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bp4JC
bp4JCInfluencer
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Option to rescan repositories has disappeared

I have a server I am running VBR 11 on. The option to rescan repositories has just outright disappeared. I have tried closing and re-opening VBR, but this did not resolve the issue. A server reboot has also not resolved the issue.

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bp4JC
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Israr KhanNew Here
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Script to perform Failover and undo failover using Veeam replica

We wish to run the replica on a different IP periodically to extract data from the VM.  Hence time and again I perform failover to replica using the RE IP options within Veeam and then undo the failover. Just checking if anyone has anyone automated failover and undo failover for a Veeam replica using Powershell. 

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Chris.Arceneaux
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaul
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Fun Friday: What’s the longest time you’ve seen a snapshot/checkpoint in-use for?

Happy Friday! We know snapshots/checkpoints aren’t backups, but sometimes people don’t know this, and other times people forget to tidy up their snapshots. (Even worse when they don’t have Veeam ONE notifying them of this). So the question today is, what’s the longest time you’ve seen a snapshot/checkpoint in use? I’ve seen one customer environment whereby all VMs have multiple snapshots going back as far as 6 years, and counting! They’re engaged with VMware support due to the chain age and depth but they also can’t just take a backup and clear them down due to the lack of performance from the system now as a result!

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regnor
regnorVeeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Security vulnerabilities in VMware vCenter Server (09/2021)

I thought it would be good to share this here, although this is already covered on many news sites.Yesterday VMware did publish a Security Advisory regarding multiple vulnerabilities in vCenter Server. The most critical one "CVE-2021-22005” did receive a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (of 10) and an attacker could take over the control just be uploading a file via port 443. Although vCenter shouldn’t be reachable from the WAN/internet, the vulnerabilities should still be seen as very critical; an inside attacker could already be waiting.All together there were 19 CVEs published and fixed by VMware. All currently supported vCenter Server releases are more or less affected:vCenter 7: <7.0 U2c: affected by all vulnerabilities → Patch to 7.0 U2d 7.0 U2c: “only affected” by the minor vulnerabilities → Patch to 7.0 U2d vCenter 6.7: all 6.7 releases are affected → patch to 6.7 U3o vCenter 6.5: “only affected” by the minor vulnerabilities → Patch to 6.5 U3q → the minior vulnerabilities are still cr

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Hartmut
HartmutComes here often
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Update attatched object storage

Hi, is there a smart way to update attached s3 object storages. Not used in sobr(!). I am useing capa offloading to s3 on aws. in our Prodution environment (B&R Local). Thats working fine. I also attached the s3 on another Veeam B&R in VMC on AWS. I can see all backups once I attached the object storage in the repository view. Thats fine. I can do restores direct from s3 in vmc on aws. thats fine too. But ...I only do backup and offloading from B&R Local. Veeam B&R in VMC on AWS is only for restore purposes in our desaster environment. Unforunatly the attached s3 will not be update once B&R Local completet a new backup an offload. I can not rescan the object storage repository. The only way is to detach and do an import again. Thats working, its ok, but a more smart way to do a rescan during attatched s3 would be great. Thank you.

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Hartmut
Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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MASTERING VEEAM BACKUP & REPLICATION V11 – Community Input

As many know last year I wrote a book on Veeam v10 and you can see the post here -Veeam Book - Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10Also you can check my blog - https://just-virtualization.tech as well I have since been approached and will be updating it to Version 11 this year to hopefully get it out way before v12 hits.  I will be putting in all the new features and updating much of the content to focus around v11.  Also some things will be removed.I wanted to ask those that read my book if there are any improvements or things you might want to see in this version of the book.  It will be nice to see some community feedback. 

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Chris.Childerhose
JMeixner
JMeixnerOn the path to Greatness
asked in Discussion Boards
VSS Error with File to Tape Backup "Shadow copy provider vetoed the operation"

Hello community,I have an issue with a file to tape backup in combination with the usage of VSS.I have to copy the files of the RMAN Backups to tape. The backup files of the RMAN and SAP plugins are not recognized as backup Jobs with the tape jobs, so I have to copy them as files and not as jobs.The RMAN backups are running 24/7 - so there are some open files every time the copy job runs. And therefore I have activated the usage of VSS in the file to tape backup job.Every time the job runs an VSS error is given - "Shadow copy provider vetoed the operation"I did not find useful information to this error.Does anyone have some idea why VSS is not working properly? A reboot did not help. On the drive is enough free space (around 62,5 TB free of 105 TB total).

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JMeixner
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaul
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Data Protection Best Practice: Encrypting Backups

Today I want to talk about backups, and the importance of encrypting them, everywhere. When people think of encrypted backups, the usual first thoughts are around portable backups such as tape and USB or backups outside of your trust domain such as cloud storage.This is a great starting point, and if you’re not currently encrypting these I urge you to do so as these are normally your highest risk backups. But here’s a an emerging scenario to consider.Security is a constant battle of escalations, attempting to out-do the efforts of each other. Whilst we’re seeing an industry reacting to ransomware threats with immutability, these malicious actors have also moved on from just encrypting your data. Now these bad actors are attempting to steal your data and extort a ransom to prevent leaking the data.Scary stuff right? It’s for this reason and more that backups are being targeted for data exfiltration. Consider the positives a good backup meets. Storage and Bandwidth Efficiency Now malicio

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ODeSouzaComes here often
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How to archive in tapes the Veeam Office 365 repository

Hello, I understand that there are no a tape backup option directly in VOB, however we can use VBR, so I would like to know what is the “best practice” to archive every year in tapes.Our initial full backup took 7TB, then, because we configured 7 years of retention, we’ll keep all the messages and we’ll have around 7TB more per year, so how we can manage that in tapes if we don’t want to buy more disk? Thanks in advance, Omar De Souza.

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SCSIraidGURUNew Here
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Can we get a Raspbian 64-bit Backup Client?

I added a Raspberry Pi to my test lab.   I just installed their new Raspberry Pi 64-bit OS released in May 2021.    I love VEEAM Community Backup.   I can’t install the Linux client on the Raspberry Pi OS.   It would be great, if they made a client for them.   Many corporations are developing IoT devices based on the Pi.   Here is a picture of my Pi / Arduino test lab.   My website is https://mc.scsiraidguru.com/ I wished they had a $99 Pro version that home users could buy with no limitations.   I could get many users to buy it.  

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Mildur
Nico Losschaert
Nico LosschaertOn the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Recap : 15 reasons to choose Veeam over competitors

HiIn the 2 days during VEEAMON 2021, there was often the question from new members why to choose Veeam over other competitors…Therefore my own top-15. There will be more reasons, but I think it will cover a lot of the reasons and I don’t think someone has to hesitate anymore ;-) PortabilitySomething I like very hard! All necessary information is built into the backup-file.You are not dependent of your backup-server to restore something. In case of emergency of disaster it’s just sufficient to install VBR Community Edition (free), import your backup-file and restore. You can even extract your backup-file (without VBR) to the .VMDK or .VHDX files.Next to that : the format is interchangeable : you can for example restore a VM (backup taken from vSphere on-premises) to Azure or to HyperV, or restore a backup taken with a Veeam Agent to Amazon EC2 or HyperV, … and so on, the list is very long!  Not always possible with other backup vendors in my experience. Universal licensesIf you use univ

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marcofabbri
Hartmut
HartmutComes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
Veeam on VMware Cloud on AWS -> vCenter / Host Permissions

Hi,I have problems, restoreing VMs from s3 to vmware cloud on aws. I get a permission denied error.s3 and vCenter is added probably in veeam b&r thats insalled on VMC too. I can see my backups in Veeam B&R in VMware Cloud on AWS. I also can see the virtual machines in VMware Cloud on AWS. But I cannot give crendentials to the vSphere hosts, because it is not allowed in VMC. I guess that is the reason for my problem? What can I do, to use Veeam in VMC to backup and restore my VMs? 

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JMeixner
jorge.delacruz
jorge.delacruzCommunity Manager
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Enhanced HTML Reporting - Veeam Backup for AWS, Azure, and Office 365

Greetings everyone, for years we all have been configuring our SMTP notifications on Veeam Backup and Replication to start receiving emails about the jobs, etc. Probably is the second or third thing we do after installing VBR.Now, that is great, but at the same time is true that Veeam Backup for AWS/Azure/Office 365 SMTP Notifications are not the same as what we are used in VBR, until today!I am pleased to share here with you, some Community work I have built using the comprehensive, feature-rich, RESTful API these products include, keen to hear your feedback. The how-to of every script it is something similar to this:We have our products which exposes RESTful API We have a bash shell script to collect data from the API The bash shell script sends the data to the specified address, or addressesThis post might be a bit long, so keep scrolling to the HTML Report you need.Enhanced HTML Report for Veeam Backup for AWSThis Script will query the Veeam Backup for AWS API and save the job sess

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ODeSouzaComes here often
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veeam backup for microsoft office 365 dashboard

Hello,Is there a dashboard in Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 like in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager? if no, Can I connect my VB O365 to my VB Enterprise Manager in order to see the statistics in the dashboard?Thanks,Omar De Souza.

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Mildur
Shaokat
ShaokatInfluencer
asked in Discussion Boards
Veeam Legends VS Veeam Vanguard

anybody please clear me about Veeam Legends and Veeam Vanguard difference ….what is the process for to be a  Veeam Vanguard? Thanks in advance.  

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wolff.mateus
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaul
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
VMCA 2022 Released!

Afternoon everyone! I just found out that Veeam have released the VMCA 2022 course and exam. We’ve had a few discussions around this exam within the community as originally Veeam were intending for everyone to take the VMCA 2022 course prior to sitting the exam, however between then and now they’ve changed it. I checked my portal this morning and it showed the “Step 1. Attend a training course” as ticked. I checked with my account manager that this was intentional and they confirmed it’s no longer mandatory to redo the course if you’ve already got a VMCA v1.To find out more simply go to: Get Veeam Certified Now! and then click on the “Veeam Certified Architect” tab. FAQs:I took the VMCA v1 training course but never took the exam, what should I do? The VMCA v1 is expected to retire on 31st December 2021, either sit the exam or take the VMCA 2022 training course and work on that instead. Should I take the training course? Of course, it’s not always cost-effective for some people to take

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Chris.Childerhose
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deser5Not a newbie anymore
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Backup and restore test

Hello everyone, I am new on Veeam and I am planning to perform backup tests in my environment (VM’s, Local Storage, etc.). I would like to hear from your experience the best procedures to performs these backup tests and ensure that our systems/infrastructure are prepared for recovery whenever needed.Could you advise on how to proceed correctly?Thank you in advance.

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AnanduComes here often
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Questions on veeam backup with nutanix & veeam repository

Hey guys, I have two questions For veeam backup for nutanix, after I install a nutanix plugin on VBR will veeam setup a nutanix proxy VM or should we setup the proxy VM in the nutanix cluster? If VBR backups to a repository, later VBR crashes and I deploy another VBR and add the repository which has the backups stored, will this new VBR able to access or see the backups stored?

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Mildur
Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Discussion Boards
New Storage Integrations for Veeam v11

As many of you know Gostev sends out his weekly newsletter Sunday nights and there is some newly tested storage integrations.  If you use any of the following check it out -From “The Word From Gostev” newsletter:A few storage integration news next. Our QC has completed qualification of the following new storage offerings and firmware versions and we've declared their official support right with the current Veeam Backup & Replication version 11:• HPE Alletra 9000 which is a new storage based on Primera OS is now fully supported for storage snapshot integration functionality. Until the UI has been updated, register it as an HPE 3PAR storage. Note this does not include Alletra 6000 which despite the similar name is based on a different OS. We have some lab time scheduled with HPE at the end of this month, after which we should have a good idea of the work required (if any) and so the target release for Alletra 6000 support.• HPE Primera with Primera OS 4.3 is now supported for storage

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JMeixner
Chris.Childerhose
Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication v11 - COMING SOON

"Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10" was released earlier this year in February 2021.  The book can be seen at the following link and ordered:Version 10 Book is here - Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 10I have since been approached to write an update to the book for Version 11 and have accepted the challenge.  The current book will get updates, some things removed and definitely all the new goodies that are in the latest release of @Veeam. Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication v11 -- Coming Soon I will update my blog as my journey progresses with the new version.  I hope to create an updated book that was as good as the first one which everyone enjoyed that gave me feedback.  It will be fun writing about the newest features of Veeam v11 and updating existing stuff to make it current.Keep an eye out for further updates and other blog posts.

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Shaokat
bp4JC
bp4JCInfluencer
asked in Discussion Boards
Best log to check for Cloud Gateway errors

Good morning, everyone! Quick question. I have a copyjob that is throwing random “No Cloud Gateways available” errors. The odd thing is, it’s the only server that is having the issue and the our cloud connect server is fine. I am not quite sure what is happening between the cloud connect server and that backup server, but I want to get to the bottom of it! What would be the best Veeam log to check for info on that? I can run through the Windows Event Viewer, but I also want to see if any of the Veeam logs can shed some light. You all rock! Thank you so much for being great!

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Nico Losschaert
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaul
posted in Discussion Boards
VMware SD card/USB Support is going away!

To quote Gostev: Friends don’t let friends use anything but enterprise grade hardware RAID controllers with Battery Backed Write Cache. Well, now we’ve got another phrase we need to add: Friends don’t let friends use SD/USB for their VMware environments. VMware have just updated their KB regarding SD/USB support. Full details are here however the key takeaways are: VMware strongly advises that you move away completely from using SD card/USB as a boot device option on any future server hardware. Starting from the next major vSphere release, SD cards/USB media as a standalone boot device will not be supported. SD cards cannot be used to store the OSDATA partition, and an additional persistent device will be required. SD cards can continue to be used for the bootbank partition provided that a separate persistent local device to store the OSDATA partition (32GB minimum, 128GB recommended) is available in the host Preferably, the SD cards should be replaced with an M.2 or another local pers

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Chris.Childerhose
JustineP
JustinePComes here often
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Veeam Sizing for Repository Needed

Hello Veeam, I would like to ask regarding on how to size repository needed for Veeam via http://rps.dewin.me/If customer gave the data size that needs to backup which is 28tb and backup policy must have 2YR retention and the sched will be 24months Full, 4 weekly Full and 7 Daily incremental.So technically I will create a "Backup Copy Job GFS” in Dewin, and will enter 24 in Months the total for that one is 219.2TB, will create another one for weekly will enter 4 in Weekly and total of 44.2 TB, and last for Daily incremental will select "Forever Incremental” and retention will be 7 and total of 31.89 TB. For all type of backup i checked the Refs/XFS, 10% conservative for change rate, and 50% on data left after reduction. So it means i will add the total for all and that is equivalent to 295.29 TB of storage. So i need a total of 295.29 TB with 2YR retention? I think is is too much give that Veeam have dedup/compress features, if you will size can you share the details as well. Thanks

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JMeixner
Shaokat
ShaokatInfluencer
posted in Discussion Boards
Veeam B&R HA

Hi Team,I going to deployment a POC for one of my customer.Customer wants to HA cluster Veeam B&R for his DC and DR location. If DC site Veeam B&R goes down then DR site take over the Veeam B&R. in this time need to ensure that no backup job will be fail. As per I know and below link Veeam does not support HA Cluster. Ha for Veeam B&R server and Ha for veeam one - Veeam R&D Forums any one can help me on this issue?if i go with always on SQL cluster is it work ? any one do any R&D on this? Thanks in advance……………   

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regnor
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BHBDAANew Here
asked in Discussion Boards
Datastore Usage Trend

I am trying to find or build a report that will provide a line chart for each datastore trending over the last 4 - 6 months.I looked at the report - Datastore Space Usage History - the data appears to be there under the individual datastore headings, but it appears that will be a significant amount of data manipulation to make it work.Is it possible to get the data in a .csv format?Does anyone else have a similar need and has addressed it?Thanks in advance. 

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