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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
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Veeam Community Recap #129
Veeam Community Recap #129Veeam Community Recap #129

This week @Madi.Cristil and El Rickatron are back at it in normal circumstances; however I think the heat is bothering Madalina! Stay cool, Madalina. Watch this week’s recap here: The Linksvia @marco_s via @Luiz Eduardo Serrano via @atinivelli Special Department Newsvia @safiya  → Congratulations on launching the Veeam User Group Egypt with @mhmdadl If you are using the Veeam backup for the public cloud products, maybe do an update per this KB: KB4471: Veeam Backup for Cloud Solutions Potential Data LossAlso, big news from Microsoft Inspire this week. Check out my blog: What you need to know about Microsoft 365, Syntex, and Veeam for 1 more reason to back up Microsoft 365.Who’s NewWe welcomed +47 new members this week!  But we really want to know @Lionel THIERY - why do the French always ALLCAPS the surname?The coolest usernames are: @Beppe00 @Neto @Deep and @SpicyNudle And Alfred’s pick is @clownyboots178 And a big welcome to everyone else! We will have a special SysAdmin Day stream n

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clabrownComes here often
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trying to VeeamZip a VM off of an old ESXi 5.5 with B&R 11, getting VSphere License or ESXi Version error.

Have an old ESXi 5.5.0 update 2 ver 5.77.3 host. Downgraded Veeam from ver 12 to 11, with the understanding that ver 11 supported ESXi 5.5. VeeamZip starts and quickly errors out with “Current VSphere license or ESXi version prohibits.” any thoughts?Thanks.

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
A Sysadmin Story: The cost of not updating your systems when advised, and when lives are at stake!

I’ve posted this before in a Friday Fun comment a few months back, but I think it bears repeating, especially because Veeam really did save the day, and maybe a few lives as well!  Details may be fuzzy, but it’s all true.  It’s a long story, so maybe set aside some time for some light reading, or maybe use it as a 15 minute distraction from working so that you can reset your brain.  And I hope you learn something too!I’ve been having issues getting this post, so as much as I hate to do it, I’m going to send you over to my blog to view the entire post.  Seems like I my have gotten a bit wordy but I’ll give you a preview below. Setting the StageLong, long ago (okay, it was 2020) in a galaxy far, far away (otherwise known as a small rural community in centralish Nebraska), there resides a community hospital who shall rename nameless.  We, an eastern Nebraska-based MSP, sourced this new client and it’s looking like the beginning of a fabulous relationship. I arrive onsite on a hot June day

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
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Linux Hardened Repository as Primary

I know it’s late on a Friday, but I wanted to get this out of my head and off my mind before I forgot.  For our internal backup infrastructure, I’m the proud owner of a new Dell PowerEdge R550 with lots of space on local disk.  It’s going to replace a Synology RackStation that is slowly dying and is several years old.  The new server also has dual 25Gb connectivity (and dual 1Gb connectivity) that will allow me direct ISCSI access to our PowerStore 500T array.  This server will be the primary backup repository for our primary site. I am aware that if set this server up as a VHR/LHR, I cannot utilize direct storage access because functions required as a proxy server are not available when the server is hardened.  If I choose to forgo the direct storage access capabilities as a proxy server and move forward with a LHR, are there any caveats of using a LHR as your primary repo?  I don’t really NEED direct storage access.  There’s not that much data to backup every day, and I can still use

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Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
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Let's dedicate July to all SysAdmins out there!

📢System Administrator Appreciation Day , celebrated on last Friday of July, is a time to recognize and appreciate the hard work and expertise of system administrators. It's a day to express gratitude for their tireless efforts in maintaining our digital infrastructure and ensuring the security of our systems.During this special occasion, organizations and colleagues unite to honor their system administrators with gratitude and admiration. Special events and awards are organized by companies to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of these SysAdmin "heroes’’.🏆To make this year memorable for our Veeam Community, we have planned some exciting surprises and activities for all our members!In July, our Blog of the Month activity is dedicated to all Sys Admins out there! If you have an interesting story to share with our Veeam Community about a time when you saved the day or, on the contrary, faced a challenge but can offer valuable tips and tricks for others to learn from your experien

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coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
VMware VCP-DCV 2023 Study Guide on vSphere 8

Happy Tuesday to the Community! In January VMware released an updated VCP-DCV 2023 Exam Blueprint for vSphere 8. It came out in good timing, at least for me, for a couple reasons. First, I wanted to get my DCV certification up to date, since for the past 2 years was not able to because the exam version on Pearson had stayed the same since I last took the vSphere 7 version in April 2021. Second, I had a long several week recovery period at home the past 2 months so it gave me plenty of time to review all (most) of VMware's vSphere 8 User Documentation and update my VCP-DCV 2021 Study Guide to 2023.As some of you know, I've been creating various certification Study Guides for close to 15 years. I started making them for my benefit to help me in my certification preparation studies. Regardless of the vendor certification, to be able to pass a technical certification exam, you need to comb through mountains of user documentation, as well as the obvious need to get hands-on experience using

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marcofabbri
marcofabbriOn the path to Greatness
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Backup job issue, incorrect function with Synology backup repository

Problem: Like a shooting star, sometimes can happens that some backup job on a Synology NAS fails with this error:Error: Incorrect function. Agent failed to process method {ReFs.SetFileIntegrity}.with VB&R 11.0.1.1261 and DMS 7.0.1 with a SMB share.It seems to be related to “Fast clone” feature inside Synology control panel.  Solution: Adding this registry key in the VB&R machine seems to solve the issue[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Veeam\Veeam Backup and Replication]"UseCifsVirtualSynthetic"=dword:00000000 As reported in this thread, that registry key tweaks the full fast clone feature.https://forums.veeam.com/microsoft-hyper-v-f25/error-incorrect-function-agent-failed-to-process-method-refs-setfileintegrity-t68754.html  More about this topic:All said above, I found this topic on reddit where the issue is present on Veeam 9.5u4 and always a Synology NAShttps://www.reddit.com/r/Veeam/comments/omridr/synology_ds1821_and_veeam_95u4/What is Fast clone:https://kb.synology.com/en-id/

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vmJoe
vmJoeVeeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
From the Architect’s desk - things to consider before you install or upgrade to V12

Veeam Backup and Replication V12 have a lot of improvements and new features in it.  If you are upgrading to V12 or installing Veeam Backup and Replication, there are many things that you should consider when planning your upgrade or installation.The following are a few of my thoughts to help guide you in forming your implementation and configuration decisions.If you are upgrading to VBR V12,  your first step should be to consult the following documents located at helpcenter.veeam.com:What’s New Release notes VBR V12 User Guide The release notes document has a good section detailing the upgrade process.Installation/Upgrade of the VBR console serverLet’s start with the installation and process and what to expect.VBR V12 uses the same  license key format as V11, so there is no need to update to a V12 on the customer portal.  The installation GUI is revamped and looks slick.  As it is new, you will notice that some options have been rearranged, so take your time and pay attention to what

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KWCorkComes here often
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Restoring OneDrive via PowerShell cannot find Online library

I’m using Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 version 4.0 and want to copy all of the OneDrive data from users into their new accounts $DestinationSubfolder = 'Restored Work'$VeeamBackupJobName = 'BMC_M365_Data'$M365Credentials = Get-Credential$Job = Get-VBOjob -Name $VeeamBackupJobName$Session = Start-VEODRestoreSession -Job $Job -LatestState$UserToRestore = Get-VEODUser -Session $Session -Name 'Joe Bloggs'$UserDocuments = Get-VEODDocument -User $UserToRestoreif($UserDocuments){ $TargetUserName = 'Joe Bloggs 2' Restore-VEODDocument -User $UserToRestore -RestoreChangedItems -RestoreDeletedItems -Credential $M365Credentials -TargetUser $TargetUserName -TargetFolder $DestinationSubfolder}Else{ 'No OneDrive content found.'}Get-VEODRestoreSession | Stop-VEODRestoreSession The commands return this error though:“Restore-VEODDocument : Failed to find Online OneDrive library for: Joe Bloggs 2”I’ve added the second account to the original backup job to ensure Veeam can see it. Any id

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CarySun
CarySunVeeam Vanguard
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VBR v12 RTM removed " Install a new instance" selection from Installation setup with the Microsoft SQL Server, bug or normal?

I noticed VBR v12 RTM removed the " Install a new instance" selection from the Installation setup with the Microsoft SQL Server.An error message will pop up if the Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server Express does not install locally or remotely.That means I need to install Microsoft SQL or SQL express before installing Veeam Backup and Replication manager server (I knew v12 supports PostgreSQL) if I would like to work with Microsoft SQL? or is it a bug? 

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Chris.Childerhose
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KWCorkComes here often
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Restoring M365 mailbox to other user - Restore-VEXItem : Cannot open mailbox

I want to restore a backed-up 365 mailbox to another user. I’m following the guide in the Restore-VEXItem help page:https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/explorers_powershell/restore-vexitem.html?ver=120I’m following example 5:$session = Get-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession$database = Get-VEXDatabase -Session $session -Name abc.onmicrosoft.com$salesmailbox = Get-VEXMailbox -Database $database -Name "sales"$creds = Get-CredentialRestore-VEXItem -Mailbox $salesmailbox -Server outlook.office365.com -Credential $creds -RestoreChangedItemExcept I’m restoring to another mailbox, so my last line is like:Restore-VEXItem -Mailbox $salesmailbox -Server outlook.office365.com -Credential $creds -RestoreChangedItem -TargetMailbox $TargetmailboxIt always fails with something like“Cannot open mailbox: myuser@mysite.com”Veeam can find both the source and the target account using:Get-VBOOrganizationUser -Organization $Organization -UserName ‘myuser@mysite.com’So I’m not sure what might be wrong. Any id

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coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
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What's Your Veeam B&R Design?

G'day fellow Community "Hub-sters"! On the Weekly Recap a couple weeks ago, @Rick Vanover brought up what he thought would be a great Blog post for the Hub – "Rate My Design", based off a discussion he had with a customer; a diagram of folks' Veeam infrastructure.After thinking about what he said for a bit, I thought it would be fun, and thought-provoking, to provide a bit of a twist to his suggestion. What twist did I think of? To not (initially) share what my environment looks like, but rather provide what resources I have in my environment, then ask you, the Community, how you would best implement Veeam using those resources. From a high-level, I'll share capital and operational items. Then based off what's already in place (can't add other OP/CAP expenditures), you can provide a high-level design. This is just for fun only…so have fun with it. 😊After a few days or so, I'll share how I've implemented Veeam with the same resourcesPhysical Environment2 datacenters, DC1 (main site) an

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anthonyspiteri79
anthonyspiteri79Product Strategy
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Self Service Portal Multi-Tenant Setup

With the release of Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v6 the Self Service Portal was also unleashed. In this video we run through a scenario where a new tenant is being onboarded from the Service Provider point of view as well as what steps need to be actioned by the tenants.

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clownyboots178
clownyboots178Comes here often
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Love for VEEAM over the years

Hey guys!I just wanted to show my love for VEEAM - I have brought them with me from company to company over my nearly 20 year career and the product only gets better over time - I know it has some flaws as does every solution but I am happy to be implementing a new VEEAM environment and finally getting rid of the atrocious Rubrik chaos  I have been a VEEAM champion for a while now - and I have brought my VEEAM team with me from company to company and with any luck, one of these days, I will find out how to earn the “VEEAM Legend” title 

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Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in YARA and Script Library
Get Daily backup size for previous 2 weeks.

This works great for me using forever forward incremental jobs. If you are using synthetic fulls, or reverse you may get unexpected results as your latest job will show as the full size. I took my previous script and modified it so I can look at the previous 2 weeks, and see the size of the backup for each day.  If you change the (-14) you can make this weekly, monthly, daily with ease. # Location of the Veeam backup folder$BackupFolderPath = "f:\Backups"# Start and end dates$EndDate = Get-Date$StartDate = $EndDate.AddDays(-14)# Function to convert bytes to GBfunction ConvertTo-GB { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [int64] $bytes ) return "{0:N2}" -f ($bytes / 1GB) + " GB"}# Go through each day from the start date to the end datefor ($Date = $StartDate; $Date -le $EndDate; $Date = $Date.AddDays(1)) { # Date in the format 'yyyy-MM-dd' $DateString = $Date.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd') # Get all backup files for this date $BackupFiles = Get-ChildItem

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Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in YARA and Script Library
Get the size of a daily incremental

For those doing forever forward incremental jobs, this is a handy scrip to see the size of your jobs each day. If you use Synthetic jobs, or reverse incremental you may get unexpected results as your latest file will be the full backup file.  While doing some planning for new storage I wanted to see how big a daily backup of all jobs on a proxy was.Here is a little script I came up with that you can modify the section “Current.Date.AddDays(-1)” to look back further. I may modify the code at a later time to fine tune this.  This worked well to go back a few days, then see the average daily size. Add that to your total full backup size and you can predict out the space needed to meet your retention policies. # Location of the Veeam backup folder$BackupFolderPath = "F:\Backups"# Current date$CurrentDate = Get-Date# Date of the day before$PreviousDay = $CurrentDate.AddDays(-1).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd')# Function to convert bytes to GBfunction ConvertTo-GB { param ( [Parameter(Mandat

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Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Webinar: Anatomy of Ransomware Attack: Preventing Attacks on Your Backup Infrastructure

📢Join this webinar on July 18th for an exciting discussion featuring our CTO, @dannyallan , Opti9's own Sagi Brody, who is also one of our Veeam 100 members, and cybersecurity expert Guy Mizrahi, CEO of CyPROS. They'll be discussing how to tackle ransomware risks, why backup infrastructure is a top target for attackers, and how our Veeam+Observr solution sets us apart from other backup vendors in the battle against ransomware, revolutionizing your protection strategy. Don't miss out!Register in here: https://opti9tech.com/events/webinar-anatomy-of-ransomware-attack-preventing-attacks-on-your-backup-infrastructure/ Best, Madi

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Moustafa_Hindawi
Moustafa_HindawiInfluencer
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Adding new proxy or Repo from adding proxy or repo wizard

Hello everyone,I faced a weird issue, I am not sure it’s normal or not, however it wasn’t like that before. The issue is when adding Proxy or Repo by clicking “Add New” it doesn’t work and show errors in the installation, however when add the machine in advance from adding servers, then add it as Proxy or Repo from the existing servers, it works. Please advise.

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
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Wasabi Rate Increase eff Aug 1, $6.99/TB/Month

Just so nobody is caught off guard, Wasabi announced a rate increase on Object Storage pricing a week or two ago from 5.99/TB/Mo to 6.99/TB/Mo for Pay-Go and new RCS accounts on Aug 1. (increasing on Oct 1 for existing RCS accounts). If you’re like me and on the brink of moving to an RCS account from Pay-Go, do it in the next two weeks to capture that extra $1/TB/Mo savings.Still an awesome value either way, but I know more than a few of us use it so wanted to make sure everyone was in the loop.https://knowledgebase.wasabi.com/hc/en-us/articles/15566987584795 

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MicoolPaul
MicoolPaul
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Veeam Backup & Replication DDOSing itself - VeeamTransportSvc Port Exhaustion

Hi, Has anyone experienced VBR spinning up huge amounts of instances of a process, and consuming all RPC ports? I suspect it’s AV related due to the customer’s AV change occurring at a similar time, but we’ve got the rules in place to exempt directories and binaries. I’ve seen VBR have port exhaustion exactly once before, that was a VCC installation and the firewall was half-closing sessions and Veeam wasn’t doing a good job detecting this and freeing up ports subsequently. This scenario is different however.VBR server that is only for job orchestration (all backup & repo roles are on physical appliances, proxy & repo roles uninstalled from VBR). Server was up for less than 6 hours yesterday, and it spawned 18,000 threads of VeeamTransportSvc, all looping back to itself. But the server ran out of available ports and/or buffer space and then normal connections such as backup repository availability checks were failing, causing VBR to mark the repositories as offline, then causin

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Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
published in News
Veeam Community Recap #128
Veeam Community Recap #128Veeam Community Recap #128

This week we have a special edition with @mkevenaar and @JonahMay that are diving into everything about the upcoming  Veeam Community Hackathon  taking place in September ! Plus, @safiya has got us covered with exclusive department updates and surprises for SysAdmin Day this month. Also, a warm welcome to our 60+ new members! The Linksvia @dips Security Fridays #3 – External Attack Surface (Have I left my keys in the door?)via @Geoff Burke Fooling around with Kasten Prometheus Servervia @benyoung Hackathon! Register now for event in September, not to be missed Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil Let's dedicate July to all SysAdmins out there! Who’s NewWe are happy to welcome 60 members to the Veeam Community!The coolest usernames this week are @gocyclist , @bigapple23 , @slackhouse and @theMadOne !Alfred’s pick this week is @DragonPhoenix  ! Congratulations everyone and welcome to the Veeam Community. 

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adimanComes here often
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Catalyst store to tape backup not working

Hi,  I am trying to create a backup to tape job. The source is a repository. The repository is a catalyst store (StoreOnce 3640). Although there are backup files on the catalyst store generated by an RMAN plugin job, The job is unable to read any full or incremental backup files and the job completes but doesn’t process anything. I can browse the store on the devices management interface and see the backup files. But it is not being detected on Veeam side. I’m using Veeam version 12. I’ve attached a screenshot.  Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks! 

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clownyboots178
clownyboots178Comes here often
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Anyone know of an iOS app

I have heard of a few 3rd party apps for iOS but they dont seem to be up and running anymore does anyone know of a way to manage or even view my VEEAM environment via an app for iOS?  

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MicoolPaul
Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in Discussion Boards
Veeam file copy jobs.

Do you guys use these? If you do give an example of how they help you in your day to day activities. For myself, I have been a RoboCopy guy for years. I often schedule a task and let it run with no issues. It’s great for seeding directory's for file server migrations, or just making sure you have a mirrored folder somewhere else on the network. Recently I had an odd request to sync a folder from one location to another, but there were strict firewall rules for security an access rules. RoboCopy was not an option. As Veeam had access to both servers, I was able to create a copy job on a schedule and solve this issue.  As we have very strict user permissions in many areas, this feature is a game changer for us. Even if it’s to copy files to another location for safe keeping.  

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mike.beirensComes here often
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Backup of physical veeam fails after update V11 to V12

Hi,I would like to know if someone else had a issue after upgrading V11 to V12.The machine itself is also added to a Physical Veeam group who is taking backup of himself.Since the update it mentions that there are communication issues between both (same) servers.I have a case with Veeam, but they do not respond already for 2 days, what is odd.I do not want to investigate myself any longer, just curious if there is a simular case or experience with it with other members. Thank you!

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