all logs to external Syslog Servers?  I do understand we save most of the logs on Installer folder but my requirement is to automatically transport all the logs to external syslog server.Regards,Sunny 

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HamBurgerComes here often
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Math behind the sizer

Hi everyone, greetings…I am not sure the math behind for this settings I seen the default is Forwards Incrementals with Weekly FullsSo mean Mon-Sat incremental x6, Sun full x1Daily 30 which keeps 26 incremental, 4 fullMonthly 3 which keeps 3 fullYearly 3 which keeps 3 full For full I think it’s related to ReFS, but not sure how it become 9.92TBFor incremental backup I calculated as 30TB *5% *30days *50% = 22.5TB (somewhat different)Weekly 0 because GFS set 0Monthly 3 copies = (30 + 30.25 + 30.5) * 50% reduction = 45.375 TB if w/o ReFS (but I tested it is 39.24TB if w/o ReFS in sizer) - I tried it by index 30+30.24+30.48 *50% = 45.36TB also different Btw, what are the ReFS ~50% compression comes from? any docs for that? And lastly for yearly (30+33+36.3)*50% reduction = 49.65TB w/o ReFS (very close to calculator this time but not exactly) And why the ReFS does not significant in yearly ?Turning on /off does not affect the yearly sizing much If ReFS turned off 

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safiya
safiyaCommunity Analyst
published in Discussion Boards
VeeamON Resilency Summit | Community Discussion Board
VeeamON Resilency Summit | Community Discussion Board

Hello Community!Here is the community discussion board for VeeamON Resiliency Summit!Share your reactions/questions to the sessions and announcements.What are you looking forward to learning?  What do you think about the content shared?Everyone who engages will be entered into a raffle for a Veeam gift box from the community team 😸💚Looking forward to reading your thoughts! 

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Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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Veeam Enterprise Manager - API URL not working

Anyone using Veeam Enterprise Manager have issues with the API URL?  We use a custom built tool that connects to VEM (VBR behind the scene) and provisions customers for our VCC.  I have one server that cannot get to the API for some reason and shows the below connection reset message.I have upgraded the VEM to the latest patch from July and ensure everything with FW, etc. is configured correctly.  Any suggestions appreciated.Veeam Enterprise Manager API URL - Connection Reset Message 

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Chris.Childerhose
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HamBurgerComes here often
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Tape drives and library

Hi everyone,I am thinking of a design like that A tape library with x3 FC drives (say XYZ), connected to SAN switches Then the SAN switches connecting to 4 servers (say ABCD)Normally, the tape drives are backup up servers ABCWhich mean drive X-A, drive Y-B, driveZ-CWhen one of the servers down, (say B), server D will take up the role become X-A, Y-D, Z-Cwill it work and if Veeam support setting like that?

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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
published in News
Veeam Community Recap #139: Hands-On Labs, Troubleshooting and More
Veeam Community Recap #139: Hands-On Labs, Troubleshooting and MoreVeeam Community Recap #139

Back at it! Travels and crazy schedules got in the way last week, but @Madi.Cristil and @Rick Vanover were able to get the recap back on track! Overfilling the content, solid block of Special Department news and Who’s New to boot! Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Nico Losschaert via @dloseke via @Arun Das via @Stabz Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil via @berat.cakirca via @DChiavari The VeeamON Resiliency Summit is NEXT WEEK! Be sure to register, and see my post about what goes on behind the scenes: Who’s New!Thank you @safiya for preparing 3 weeks of Who’s New! We welcomed +266 members this week! The coolest usernames are: @Shloop @oldbadger82 @FishingBDA @Veeam-User @SteelTown @giftmax @TDIZZLE @ironster As it has been 3 weeks, there are 3 Alfred’s picks. This again is a first!Congratulations @Backup-Noob  @pathfinder  @BogBeast! Have a great week everyone and we have a special guest host next week! 

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dario72Comes here often
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3:2:1 for VBM

I have on the VBR a copy job, a backup copy job to a hardened repository and a tape job. Now for VBM the customer also wants the data to be copied on the primary repository, then a copy on the hardened repository and finally on tape, how can I configure this?

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Chris.Childerhose
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rriNew Here
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Restful API's for Veeam for Salesforce

Hello, I’m new to Veeam. Are there any API’s I can use for Veeam for Salesforce. I could not find anything in Documentations. Only for other Veeam products. ThanksRainer 

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JonahMay
Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
published in News
Scripts, terminal emulators and cybersecurity
Scripts, terminal emulators and cybersecurityVeeam Community Recap #138

This week , Madi has two special community recap guests: @MicoolPaul and @coolsport00  , both Veeam 100 members! They talk field stories, coding, cybersecurity awareness month and VeeamON Resiliency Summit! The Linksvia @Michael Melter SQL log-shipping, but only on certain days - find out howvia @michaelcade  Terminator - A Terminal Emulator on Steroids via @JMousqueton  Introducing a Veeam Backup & Replication Log Anonymization Script  Special Department News via @Madi.Cristil  Blog of the Month September 2023 Winner via @berat.cakirca , @Bulent.Tolu , @Moro  Veeam Türkiye Kullanıcı Grubu via @marcofabbri  October 2023 - Cybersecurity Awareness Month Don't miss out on VeeamON Resiliency Summit!    

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Peter NørredalNot a newbie anymore
asked in Blogs and Podcasts
What is the best way to migrate Backup jobs including restore points between servers (old -> new)

Hallo everyoneI am trying to figure out what the best way to transfer Running backup jobs with tons of restore points pr. job, to a new Veeam server, without loosing any backup data/historyThe “old” Veeam server has to be decommissioned - and so will the current repository, over time.The new Veeam server should have all jobs and backup data (restore points) from “old” Veeam server and run on new repository/storage as wellWhat will be the best way on migrating all, from old to new server - and from old repo to new repo, with out loosing vital backup data and historyAnyone ?

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Iams3le
Iams3leVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
How to synchronise your Active Directory (On-Premise) with Azure Active Directory via the Azure AD Connect

Azure AD is a cloud-based multi-tenant directory and identity service that provides identity and access management capabilities in the cloud.Since choosing the correct authentication method is the first concern for organisations wanting to move their apps to the cloud. The following section helps you decide which authentication method is right for you by using a decision tree. It helps you determine whether to deploy cloud or federated authentication for your Azure AD hybrid identity solution.Scr: MicrosoftTo choose an authentication method, you need to consider the time, existing infrastructure, complexity, and cost of implementing your choice. These factors are different are different from Organisation to organisation. Because of this, I will be highlighting on the different authentication methods. They are as follow;Azure AD password hash synchronization: This is basically the simplest way to enable authentication for on-premises directory objects in Azure AD. Users can use the same

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
posted in Discussion Boards
Copy Job to Object vs SOBR

I’m going to be likely setting up a new client on a VBR VM with a local NAS as their primary repository (I know...I’d rather do a purpose-built physical server but cost is an issue) and Wasabi object storage for an off-site copy (and likely replication to 11:11 Systems VCC for DR).  I’m curious now that we have backup to object and copy to object capabilities, what you folks are doing for that second copy?  Traditionally I obviously have used a SOBR using Wasabi as the capacity tier in Copy mode (move mode disabled *usually*, but I just noted that I’m performing copy and move for my internal server) so that I had the data in both locations. However, now that we can backup and copy direct to object, curious if anyone has abandoned the SOBR and are instead using a copy job to send data to the object storage and are keeping the data there with the traditional copy job managing things.  @Nico Losschaert posted a debate about the pro’s and con’s of this a couple years ago at the below link,

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gabbasComes here often
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Veeam backup for Azure failed to backup a VM to Azure repository

Hi, we have Veeam backup for Azure all setup and running and its been a couple of months. We have private network deployment with private endpoints in our environment with premium service bus and all subnets are allowed to access this service bus. We have 5 backup policies in total, 3 of them have been running fine but 2 of the jobs (with our file servers), the snapshots are running fine but the backup policy is getting failed after 4/5 hours of the session run with an error :Failed to perform backup of vm1 to Production Backups Repo 1. Worker VBA-5bf0973a-8e2c-4dda-ba63-28814324c1bb: getting of the job status failed (trace ID: b8b3fb4e-c7f0-4f86-aa22-4f2122f45b00)We have noticed that when the backup policy session starts, it backs up the data all the way to 60% percent and then it stuck for a very long time before erroring out this message. We have raised a support case with Veeam and they said they will need to check with their R&D team, as we have the same settings for all jobs

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dikaComes here often
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direct restore from tape with HPE Storeonce

Hi, I would like to know that can we directly restore from tape for VM backup with HPE Store as disk storage Thank you

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Chris.Childerhose
vAdmin
vAdminInfluencer
posted in YARA and Script Library
Get All Computer which runs Veeam Agent in the AD Domain and show the result.

Hi Everyone, I’m sharing this script to find where the Veeam Agent is running in the AD domain.It uses ADSI so there is no need for the Active Directory module installation.You can change the first two lines to suit your needs in finding some other resources and the service name to check the status as well.$SPNKeyword = 'VeeamAgentWindows'$ServiceKeyword = 'Veeam' Try { $adsiSearcher = [adsisearcher]"(&(objectCategory=computer)(servicePrincipalName=*$($SPNKeyword)*))" $propList = 'CanonicalName', 'description', 'name', 'operatingSystem', 'ServicePrincipalName' ForEach ($prop in $propList) { [void]$adsiSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add($prop) } $adsiSearcher.FindAll() | ForEach-Object { Write-Host "Processing $($_.Properties['name'][0]) " -ForegroundColor Yellow [PSCustomObject]([ordered]@{ Name = $_.Properties['name'][0] Description = $_.Properties['description'][0] OperatingSystem = $_.Properties['operatingSystem'][0] IPAddresses

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JoeBorgiaNot a newbie anymore
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MS SQL Plug-In and email notifications

Hello everyone. I’ve been beating on this for a week and have finally given in to post a question here. I have the plug-in installed and it works great. Very easy to setup, and it just works.The problem comes where I am not very familiar with MS SQL. I would like to get email notifications for the database backups. It appears that this needs to be configured within SQL Server Management Studio. I have database mail setup and it can send test messages, but I can’t seem to get the SQL agent job for the database backup to kick out an email when it completes.Has anyone attempted to get this working who can provide me with some information?Thanks,Joe

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dario72Comes here often
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Hardened Repository retention time

on the new Ubuntu hardened repository i have set make recent backup immutable for 30 DaysOn the Backup Copy Job i have a retention Time 30 Days and GFS for 1 MonthsIs this Settings correct ? 

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dloseke
SteveHeart
SteveHeartInfluencer
posted in YARA and 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

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vvoisinNew Here
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Trying to restore Windows backup on Openstack environment

Hi everyone,I have an issue with my Veeam Media Recovery iso for Windows. I would like to use it on an Openstack cloud platform, but this iso won't boot.I know that Veeam doesn't support officially this, but I'ld like to know if somebody here try this ?The iso was generated from my Veeam B&R 11.0.1.1261 on a Windows 2016 server backup.Here what I tried :  - testing the iso on VMware environment = work  - upload the iso on Openstack  - run the iso with a flavor which have  1 cpu, 2Gb RAM and 1Gb HDDresult = No bootable device was found  - create a volume from the iso  - make it bootable  - run the volume with a flavor which have  1 cpu, 2Gb RAM and 1Gb HDDresult = No bootable device was foundFor your information, the same step work very well with my VMR iso for Linux on my Openstack platform. I have this issue only with WindowsThanks for your help

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jbasilioNew Here
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Openshift backup features

HelloIm looking for an openshift backup solution and would like to have details about kind of objects can be backed up with Veeam\Kasten.I guess that backup of Deployments, DeploymentConfigs, StatefulSets and VMs is a “must” so what about ability to restore, if necessary, a simple secret, service-account… Can we do that?Another topic, it is possible to create a SLA selecting as source of data an specific project? Where can I find out detailed product features?Best Regards

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wesmrt
wesmrtVeeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Restoring Backups to AWS

Hey guys! Recently I write a blog post about restoring backups to AWS. I normally write in brazilian portuguese but I thought will be a good content to translate and send here too. Like a say, I will detail all the pre-requisites and scenarios to restore backups to AWS using Veeam.This can be useful in three scenarios:Restore your on-premises environment directly to EC2 machines on Amazon. Migrate your on-premises environment to AWS. Create a test environment of your on-premises infrastructure on AWS to validate patching, for example. Pre-requisites As always it is important that we understand the prerequisites of the solution. And in this case we are still involving a solution external to Veeam, which is AWS. Supported backup types  First, we have the supported Veeam backup types for restoring to AWS. Are they: Backups of vSphere or vCoud Director VMs created by Veeam Backup & Replication. Hyper-V VM backups created by Veeam Backup & Replication. Backup VMs and physical machin

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
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Migrating CDP Replica's to new Datastore

Hi all, last week I deployed a new storage array.  I’ve migrated all production VM’s as well as replica’s that resided on the datastores, except for CDP replica’s.  I cannot for the life of me figure out how to migrate the CDP replica’s and update the CDP policy to point to the new datastores. Storage vMotion inexplicably gets cancelled by a user later on - assuming that’s VBR even though I currently have the policy disabled.  That said, I can’t modify the specified datastore below as well - all is disabled.  I thought I might clone the policy, but it looks like CDP policies can’t be cloned like backup and copy jobs - not a big deal but also caught me off-guard.So am I missing something, or do I need to recreate the policy and restart replication from scratch?  

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rriNew Here
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Testing Veeam for Salesforce - Error in eMail Notifications

Hello all,I’m currently testing Veeam for Salesforce. All works fine. I just don’t manage to get eMail Alerts up and running. I set the alert and the Connection Setup to Microsoft O365 with classic connection. When sending Test email I receive Error: G6HH: Notification channel configuration is invalid, please verify your settings.Trace Id: 293b541a6b68e109Can anybody help me with this error msg?ThanksRainer

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dario72Comes here often
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Backup Copy Jobs wit GFS

if I have a backup job with GFS, and then the job is saved in a backup copy job, will the GPS backup also be taken over or do I also have to set GFS in the backup copy job?

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