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So I’ve spent plenty of time living in vCenter, managing VMware clusters like most of us have. But as I started digging into KVM-based hypervisors, it honestly felt a little backwards at first…different tools, different terms. Once you step through it though, a lot of the same core concepts are there. I put this together to help connect the dots if you’re used to VMware and starting to take a look at KVM.While KVM itself is a standardized kernel module, not all KVM-based hypervisors are created equal. Vendors and open-source communities may customize their KVM implementations with unique management layers, storage integrations, and performance tuning. For VMware administrators exploring alternatives, this blog focuses on the foundational KVM components that most directly compare to the vSphere stack. The goal is to simplify that comparison and help you build a clear mental map between platforms.As virtualization strategies evolve and organizations explore alternatives beyond VMware, it

A common request from customers with large AWS environments has been how best to set up IAM roles for Veeam Backup for AWS. Customers with dozens or hundreds of accounts had to configure templates or scripts to create roles in each of their accounts and then add them to Veeam. This can be a time-consuming endeavor at scale, and I created a solution that uses native AWS services to automate the process. Thankfully, that solution only applies to previous versions of Veeam Backup for AWS now.Veeam Backup for AWS v9 now has built-in support for AWS Organizations, allowing you to easily protect all of your AWS resources regardless of the size or complexity of your organization. Let’s take a look at this new feature and how it works. Laying the foundationBefore you can leverage this feature, you must have AWS Organizations enabled, and you need to be familiar with AWS CloudFormation and StackSets and how these services work together. AWS Organizations and CloudFormation are de facto standard

Hi, looking at the optimal veeam config for a veeam hardened repo with a storage platform that provides data reduction capabilities.From a repo perspective, “decompress backup file data blocks before storing” should be set. As well as “use per-machine backup file”aside from that, in the jobs, should I leave dedup and compress as OFF / dedup friendly?I was thinking that the job should avoid the extra overhead to dedup and compress the backup files as when it gets to storage it will decompress anyway.thanks in advance for the comments

Certificate improvementAbout more news features on new “VMware(R) Cloud Foundation 9” I think one of all need mension is the unified certificate management within VCF Operations.This feature facilitates smooth, non-disruptive certificate updates, automatic renewals with multiple Certificate Authorities, and the ability to import externally signed certificates.Consequently, it resolves operational difficulties, enhances security measures, and ensures greater compliance. Certificate Alerts Tab Do you remember when your vCenter’s certificate expired resulting in a Veeam backup crash and related panic?Now with this long-awaited and long-requested feature, this will no longer be a problem we have to face !

After upgrading to v 12.3.2.3617, I have found a default setting which breaks certain elements of VBR and VCC.When creating an object storage repository, Automatic bucket creation enabled is the default!Step 4. Specify Object Storage Settings - User Guide for VMware vSphereLeaving this option on creates issues when using this repository for the following backups.Veeam Cloud Connect EntraIDConfiguring Log and Cache Repositories - User Guide for Microsoft Entra ID Unstructured data backup The problem is that going back and unchecking this option does not actual disable it. In addition, removing the repository and re-adding it with the option disabled also does not disable it. The repository needs to be created the first time with this option disabled. This is a major issue if one is unaware of the consequences of this option and just click “Next” through it or if repositories are being created with a script and this option is not disabled. If the repository is created with that option di

Hello guys Maybe someone had similar issue but I did not find any solution yet. We are receiving backup to tape errors randomly on several VBR server and backup fails with the error below.Failed to call RPC function 'LoadMedium': The remote procedure call was cancelled. RPC function call failed. Function name: [DoRpc] Env:VBR 12.3.1HPMSL2024 LTO7The backup job starts ok and when it needs to load another tape it fails with the error above. Veeam case is open but they did not prvide us clear answear yet. So any advice is appriciated.   Thank you   

Hello guys! I need to create a backup copy job of a file share backup.The necessity of my customer is a backup copy with monthly and yearly full backups.But Im not finding a way to get this. I’ve notice is that we dont have the option to pick the file share jobs on backup copy.Do you have any idea how can I attend this necessity?

Team, Using VBR V12- I’m directly pushing the data to Azure Blob COLD TIER (min 90days retention) storage. In Veeam Backup Job settings-  defining 7 Days retention, weekly once Full, Monthly once Full.Will these retention impacts COLD TIER Cost? How it impacts? What type of impacts?Suggest the opinion based on above subject and below notes. Note: Maintaining the retention 7days so the backup chain will be forming and removing data from COLD TIER Azure Blob COLD TIER have 90days min retention and costs for earlier deletion@Rick Vanover @Kristen225 @Melissa @Veeam User @Veeam Administrator @VEEAM_Legend @VEEAM NOVICE @VeeamDream 

Hello everyone, I'm continuing my exploration of Veeam v13. Today, I'm sharing with you a presentation of the Web UI and the thick client. In this first section, we will cover:Configuring a component via the WebUI Configuring a component via the thick client Configuring a backup job from the WebUI Performing a restore from the WebUIEnjoy the read!Find my previous article here :  1. Veeam Software Appliance WEB UI / Console⚠️ Reminder: We are testing a beta version here. Some features are still missing, incomplete, or may not be included in the final release.Deployment: In this Beta version, to deploy V13 as a virtual machine, the following prerequisites are required:Two hard drives of at least 256 GB each are mandatory. I have allocated 4 vCPUs and 16 GB of vRAM. Rocky Linux is used as the OS type, as this is what Veeam uses here. A paravirtualized SCSI adapter will be used by default.Additional Information:The design of the WebUI interface is 80% complete. The thick client interface i

As promised in Part XV, today we will be looking at common environment architecture topics. These are very important parts of planning and operating a secure backup environment.Of course, the backup environment cannot be viewed in isolation from the rest of the IT landscape. Everything interacts and influences each other. There are specific requirements for backup, but most of the considerations in this text also apply to the production environment. However, I will still refer to the backup environment in this text.But – as always – it is not an aspect that alone leads to a secure environment. Therefore, in this context we will also look at some side aspects in general.Designing an effective backup environment architecture is pivotal for maintaining data integrity, availability, and security in today's data-centric world. What are the main threats to backup data?Wrong placement of backup environment components Hardware damage to backup systems Power outages or disasters at one location

If Oracle backup provided over backup job with application aware processing, has limitation with restore i regards of number of channels. Restore via gui is possible over Veeam Enterprise and via Veeam Oracle Explorer:Veeam Enterprise Manager is restore possible only via 1 channel Veeam Oracle Explorer by default has set 1 channel To change number of channels for Veeam Enterprise manager is not possible, but is possible to change number of channels via Veeam Oracle Explorer via config.xml file: %programdata%\Veeam\Backup\OracleExplorer\Config.xml Content example: <Veeam>  <OracleExplorer>    <Oracle RmanCopyJobChannelsCount="4" />    <Oracle RmanCopyJobChannelsByDatafilesCount="true" />  </OracleExplorer></Veeam>  Our tests speed:>> - 1 channel: - 115 GB, 18 mins 109 MByte/sec>> - 4 channels: - 115 GB, 15 mins 130 Mbyte/sec>> - 12 channels: - 115 GB, 14 mins 135 Mbyte/sec The speed could not be much difference, but in case of TB of

I started a file restore which is taking a long time to come back with the file explorer so in the mean time my veeam session times out. How do I get back to that restore session? If that makes sense.

Dear Community, Anyone face this issue if yes kindly guide how to fix this. Failed to upgrade host components. Error: 'Exception of type 'Veeam.Backup.Common.CAppException' was thrown.'

Hello Veeam Community, I want to share a recent experience I encountered with the Linux-based Veeam Backup Appliance (used via plug-in to protect GCP workloads). This is part of our growing environment where we use Veeam Backup for Google Cloud. Issue Summary:Yesterday, I ran into a serious issue where the backup appliance became unresponsive. Here’s what happened: Problem Description:Appliance DB disk was full this caused log files to pile up. Logs were not auto-deleting, consuming critical DB disk storage space. The appliance showed the following errors below: "Failed to get server IP address" "Backup Appliance is unavailable"The Veeam plug-in was unable to communicate with the appliance, and no backups could proceed at that point.    Root Cause:The database disk inside the appliance reached full capacity. ( Above Screenshot ) Logs under the appliance’s backup storage directory were accumulating over time. The appliance could not boot its services properly due to no free space, which

Hi all,I have the above error and can’t seem to find a solution. With the research I’ve done so far, some suggested this is an account authentication issue. I’ve ensured that this is not the case. I’ve checked to see if the the port 11731 is being used by another process. It’s not. It’s free and listening. I tried recreating the job, no joy. I’ve rebooted the server to nil effect.Does anyone have any other suggestions?Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I'm facing issues when trying to upgrade VBR from 12.3.1 to 12.3.2.EM went fine, but when I try to upgrade VBR, I get an error:"Failed to user specified user account. Error code: 0x00000057".I am running the setup as a domain admin. I also tried to run the setup logged in as the Veeam service account (which is also a domain admin), and as a local admin on the VBR server. All resulted in the same error.Anybody seen this before? I also created a case with Veeam support: 07736493 

Hi All, when i tried to restore guess file , i faced an error like this below, could you please help ?

Hi,Has anybody successfully integrated Trend Deep Security so that Veeam can scan backups?Veeam support had no answers, reach out to trend which weren't helpful.  If you have, could you please share the AntivirusInfo.xml settings you have setup? Thank YouChris 

Hi everyone, I'm trying to reinstall my Veeam BK server because we recently suffered a ransomware attack and had to remove it. Is it possible to recover the information I have stored in the data domain where the backups are hosted? Without having the configuration file? I only have the license.Thanks.

Hi everyone,I’m encountering an issue with an Off-Host backup job in Veeam. The job fails with the following error:"Selected server HV01 is unavailable."Here’s what makes this confusing: HV01 is the Veeam Backup Server itself I’m currently logged in to HV01, and it's definitely online The VM being backed up is up and running It’s just one VM in this Off-Host backup job I’ve already checked the Veeam services, DNS resolution, and proxy configuration – all seem fine Any idea why Veeam thinks the server is unavailable – even though it’s the Veeam server itself?Thanks in advance for any help or pointers!Cheers

I had the chance to spend some of my evenings on adding some more functionality to my little pet project… or as I have been referring to it, the RVtools for your Cloud and Kubernetes environments and platforms. We already had the ability to grab details on your Kubernetes, AWS and Azure resources, I also did add some Veeam Backup & Replication inventory as well. With this 0.0.3 release we added Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Terraform State File inventory. But probably the biggest feature has been around the user experience. The concept of the tool was to be able to use either the CLI or browser and this remains the same but the UI now can be used with a lot more flexibility. I did a full on demo session of the state of the project and would love to get your feedback. What should I add next? What are we missing? What doesn’t work?  Project can be found here - https://github.com/MichaelCade/kollect  

 Recién integrándome al grupo, me llamó la atención el sistema de insignias (badges) en el perfil de muchos usuarios. Esa curiosidad me llevó a investigar más sobre cada una, y aquí te comparto lo que descubrí 👇En la Comunidad Veeam, tu participación no pasa desapercibida. Cuanto más compartes, ayudas o lideras... más visibilidad y reconocimiento puedes ganar. Desde certificaciones hasta hackathons, hay una insignia para cada perfil.🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Comunidad y Reconocimiento🏅 Medalla 🎯 ¿Cómo la consigues? 🐼 Veeam Legend Ser constante, activo y colaborativo en el Hub 🛡️ Veeam Vanguard Postularte con aportes técnicos relevantes (blog, labs, presentaciones) 🧠 Top Contributor Publicar y responder con contenido útil y validado por la comunidad 👑 Top Panda (1000+) Acumular karma por tus contribuciones valiosas 🎓 Certificación y Especialización🏅 Medalla 🎯 ¿Cómo la consigues? 📘 VMCE Aprobar el examen de Veeam Certified Engineer 🌟 VMCA Obtener la certificación como V

Hi.I have Veeam One 12.3.0 installed and running. When I start setup.exe form 12.3.2 version I have only option Install instead Upgrade. Is any way to force upgrade mode? Or some registry changes maybe? Thanks and regardsPiotr

We are using a Quantum Scalar i3 tape library with a 25-slot license. Accordingly, we've created a partition for 25 tapes and currently have 25 tapes loaded, the cleaning tape ist tape 26 and not in the partition.The problem:We need to perform a cleaning operation via Veeam using the cleaning tape. However, the cleaning tape is not showing up under 'Unrecognized' or anywhere else in the tape libraries within Veeam.When trying to initiate automatic cleaning from Veeam, it says it cannot find the cleaning tape.Steps already taken: Rescanned the tape library in Veeam Performed a full inventory Ran a catalog operationAdditional Information:• Library Firmware Version: 330G.GS118• Veeam Version: 12.3.1.1139• The cleaning tape is correctly shown in the Quantum Scalar i3 web interface. It has the type set to 'Cleaning', a barcode 'CLN001L1', and is marked as 'Accessible'. Its location is also properly listed.• The cleaning tape is not in the partition of the 25 Tapes.Description of the Library