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 1. Two Backup Methods, One Recovery Console Veeam provides two distinct methods for backing up Oracle databases. The first is image-level backup with application-aware processing, where VBR takes a VM-level or agent-level backup and handles Oracle archived redo logs as a guest processing subtask. The second is the Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN, which integrates directly with Oracle's native Recovery Manager and sends backup data to a Veeam repository through the RMAN SBT (System Backup to Tape) interface.Both methods feed into the same recovery tool: Veeam Explorer for Oracle. Explorer can restore databases from either backup type through a single interface. The key difference is what each method captures and what recovery options each enables.  Capability

I been trying to resote a vmware backup to a proxmox server but I can see the server and I can choose the datastore in the proxmox server but it always fails with “ Failed to prepare disk” It doesn’t matter what type of file type I choose. Has anyone been able to get passed this?

I am upgrading my Home Lab to new hardware.  Re: I can’t get the register email for mike.mckenney@scsiraidguru.comVeeam Server:  I upgraded the Veeam Server to Windows 10 22H2 from Windows 7.  I can’t install Windows 11 on this box.  I had to remove one of my three tape drives (SCSI) to go to 10.  I have two SAS tape drives.  Veeam is on 11A.   Veeam is working on all boxes except my HP Z480 below.HP Z840 Workstation:  I installed Windows 2022 Standard Server with Hyper-V.  It is in my workgroup, workgroup.  It is in the same network and subnet as my Veeam Server, Windows 11 workstaion and all VMs.  Windows Firewall is turned off.  It was on Windows 10.   Hyper-V is working.  I have 6 Minecraft Servers for our children and family to play on.   They are 8 and 10.   All Ubuntu 24.04 VMs.   Java, Bedrock and Folia.  They love to play with mods and plugins.   I can’t get to the Community Downloads for v12GA and latest v12.   I never get to

My home lab: Veeam 11 server is on Windows 10.  I have 6 Ubuntu VMs on my HP Z840 workstation with Windows 2022 Standard Hyper-V.    How do I backup each VM separate so I can recover them.   Both are in a workgroup.    Veeam won’t recognize the 2022 Standard as a Hyper-V server.   Veeam 11 can see it as a 2022 Standard Server.   Do I need to install a Hyper-V agent or Windows Server agent on this box?     

It was Christmas Eve. Most people were wrapping gifts, winding down, and logging off early. But for one of our clients  a construction company with decades of project data, intellectual property, and live customer records, that night would become one of the most terrifying in the company's history. A double-encryption ransomware attack had just taken down every system. Completely dark. Several other construction companies across the region were affected by the same attack that night. What made this attack different wasn't just its timing. The attackers were sophisticated. They didn't just encrypt the production environment they deleted the on-site Veeam Backup & Replication server, wiped the local backup copies, and went after the cloud backup repository too. I was a deliberate, calculated attempt to leave no recovery path. They almost succeeded. When the Call Came InAs a managed service provider, we know that dat

Looking for in-person Veeam VBR or Veeam ONE training in Canada. I know there are plenty of virtual options, but I’m a bit 'old school' and prefer a traditional classroom setting. Is it still possible to attend these courses in person in Canada or the US?Thanks for your tips!!

   Recently a customer asked me: “Is it actually a problem if I add a branch office with ESXi hosts that are managed by a vCenter to Veeam as standalone hosts instead of adding the vCenter? What impact does that have?” The short answer: Yes, it can have noticeable impact — functionally, operationally, and also in terms of backup consistency when VMs are moving (with vMotion). Best practice in general is to add the vCenter as the management instance in Veeam, not the individual ESXi hosts.  Okay, but why?  What is vCenter — and why is it more than “just” a GUI?  vCenter Server is the central management instance for VMware vSphere environments. It centrally manages

Lyrical IntroductionI can't believe my eyes. A product as powerful as Veeam Backup & Replication can't do simple things? Or maybe there are problems with my instance specifically? Or am I just a dumb instance?What I have.2 companies and 1 Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.0.4165 serverWe run 70 backup jobs for these companies, without any overlapping time.1. Company 1 – 30 VMware VMs (1 job = 1 VM) – timeframe 12. Company 2 – 40 Proxmox VMs (1 job = 1 VM) – timeframe 2We also run Health Check jobs, timeframes 3 and 4, also without any overlapping time.What do I need?At a minimum, I want toreceive two emails, one containing a summary report of all backup jobs for the day, and the other containing a summary report of all health checks.MaximumI want to receive 5 emails1. 1 summary report on completed Company1 backup jobs to 2 email addresses – company1user@domain.net and admin@domain.net2. 1 s

1. This Is Not Troubleshooting Troubleshooting is what you do when a job fails and you want to fix it. Forensics is what you do when a job has been failing for three weeks and nobody noticed, a VM dropped out of protection and nobody caught it, or a ransomware event hit and you need to prove your last clean restore point. The question is not "how do I fix this job." The question is "what exactly happened, when did it start, what was affected, and can I prove it."Forensics requires a different mindset than break-fix. You are not looking for the current error. You are reconstructing a timeline. You need session history, task-level detail, bottleneck data, and alarm records across a window of days or weeks. VBR stores all of this. The trick is knowing where to look and how to correlate it. 2. Where the Logs Live VBR keeps two categories of evidence: the configuration

 When a full restore is the wrong move When SQL breaks, the first request is usually narrower than “restore the VM.” More often it is “get this database back to before the bad change” or “show me what was in last night’s backup.” That is the sort of job Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server handles well.It opens a SQL-aware view into a Veeam Backup & Replication restore point and lets you pick the recovery method that fits the problem in front of you: restore a database, recover to a specific time, roll back to just before a bad transaction, publish a database from backup, run instant recovery, or export schema and data without rebuilding an entire machine.If the backup captured SQL correctly, the workflow is familiar whether the source came from a VM backup, Veeam Agent for Windows, or the Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server. You can launch the Explorer from the VBR console, from the W

This is the first article in a multi-part series on From Reactive to Proactive: Running Veeam Like a Platform. In the next article, we'll look at the step-by-step process for completing this. Most Veeam environments don’t start out broken.They start out reactive.Something fails → you fix it.A job warns → you investigate it.Storage fills up → you scramble to add more.And for a while, that works.Until it doesn’t.Because as your environment grows, reactive operations turn into:Constant firefighting Unpredictable performance Unclear recovery expectationsAt some point, you realize:You’re not running a backup tool anymore.You’re running a data protection platform.And platforms need to be operated differently. What “Reactive” Actually Looks LikeMost teams don’t realize they’re reactive—it just feels normal.You check

Recently, I was involved in a production support case where a Veeam software appliance deployed on physical hardware failed to boot after an unexpected power interruption.The system dropped directly into:“You are in emergency mode. Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked.”At this point, many administrators assume the appliance is corrupted or that Veeam needs to be reinstalled. In this case, the backup administrator had already reinstalled VBR once, and the issue happened again.  This is not a Veeam software issue. The problem occurs at the Linux storage layer, specifically with LVM and XFS.The Veeam appliance is built on LVM logical volumes formatted with XFS. During boot, Linux must detect storage, activate LVM volume groups, and mount all filesystems defined in

Copy job VM is failing with error server_flat.vmdk either was not backed up successfully or restore chain is corrupted. Failed to download disk server_flat.vmdk The copy job repo is immutable based and cannot delete the single VM from disk ( copy ) so that sync now option can run.The retention set is 30 days and forever incremental is enabled. The VM size is huge and trigerring active full in source backup job will make the old .vbk + .vib to delete only when new .vbk + .vib attains 30 days consuming space in local repo ( non-immutable )Is changing the repo for source backup a feasible option ( would make existing backups to move to new repo ) and then trigger an active full only for the affected VM ?What are the other options available ?

  Veeam participated in HPE Tech Jam Orlando 2026 as a Silver Sponsor, reinforcing its strategic alliance with HPE and underscoring its joint commitment to advancing innovation in cyber resilience and data protection.The Veeam team delivered a special breakout session titled “Securing Your Hybrid Cloud with Veeam and HPE”. The session demonstrated how the Veeam Data Platform integrates seamlessly with HPE Private Cloud and storage solutions to protect hybrid environments, covering virtual, physical, and containerized workloads.Attendees of this session explored the expanding HPE and Veeam partnership, which included new support for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software and V13 enhancements across

I am looking for Veeam powershell script to list jobname, server, status and last run for last 24 hours . this should include backup and copy jobs. Kindly assist.

Hello everyone,I have a question regarding MFA in Veeam Host Management.During the initial installation, I enabled MFA on the default veeamadmin account. However, my goal is to use veeamadmin only as a break-glass account and instead create separate admin accounts with MFA enabled.The issue I’m facing is the following:When I enable MFA on another admin account, either:the verification code is sent to the veeamadmin account, or the MFA validation fails completely.This prevents me from properly configuring MFA for individual admin users.Has anyone encountered this behavior?Is there a recommended way to configure MFA for multiple admin accounts while keeping veeamadmin as a fallback account?Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi,Over the past week, the checkpoint removal process has been completing with warnings. I receive notifications 2–3 times, and then it returns to normal and completes successfully without warnings.However, for the past 4 days, I’ve been receiving the same warnings again. I’ve checked everything, and everything seems normal. When I review the statistics, there’s no clear reason for these warnings.Could someone help me understand what might be causing this issue?Thank you in advance.

In recent months, Veeam has been making a series of changes to its certifications. We have changes in the certification model and in the format of the courses and teaching methods. I'll discuss the main changes and alterations on this topic here. Retired CertificationsThe Veeam certification path has always consisted of two levels of knowledge. These are:VMCE (Veeam Certified Engineer) – a technical level focused on operationsVMCA (Veeam Certified Architect) – an advanced level focused on architecture design and project implementationFrom the beginning, this model was very well received by the market and widely adopted. Its success is largely due to the absence of an entry-level (foundation) certification. As a result, the certification exams have always been considered highly challenging; however, the knowledge gained has consistently delivered significant value, enabling rapid career gro

windows agent backup fails after server upgraded from 2012 to 2016 In protection group shows the server name by both OS versions :  2012 OS ( last seen 5 days ) and 2016 OS - ( Last seen - Online ), however the rescan option gives the error :Failed to connect server:11731The veeam agent is in running state and is restarted, still no luck  

Backup failure for single nas file share , rest of the file shares ( CIFS ) are completing successfully. 4/8/2026 3:47:51 AM Failed : Calculating file share size4/8/2026 3:47:51 AM Failed : Backing up 0 files and 0 folders (0 B) transferred at 0 KB/s4/8/2026 3:47:51 AM Failed : Container doesn't exist in backup.Folder: [Id: [2cfxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx582f], Object key: [56dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxeac1], Relative path: [Path [|.copy_offload], Nodes: [[.copy_offload]], Nodes count: 1, RootId [0000000000000000]]]

 Today, March 31, is World Backup Day. This date exists because, even today, I still see many companies continuing to lose critical data. In the vast majority of cases, these losses are not related to a lack of technology, but rather to strategy and process failures, and especially to an underestimation of risk.And these risks are not limited to lost files or servers with software issues. They involve systemic failures in operations, security, and even architecture. Real CaseI will cover a real case I went through recently, where I will share more details not only about the problem, but also about how it was possible to recover from the disaster. The Scenario

It started as a routine alert—unusual login activity flagged by our monitoring system. Within minutes, multiple backup jobs began failing, and that’s when we knew: this wasn’t random—it was targeted.The attacker had gained access using compromised credentials and was attempting something we’ve all seen becoming more common—destroy the backups first before encrypting production systems.But this time, things didn’t go as planned.Our backup environment was built with immutability and zero-trust principles using Veeam Backup & Replication integrated with hardened repositories. Even though the attacker had access to certain systems, they couldn’t modify or delete backup data due to immutable storage policies.While the security team contained the breach, we verified the backup integrity.Everything was intact.A few production workloads were still impacted—some files were encrypted before contain

This blog post was inspired by an excellent article that explores recovery scenarios beyond the typical restoration approaches often covered.In-place upgrades represent the standard and vendor-recommended approach for advancing Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) to newer releases, ensuring continuity of configuration, and retention of job etc without requiring a full reinstallation. But without a test lab, you are essentially performing a high-wire act. While everyone talks about restoring data during “World Backup Day”, few share stories of how protecting the protector. Veeam’s own configuration backup can literally rescue your Veeam Backup and Replication (VBR) when an upgrade goes sideways. You can take a look at this

Some of Hyper-V VM have Veeam recovery Checkpoint. The backup job is running successfull every day but why seem veeam not delete this checkpoint? I tried to remove this but there no option to delete this checkpoint.