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I seem to have a lot more issues with Hyper-V that I do VMware. I was curious what you all’s overall experience is? In particular, Veeam does not seem to like clusters and I see lots of issues with checkpoint creations that pop up.

Hey there,I hope this message finds you all well. I've been encountering some frustrating issues with my cloud solutions lately, specifically related to backups. I thought it would be a great idea to reach out to this knowledgeable community for some advice, insights, and hopefully, a solution to my problem.The Problem: Backup Issues in Cloud SolutionsFor some time now, I've been using various cloud solutions to store and manage my data. I've always heard about the convenience and reliability of cloud backups, which is why I decided to rely on them for my important files, documents, and even some irreplaceable memories in the form of photos and videos.However, lately, I've been experiencing persistent problems with my cloud backups. It seems like my data isn't backing up correctly or consistently, and I'm genuinely concerned about the safety and accessibility of my information. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my cloud service provider,

Hi all, I am looking for the way to manage the number of concurrent tasks on repository. Two questions regarding it.I was expecting it to be the option of CBackupRepository object but doesn’t seems so. So how to retrieve the current configured number? Whats the difference between LimitConcurrentJobs and MaxConcurrentJobs options in Set-VBRBackupRepository commandlet and which on is actually reflect the option in UI?Cheers,Alexey

Hi, I would like to know, what if my customer have 2 VMs Windows Server and using file share with SMB protocol, do i have to backup those VMs as VMs or File Share ? according to Veeam Best Practices 

The special-purpose .local top-level domain (TLD) is not designed for use in the global Domain Name System (DNS). Rather, multicast DNS (mDNS) uses it to resolve hostnames to IP addresses within small networks, eliminating the need for a dedicated DNS server. Specifically, mDNS operates on the local network link and uses the .local TLD for this purpose. When an mDNS client needs to resolve a hostname that ends with .local, it sends queries to the mDNS IPv4 link-local multicast address 224.0.0.251 or its IPv6 equivalent ff02::fb.Top 5 reasons why it is a bad ideaLet’s dive into why using the .local top-level domain (TLD) can lead to a handful of issues.Standards Compliance: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) reserves the .local TLD for mDNS in RFC 6762. If you use it in another context or within a traditional unicast DNS context, you may face non-compliant behavior and conflicts. Compatibility Issu

Did you know that there is a very useful Veeam tool to validate the integrity of your backups?  In some cases, a backup can get corrupted due to accidental changes in the backup file data. For example, the file can be damaged after transfer over the network or from hardware failures on the backup storage side. With Veeam Backup Validator, you can quickly verify the integrity of any backup file, without extracting the VM data from the archive.Veeam Backup Validator is a command-prompt CRC check utility that tests a backup at the file level. For integrity validation, Veeam Backup Validator uses the checksum algorithm. When Veeam Backup & Replication creates a backup of

Hey everyone, I heard that the all new VMCE exam might be coming out soon? Is this just fantasy? cheers

With VBR v12 Linux proxy server can get a new role! A Linux server can become a Tape Server.We will see more details like supported Linux distributions and versions with general availability of v12.But I would bet on one thing: Linux Hardened Repository Server will be excluded from this feature – for security reasons.

Hi everyone,Does anyone know if there is a way to report on the outcome of the Storage Level Corruption Guard tests? I need to provide proof of backup integrity and I’m still a few months away of being able to have a SureBackup environment set up.

HelloI'm looking for some command or script that returns me:VM name -> Tape on which the backup was saved.Similar to the process obtained via the Home >> Backups >> Tape (Properties in a tape job).  

One of the must-have features for providing access security for any sensitive application is the ability to implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) as part of the login process. The release of Veeam Backup and V12 added the ability to enable Multi-factor authentication for logging into the Veeam console (including the remote console). The details:Before discussing the setup and configuration of MFA, we should discuss what MFA apps are supported.Veeam Backup and Replication supports Time-Based One-Time Passwords (TOTP) as per RFC 6238 installed on a mobile device.  For example, the following MFA TOTP applications are supported:Microsoft Authenticator Google Authenticator LastPass Authenticator DUO Okta Verify Many more are listed if you do a quick internet search ;)A console auto-logout time can also be set to ensure that a user gets logged out of th

This is the description of an unusual scenario where Backup Job Files (.vbk and .vib Files) are backed up with a File-to-Tape Job instead a Backup-to-Tape Job. This has several disadvantages, e.g., you must know on which tape your files you want to restore are residing. You cannot find your tape backups under the backups section in the “Home” view of console and many more…OK, now have a look how we get these files back from tape.See the results of the File-to-Tape job and find the tape number the files reside on. If you don’t know the tape, read further, and use the search function ( Note: the warning in the screenshot can be ignored. The filesystem is too big for VSS Snapshots, I have forgotten to switch the VSS snapshots off for this test backup job.).Then go in the Veeam Console to the “Tape Infrastructure” section. Either go

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Hey Everyone, As I understand it Veeam is fully vMotion aware. That includes storage vMotion. So if someone storage vMotions a VM the replication job should not have any issues? However, if someone moves the replica to a different datastore, based on @MicoolPaul best answer then you would need to remove from the configuration database and seed and  map in the replication jobs to the replicas on the new location.  

Hi Veeam,We are taking oracle database backup through Application-Aware backup job in Veeam.It happing seccessfully. Now, we are trying to restore Oracle database to another server (Same OS and Oracle version installed). But it showing some error that “Failed to get database files from mounted backup”.Please help me on this. I dont know how to mount backup in Veeam.Thanks.The error snapshot is showing blow.  

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I’m trying to do Instant Recovery of a large server from a VeeamSourceSnapshot to a different volume. There is no option of doing this, what’s the workaround? We are using NetApp and it has a 100TB limitation on the volume size so this is the reason why I would like to restore to a volume that has more free space. Appreciate your input!

Hello How to Install VBR v12 to remote SQL with customized port instead of 1433?

Check out our introduction to Containers, Kubernetes and Kasten K10. Look after your pets (services) and ensure fast recovery times.Introduction to Containers and Kasten - Veeam looking after your animals (services) Part 2 -  Vets for your pets - Speedy Recovery of your pets (key containerised services) coming soon!

Hi,I have been facing an issue while trying to login with Veeam Backup & Replicaiton v10.  The error is “failed to connect to Veeam Backup & Replicaiton server: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:9392. Application Event log : Service cannot be started. System.OperationCanceledException: The operation was canceled.   at Veeam.Backup.DBCreator.BackupDatabaseDeployer.CanDeploy(IDatabaseVersion databaseVersion)   at Veeam.Backup.DBCreator.BackupDatabaseDeployer.DatabaseDeploy(List`1 inDeployChangedOptions)   at Veeam.Backup.DBCreator.BackupDatabaseDeployer.Deploy()   at Veeam.Backup.DBManager.SqlRetryableInitializer.Init()   at Veeam.Backup.Service.CVbServiceImpl..ctor(CVbEnvironment env, CTerminationMediator terminator)   at Veeam.Backup.Service.CVeeamBackupSvc.OnStart(String[] args)   at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMain

I am looking for recommendation on how to design a server that can run VBR and that can be a storage repository for critical VMs. I am thinking about using this new server for instant restores or other Veeam tools that can bring a work load up quickly. This server would have high speed storage to improve the performance of the restores.  Currently I run VBR on the VMware cluster that I am backing up and I want to move VBR to stand-alone server that would stay up if the VMware cluster went down.  We currently use a Linux server with spinning disks and immutable storage as our primary backup target.  Thank you for your suggestions and recommendations.  

Hello All, Could someone help me with adding servers to agent-based backup jobs via powershell/commandline. In the below command i get error while mentioning Job  and backupobject.Set-VBRComputerBackupJob -Job <VBRComputerBackupJob> [-Name <string>] [-Description <string>] [-BackupObject <Object[]>]. Where RKTest is an existing Job, I’m trying to add objects or servers to the backup job RKTest.  Error:cmdlet Set-VBRComputerBackupJob at command pipeline position 1Supply values for the following parameters:Job: "RKTest"Set-VBRComputerBackupJob : Cannot bind parameter 'Job'. Cannot convert the ""RKTest"" value of type "System.String" to type "Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRComputerBackupJob".At line:1 char:1+ set-vbrcomputerbackupjob+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-VBRComputerBackupJob], ParameterBindingException