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As I posted some time back my third book came out and thank you to all that are buying it.  Packt conducted an Author interview with me regarding the book which was very interesting.  If you want to read the interview you can find it in the link below and if anyone is interested in writing a book or have thoughts on it just reach out.  I am debating a fourth book but might see about a co-author(s) for it this time around, but we will see.Packt Interview - Chris Childerhose - Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication (Third Edition)

Hey Community, we have Customers, which have quite a big Physical Infrastructure. It would be really Helpful, if the Protection Groups can not only be having Top Level Folders, but 1 or 2 Subfolders for Organization. Something like:Steel Production Hot (Protection Group) Cold (Protection Group) North Wing 1st-Floor Management (Protection Group) Sales (Protection Group) 2nd-Floor Technic (Protection Group) Engineers (Protection Group)  If you are thinking different or have a better solution for my Problem, i would be happy to hear/read what you have to say. GreetingsMathias

SummaryAnother powerful PowerShell script that leverages Veeam Backup & Replication to simplify the process of restoring virtual machines. With this script, you can perform staged VM restores. The script automates the entire process, from connecting to the Veeam server and listing available restore points to selecting a restore point and initiating the restore process. The script Download hereThe script is highly customizable and utilizes several parameters to tailor the restore process to your specific needs. Let's take a closer look at these parameters:ESXiServer: Specify the name of the target ESXi server where the VM will be restored. This allows you to choose the appropriate destination for the restore operation.VMName: Provide the name of the VM that you want to restore. This ensures that the script locates the correct VM during the restore process.Jobname: Enter the name of the Veeam backup job that contains the VM you wish to restore. This parameter helps the script identif

VeeamON 2023 has officially concluded! 🎉The biggest event for data recovery experts brought together community members online and in Miami. Veeam Legends and Vanguards were given the opportunity to travel and join Veeam in-person this year for VeeamON. Over 60 Legends/Vanguards from across the world traveled to Miami this year, as well as 6 VeeaMVPs who were also present in Miami. Let’s recap the community involvement at VeeamON this year.   Presenters  – VeeamON 2023 had the greatest presence of Veeam community members out of all VeeamONs yet. Over 20 Vanguards/Legends/MVPs presented their ideas and expertise to the public this year. Breakout Sessions:Architecting Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 at Scale (Falko Banaszak @falkob and Jim Jones @k00laidIT) Photo from Craig Dalrymple   10 Years Working with Veeam: How it Helped Shape Our Careers (Matt Crape, Ian Sanderson @Ian Sanderson, and Dean Lewis @saintdle)  Photo from Falko Banaszak  What I Wish You Knew About SureBackup (Michae

Hello everyoneI have this backup job fail for several days now , I cannot create backup the error is as follows:6/12/2023 1:12:07 AM :: Error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).Failed to read data from the file [B:\…..rds17\…...\Terminal Server 17_1.vhdx].Failed to upload disk. Skipped arguments: [shadowSpec>];Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.SyncDisk}.Exception from server: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).Failed to read data from the file [B:\…..rds17\…...\Terminal Server 17_1.vhdx].Unable to retrieve next block transmission command. Number of already processed blocks: [119].Failed to     

Hi folks,Can someone explain to me “the programming dummy” this word mutex? Is it just a log shock and awe term, i.e. someone like Geoff sees something “mutex” in the logs and thinks back to Grade 10 Math and makes a quick retreat? 😁Recently I have seen this word in different logs and wanted to double check with the pros before I press the terrifying search button on google. (I say that because I had a red mark on my face and thought I should google, it basically told me all the horrible things that it could be, until the unsponsored answer way at the bottom had a nothing to worry about explanation)!!

I have backup job on one of my VM windows server 2016 . I set up backup job and it show this warning and completed with an warning, 6/7/2023 2:04:27 AM :: Failed to index guest file system. VSSControl: Index failed Details: vss::CVeeamIndexingProvider::NetTryCompleteIndex. Failed to complete guest file system indexing in network mode. checked the  have the Enable Guest File System Indexing in the backup job configuration setting. can you help me solve this problem with suggstionthanks​​​​​​​

Hello,We are going to set up a backup copy of a vm on a compatible S3 storage, and we will apply a GFS policy.Immutability is activated for 7 days on the object storage.Can you confirm this information below? Do you have a veeam article that explains this?The immutability of GFS backups is not based on the immutability period defined in the Object Storage Repository, but on the retention period of the GFS backup point (e.g. Annual with a retention period of 7 years will have immutability defined for 7 years, so it won't be deletable for 7 years).

Anyone created veeam python library through swagger.json and has been successful in creating backup job?

Hi,With VAMW, can I exclude some folders/files in Volume backup?Thanks

Hi,I was trying to restore individual files after booted in using the Veeam Recovery Media ISO (from USB stick) but not like in Windows it only supports restoring volumes I guess or am I missing something?  Thanks

If a backup copyjob shows one vm in the job in a warning status that says “Waiting for backup resources availability”; did that particular VM actually copy over or did it ultimately fail to copy over?

My final Veeam Update. The aftermath! It did not take long for my swag to disappear. This time Alfred the Legend Cat and the Veeam Teddy bear I found with their new friend Carlos. Carlos is highly trained in DH, “Dealing with Humans” so he always opens his eyes slightly when people approach, just in case, the old trust but check thing :) If you look closely below in his den you will also see the Cloudian Ninja hanging out as well.  Carlos 

Requirements and Limitations CDP has a set of requirements and limitations. RequirementsThe following requirements apply to CDP:CDP is included in the Veeam Universal License. When using a legacy socket-based license, the Enterprise Plus edition is required.For supported platforms, see Platform Support. For supported source and target datastores, see Veeam CDP Source and Target. All hosts in a cluster must be of the same major version: 7.x or 6.x (6.5, or 6.7, or a combination of 6.5 and 6.7 is supported). In turn, all clusters managed by the same vCenter Server must also be of the same major version. VMs on the same cluster must be protected with CDP only by one backup server. The machine where the backup server resides must have at least 16 GB RAM. VMs that you plan to protect must not have snapshots at the moment when the CDP policy starts for the first time. Network between infrastructure components required for CDP must be 1 Gbps or faster. For high loaded systems, 10 Gbps and MTU

Greetings, today I wanted to share with you some amazing news. I am talking about an unofficial Veeam icon library for Excalidraw.Excalidraw is a tool that helps you draw technical diagrams with a great hand-made look, made every diagram much more user-friendly, as it really looks like if somebody has drawn it with their own hands.After a few months, and many nights on this, I have finished adding around 60+ Veeam unofficial shapes in total that have been carefully created inspired by the official shapes. Sorry to repeat myself, but again, these shapes are unofficial and not linked in any way to Veeam Software, use them, edit them, change them as you like.How do the Veeam unofficial shapes for Excalidraw look like?These are all the icons I made manually, they are ready to use, and I hope they are enough for your diagrams:How to Import the Veeam unofficial Excalidraw Icon LibraryThe process could not be simpler, open Excalidraw on the browser of your choice, remember that Excalidraw doe

The PowerShell script to automate the upgrade for Veeam Backup & Replication & Enterprise Manager to v12 is now available on VeeamHub! For more details on the script itself, I recommend reading the documentation on VeeamHub.https://github.com/VeeamHub/powershell/tree/master/BR-UpgradeV12 If you’re familiar with my previously written upgrade scripts for v10 and v11, here’s a summary of enhancements in this latest release:Support for both Windows Server 2019 & 2022 Added support for VBR plugins Veeam Backup for AWS Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure Veeam Backup for GCP Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization Veeam Plug-in for Kasten K10 Added support for Veeam Explorer for PostgreSQL Added function to test for pending reboots prior to beginning upgrade Added patch install functionality if Updates folder is present in the Veeam ISO Added check for license as it’s required for VBEM upgrade Added ISO validation as the script was written for v12

hello, my problem is the following: I have a backup job scheduled at 5 p.m. and a continuous replication job on one of my virtual machines.  So it happens that the 2 tasks are done at the same time.  When that happens, my VM no longer works (it seems frozen, it can no longer be reached by ping, nor by remote desktop, the database it contains is no longer reachable either).  I am therefore obliged to stop one of the jobs.  help me please

I have been a Veeam Vanguard for six years and Veeam Legend for just over a year and was fortunate enough to have attended the VeeamON 2017 event in New Orleans and VeeamON 2022 in Las Vegas, which was fantastic.  Being a Vanguard is a real honour, and many people ask me when they see my Veeam Vanguard jacket or shirt - What is Veeam?  My answer is a typical one - it is backup software for your infrastructure for now and the future, leading to a conversation around technology, backups, and many other things.This year's VeeamON 2023 event was in Miami, which I attended in person, and it was amazing.  Besides the great weather and hotel, there were many sessions, networking, a VeeamON playground with the Veeam Community Booth, Lab Warz, Hands-on-Labs and the legendary swag shop.Fontainebleau Miami Beach - Pool with VeeamON logo  VeeamON 2023 Digital Display in the lobbyAttending VeeamON is one of the best events if you want to learn more about backup and what Veeam is all about. From use

If you are using NetApp products with Veeam. A few products are now Veeam Ready for VBR 12. Please see below😀. The NetApp E-Series storage platform has been validated for VBR v12. This platform is used as a high-performance SAN for Veeam repositories used with Windows ReFS or Linux XFS.It is also targeted as a Linux Hardened Repository when Volumes are presented to a Linux platform. The model validated is a hybrid model. Please see details below.NetApp E2800 Hybrid-Flash Arrayhttps://www.veeam.com/sys395 The NetApp StorageGRID platform is an S3 object storage. It supports immutability with Object lock. It is positioned as an enterprise grade on-prem object storage platform.It was previously used as a capacity tier in VBR v11. It can now be used as a direct to object platform. Please use caution when sizing this platform. There are some known limitations in SG 11.6 see NetApp KB Article below.https://kb.netapp.com/hybrid/StorageGRID/Object_Mgmt/Slow_listing_on_StorageGRID_bucket NetApp

Hello everyoneI am trying to restore files in a specific path from the current backup restore point.The number of files to be restored is large and scattered, so it is done using a powershell script.The backup image is that of the NAS server.The command used is Save-VBRNASBackupFLRItem.However, when recovering through the command below, if the type is a folder, only the entire folder is restored.However, I want to select and recover only some files, not all files in the folder.What should I do?## Powershell script (test environment)$nfs_source = Get-VBRNASServer | Where-Object {$_.path -eq "nas:/nfs"}$nfs_restore = Get-VBRNASServer | Where-Object {$_.path -eq "nas:/restore"}$path_restore = Get-VBRNASServerPath -Server $nfs_restore$restorepoint_nfs=Get-VBRNASBackupRestorePoint | Where-Object {$_.NASServerName -eq "nas:/nfs" -and $_.CreationTime.tostring() -eq "5/25/2023 11:47:43 AM"}$restore_session_nfs = Start-VBRNASBackupFLRSession -RestorePoint $restorepoint_nfs$list_files = Get-VBRN

Hi, we have a customer that uses Veeva CRMhttps://appexchange.salesforce.com/appxListingDetail?listingId=a0N300000016ZRTEA2&tab=eIt runs on Salesforce.Does anyone have any experience how Veeam would work on this?Thanks in advance.JJ

SureBackup with Agents is a brand new V12 feature I already blogged about:SureBackup with physical workloads - and some more gems | Veeam Community Resource HubAlready using it in production environments, we now faced an issue with a job consisting of a DC and and Exchange server. Both are physical machines originally. For the DC everything worked fine in the SureBackup run. But the Exchange server failed with:Error: Results: cannot detect IP addressThis is right at the beginning of the testing process and even when I disable all checks.Doing an Instant-Recovery manually with the Exchange, I could determined that the exchange VM - after the necessary P2V and intial boot - shows up an “unknown network adapter” in device manager. Installing the built-in Windows driver for the E1000 with a right-click directly brought up the interface. I guess SureBackup failed to do that automatically.So question is, why does VBR do that correctly for the DC and fails for the Exchange.We’ll try pre-insta

We are using Veeam Backup and Replication 11, getting this error when backing up the servers: 

I’d backed up some data for a group of users during a mail migration. The job is complete so I’ve deleted it all to free up the licenses for another job. Unfortunately I believe that I’ve done things in the wrong order. The repository has been deleted and now I can’t get “Remove-VBOLicensedUser”. For every user it outputs:“Remove-VBOLicensedUser : The process cannot access the file '\\10.1.1.1\office365backups\BackupName\Repository.xml' because it is being used by another process” The repository listed is nothing to do with these users and it’s not in user by any process that I can see - certainly openfiles is blank. Any idea how to proceed? 

We have used NAS device to create a backup folder with Commvault. Can we upload the backup from NAS to Cloud? We are using Community Edition 10