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Hi everyone,We’re using Veeam B&R 11 standard edition.  We are a small museum with a large repository of information of digitised versions of the collections - essentially a file server with multiple disks.  We had an issue whereby our largest server had to be reimported to VSphere and was picked up as a new VM by Veeam.  I’m looking for options to minimise WAN usage to seed our offsite backups of the large VM.Can I copy a new full backup of VM to a second site, scan the second site repo and start a parallel backup strategy there?  Essentially, the same full backup would be the first backup in two parallel backup trees.  The backup source is a single VM of approximately 40TB, so I would rather not run a full backup across our VPN.  I’m worried that Veeam will not like two repositories starting with the same data, if they ultimately diverge.Why would I not just run a copy job instead of backing up the same data twice?  The two sites have vastly different rete

Hey guysWe’re doing some VeeamZIPs and directly restore VMs them to a backup-NAS which is added in Veeam via SMB. Since beginning of the year (or even before. The last restore was made on the 30th November 2023) we’re not able to do this operation anymore. We’re getting the following error message: “Restore job failed Error: Cannot complete file creation operation.” The logs show the following: [05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error Restore job has been failed[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error Make datastore directory failed, datacenter ref = datacenter-2, directory name = "[backupnas] backup20240103-xxx" (System.Exception)[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error bei Veeam.Backup.ViSoap.CSoapConnection.CreateDatastoreDirectory(String datacenterRef, String dirName)[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error bei Veeam.Backup.ViSoap.CSoapDatastore25.CreateDirectory(CSoapDatast

Are Folder exclusions in NAS file share backup jobs case sensitive?

So I am attempting to restore files from offsite backup copy to a ServerB at the offsite.From the VBR console I choose to guest files restore from the backup Copy. Then I entered \\ServerB\x$ as the target location. However the restore is happening over the WAN. Any ideas?

Hi team! Just announced today. I believe you already know about these changes, but the amount of changes and at once is impressive. VMware End of Availability of perpetual licensing and associated products (96168)  VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus VMware vSphere+ VMware vSphere Standard (excluding subscription) VMware vSphere ROBO VMware vSphere Scale Out VMware vSphere Desktop VMware vSphere Acceleration Kits VMware vSp

Hello,I'm posting for the first time.Here is my production configuration: Windows server 2019 on an Intel 10900KF platform in Raid 1.I create my image with Veeam Agent for windows (6.0.2.1090)on a USB HDD. everything works fineThen I want to remount my Veeam backup on a test server.Installation on a test server Intel 12100 platform in non-raid, Veeam B&R 12.1.0.21.31 installation, Hyper-v role installation.When I want to do an instant recovery of my Veeam backup,here's the error message :Failed to modify guest OS settingsA 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' has been thrownhere's the screenshotThanks in advance for your help

Frequently I'm ask in how to monitor backup jobs of Veeam externally Veeam servers.I know that we can do this easy with Veeam One. But here I’m going to show you a solution to monitor backup jobs having only a Veeam Backup Server (without VEM or VONE).So, the application I’m talking about is Checkmk. Checkmk is a monitoring software usually used on NOC (Network Operations Center) environments. However, this is an easy tool to deploy and very light to hav in our backup environment. VersionsCheckmk has a free and commercial version:Checkmk Raw Edition (CRE) – Free and 100% Open Source. It even incorporates Nagios into its core. You can use it to monitor entire environments. Support for this release is available through the Checkmk community forum.Checkmk Enterprise Free Editio

Hey all, my company is using Veeam mostly for our medium-sized clients, but some of our smaller clients with only a few VM’s generally are using something else.  A couple with old Datto Siris or Alto appliances, quite a few with Barracuda backup appliances, and even an Intronis client.  Most of these clients are paying for more of a BaaS service on a monthly or yearly agreement, though I think a couple actually own their the Barracuda appliance that we sold them in the past.With that said, we’re pretty invested with Datto despite the Kaseya attachment, and they caught the ear of my boss about leasing out Datto Siris 4 appliances to replace all of those non-Veeam clients.  That said, I’d rather move them over the the Service Provider side of things and get everything moved into the Veeam house.Here’s what I was thinking.  We historically don’t like hosting customer data, and so somewhat in parallel with my developing a VB365 solution for our clients (as most are using B

Hello to allI removed the veeam B&R server from the domain, the enterprise manager server was also installed on the same server, and now I have this error in the enterprise manager.Thank you for your guidance.I also changed the iis settings but it didn't work 

I’ve created a repository per the instructions from the documentation, but cannot select it for scheduled Configuration Backups. It’s displayed in the Repository list. Encryption, and immutability is enabled.Is there something else missing?

Hi, Our PKI cert has expired on our VCS server, and as a result the backups of the VMs are failing as Veeam can’t connect to the VCS.  Its going to take us a few days to get another cert generated and installed on the VCS - but is there any workaround we can do in the meantime to get the Veeam Backup and Replication software to backup our VMs?  I’m assuming not really - as that’s the point of certificates!Any suggestions most welcome.Thanks... 

In B&R console I want to browse the contents of a Linux repository.  I go to Files and expand the repository but a message appears “Access is denied.”The backup and replication jobs which are assigned to the repo work fine and I can rescan the repo so I know the stored credentials are working but I can’t browse the files.Is it a limitation of the Community edition?

There are two cores in the network.It is necessary to implement veeam availability in case of failure of one of them.The Windows cluster is not suitable. Because you cannot implement fault-tolerant shared storage.Option 1Two veeam servers, one is on, the other is off. If the master server fails, turn on the slave server and restore the necessary virtual machines. (it is unclear if the veeam subordinate server will see the backup storage)Option 2is mysql replication.There will be no copy jobs in the first veeam. It will only be used to restore virtual machines.What problems might arise?How can this be implemented in another way?

  Hi! This demonstration shows how to use IO Meter, PowerShell scripts, Veeam Backup & Replication, and the Veeam One alarm remediation action to simulate a Ransomware attack response!The Secure Restore operation is performed with Veeam Instant Recovery associated with Windows Defender antivirus scan, and the backup files are stored in an immutable Linux Hardened Repository!The clickbait is a Teddy Bear icon 😃This is a Hyper-V test environment.Below we have the PowerShell script for the compromised VM. It just changes the wallpaper and blocks the keyboard and mouse input for some time.It is necessary to have the IO Meter running in the background. Change the wallpaper name per your desired simulation.Start-Sleep -Sec

Hello everyone,Regarding v12.1 new feature Surebackup lite mode, does it support AHV?

The main issue is the config.edb file has 3-4 values that are hard-coded with the VBO proxy settings, so if you move to a new server, VBO backups will start to fail. Thus, the official recommendation is to move the data, but manually re-create all orgs and backup jobs. That HURTS. Same goes with the "failed to retrieve licenses for X users" error if you rename the server, or change domain.This is tested in production over the last few weeks, fully open source, Veeam support know about it and were glad it resolved a bug for us (upgrading from V5 to V7 triggered an issue to do with the hostname).Repo: https://github.com/platima/veeam-host-rename-or-move/Reddit Thread: https://www.redd

Can anyone point me in the direction of a best practices/recommended process for doing maintenance on VBO repos, for example doing hardware maintenance on the VBO repo server, and want to move the data to another storage location, either temporarily or permanent migration?Seem to be running into a lot of Jetdb errors, after we tried to figure out the best process

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/exploring-2024s-tech-landscape-and-beyond-sottc-episode-09/id417182376?i=1000641900858In this episode, Anthony Spiteri hosts Michael Cade as they explore the technological landscape for 2024. They discuss the advancement and integration of AI across various sectors and use cases, including their everyday applications. We also examines the current trends and future potential of Kubernetes, changes in data platforms, and the critical nature of platform engineering. We also addresses the potential implications of VMware's acquisition by Broadcom and the ongoing need for skill development in the tech industry as that evolves. The episode concludes with forecasts for the tech landscape in 2024, particularly looking at Veeam's role and innovations a

If I upgrade to Veeam v11 to v12, the storage target is ExaGrid appliance (the backup flow is directly write to this appliance), what are the software requirements for ExaGrid Appliance, e.g. firmware? Please help.

This is a very simple calculator that uses backup size from the Veeam official calculator, the tape capacity, and the number/ retention amount required. Based on this information, it will tell you how many tapes you will need. http://tape.skitchlab.com

Happy Friday everyone!I hope that you’ve all had a good week 🙂 I’m back with an interesting news story to share, and it provides an example of how overengineering can impact the deliverables you’re trying to achieve. So, a gentleman called Jens Axboe has published an interesting patch update (link here) that claimed with their test case a performance increase from 108M IOPS to 115M IOPS, and they said they haven’t even enabled most of the costly block layer items that means the performance improvement could be even higher in real world utilisations. Now, such a claim could be met with scepticism, but I was intrigued, how is this working? Thankfully Jens provided some insights into this, and this is where I believe a lesson can be learned in overdesigning a solution to a problem,

It’s that time of year again where we need to plan for the year ahead and be sure that any upcoming end-of-life or end-of-support dates from our dependent software vendors are addressed.Why does this matter when I’m just trying to protect the data?Times change, and software changes with them, until it’s no longer supported. At any point, a patch to an operating system, a .NET framework update, or anything else really, could end up with the software no longer being backed up properly, or not working at all in production. Without valid support there’s no process to get a fix, and whilst your backup software may still be in support with Veeam, if the vendor won’t fix the problem, it’s time to start panicking.With this in mind, let’s explore the software & operating systems being declared end of life in 2024 so we can start planning our upgrades/migrations if necessary. Veeam

Hello, Thanks, I have a backup copy job from 12/27/2023 and I cannot stop it.The ‘Stop Session`menu option is disabled. The job details shows the job that stuck at 13% The job details also show that the job completed.Not sure what is going on, Please advise