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chas
chasComes here often
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Veeam Vault simple calculator

Hi Veeam community The calculator team just posted the latest build of the Veeam Calculators. You can read all about the new feature additions here: Calculators 1.2 released! | Veeam Community Resource Hub. I want to take a second to spotlight the addition of the simple Veeam Data Cloud Vault calculator. The calculators have been able to do Vault calculations for about the last 6 months or so, but in this release, and following the release of VDC Vault 2.0, we wanted to pare down the interface and make something really easy to use. We just ask the questions 'how much and for how long?' . From there you'll be given an estimate on your VDC Vault required capacity. Simple. A couple of notes: 'Source Data' refers to the...well...source. That is to say, an estimate of how much is in your datacenter and within scope. The maths behind data reduction, the magic of Veeam datamovers, repo types...all that stuff is applied but hidden away. Advanced mode opens up some additional variables if neede

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Martin Weber
Martin WeberComes here often
posted in YARA and Script Library
Pre-Check for update VEEAM to Version 12 using VMware

Hello together, before you update VEEAM to Version 12 using VMware vCenter/ESXi please check VMs HardDisks for duplicate UUID. In Version 11 this was never a problem. In the new Version VEEAM checks the UUID and backup will fail. VMware has no problem with that most time. But they know the Problem - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2006865 This command will find any HardDisk with duplicate UUID - please note that this is VMware PowerCLI command Get-VM | Get-HardDisk | Select @{N='VM';E={$_.Parent.Name}}, @{N='Uuid';E={$_.ExtensionData.Backing.Uuid}} | Group-Object -Property Uuid | ?{ $_.Count -gt 1 } As Service Provider such changes in VEEAM are a total disaster!!

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damien commenge
damien commengeVeeam Legend
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Hardened linux repository firewall

Hello, I’m using Ubuntu 24.04 and I would like to know how do you configure firewall on this system to allow only required port please ? If my research are correct, I could see I need only 22 + 6160 + 6162 port open and Veeam open the others when needed I think I understand the commands are differents if you setup it before you add it as managed server or after. Could you provide me both solution please ? Thanks for your help

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kristofpoppe
kristofpoppeVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Backups with a Twist: Adding Emoji Spice to Your Job Names

Backups with a Twist: Adding Emoji Spice to Your Job Names Backups are serious business. They’re the safety net that saves us from a world of pain when the data hits the fan. But let’s face it—backup job names are often duller than an accountant’s Christmas party. “BackupJob01” or “DailyIncremental” might get the job done, but they won’t win any awards for creativity. Enter emojis: the little digital sprinkles that can transform a backup job name from a snooze-fest into a masterpiece of expression. 🎉 Why Add Emojis to Backup Job Names? Because You Can: Many modern backup platforms now support Unicode, which means emojis are fair game! It’s like discovering that your boring sandwich can be a gourmet burger with the right toppings. Instant Recognition: Instead of trying to remember if “Backup_Week1” is for your critical systems or just a test run, a 🌐 or 💡 in the name makes it instantly clear. Fun Factor: Who says IT can’t have a little whimsy? Let your backups reflect your mood, your

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Pybarra
PybarraInfluencer
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
VBN AHV v7 released with Veeam Data Platform 12.3

With the release of Veeam Data Platform 12.3 the Nutanix hypervisor is now displayed in the installation splash screen see figure 1 below. In addition some highly requested features have been added to this release see the screenshots below. Figure 1 Enabling Nutanix Guest Tools is now an option in the backup job setup screen in the VBN AHV appliance see figure 2. The Nutanix Guest Tools setting will also be available in the VBR console once the job is created in the VBN AHV appliance. It will appear in the “Advanced Settings” Nutanix AHV tab see figure 3 below. Figure 3 You will see a new guest processing settings screen on the VBN AHV appliance. It will direct you to set it up in the VBR console for the job see figure 4 below. Figure 4 The application aware processing and guest indexing is now available in “experimental support”. You can still call Veeam support if any issues arise see figure 5. Figure 5 Once job changes are made in figure 5. You will see a synchronized job settings o

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tsmith
tsmithVeeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
VB365 Upgrade Guide from v7 to v8

I’ve created a migration guide for moving from Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 7 to version 8. As you know, version 8 introduces a lot of new changes in the technology and architecture - like postgres database, centralized cache, and proxy pools. This document will walk through the process of upgrading from v7 to v8, and migrating standalone proxies into the new proxy pools.

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Chris.Childerhose
coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam v12.3 Hidden Features

Last week Veeam released its newest Veeam Data Platform version – 12.3. Though I've only recently upgraded, after reviewing their What's New document and perusing around the Console a bit, I thought I would take some time to share with the Community some hidden gems in this newest VDP release. Some of us in the Community were already aware of a “big news” feature to be released “soon”, which was spoken about at VeeamON in Ft. Lauderdale back in June – Entra ID Backup. This feature did indeed make it as part of the v12.3 release…no need to wait for v13, slated for sometime in 2025 Q1 (hopefully). But, there are quite a few other features in this release you may not be aware of. So I thought I'd do another follow-up to my previous two Hidden Features posts – v12 Hidden Features and v12.1 Hidden Features . Let's dive right in! Cyber Resiliency Enhancements The main one here is what I’m most anxious to test drive – Veeam Threat Hunter . This new feature may not be a "hidden" one, but if wh

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hs08
hs08Comes here often
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Onboarding O3645 to VDC

Hello, when we onboarding our M365 tenant to the VDC there is a requirement that we need Microsoft Global Administrator account. It’s will work for Global Admin with MFA enabled?

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Michael Melter
Michael MelterVeeam Legend
posted in Discussion Boards
SOBR rebalancing with hardened Linux repo - division by zero?

Most of us love and embrace SOBRs as well as hardened Linux repos for obvious reasons.Once in a while a SOBRs shifts out of balance because VBR cannot predict sizes of VMs and especially chains with changes. Therefore, for a non-immutable repo we have ways to rebalance the SOBR: KB3100: Manually moving backup files between Scale-Out Backup Repository extents (veeam.com) V12 will even bring us the conservation of space optimizations here: New in VBR v12: True per-machine backup files - vNote42 This though is and will not be an easy task for the hardened Linux repo, as it will prevent files from being moved between the extents. I e.g. currently face a customers SOBR with one extent having 0% free while the others all have more than 80% free... Question is: Did you ever face this challange? How did you solve it? (Build chains from scratch? Disable immutability, reorg files, enable immutabilty?)

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jb16wer
jb16werComes here often
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VHR ISO now on my.veeam.com - installation

This is a quick post on how to setup the newly published Veeam Hardened Repository (Rocky Linux 9.4) base. I will post a quick guide later but for anyone else who deploys and wonders. Default username: vhradmin Password (changed on first use): vhradmin

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NikksInfluencer
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Azure data bax restore

We are using azure blob storage with immutable as our Veeam backup immutable backup. (Directly to azure with immutable). now, we are using azure export the blob storage to azure data box. Can we restore the data from there? From Veeam article, Veeam mentioned that “You cannot offload immutable data to the Azure Data Box Device”.https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/data_box_seeding.html?ver=120#preparing-azure-data-box-for-shipping I just want to confirm that this article referencing Azure Data Box as a target inside the Veeam software. Once the data is produced by Veeam you can copy it anywhere? or we can't copy to other place Export data from our repository on Azure Blob immutable storage, get the Azure databox shipped to us, and then restore from the data box

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SteveHeart
SteveHeartInfluencer
posted in YARA and Script Library
Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 - New REST API features & new Python scripts

Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 – A big release with many new functions. Let me show you some of the exciting new possibilities with REST API. And yes, I have also created some scripts 😉 Scanning Backups & Veeam Threat Hunter Veeam Backup & Replication offers various methods of scanning backups for malware. The Secure Restore feature allows for malware scanning during recovery, preventing the reintroduction of infected files. The Scan Backup functionality will enable you to check backups for malware on-demand. SureBackup provides the possibility to execute this task on a regular or even continuous basis. With the introduction of the Veeam Threat Hunter in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3, the scanning capabilities become even more powerful. Read the Veeam Backup & Replication v12.3 - What’s new document (page 7) describing the Veeam Threat Hunter capabilities. ❗Don’t forget to select the Veeam Threat Hunter in the Malware Detection Settings. Scan Backups using REST API With the latest

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nsofl.chenComes here often
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About veeam works on Nutanix AHV

Hi All, I want to know Veeam to backup Nutanix by deploy more than one workers, can it choose which worker backup which host's VM for the backup job?

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koravitNot a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards
SIEM Alert: User Creation and Deletion Detected on Veeam ONE Server

Our SIEM system (Splunk) has detected a risk event on the Veeam ONE Server, involving the creation and subsequent deletion of a user account: Veeam_6043-4343A67F. This action was performed by the user xxxx (a service account). However, no one within our team is aware of this activity, and we could not locate any corresponding event logs on the OS (Windows Server 2019) or within Veeam ONE. Could you please help us understand the following: Is it possible that Veeam ONE itself creates and deletes such user accounts as part of its internal processes? If so, what scenarios or mechanisms within Veeam ONE could result in this type of event? We need to explain this situation to our Security team to ensure that this activity is not a result of unauthorized access or malicious actions. Any insights you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your assistance.

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Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
published in News
gMSA, Azure and Kasten with OOTBI | Ep. 186Community Weekly Recap 186

This week, @Rick Vanover and @Madi.Cristil have some amazing content lined up! Get ready for an in-depth discussion on gMSA, discover why backing up Azure Key Vault is essential, and stick around for an exciting demo featuring Kasten and OOTBI, Plus. VBS is all about Salesforce, along with a fantastic lineup of special department news! The Links: via @Michael Melter gMSAs with VBR - Part 2 - How to do it via @johan.h Backup Azure Key Vault via @Geoff Burke KASTEN A To Z ... Why not OOTBI? SPECIAL DAY Vanguard Blog Spotlight: via @Vladan Veeam Backup for Salesforce 3.0 Released – The Details Here Special Department News: Managed Hardened Repository Preview Now Available! Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 12.2 New Proactive Threat Analysis Tools for Veeam Data Platform Data Resilience Summit 2024 VUG Slovakia Meetup Kubernetes Disaster Recovery with Kasten Blog of the Month September 2024 Who's New: Congratulations to all our new members 😊 Best, Madi

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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
published in News
Entra ID, SureBackup, and AD Database Files| Ep. 193Veeam Community Recap #193

The Holiday Season is upon us! This week El Rickatron and ​@safiya are up for the recap. We covered some solid featured content as well as a great collection of special department news. Check out this week's recap video here: Featured Content via ​@SSimpson via ​@dips via ​@HunterLAFR via ​@arnaud.quenum Vanguard Blog Spotlight Via ​@NicBackup, this is a great recap of the Veeam 100 Summit and a deeper dive on the Veeam Hardened Repository. Read Nico’s post here: https://nicostein.com/veeam-100-summit-and-hardened-repository-with-immutability/ Special Department News Upcoming VUG Romania Event 🇷🇴 Upcoming VUG BeLux Event 🇧🇪🇱🇺 Upcoming Kubernetes Korner Event (online) Who’s New Thanks again ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New! We are happy to welcome +91 new members to the community. Coolest usernames are ​@Truefoe, ​@spinfall, ​@oneafter909 and ​@Waterbug. Alfred’s pick is ​@DataProtector → You have a badge coming your way. Have a great weekend everyone.

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skitch210
skitch210Veeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
My Experience Building a 3 node Nutanix CE Cluster Lab

About 2 years ago I decided to try out Nutanix and learn a little about how it worked along with Veeam. Like most people this started with a Google search and several blog posts of others who have deployed Nutanix CE in their home labs, mostly nesting inside their VMware environments to save on necessary hardware. So, why not. I downloaded CE, carved out a VM on my VMware host, went through the steps and before long I had a single node cluster running. I setup a couple small VMs on it, added to my Veeam server, setup backups and backup copy jobs, and was off and running. Over time I left it running and didn’t really think much about it. Occasionally, someone would ask about Veeam capabilities with Nutanix and Cloud Connect, or something else, and I could show them, or test out what they wanted to try, but otherwise just left it running. Not too long ago, Nutanix released CE 2.0, however I waited, no rush to change what was working. Then there was the IT crash heard around the world .

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alan.thompsonNew Here
asked in Discussion Boards
Veeam Data Platform Essentials vs foundation, advanced, premium?

Simple one this, where is the feature comparison showing VDP ESSENTIALS, against the foundation, advanced, and premium? What features am I getting in essentials vs those enterprise grade versions basically? It matters because I’m watching the whats new webinar and there is a feature comparison going on but no mention of essentials? Thanks in advance!

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Chris.Childerhose
hs08
hs08Comes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
Limit user for restore

Hello, I will implement Veeam Data Cloud for back up our M365 services such as exchange, onedrive, sharepoint and ms.team and the daily operational will be handled by our backup administrator. I have concern when we backup exchange mailbox, the backup administrator can ‘peek’ all the contents of the mailbox for all users. So can we have separate administrator for daily backup and prevent this user to ‘peek the inbox and in same time assign special user who can restore the mailbox? It’s no problem for this special user can peek’ the mailbox, the special user maybe can our CTO.

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zulhadiNew Here
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Veeam Backup Installation and Configuration Workbook

Hi All, Just asking. If have any official/unofficial workbook for installation and configuration of Veeam Backup and Recovery that I can refer and provided to customer as part of assessment before the Veeam deployment start? Please advise

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Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Object First (OOTBI) - Installation & Configuration

Back at the end of July I was able to finally get my Object First OOTBI box taken to one of our datacenters to have it racked, cabled and configured for use. I am doing a blog series on this and here is the first one. https://just-virtualization.tech/2024/08/13/object-first-ootbi-installation-configuration/ Object First (OOTBI) – Installation & Configuration It has been a couple of weeks now since I visited our datacenter and was able to get my Object First (OOTBI) appliance racked, cabled and configured. It was a long debate on whether I would bring the device up in my home office and risk a large power bill or take it to one of the datacenters locally for the company ThinkOn that I work for. The choice was clear due to the appliance being a SuperMicro box and probably wanting some good power – DC it is! On July 25th I packed up OOTBI and took him to our Cambridge DC. OOTBI packed up heading to the Datacenter Once I arrived and got the box transported to the racks, the installation to

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bravo444Comes here often
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Woker faild for Proxmox VE (Failed to connect tothe work core service)

Hello Team, I am trying to setup woker for Proxmox VE. I got follwoing error during testing phase. “Failed to connect to the worker core service. Failed to connect to the backup appliance.” I got some log files, but I am not sure which one I should refer to. Also, it might be “port” issue? I have opened necessary ports for Veaam communications. Thank you so much for your help!

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AndrePulia
AndrePuliaVeeam Legend
asked in Discussion Boards
Veeam Console - resize

Hi everyone, I’m trying to resize the Veeam console, but the smallest size that I have still big, I can’t get is smaller than the screenshot bellow. Does anyone knows how to reduce even more the console big? Thank YOU

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KtecEricNew Here
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Backup to AWS S3 Glacier - Idiot's Guide

I’m finding it very diffcult to find a configuration guide to setup an SOBR that offloads to AWS S3 Glacier archive tier. I understand the concepts but have no experience with AWS. Does anyone know of any guides that get down to the nuts and bolts of setting up the AWS infrastrcture? As I said, I’m new to AWS so need basics like how to apply permissions to resources (i.e. buckets) for users/groups. I’m looking for something on that level.

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Cornel
CornelComes here often
posted in Discussion Boards
Prezetarea Veeam despre "Zero Trust Architecture" si bonus prezentarea "Recon Scanner"

Va atasez prezentarile Veeam, despre Zero Trust Architecture V-am pus si o prezentare despre Recon Scanner, pe care clientii Veeam Data Platform Premium il primesc (inclus) incepand cu Q4 2024. Recon Scanner ajuta la detectia (si corelatia) anomaliilor si vulnerabilitatile identificate si ca urmare, poate fi super util in protectia anti-ransomware.

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