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SinoptikComes here often

Hi.I use restore from on-premise to aws via veeam. It works perfect but I need option to run scripts on aws after restore. Something like user data on aws ( Specify user data to provide commands or a command script to run when you launch your instance. Input is base64 encoded when you launch your instance unless you select the User data has already been base64 encoded check box. )Is there such a functionality?

2 years ago

JohnnyBComes here often

asked in Discussion Boards

copy backups to object store in VBR 9.5

In VBR11 in scale-out configuration there is an option “Copy backups to object storage as soon as they are created” which is missing in VBR9.5. Is there a forcible way to copy it anyway? :)

2 years ago

JohnnyBComes here often

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Restore from Azure Blob Storage to Azure VM

I have Scale-Out repository which sends backup of vm to Azure Blob Storage. Is it possible to restore VM from azure blob storage directly to azure vm?

2 years ago

MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness

posted in Discussion Boards

Fun Friday #47: Your favourite piece of community content so far

Happy Friday everyone! So, next month it will have been two years since the Veeam Community Hub was first revealed during VeeamON Update 2020. During this time, there are now over 13.6k users, nearly 20k comments, and over 2.6k topics. Lets take a moment and reflect on those numbers, it’s VEEAMAZING. What’s also amazing is the visibility this platform gives to amazing content, even content that isn’t directly related to Veeam can get hundreds or thousands of viewsExhibit A: Exhibit B:Exhibit C:Now I turn to the community and ask, was there any particular topic or content that you were especially impressed with? Maybe it didn’t get the visibility you thought it deserved at the time and want to re-share it? Whatever the reason, please share your favourite topics below and why you like them! For me, it’s actually this awesome recovery post from @falkob that I wish had got more attention:It’s a scenario we never want, but will inevitably face due to one reason or another, having someone ex

2 years ago

BobFNew Here

asked in Discussion Boards

Can't upgrade to or install Veeam Agent 5.0.3.4708 on Windows 10

Hello, I attempted to upgrade a v4 Veeam Agent (free version -- this is at home) to the latest v5.0.3.4708 and it failed, saying I needed to install Sql Server 2012 Express localdb, which was already there. (FWIW I successfully did this upgrade on two other similar PCs before trying this one.) I tried uninstalling the old version of Veeam and it still failed. I then uninstalled Sql Server Management Objects and CLR Types, trying to get a clean slate. The installer said it was installing the prerequisites, then died again. The logs say that Sql Server installed successfully, but either Veeam just doesn’t think so, or it can’t see it. The “endpoint<timestamp>.log” is showing an exception that just doesn’t say much of anything.[16.09.2022 14:28:53][INFO] Checking presence of Microsoft Universal C Runtime redist.[16.09.2022 14:28:53][INFO] 'ucrtbase.dll' module is found, redistributable is already installed.[16.09.2022 14:28:53][INFO] Checking presence of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Sy

2 years ago

Madi.CristilCommunity Manager

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Veeam at Dreamforce 2022

This looks pretty cool, anyone attending it: https://www.veeam.com/dreamforce-2022.html?utm_campaign=Country:+Global,Creative:+Animated+Banner,Format:+3rd+party+event,Program:+Salesforce,Title:+Dreamforce&utm_source=GlobalNewsletter&utm_medium=socialteam&utm_content=1661998872 ?

2 years ago

karun.keeriotComes here often

asked in Discussion Boards

Veeam MOVE to capacity TIER

Hi TeamWe have a challenge with one of our customers .They have requested for a monthly full backup to be stored for 12 month retention.They had requested for the same to be stored on cloud for the same considering onpremise storage space .We have added an blob object storage from Azure and created a SOBR with the same as capacity tier and onpremise performance tier. We have configured the data to move after every 5 days from performance to capacity. Configured a monthly full backup with 12 restore points to be run on the last day of the month.Movement of backups donot happen and currently 2 full backups have happened and have stored on the local onpremise repository.Support initially stated that we would need to wait for 2 backups for the previous backup to move but this has not happened.Now they have stated the configuration should be part of a GFS configuration.Nothing substantial interms of configuration has been provided clearly .Need some help or recommendations for the same .Not

2 years ago

CragdooVeeam Vanguard

asked in Discussion Boards

Capacity tier - copy mode - work space

Can’t find anything specific about this, but have to assume when using the COPY mode, Veeam uses some work space to extract/hold the data blocks before copying to the Capacity tier?

2 years ago

CragdooVeeam Vanguard

posted in Discussion Boards

Cool Tool - Visualise JSON data with jsoncrack

For those who play with REST APIs, very cool website for visualising JSON data, help you convert the JSON into easier to read graphs https://jsoncrack.com/

2 years ago

Sander BerkouwerVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Let's bust some common Microsoft 365 myths!

In the past years, IT has changed dramatically. The pandemic accelerated Microsoft Teams and overall Microsoft 365 adoption, Office co-authoring surged, and organizational data found its way to all sorts of cloud apps.In this webinar, Jay Gundotra (from ENow Software, the fabulous Karinne Bessette (Technologist at Veeam) and I discuss how things have changed from their perspective.Working with organizations has offered us many insights in the way people think. While discussing our experiences, we found three common myths:We have a 99,99% SLA. Monitoring Microsoft 365 is unnecessary.Procurement is in charge of managing Microsoft 365 licenses. They’re in control.Microsoft takes care of backups as part of Microsoft 365. We don’t have to do anything in that area to ensure business continuity. Most organizations believe these myths to be true, but they are not. 😆In fact, it’s dangerous to assume these myths are true in this cloud age, as they may result in downtime and data loss at a highe

2 years ago

Rick VanoverRICKATRON

published in News

Veeam Community Recap #88Veeam Community Recap #88

In this week’s episode @Rick Vanover and @Madi.Cristil go crazy in the special department news and hold to 3 featured pieces of content. But really, special department may be a way to break the rule without breaking the rule. Watch this week’s recap here:The Links:@mkevenaar Installing and updating Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 using Chocolatey | Veeam Community Resource Hub@olivier.rossi How to use the Data Domain repository mtree replica at the DR site? | Veeam Community Resource Hub@wolff.mateus Nomenclature of Backup Jobs | Veeam Community Resource HubSpecial Department News:Congratulations H2 2022 Veeam LegendsWe have announced the 2022 second half Veeam Legends Class: Welcome to the second class of Veeam Legends 2022! | Veeam Community Resource Hub From the Forums: Shout out to Veeam Technical Support: Opposite opinion - Veeam R&D Forums Cool new KB on integrating Veeam Products with an API: KB4311: Veeam API Integration Guide Community Guidelines: When is a question, a que

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2 years ago

CHaydockNew Here

asked in Discussion Boards

Feature Request - Remove Capacity and Archive Tier Object Storage Restrictions

I would very much like to have ANY storage target be allowed to be targeted/used for a SOBR capacity or archive tier. As a for instance… the primary performance tier for the SOBR lands on a RAID 10 of either HDD or SSD and then rather than being forced to use object storage for the Capacity and Archive tiers it would be possible to simply offload to another repo that sits on a much slower but more capacity efficient RAID 60 array of disks. That would be much appreciated. That’s just one example of course, but the point is that I would like to have the system admin ultimately determine what they want to qualify as “performance”, “capacity”, and “archive” worthy storage. If they determine that based on their needs that the “performance” tier is a RAID 10 of SSD and their “capacity” tier is a RAID 10 of HDDs, and their “archive” is a RAID 60 of HDDs… let them be the judge of that. Don’t force their hand into using object storage.For all anyone knows, what the backup/storage admin want as

2 years ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard

posted in Discussion Boards

Enabling ping (ICMP) on Windows Server

Frequently we need troubleshoot Veeam Backup Server through the network.However, if Windows Firewall is enabled on SO it doesn’t reply ping and echo requests. At this moment so many people act disabling Windows Firewall and mostly times don’t remember to enable it again.So, if you want to allow ping without disabling Windows Firewall you can just run this simple command on cmd:netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="ICMP Allow incoming V4 echo request" protocol=icmpv4:8,any dir=in action=allow

2 years ago

AndreMJNew Here

asked in Discussion Boards

Restoring the whole folder from the NAS archive repository

I’ve just been informed by support that Veeam does not allow restoring more than one file per restore job from a NAS archive repository. They suggested I create a feature request, so here goes. Can I suggest adding a “feature” that allows for multiple files and whole folders to be restored from archives? Restoring one file at a time is a ludicrous proposition if you need to restore 1000’s or even 10 files. We’ll need to find an alternative solution as we are already concerned about user requests for future data restoration from our already archived repos.

2 years ago

MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness

posted in Discussion Boards

Fun Friday #46: Most Disappointing Tech

Happy Friday, Everyone! Today I ask. What was your most disappointing piece of tech?We all know tech is supposed to improve our lives, jobs, etc, but what about when it’s over promised, and under delivered? For me, two things stick in my mind. From a gaming angle, the most disappointing tech I ever witnessed was the Steam controller, the prototype looked amazing and revolutionary, a controller with a built in, full colour screen that could be controlled by the games. Then they scaled back their vision the closer it got to release, ending up a generic controller mainly, with a couple of Haptic Touch circles that were supposed to allow for more adaptive control, but then nothing supported it, now it gathers dust on my shelf! From a more high-tech angle, it’s got to be 3D X-Point, but you probably know it as Intel Optane, even though it was a joint venture between Intel & Micron.Again, a vision was sold that this was it, we’d be swiftly bridging the gap between storage and volatile RA

2 years ago

anthonyspiteri79Product Strategy

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

GTwGT Podcast Episode 51 with CT4

CT4 has a vision to create and distribute world-class software products that control and protect data while also translating data into meaningful insights, clear actions and measurable outcomes for their clients. Dan Pearson and I talk about how CT4 have evolved into a data centric company with three products in market.Dan and I also talk about their IoT offering Canopy and how data has become central to all offerings that CT4 do.

2 years ago

JMeixnerVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Discussion Boards

Digital Certification Badges

Hello,would you like to receive digital badges for your VMSP, VMTSP, VMCE or VMCA certification - e.g via Acclaim?I think this would be great, you can show your achievement, clients and employers can verify your certifcation online on the Badge Website.An example of an digital badge can be found here:https://www.youracclaim.com/badges/e08d2837-6862-43a1-a57e-44246ab432e3 What do you think? Good idea or nonsense?

2 years ago

Marcel van HeemstNew Here

asked in Discussion Boards

Failed to init OIDC provider with DEX

We are using kasten version 5.0.7 and want to implement LDAP as described on https://docs.kasten.io/latest/access/authentication.html#active-directory-authenticationWe also used https://docs.kasten.io/latest/install/advanced.htmlBefore we added the custom-ca-bundle.pem the auth-svc logs the following error:x509: certificate signed by unknown authoritySo adding the custom-ca-bundle.pem to the configmap solved the x509 error.However when I navigate to http://backup.tooling.x.y.nl/kasten-io/# the pod: auth-svc logs the following error:{"File":"kasten.io/k10/kio/auth/oidc.go","Function":"kasten.io/k10/kio/auth.NewOIDCProvider","Line":67,"clusterName":"https://backup.tooling.x.y.nl","cluster_name":"1b873c7c-b159-4ed9-9e6f-ad3cc4e87757","hostname":"auth-svc-758d48f58c-92962","level":"info","msg":"Initializing OIDC provider","prompt":"select_account","providerURL":"https://backup.tooling.x.y.nl/dex","scopes":"groups profile email","time":"20220912-14:04:53.616Z","version":"5.0.7"}{"File":"ka

2 years ago

Slowpoke47New Here

asked in Discussion Boards

Backup failure

Running Veeam free version for Linux on Dell Optiplex 5060, OS is Linux Mint Mate 20.3. Just setting up this machine and moving from an older Dell pc. In old pc, ran Veeam free version for years of weekly b/u’s, no issues. Veeam downloaded and installed via Synaptic and set for full system image, target is ext. HDD, USB connection to computer.In new machine, 5 b/u’s have failed, see s/shot. Targets were 2 different 1tb ext. disks, each formatted to FAT32, exFAT, and then EXT4. One of the disks is the same one used for the backup chain in the old pc, no problems.. All failed attempts show the same bottleneck, “source” after running for 2 to 8 minutes. Not clear what to do here since no previous snags w/ Veeam. Any suggestions appreciated!

2 years ago

Iams3leVeeam Legend

posted in Discussion Boards

Cisco Champions 2022 Application

The Cisco Champion program is now accepting applications. Cisco Champions are passionate about technology. They enjoy sharing their knowledge and thoughts with the technical community.Members gain early insights into Cisco products and solutions; provide candid feedback through message testing, beta testing and EFTs; and receive exclusive access to a diverse peer network. Applications are open for a limited time. Use the following hyperlink to Apply by Friday, March 4.

2 years ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Testing communication ports with PowerShell (Without Telnet)

During troubleshooting a backup environment, it’s common the necessity of test ports responsivity of our backup servers, like Veeam backup server, mount server, proxy or repositories.We normally do that with telnet. However, by default telnet client is not installed during Windows Server and the Veeam Backup Server often is our principal component our backup infrastructure.So, if you want to test some communication port without install telnet client, you can use PowerShell for it.Use the sintax below:Test-NetConnection -ComputerName <IP> -Port <port>Here is an example for the command:An interesting point is that if the communication port is not well succeeded, the utility make an aditional ping test:

2 years ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

OFFLINE backup copy using rotating USB disks – part 4

The sequel of part 3 and last part 😄 How it works with Linux or shared folder repositoriesAs example : we connect a USB disk to a USB3-port at a NAS-device that is shared as a SMB-shareIn that scenario it’s behaving differently (it uses a limited version) than when using a Windows Server repository.Why limited?VBR keeps only information about the latest backup chain.So how is this performed :VBR creates the first time of course a full backup file on the currently attached disk, afterwards it creates incrementals until you swap or the number of configured restore points! It checks if the current chain is consistent, if so it will create a new incremental restore pointIf you swapped the disk, the chain is not consistent and will create a new full. Even when there is already a previous backup chain present. If forgets all information about former backup chain. So as before, I configure the job again with 7 to 10 restore points.So what will happen in the scenario of 7 restore points and

2 years ago

vNote42On the path to Greatness

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

[Quicktip] Enterprise Manager v11 shows latest file version only

I hope, this post safes you the time I spent to figure this out.Normally I do not install Veeam Enterprise Manager (EM) unless there is a use case - like indexed file search. With it, EM can search a index - created at backup time. So no mount of restore-points is necessary to find files in backups. For more information see here:https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/em/understanding_search.html?ver=110According to my knowledge, index search is able to lists all file-versions in selected time range. For this you have to filter your search:ProblemIn multiple VBR v11 + EM environments I had the situation that index search results shows just latest file version in result. I spent some time to troubleshoot, ask colleagues, recherche. Finally I get an answer in R&D forum:https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-backup-replication-f2/search-not-behaving-like-i-would-expect-t72642.htmlShort answerIndexed search should show all file versions. This feature is broken in v11 and will be fixed.

2 years ago

CragdooVeeam Vanguard

asked in Discussion Boards

Insider Protection - migrate folder/data

If we migrate the insider protection folder to another storage location, does Veeam still track that data, for the insider protection retention (7days)?

2 years ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and Podcasts

OFFLINE backup copy using rotating USB disks – part 2

As promised part 2 of a 2-part topic regarding rotating USB disks 😉.But after writing this topic I had to devide it 2 separate parts because of the limitation of 50.000 characters 🤣😏 You can read the first part in OFFLINE backup copy using rotating USB disks – part 1 | Veeam Community Resource Hub As already mentioned in part 1, using rotated USB disks is a possible and affordable way to have an offline or airgapped backup copy. If you keep them offsite, the two times 1 of the golden 3-2-1-1-0 has been completed!In this part I will go a bit deeper in this topic.I will split it into 4 sections : LimitationsWhen using a repository with the rotating drive option, you have some limitations you have to keep in mind. Those are :On one managed server, you must create only one repository with rotated drives It is NOT possible to store archive full backups (GFS) with backup or backup copy jobs It is NOT possible to use per-VM backup files It is NOT possible to rescan the backup repository NF

2 years ago

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