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haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#HomelabWednesday - How to install the VMware vCenter Server root CA to avoid certificate warnings in your home lab

In this week's episode of #HomelabWednesdays, I show you how to migrate your domain controller and VMware vCenter Server to a new network without issues.Don’t forget to subscribe to get automatic notifications whenever a new video is released. 

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haslund
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 32 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. How are you testing your applications during SureBackup jobs? Are you familiar with the expected return code from your script?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
BertrandFR
BertrandFRInfluencer
posted in Discussion Boards
Most used or favourites reports from veeam one

Hello everyone,I’m curious to read, what is your favourites or most used veeamon reports? For us:Daily:Full Vcenter errors Full backup VMs by Datacenter Latest Jobs status**: All error jobs are directly connected with centreon (nagios like), it’s just for an overviewWhen trigger:Ransonware Activity but less used now cauz we have auditbeatOn demand:Capacity Planning for compute and storage billing

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vNote42
4 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
published in News
Veeam Community Recap #4

Hey Veeam Community!Another week - another Veeam Community Recap  and highlights from @Rick Vanover and myself.Check it out now! 

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MicoolPaul
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 31 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Do you utilize the on-demand sandbox feature? If yes, how do you offer access into the isolated lab?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
PValsecchi
PValsecchiVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure: backup schedule not working

When a backup policy is configured in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure, the job doesn't start automatically on a backup schedule.This is a known bug of the software and the fix requires a patch installation directly in the system. Install the fixAfter copying the patch provided by the support (patch Fix_263734_34880afcb0.zip) to the appliance (you can use WinSCP), stop the service with the following comand:# sudo systemctl stop veeamazurebackupInstall the package using the command:# sudo apt-get install /tmp/veeamazurebackup_1.0.0.261_amd64.debAfter few seconds the patch installation is completed successfully.Start the service veeamazurebackup with the command:# sudo systemctl start veeamazurebackupNow login to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure and schedule the job. After applying the patch, the job now runs on a backup schedule.The fix for this issue is quite simple to apply and takes only few minutes.  

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JMeixner
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 30 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. How well do you know your virtual labs and routing between the proxy appliance and your backup server?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
New to Veeam Backup & Replication? Want to skill up fast?

How do I skill up fast on Veeam Availability Suite?Maybe you are completely new to the product, or maybe you are trying to figure out what you don’t know? Regardless, you can find an easy path to get started on this topic.Step 1First of all, Veeam offers great free bite-size training at Veeam University. These videos will cover you from how to install, an overview of the console, creating your first backup jobs, and much more. My favorite part is that you get asked simple quiz style questions along the way to help you focus and validate you are learning.Step 2At this point, you might want to learn more about specific features such as restores and there is a large collection of how-to videos already provided right here.Step 3Now that you have seen a number of how-to videos and recordings, it is a great time to try out the product for yourself. Perhaps you still have concerns and want to ask questions live? Veeam has regular live product demos on the website and you can find the schedule

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Kseniya
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 28 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Do you have experience deploying the advanced multi-host virtual lab? How do you handle VLANs for the port grops?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
eprieto
eprietoOn the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Backup Job extensions on a Chart 🙃

   

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eprieto
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 27 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Are you sending transaction log backups to an off-site location? How do you do it? What do you store them on? Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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eprieto
4 years ago
vNote42
vNote42On the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
What’s (also) new in vSphere 7 U1 - For Data Protection

In the following link you can read improvements in vSphere 7.0 U1 for data protection. Areas of improvements are: Network QoS for Backup Traffic Improved backup job resilience Improvements in scalability for concurrent backup jobs vSphere APIs for I/O Filtering (VAIO) improvementshttps://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2020/11/18/whats-new-in-vsphere-7-u1-for-data-protection

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eprieto
4 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
published in News
Veeam Community Recap #3

Hey Veeam Community!Here’s another Veeam Community Recap  from @Rick Vanover and myself. Want to catch up on highlights of the week? Check out this video! 

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Kseniya
4 years ago
vNote42
vNote42On the path to Greatness
posted in Discussion Boards
How to migrate existing repositories (to XFS)?

I think a lot of customers will plan to migrate their existing repositories (NTFS, ReFS) to a new XFS repository with immutability in v11. I am curious about the options you see to migrate backup files to a new XFS repository. I have already said goodbye to the idea, block-linked (block clone (ReFS), reflink (XFS)) data can be copied without dehydration. A nice way is to put a new repository into place and let the old one(s) fade out. But how to move long-term backup? How do you migrate backup repositories?

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vNote42
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 26 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Is your company 3-2-1 compliant? What do you consider as two different media types? One could argue at lot of options is “disk” in the end, but is HDD one media type and SSD a different media type? What if it is two different physical servers running Windows, is that two different media types?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#HomelabWednesday - How to migrate Domain Controller and VMware vCenter to the new networks

In this week's episode of #HomelabWednesdays, I show you how to migrate your domain controller and VMware vCenter Server to a new network without issues.Don’t forget to subscribe to get automatic notifications whenever a new video is released. 

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haslund
4 years ago
vNote42
vNote42On the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Check reflink and spared space on XFS repositories

I wrote already a post about checking Microsoft ReFS space savings. Now I want to show some basics to check XFS savings too.To check space savings on repository layer go to the repository directory and run: ls -lhsYou can see the size of each file and the total size of all files. If there a way to much files, run ls -lhs | grep total Compare this to the size allocated on the volume. To show this, run df -h In this example you see space savings of: (86 - 35) = 51G Another way is the use the command xfs_bmap. It works on file-level and is very technical. I am still not sure to interpret all output correctly. At least it can show, reflink works!To show all extents of a file, this command can be used:  xfs_bmap -e -l -p -v -v -v filename. Here also additional information like a legend is displayed.I made a small script to show the size of all shared extents of all *.vbk-files. But do not overstrain it, its experimental.#!/bin/bashfor f in *.vbkdo echo "File $f size of shared extends:" xf

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haslund
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 25 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. How do you handle consistency during backups? Do you enable application-aware processing for all VMs? What about pre-freeze/post-thaw scripts? Do you have VMs where crash-consistent backups are sufficient?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
P
ProfessorMsibiNew Here
posted in YARA and Script Library
What am I missing here? I'm getting this error

Backup job: mwc-appsvr-midtier_2020-11-17T095355 (Full) Error 1 of 1 VMs processed 17 November 2020 09:53:55 AM Success 0 Start time 09:53:55 AM Total size 0 B Backup size 0 B Processing mwc-appsvr-midtier Error: Access is denied. Could not perform threshold check for backup location "\\10.0.0.12\Backup\VirtualMachines\Autobackups" due to space info retrievement fail! Warning 0 End time 09:54:35 AM Data read 0 B Dedupe 1.0x Error 1 Duration 0:00:39 Transferred 0 B Compression 1.0x Details Name

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vNote42
4 years ago
mhmdadl
mhmdadlVeeam Vanguard
asked in Discussion Boards
Proxy calculator

Is there any ready tool to calculate how many proxy do I need in my backup environment?

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eprieto
4 years ago
k00laidIT
k00laidITVeeam Vanguard
posted in YARA and Script Library
VeeamHub?

Not to be a negative nelly, but don’t we already have github.com/veeamhub as a repository that is purpose built for this type of content, managed by people who know code? Can we not push community script additions there rather than turning them into effectively forum posts?

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ratkinsonuk
4 years ago
jorge.delacruz
jorge.delacruzCommunity Manager
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
[Blog Series] How to Design and Implement a Backup System Based on SLA Policies

Hello Community,Pretty much every week I have the same question, or comment, regarding how to create a Data Protection system that scales, it is flexible in terms of adding workloads, and dynamic so every business owner can add workloads without any difficulty.If we look at the diagram of what I just described, it could look like this, where a few Proxies are protecting an specific SLA, another three are protecting another a bit more aggressive SLA, and finally a physical Proxy is protecting the tier1 workloads using storage snapshots and SAN Backup Mode.We will make use of the flexibility and integration with VMware vSphere Tags, so we will need to create all of them under VMware, under one, or more categories, like this:On Veeam Backup & Replication they will look like this, so create a job with a name, then we add the desired tag:Selecting the Proxies we want, with the retention we want as well:And the schedule of course:Until you have something similar to this:Now, back to VMwa

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eprieto
4 years ago
vNote42
vNote42On the path to Greatness
posted in Discussion Boards
Thoughts about these feature requests

Just though about 2 feature request, I would forward to my local Veeam account manager. Would be interested in your opinions. Or maybe there is already a practicable workaround.Change transport mode per backup/replication jobs This would make it easier to use a more suitable mode for selected VMs. For example it can result in better duration time when a lot of small VMs are backed up by NBD. Pre-View of selected VMs When selecting Folder/Tags/[new in v11]Tag Combination as backup source, it would be very useful to see all VMs that would be included at the press of a button.What do you think?

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mhmdadl
4 years ago
haslund
haslundMr. VMCE
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
#DailyQuiz - #VMCE 2020 Scenario question 24 walkthrough

Today’s #VMCE2020 #DailyQuiz walkthrough is ready. Do you have different subnets/networks on your disaster recovery site(s) than your production site(s)? How do you handle re-ip for restores from backups or replicas today? What about non-Windows?Try this question and more at https://rasmushaslund.com/vmce-practice-exam/

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haslund
4 years ago
vNote42
vNote42On the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
[Quicktip] Failed Veeam Backup&Replication Upgrade

Recently I had problems by upgrading Veeam from 9.5U4 to v10. Upgrade process failed after a while. We found out, directory C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Backup lost its permissions. We had no change any more to enter this directory. Short answer: Antivirus software causes the problem. After disabling real-time scan, upgrade run without further issues. Antivirus software was configured according Veeam best practices.

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vNote42
4 years ago

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