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My Journey in Enterprise Data Protection and Veeam AdvocacyWith over two decades of experience in the technology sector, spanning mid-sized organizations to large enterprises, I’ve cultivated a deep expertise in IT infrastructure—particularly in data protection. While data protection has always been part of my toolkit, it was within the enterprise space that I truly honed it as a core focus. In 2019, our organization introduced Veeam as part of a strategic initiative to unify our data protection and Tier 3 storage teams. I was selected for a special project team to support this integration, marking a pivotal moment in our modernization efforts.Transitioning into the enterprise environment presented a steep learning curve, especially when managing protection at scale. I began in operations, where data protection was one of many responsibilities. In 2014, I formally joined the dedicated Data Protection Services (DPS) team. At the time, our approach relied heavily on stor

Dear Community, Recently, I encountered an issue while running a scheduled backup job using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. The backup failed with the error "Failed to create VSS snapshot."Successfully resolved the issue, and I’d like to share the steps I took in case they help. Solution That Worked:Simply by restarting the VSS (Volume Shadow Copy) service, which might have become unstable or stuck. Here’s what I did:Opened an Command Prompt (Run as Administrator)Ran the following commands:net stop vss net start vss You can also restart these services in services.msc:Volume Shadow Copy Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider That’s it! After this, I re-ran the backup job and it completed successfully without any errors. As a Veeam Commun

Hi Community, I’m facing an issue where Veeam ONE Reporting Service (VeeamRSS.exe) cannot communicate with Veeam ONE Monitoring Service (VeeamDCS.exe). The error message states:  The Monitoring service appears to be stopped or inaccessible. Has anyone encountered this before? What could cause the Monitoring service to become unavailable? Any insights or best practices to resolve this would be greatly appreciated. Kindly note that support case already been open for this.  

Hello everyone, I am trying to connect the Veeam software appliance and my NAS via iSCSI. It won't work directly, so I installed Veeam Infrastructure Server, where I tried to connect the NAS, but I have no idea how to connect it there. I looked through the documentation, but couldn't find anything. Could you please advise me?Thank you in advance.

Fresh v13 build for VBR, EM and Veeam ONE.Veeam ONE is installed on windows 2025 with a seperate win2025 SQL server.Install is all good but when running the Veeam ONE client and I click ADD SERVER to add the VBR server, this opens a web interface to veeam one. Once logged in, I get this:infrastructure is missing and I can click review data sources, when I click this I get error “failed to add the virtual infrastructure. The user account does not have the required permissions”.The user does have permissions, local admin, in the veeam administrators group as well. In the top corner of the web UI it also shows the user then underneath “restricted permissions user”.Very odd…..anyone see this?

To use Honeypot, a new feature available in Object First OOTBI v1.7. You will have to ensure that you have upgraded your OOTBI cluster to version 1.7.79.12311 according to the documentation. See the release Notes, and you will be redirected to the Request form. Object First Support is exceptional. Their responsiveness and efficiency in addressing issues are second to none. If you require immediate assistance or approval. Reaching out to their support team is highly recommended. According to Object First, customers running OOTBI versions earlier than 1.5.55.10660 should complete the update using the intermediate patc

Another day and another tip that I came across in my homelab.  I had two older VHRs that I removed from my environment but when trying to delete them in the WebUI or Console it would give me an error about - No Route to HostSo I checked with our Veeam SE team and found the following workaround using PowerShell to remove the servers which ended with a warning but that was due to not being able to connect to them.Run PowerShell from the Console application Ensure you are using an account for the Credentials that does not have MFA enabled Connect to the Veeam Appliance by supplying credentials and connection string - $creds = Get-Credential Connect-VBRServer -Credential $creds -Server “server name” Get the server requiring deletion and issue the

Happy monday everyone!Are you considering integrating the feature direct-to-Object Storage into your backup plan, which allows you to add Object Storage as a primary backup repository?Perhaps you'd like to test it locally on-premise first, on a Windows Server environment, without having to purchase, or testing purposes, paid cloud solutions? Or maybe you're specifically seeking a reliable On-Premise Object Storage solution that can also run on a Windows Server?Well, this guide is just for you.In this example I used:VMware ESXi 8.0 U2 Windows Server 2022 VM with 2 disks MinIO 2023-11-15Prepare your Object Storage Windows serverLet's set up and update a Windows Server 2022 VM. Keep it in a Workgroup. Then partition two disks: a smaller one for the OS and a larger one for data. In my example, I allocated 50GB to the OS

When integrating a Synology NAS with Proxmox VE. NFS provides a convenient and flexible storage solution for virtual machines, ISO images, templates, and backups. Unlike local Proxmox storage or block-level storage solutions.Network File System (NFS) shares on a NAS are network-based and accessible to multiple nodes simultaneously, making them ideal for clustered environments or home labs. Kindly take a look at this blog post for more information “Add Synology NFS Storage to Proxmox VE for VMs and Backups”. One important characteristic of NFS on Synology is that it is not pre-allocated. The storage is thin-provisioned, meaning that VM disk files grow dynamically a

Hi,I have installed an agent 6.3.2.1207 on Oracle Linux 7.9, Kernel 5.4.17-2136 el7 uek.Backup failed with cannot load module veeamsnap.veeamsnap module was installed but cannot be loaded. Maybe due to kernel incompatibility. I cannot find useful information on howto get this running, on this Linux Version with that kernel.Can anyone help? Rene

We have received an update alert for recent CVE for KB ID 4771, to install a patch. What we want to understand is not in any guide, is - Is this patch just for our Windows VBR server…? Are there any pre reqs. Going through the setup of the .exe from the ISO there are no checks and no reboot required, this was tested installed on a non Veeam server which may not give the correct results…?Thanks in advance Tony

Just installed brand new Widnows 10 VM, installed 12.1 veeam backup and replication but what ever I do this does not work.  Checked and all services are running  any thoughts would be much appreciated. 

Hi Veeam team,I recently upgraded our Veeam Backup & Replication server to version 12.3.2.3617 on a Hyper-V host (not ideal, I know). The upgrade failed. Upon reviewing, the VBR has been upgraded, but the console won't connect. An attempt to upgrade console will end up in the following error “Unable to update the backup console because the following products are installed on this server: Veeam Backup and Replication Server”Checking the logs, it says:[04.07.2025 05:09:16][INFO] Installing Veeam Backup & Replication Console[04.07.2025 05:10:52][ERROR] Fatal error during installation. Steps I’ve already tried: Rebooted the Hyper-V host Force-stopped all Veeam services and processes Tried installing console via both GUI and from ISO Verified version mismatch (Console still on 12.3.1.1139, Server is 12.3.2.3617)

2D Erasure Coding: The Breakthrough Behind Quantum’s ActiveScale Cold Storage for Veeam Backup & Replication’s Archive Tier We are closing in on the 5th year birthday for Veeam Backup & Replication’s (VBR) Archive Tier.  During those 5 years we saw the Archive grow from initially using Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure Archive Storage when VBR v11 was released in February of 2021 to being able to use on-premises S3 compatible object storage with data archiving capabilities. When this feature was made available with the launch of VBR v12.1 in December of 2023, one of our 1st Technology Alliance Partners (TAP) to provide a compatible storage solution was Quantum with its ActiveScale Cold Storage (ASCS).  Veeam TAP partners can enable the on-premises Archive Tier by implementing the 

Wondering if anyone has done this before where we need to failover an Org in vCloud Direcotor to a target vCloud Director as a DR.  This would need to failover in a specific order as well has have some time delays between failovers.   And ofcourse failback to finish it up.   I have 28 sub-tenants that need this functionality.  Any help would be appreciated.   I just finished standing up the Veeam Orchestrator to see if that will work at all, it doesn’t look promising based on the documentation I’ve read so far.   Currently we need to failover manually from the Replicas Ready view.   A typical failover today would be 1. failover the fw 2. failover dc and check time upon powerup 3.  failover other dependencies like sql or rdsgateway, then the remaining vms behind the dependencies or that don’t have one.

We've been running the Framework in corporations throughout the year.In this post, I'll share with you the main results and how this initiative has encouraged teams to work together to achieve the highest possible compliance. In early January, we started using the Assessment provided by Veeam. In our client base and new logos. Today, at the end of October, we've already surpassed 50 clients, guided by scope of work, documentation, numerous meetings, and excellent commercial results. After the Framework round, we typically move on to a series of Scope of Work and Commercial MovementThis has been quickly moving customers, distributors, manufacturers, and partners, and it's being treated with priority, according to projects already underway within organizations. Yet another reminder that backup, often seen as a dull necessity, once again proves to be the unsung hero when it matters most. 

Hello Veeam Community,I’m performing a restore process in Veeam Backup for Google Cloud and encountered an issue after the data restoration phase. Here are the key log details:  The disk restore completed successfully, but the instance restore failed due to snapshot creation error. Question:Has anyone faced this issue in GCP restores? What could cause snapshot creation to fail after disk restoration? Any recommended troubleshooting steps or permissions to check? 

hello!client of Veeam for 10+ years, previously use Veeam Backup & Replicationnow we add another server and need additional licenses, our Veeam seller said, that we must change our product and now we are proud Veeam Data Platform usersbut how with convert our installation from VBR to VDP? backup server be the sameI must uninstall VBR and install VDP or there is more safe way?(i ask this 24 October to Veeam representatives, but don’t get answer at all) BRSaules Ieleja 

When deploying virtual machines on OpenShift Virtualization, not all guest operating systems offer the same level of support.👉 This directly impacts your migration strategy, operational reliability, and support coverage.That’s why Red Hat classifies guest OSs into four categories 👇 🟢 Certified – fully tested and certified by Red Hat (full support). 🟡 Commercial Vendor Supported – Red Hat covers the hypervisor, the vendor covers the OS. 🟠 Community Supported – Red Hat covers the hypervisor only. ⚪ Known to work – works in the field, but no official support.  Certified Operating SystemsThese operating systems are fully certified and supported by Red Hat.If issues arise, Red Hat will provide support and coordinate with the OS vendor if needed.

I just saw this pop up in my feed https://www.veeam.com/company/press-release/veeam-to-acquire-securiti-ai.htmlTrying to figure out where this fits in. I see a lot of companies jumping on AI in ways that are interesting/questionable. Does anyone know what these folks do? Maybe some Veeam insiders 😁 like ​@jorge.delacruz can tell us more.

Ever wondered what Veeam looked like back in the day? Well why wonder when you can go and check it out for yourself! That the internet archive https://archive.org/ in the WayBackMachine search bar let’s go back in time and take a look at Veeam. WayBackMachineThe internet archive takes snapshots of websites and here we see what pops up for Veeam:CalendarWe all know that Veeam began its journey way back in 2006 so let’s take a peak:

Demystifying Veeam Housekeeping: The Silent Guardian of Your BackupsHousekeeping is an automatic, background, and largely invisible maintenance process that manages the lifecycle of backup files in Veeam Backup & Replication.This process cleans the backup chain, deletes old restore points, merges files, verifies integrity, reclaims free space, and optimizes the storage system.“Housekeeping is a background mechanism used for the regular cleaning, merging, and verification of backup files.”Veeam typically uses forward incremental or reverse incremental backup strategies. Over time, these strategies can lead to the following issues: The backup chain becomes long and fragmented. Storage space is unnecessarily consumed. Restore performance degra

Guys, I need to choose a technology to further my studies. Honestly, I don't know if I should focus on more traditional hypervisors, or consider something a little different like containers, clouds, etc., or even, of these traditional ones, which would be more interesting to focus on? We're seeing vSphere being migrated to KVM, Proxmox, Nutanix, and others. Which of these hypervisors that are being used instead of ESXi do you think will take off?This is a personal question for you. I know no one has a crystal ball, but your experience certainly counts.Thanks for your help, I’ll appreciate that!