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PostgreSQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) for storing and managing data. The default installations of Veeam Backup & Replication from v12 uses PostgreSQL. This is due to various reasons as described in the following articles: how to Migrate Veeam Configuration Database to PostgreSQL Server.Steps to move Veeam Configuration Database to PostgreSQL Server | Veeam Community Resource Hub Note: At the time of writing this guide, Veeam still recommended to use Microsoft SQL Server when you backup more than 5000 VMs. There are numerous reasons for upgrading the PostgreSQL Engine used by VBR? I will therefore refer you to the following release note. Determine the PostgreSQL version and BackupBefore proceeding, verify Veeam’s official support for the target PostgreSQL version (system requirements for the compatibility list). At the time of writing this article, Veeam currently supports “local or remote” installation of the following versions of PostgreSQL instance for the

Did I have a fever dream about a year ago that said Veeam was being ported to Linux? I haven’t read/seen or heard anything about it in a long while. I did not see any installers to be had last time I checked.

As part of the Veeam Backup & Replication server v12.3.0.310 upgrade, the built-in PostgreSQL is installed like below:The installation successful without any error.However, there was no prompt or notification of what is the credential that can be used for accessing this default instance of PostgreSQL:Via the command line: "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\15\scripts\runpsql.bat" Or using the DB Configuration settings UI: I have also tried to manually install PGAdmin interface, but not sure what is the default credential I can use to login to this default instance installed by Veeam Backup: Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have Veeam B&R installed in a lab. I’m trying to find a way to backup/restore remote Linux servers (agents) to the LAN. I want to have a Veeam server on the LAN initiate and pull the data from the remote servers using port 22 (SSH) so that I do not have to open any additional ports on the remote servers or on the LAN.Is this something that Veeam Cloud Connect can do? I’ve tried doing this with standard Veeam B&R but it just won’t traverse NAT.All of the videos that I’ve watched seem to indicate that Veeam Cloud Connect is geared towards providing a backup service to other companies. I’m just trying to backup my own servers and I don’t need remote access to the Veeam console.Also, everything on the LAN is behind a gateway device that provides WAF and SSL termination and I have a reverse proxy running on the LAN that can also terminate SSL.

I thought I'd put together a post describing my journey as a Veeam legend and how I managed to get accepted into the programme.My journey as a Veeam Legend started in August 23 as a part of the 2nd intake of 2023. It was a proud moment to get accepted into the group but how did I get here and what has being part of the program given me.With over 30 years experience in the IT industry, I've spent the last 10 Years focusing on Infrastructure and Data Protection from a Service Provider perspective and this is where I was initially introduced to the Veeam platform. It was during this time that I became aware of the Veeam R&D Forums (https://forums.veeam.com/). Over the years I started to interact more answering posts and providing guidance where I knew it added value as well as seeking Feature Requests.  In Feb 21 I became aware of the Community Hub (https://community.veeam.com/) and started to interact with the community there as well. I found the groups particularly useful and watchi

Support for Proxmox from Veeam has been one of the top requests in the last months. Therefore the announcement in May to extend the Hypervisor support to Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) has been long awaited! This will be the 7th virtualization platform supported by Veeam, in addition to the 3 cloud hyperscalers and the Veeam agents.The Proxmox integration is currently planned for Q3 of 2024 and v1 will already include some nice features/benefits:flexible storage options immutable backups granular recovery cross-platform recovery (for example Proxmox <> VMware) Veeam ‘standard’ performance with CBT, hot add backup and BitlookerIn part 1 of this blog series I want to give a quick overview of the architecture of Veeam Backup for Proxmox and it’s initial setup. Disclaimer: All information and screenshots in this blog post are based on an early access release. Until the final release changes can and will occur! ArchitectureThe Proxmox integration itself will be enabled with an addit

Veeam Backup and Replication offers protection of MongoDB database instances and collections. The Veeam protection group is used and is designed to protect MongoDB Replica sets. Creating a backup policy configuration is quick and simple. Create a protection groupFrom VBR console, navigate to Inventory > Physical Infrastructure. And right click on the Physical Infrastructure group. The pop up menu “Add protection group” will appear, select this option. The next window, ‘Add Protection Group’ will open with an option for ‘Applications’ Select this option.Selecting ‘Applications’ will open another window with an option for ‘MongoDB’, select this option.The typical ‘New Protection Group’ window opens.You can supply a name for the group, select next. Within the window, select ‘Add’ and enter the information for the replica set for the MongoDB database. Account information used here will be an the administrative account for the database cluster with appropriate access.  On the next screen

We are working on to fix Security and Compliance Analyzer recommendations. We have run the script provided by Veeam. We are concerned about Item 28: "Hardened repositories should have the SSH server disabled." Since the Veeam Backup and Replication server connects to the Linux Hardened Repository via SSH, is it safe to have SSH disabled? Does Veeam Backup and Replication connect to the Hardened Repository over SSH on a port other than 22?

Recently i came across an issue with the Linux nosnap Agent running on an IBM Power (ppc) architecture. So since those systems are not so common as x86 there is not a whole lot Information out there, why i thought this could be interesting for some. So first of all: The rollout of the Agent is not your typical “Create Protection Group-->Push Agent” but you have to do it through the “Predefined Agent” method: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/agents/protection_group_packages.html?ver=120 The customers systems hosted Databases (MAXDB) which we backed up in a seperate job with a pre script. This Script dumped the DB and Logs and after that we backed up the Volume. Which means we wanted to create a second job which backed up only the remaining volumes, so we chose “Volume Level Backup”.The Issue was that there is a limitation in the documentation:https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforlinux/userguide/system_requirements_nosnap.html?ver=60The amount of space required for LVM sn

The Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication has been updated to version 12.1.3.217 as part of the Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.1 release. This update includes several new features, enhancements, and resolved issues.Important InformationAutomatic inclusion: The plug-in version 12.1.3.217 is included when upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.1. Manual deployment: Customers on Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.0.310 must manually deploy the plug-in. Uninstall previous versions: If version 12.1.3.197 is installed, it must be uninstalled before upgrading to the new version.System RequirementsVeeam Backup & Replication 12.3.0.310 or later. Proxmox Virtual Environment Plug-In 12.1.1.1024 or later.New Features & EnhancementsNon-Root User Access: Now supports using a sudo user for enhanced security. Open vSwitch (OVS) Support: Optimized for advanced network configurations in virtualized environments. Smart Object Storage API (SOS

During the latest local Veeam User Group in Belgium, we presented a Veeam Agent for Linux deep dive specifically around the CBT driver. In the past, I’ve seen a lot of confusion about this topic leading to people installing just everything. In this small post, I just wanted to summarise some of the findings that were presented and hopefully it will help somebody in the future.So first of all, what is the CBT driver or Kernel module that we ship. Well the CBT driver allows us to do two thingsCreate snapshots on block devices Create a tracking of the blocks that are changed between backups. This improves incremental backup as we only need to read the changed dataThere are two kinds of drivers. The reason being that some of the kernel functionality that the initial driver, “veeamsnap” was using have been deprecated. Therefore as a company, Veeam has decided to add new functionality in the Linux kernel (there is an ongoing effort to get it in the main kernel sources). The new driver “blksn

I realise there’s one topic from a couple years back which is close to this, but so far the potential fixes there didn’t apply or help.I’ve had a backup task now for around a year, 2x SSDs (1x500GB, 1x1TB) from a windows machine. At some point in the past month just after a client update, the read speed of the C drive has slowed down to ~8MB/s from a previous read speed of 150MB/s+. The disk is at under 50% capacity, and from Task Manager CPU is at ~25%, RAM (32GB) is at 60%, the disk fluctuates between 0% and 20% utilization, with the disk transfer rate at 0, peaking at about 125MB/s once every 12 seconds.The disk is about 4 years old, so not new, but also doesn’t show any issues, `winsat disk` shows the below:This is puzzling me, so any advice would be great. 

What access does this role give a user in the Veeam Console? I cannot find a reference to it anywhere. Want to allow my Security team to look at Alerts and other details.

“Restore of OneNote notebooks from backups of Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive for Business and Microsoft Teams data for organizations with modern app-only authentication is not supported.”...and both other connection options require EWS, which is no longer supported. Therefore restoration is not possible? I know you can restore to a zip and do a copy later.If that’s correct, is there a solution in the works?Thanks. https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/vbo_considerations.html?zoom_highlight=onenote&ver=70https://www.veeam.com/kb4365 

I was recently hospitalized due to a knee injury after a fall. While lying there, between medications and recovery, I thought — “Wouldn't it be great if we could restore our body to a previous healthy state with just one click?”Until that day comes (maybe in some sci-fi future 😄), I’m even more grateful that in IT, backup and restore is a reality — not just a dream.Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to restore critical systems, save companies from major incidents, and bring entire environments back to life — thanks to Veeam.It's funny how life reminds us of what truly matters. Backup is not just about data. It’s about continuity, resilience, and the power to recover when it matters most.I may not have been able to restore my knee instantly, but I'm grateful that in my career, I’ve helped restore what really keeps businesses alive.

Hello,i would like to ask, if there is anything already ready to know develop something, what is readyI am thinking to use grafana for monitoring linux reasources like cpu, memory, number of concurrent tasks for hardened and nfs repository (on gateways), how many tasks/vmdks are used by proxy with hourly records to monitor, if something is not overloaded or too much under-designed like too many proxy servers, or if we have issue with backups to check resources of backup infrastructure.In current Veeam One is missing cpu, memory, ….Not sure, if something will be available in VO 13 …. We have already calculation in our design, what is officially recommended, but we are in point to look, if really we need so resources due costs, if backup infrastructure is not overloaded, if jobs are effectively spread during night, if tasks for nfs repository is enough (if its needed more, they are canceled, not waiting in queue), ….     

Hello Community!Your input is needed. Almost two years ago, I created a PowerShell script that checks if one of the scanned files matches a SHA256 value by comparing the values to a list of known hash values. It only searched in specific directories.What would be better than using file-level restore? Right, Data Integration API!Since version 12.3.1, Veeam offers the possibility of working with the Data Integration API via the REST API. To improve the whole thing, I have created a Python script that scans the mounted backup file system for suspicious files by comparing their hash values against known threats stored in a local database. The database uses data from Malware Bazaar and the LOLBAS project (“Living Off The Land Binaries and Scripts”), a catalog with legitimate Windows system binaries that attackers often abuse. The script can detect such files when they appear in unusual locations. The analysis is performance-optimized through parallel processing and will export the result in

Hi all, Just making everyone aware of a recent security incident. Multiple news sources have reported that as of at least last week, the official RVTools installer contained a malicious payload. RVTools and Robware sites are currently down but without a specific statement on the software’s reported compromise. I personally would assume all builds of RVTools are compromised until we have a date the malicious payload was introduced, and avoid all use of the tool until further notice. Stay safe out there!

Hello,does anybody i using NFS repository.I am looking some guidance, which parameter could be reconfigured for better connectivity.Logs shows, that “NFS4.1 is timed out” and then is working again. This is not network issue.In case of plugin backup we have 5% failures due that.We has several cases, but is pointed into NFS protocol.So maybe someone found, which parameters could be increased to fix that between Linux repository and Linux gateway.Thank you 

Hello VEEAM team, Does the roadmap include support for the XCP-NG / Xen virtualization solution?Damien

Hello,i am looking for siem with Veeam in private cloud - without sending logs to public cloud to analyze threadssomethings what could be isolated - logs cannot be sent into internet/public cloud.maybe with some AI (as main reason to have option to analyze logs for threads), which could update its signature from internet, is possibleAny suggestions are welcomedthank you

Hello, For "test guest credentials" does not exist any official powershell or API. Does anybody knows any workaround how to achieve that?Thank you