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As announced in VeeamON 2023, the release 12a (or 12.1) of the Veeam Data Platform is coming soon. In addition to bringing new cybersecurity features, one of the focuses is improving the ability to protect data stored in Object Storage.It is a critical demand for organizations to store data related to modern applications or any unstructured data related to the business.It will be possible to take data from object storage and store it in backup repositories of any type: block, file, object storage, or even tape.There will be flexible recoveries in restoring the entire buckets, including permissions, attributes, and tags.

I’m using VEEAM 12.0.0.1420.I’ve created a backup on a RDX drive with the option ‘This repository is backed by rotated drives’.Then i created a bootable recovery media → USB stickStarting machine from USB stick and open wizard ‘Volume Level Restore’Backup location is fine, full backupStarting progress will show the following lines:OK Loading backup filesOK Restore process started …BAD Restore failed: The requested security package does not existBAD Saving restore logs Error: Unable to save recovery logs to target repository. To do …Please advise.THX Reinhard

Hi all.reference Upgrading Veeam Service Provider Console - Veeam Service Provider Console Deployment GuideI share the procedure step by step for upgrading VSPC v6 to v7.Backup database before proceeding. Backup of the VM dedicated to the VSPC service before proceeding. Cold snapshot of the VM VSCP if there is database Download ISOCheck your versiontip:

Hello, I have a small vm, 5.4GiB in size.Non-instant restore works fine, after restore completes, can boot into the vm and use it.Whereas, instant restore fails, can boot into vm but it, not able to use it.Host:windows.server.datacenter.evaluation.edition.2022.21H2VBAR server - 12.0.0.1420 P20230178The repository is linux non-hardened, located over the internet, not local.Looks like instant restore creates the required files including the .vhdxLooks correct from hyperv manager.but the vm will not boot correctly [ 6903075986]  /├── [ 1086624914]  gparted│   ├── [    4292475]  Snapshots│   │   ├── [          0]  31D5C4AB-9443-43F4-8088-740728378880│   │   ├── [      45092]  31D5C4AB-9443-43F4-8088-740728378880.VMRS│   │   ├── [      52567]  31D5C4AB-9443-43F4-8088-740728378880.vmcx│   │   └── [    4194816]  31D5C4AB-9443-43F4-8088-740728378880.vmgs│   └── [ 1082332439]  Vi

Helloour NAS had a problem and the content was wipe out.  So I need to start over with the first full backup.What should be the correct actions to be done? I did a new full backup with success but the Veeam database still show old entries (and I understand that) need you advise thanks

 And the Veeam 100 Summit 2023 has now come to a close. I myself made it home yesterday, and I know others have stayed on a bit longer but the numbers are starting to dwindle as this becomes just a fond memory.For my final piece of Veeam 100 content here, I want to share with you the heart of what makes this event such a success. The people! And I welcome the other Veeam 100 attendees to share any green content photos and stories!For me, whether it’s been getting lost in the beautiful architecture of Prague, or having a cheeky pint after hours, the friends I’ve shared it with have made it unforgettable!Photobooth FunThe Vanny Pa

Hi, I’m trying to back up a VM running on a standalone ESXi v8 host using Veeam B&R v12 Community edition.  When I set the job up it ran successfully but all subsequent (scheduled) backups fail with “Failed to create processing task for VM Sophos Firewall Error: No proxy available”.If I edit the job without changing anything (just applying the same settings) it will run.  Also, if I do the same with the VMWare Proxy object or the veeam server object (in Backup Infrastructure > Managed Servers) it will also run.  In all cases it will only run the first time after applying the settings. Again, all subsequent runs fail.The veeam ‘server’ is an i3 8GB Windows 10 22H2 x64 PC.  What looks to be the root cause is an entry in the job backup log that says:[ProxyDetector] VMware host API version is V800. Skipping not x64 proxies[ProxyDetector] VMware host API version is V800 and all available proxies are not x64 so we can not use it with

Hello, at my home lab, i have a home server running VBAR community edition with the BR(Backup Repository) on the same windows server.I have a storagebox account with hetzner, which allows smb over internet.I have created a BR using that smb share and it works great.Not sure if I am violating the community license?and that bring up another issue, I could rent a cheap vm from hetzner and install a linux hardened repository?

Hello I would like to know if the Veeam installation process enable xp_cmdshell under MSSQL

 Hey! Microsoft SQL Server backends some of the organizations' most critical applications. Any loss of data or even the inability to fully recover this environment can cause catastrophic damage to the business.Veeam offers several options to simultaneously protect the most business-critical applications and Microsoft SQL Server environments.Starting with version 12 of Veeam Backup & Replication, the Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server was made available.This pl

Hello,One of our customers uses VBRv12 on premise with Azure an Repository. They have about 2TB of data backed up locally and via backup copy jobs to an Azure Blob Repo.We were very baffled to notice that at the end of the month, the cost with transactions was matching the cost of the storage.I am looking for an advice on how to optimize the number of transactions other then reducing backup frequency.For a fact we checked his environment and he has 1server per job and 1 backup copy job per production job. I wonder if aggregating all in a single backup copy job towards Azure would address maybe this issue?We are also testing this scenario but to be relevant we need to run it for at least on week so if anyone ran into this please let me know.

We start the day with @kirststoner12, Roman Kuksov, and @jorge.delacruz   First up is Jorge talking us through the Veeam ONE Threat centre.Jorge talks us through the data platform scorecard, made up of the following four contributing components:Platform Security Compliance - This is driven by the VBR Security & Compliance Analyser (Formerly known as the best practice analyser) Data Recovery Health - This score looks at backups marked as suspicious/infected, you should hopefully see a 100% health when you first deploy this Data Protection Status - This score is based on the percentage of protected workloads vs unprotected Backup Immutability Status - This score is based on the number of workloads

hi team,hope everyone’s ok. just wanted to ask and get some ideas/suggestions regarding retention policy on a backup copy job.first of all, i have on-site a Qnap for local backups and on a remote site another one for copy jobs. local backups have their own retention policy while on remote i have different ones.from my understanding, backup copy works with forever forward incremental backups and when the retention policy kicks in, i get a full backup of the backup job.so my question is: shall i add on the retention policy i have set on each backup copy job the “keep certain full backups longer for archival purposes” with a different duration?many thanks

Not really a Question, just sharing and curious if anyone else has thoughts on it. In my experience Veeam’s Support asks for incredibly excessive data, asking for the same logs over and over, asking for logs that don’t seem at all related, and asking for copies of databases on VBR servers.Some other people have shared privacy concerns with me about the behavior. Personally, I’m not fond of it, but accept it as a cost of using Veeam. From my perspective none of this should be necessary if the software itself was:A, less buggy to begin with.B, had actual useful error messages so I could tell what the problem was without involving support.C, had actual useful error messages so that Veeam’s support could tell what was wrong.Noting B and C are different because I can accept that Veeam’s support may know more than me about what an error message means. Though if B and C are different, then it’s a good time for me to mention

Good day Community -With Linux being more prevalant in environments, including Veeam supporting Linux within its deployment components, it is a bit cumbersome to manage all these devices individually. So my question for the Community today is → what centralized management tool(s) do you use to manage your Linux server footprint?..to update, push scripts, monitor, etc? I’m needing to update & even push a script (change) out to our Linux servers and don’t want to touch all of them individually. Any info you can provide is greatly appreciated.I did a little bit of searching before posting and saw a tool called Landscape which looks promising, but don’t know anything about it & open to hear anyone’s experience with it...or again..any tool. Thanks in advance!

Today kicks off with another all-star cast! @Julia F Morgado, Lyudmila, Vitaly, and Alec all on stage to talk the shared features of all Veeam Backup for Public Cloud, and individual product updates! Shared FeaturesFirst up, we’ll see Veeam enabling us to leverage more granular permissions for service accounts, with a built-in validation check to confirm the permissions are assigned.We’ll also see updates to the workers, with the ability to assign tags automatically to all worker nodes for their lifecycle.The biggest announcement from this however is that we’re going to see future Veeam Backup for Public Cloud updates only become available to Veeam Backup for Public Cloud instances integrated into Veeam Backup & Replication. This will make the Veeam Backup for Publ

Hello, I am looking for a method or script to run backup jobs on a custom schedule.The built-in scheduler seems very basic, and as a result, I have to run all jobs as incremental and then manually trigger a full every two weeks.I have searched the veeam scripts and forum, could not find an solution.so does anyone have a script or technique to run backups on a custom schedule?perhaps using windows task scheduler, powershell, python or any such way?Thanks much,David

Dear Support,    We have encountered a backup problem and cannot perform any backup operation at present. Please see the attachment for details. Could you please help us?

Hello,For those who missed the information, there is a new snapshot mode for VSAN in vsphere 8. It looks promising for speed specially on large scale infra with vsan, it will obvisously reduce the time needed for snapshot processing on the backup jobs.Scalable, High-Performance Native Snapshots in the vSAN Express Storage Architecture | VMwareCan’t wait to test it in production to compare real number from the field!If anyone already tested it, i will curious to have a feedback.

I have put together a blog post going through what we have hacked during the Veeam Community Hackathon. I wrote about why we have done the project, how we developed the main functions and how we published the modules. Here is a link for the blog,https://adammazouz.com/post/2023/10/powershell-sdk-module-for-veeam-backup-replication-rest-api/happy reading :) 

I want one Tape full backup per month, do I need to configure the Media Pool for Incremental Backups?

Hi all.Trying to run a Backup Copy on a Dell T110-II with WinServer 2012 and Veeam Bkp&Rst v. 12 to a RD1000 cartridge drive (Sata).The drive works perfectly copying small and huge files from windows explorer, but doesn’t work at all with CopyBackup.After starting the job it creates a 4-5kb file on the corrected created folder and then hungs with the following message: 27/10/2023 02.14.11 :: Error: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.Asynchronous request operation has failed. [requestsize = 524288] [offset = 4096]The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error.Asynchronous request operation has failed. [requestsize = 524288] [offset = 528384]Failed to open storage for read/write access. Storage: [H:\Backups\Backup Copy Job 1\Backup Job 1\W22-APPS.vm-1005D2023-10-27T021229_94BF.vbk]. Any idea? (RD1000 drivers and tools are installed)Thank you! 

Alt Text: Title image with the topic title as it’s textHi, a quick workaround story today from the field.I configured a NAS Backup job that was to protect an SMB share with a bunch of sub-folders & files. When the job ran, no files and only a few folders had been processed. When I browsed the backup, the folders I was critically aiming to protect were all missing.Upon further investigation of the share, the folders weren’t “actual” folders, but were instead unsupported symlinks. I discovered this because I attempted to change the scope of the backup job to a particular subfolder to confirm access. When I tried this, I received the following error message:Unable to backup root folder <Folder Name>: folder is unavailable. Invalid root item type: a file or a symlink is detected when a fold