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Working with tape libraries often requires up‑to‑date firmware, BIOS packages, and driver references to ensure stable operation and compatibility across vendors and backup platforms. For those who need a consolidated and easy‑to‑navigate source, here is an excellent technical repository that centralizes multiple Tape Library and Tape Drive resources: 🔗 Firmware, BIOS & Driver Index📂 /FIRMWARE_BIOS/ – StoneSet ⚠️ DisclaimerThe Veeam Community does not guarantee the functionality, integrity, or safety of the drivers, firmware, or installers referenced in this repository.All materials are shared for informational and community‑support purposes only.Always validate, test, and verify any files in a controlled or non‑production environment before applying them to your infras

We are having one VM fail in our surebackup job, which is set at 7200 seconds for maximum allowed boot time. The VM runs twice, once it fails as running at 600 seconds, the second runs at 7200 and is a success. How can this be, 1. VM gets selected twice, and runs at different config in the same job. We are running VBR 12.3.2.4165. Thanks all….

I currently need to migrate my system from VMWare to OLVM, but I can't find an option for instant recovery of a virtual machine from VMWare to OLVM. I also can't find anywhere I can use this feature to recover a virtual machine from one OLVM to another.

When I try to restore from HV guest using “Copy To” option, choose a folder and the “OK” button is greyed out. I used to use this function all the time on this server before I upgraded to 13.01. Any ideas?

TL;DR With Veeam Backup & Replication v13, every PowerShell cmdlet now goes through the same service layer used by the REST API and Web UI. That layer enforces request throttling. The tape cmdlets are extremely chatty, so when scripts call them in quick succession (as most reporting scripts do), you’ll hit TooManyRequests.Fix summary: Wrap tape calls with a retry/backoff helper, prefetch once (no calls inside loops), and serialize tape inventory access (don’t overlap reports, rescans, and tape jobs).  What Changed in v13? Veeam v13 moved PowerShell off the old .NET Framework RPC and onto .NET + a service backend shared with REST and the Web UI. The upside: one consistent platform. The downside: you now inherit API-style throttling that didn’t exist in v12.Symptom:

Upgrades - at least with Veeam - usually go smoothly. But every now and then, one catches you off guard. After upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) to version 13, we ran into an issue that completely blocked access to the VBR console.I’m sharing this here in case it helps others who might hit the same problem.The Problem: No Console Access After UpgradeImmediately after the upgrade to VBR v13, the Veeam Backup & Replication console refused to connect to the VBR server.Instead of the expected login screen, we were greeted with a certificate error. What made troubleshooting especially confusing was that the error occurred regardless of how we tried to connect: localhost server IP address fully q

Hi ALL,I would like to ask for assistance with the following scenario. I am planning to purchase two StoreOnce systems and use Veeam as the backup software. I plan to use Catalyst and Backup Copy jobs to transfer backup data from StoreOnce #1 to StoreOnce #2.My question is: in this case, assuming that there is already existing backup data on StoreOnce #2, if a new Active Full backup is approximately 100 GB in size, will the data synchronized be the full 100 GB, or will only the changed blocks from StoreOnce #1 be transferred to StoreOnce #2?In other words, will this behave similarly to the replication of two NAS shares on StoreOnce, where only changed blocks are synchronized?”Thank you so much.RgdsHieuht 

While trying to export.BAK file while using Veeam Explorer, it gives the following message what could be the issue. This same error appear by using instant recovery, recovering to the same location and alternate location, in addition to restore DB file to the same location and alternate location. DB Unable to attach database. | Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression. | The statement has been terminated. 

how to avoid this step?  

The various discussion in the below article gave rise to the creation of this article. In previous discussions on the community and my blog, we have extensively covered the steps for performing a clean installation of Windows Server, reinstalling Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), and migrating the configuration database.If you wish to have your VBR running on the latest Windows Server 2025. I have crafted a very detailed article discussing the steps here “how to perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025”. Windows Server 2025 comes in the following editions tailored to different organisational needs. They are the Essential Edition, the St

I have a question. My current tape server has 4 SAS ports attached to my Quantum LTO-7 library. I can’t fit any more cards into this server, so that’s the max number of drives this one tape server will support.However, my tape library physically has *6* tape drives installed in it. Obviously, at the moment, only 4 are in use, as that’s all my tape server can handle. But I have a 2nd  tape server I can use, and it has 4 unused SAS ports. So what I want to do is, add this 2nd server to my Veeam environment as another tape server, and hook it up to my 2 used tape drives. That way, I should hopefully be able to drive all 6 tape drives at once., and Veeam will see the library as having 6 drives total. There should be no problem with that config, right? Veeam can utilize more than 1 tape server, surely. And since the drives are all in the same library, even if I have media pools that says use up to 2 drives at once,  it wouldn’t matter if one of those tap

Hello, I have a Gmail address and my company email address assigned to my profile. When I try to do anything, the verification links are sent to yet another address I don't have access to, and I'm stuck in a vicious cycle. I tried to ask for help through the sales department, but my request has gone unanswered. Please help.

XCP-ng stands for Xen Cloud Platform, next generation and it is an open-source virtualisation platform that allows you to manage virtual machines and networks efficiently.XCP-ng delivers high-performance enterprise-level virtualization with a rich ecosystem. You can integrate it into your full stack for management and backups. It serves as the modern successor to XCP, which developers originally created as an open-source version of Citrix XenServer back in 2010. XCP-ng ArchitectureXCP-ng is a secure platform by default and enables you to run any kind of virtualisation workload . It contains multiple components, built around the Xen Hypervisor. It’s meant to run on top of bare-metal machines.XCP-ng runs Xen hypervisor on bare metal hardware (CPU, RAM, disk, GPU) to host VMs and PVs (paravirtualized guests). Dom0 (control domain) manages everything via tools and APIs, while backend drivers handle stor

I am running into an issue where very large incrementals are being created even when the device is having little usage. On a 1.8 TB drive (1.56 TB used), an incremental of 980 GB and another incremental of 820 GB occurred a few days later in the past week. What could be causing this? I am using veeam agent for windows 13.0.1.1009

Hi all,I attach the step by step procedure to perform a PostgreSQL Database upgrade. PostgreSQL: CVE-2025-1094: PostgreSQL quoting APIs miss neutralizing quoting syntax in text that fails encoding validation KB4386: Upgrading the SQL Database Engine Software (Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL) Used by Veeam Backup & Replication Ensure that there are no jobs or restore tasks occurring. Manually Create a Configuration Backup. (Optional) 

     I have been talking with several service providers over the past 2 years around Broadcom. These conversations have shifted over the past few months. The initial conversations were around the price increase and change of functionality, but more recently around partners being kicked out of the program and no longer able to transact with Broadcom. This shift has forced service providers to reconsider how they would provide services to their customers and what options are out there.    I compare this to trying to get into fishing. You could just show up at the lake without any information and just start casting lures or live bait, but you have no plan on what fish species are in the lake, what depth you are at, is there any cover on the bottom. Although you could catch fish this way, your chances are more based on luck. The other option is to use technology to help you be more successful, things like a fish finder, live scope, lake maps with topographical detail, information

In te Part I We saw How→ Two Node Red Hat OpenShift 🤓 (TNA & TNF) Part1In Part II, we will walk through the officially documented failure scenarios for: Two Node OpenShift with Arbiter (TNA) Including scenarios such as: Arbiter node outage Single control plane node failure Double node outage Quorum loss      

IntroductionThe Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) v13 comes packed with a lot of new features and one of my favorite, is the ability to enable High Availability for the Veeam Backup and Replication server.The business outcomes for our customers are huge:Reduced Business Disruption Faster, More Predictable Recoveries Operational Confidence SLA ProtectionIn this article, we walk through how Veeam ONE acts as a Cluster Witness, how automated remediation enables hands‑off failover, and what operators should expect during failure, recovery, and cluster rebuild scenarios.HA Cluster Failover automation is one of these capabilities that made it late into the release and probably went unnoticed for most. 

veeam one, new build. Was working but the user account needed a password change. I changed and rebooted the veeam one server but services wont start. All say error 1069: the service did not start due to logon failure however the account logs in fineany ideas? thanks

Hi!I would like to share with y’all my initial “hands on” the VBR13 - Linux Based OVAPublishing the entry here, so you dont have to leave the Community Site:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I want to share my initial screenshots of the Linux-based Veeam Backup & Replication Server.Tech Preview: VBR on Linux (v13)Private technology preview for Veeam 100, for non-production use only. Let’s get started:As you may know, let’s deploy the OVA in our Vsphere Host:As always, follow the wizard…Select where the VM is going to be stored

B&R 12.3.1.1139 VOne 12.3.0.4670 Agent for MS 6.3.1.1074Job managed by agentA few months ago, I replaced a physical workstation that uses Windows Agent. I reinstalled the old SSD into the new computer. I renamed the PC. Everything works, including Veeam Agent backups but I noticed that email alerts and Malware scan related errors still reference the old computer name even though the new pc name is displayed in the B&R control panel.Since updating to B&R 12.3 and enabling Veeam Threat Hunter, I get the following email alerts:[Error] Malware analysis session has failed unexpectedly: Action completed with error [Failed] Daily malware detection report (0 malware events for 0 workloads)On the B&R server, I see the following in: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Svc.VeeamDataAnalyzer.log

hi,i try to install veeam  agent (i try with multiple version) on windows server 2025 but when i get to the point of installation it fails.on the log i see “ another installation is in progress” but i don’t have nothing in pending.

I understand from our network team, that the SQL agent running on Microsoft SQL 2019 causes the SQL server to lockup or the backups to lockup. Is there a method to configure the backups (data & logs) to prevent that?

Hi thereI have a question around hardened repository. A customer has purchased new hardware to implement a hardened repo and add it to the existing VEEAM setup (latest 12.x).I am trying to determine whether I should suggest to use the VEEAM Hardened ISO. I have downloaded version 2.0.0.8. Or should we stick with using Red Hat and harden that accordingly. My colleagues have done that before and we have the scripts to automate.I am new to the hardened repo game but I would think that using VEEAM iso would be simpler.What are the pro and cons?Also, maybe a silly question but it seems to me that the hardened repo is also built into the V13 virtual appliance ISO. Would it be possible to use v13 hardened repo and connect the repo to a VBR12 setup?Much appreciated.