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One of my clients (public sector) has high security requirements for his IT environment – including backup and storage.I found the following statement from VEEAM about the used encryption standards and methods in Veeam Backup and Replication:“Veeam Backup & Replication supports the following encryption standards and methods:Data EncryptionTo encrypt data blocks in backup files and files archived to tape, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the 256-bit AES with a 256-bit key length in the CBC-mode. This is designed to support the FIPS 140-2 standard. More information around that standard can be found here. As a part of Veeam Backup & Replication’s ability to generate a key based on a password, it uses the

A new storage integration for Veeam is available - DellEMC PowerStoreSee @Rick Vanovers blog entry on this:https://www.veeam.com/blog/dell-emc-powerstore-plugin.html

Hey All,I’ve tried to get some automation for the backup of my Citrix base images.  I have a script that adds a machine to the backup job based on the name.  Of course, these machines get created and deleted like flies, and I was wanting to automatically remove them if they’ve been removed from vCenter.  I guess I could use tags, but then I’d have to rely on my Citrix admin to use the tags, and if it’s forgotten then there’s no backup, so I’ve decided a script is the way to go. So adding machines to the jobs works wonderfully, but I can’t seem to nail the way to remove the machines that aren’t in vCenter inventory. I also have the auto delete from backups turned on to prune the base images after x days.   Here’s the snippet of powershell causing issues:#Searches the backup job to find any VM that don't have a size associated with the VM and assigns it to the variable  ie. VM is still in the job but the VM is deleted.$NullVM = Get-VBRJobObject

I had a scenario in the lab where some partitions were not optimal for use but I wanted to keep the installation of Windows. In just 15 minutes, I was able to do a bare metal recovery with the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and resize the partitions. This was best set with a video, enjoy! 

[Array]$RepoList = Get-VBRBackupRepository | Where-Object {$_.Type -ne "SanSnapshotOnly"} [Array]$ScaleOuts = Get-VBRBackupRepository -ScaleOutif ($ScaleOuts) { foreach ($ScaleOut in $ScaleOuts) { $Extents = Get-VBRRepositoryExtent -Repository $ScaleOut foreach ($Extent in $Extents) { $RepoList = $RepoList + $Extent.repository } }}$RepoList | Select-Object Name, Path, `@{Name="CachedTotalSpaceGB"; Expression= {[Math]::Round([Decimal]$_.info.CachedTotalSpace/1GB,2)}}, `@{Name="CachedFreeSpaceGB"; Expression= {[Math]::Round([Decimal]$_.info.CachedFreeSpace/1GB,2)}} | Format-Table -AutoSize 

If you didn't read it in the R&D digest, Anton Gostev has started a Ask Me Anything subreddit.http://askgostev.wtf/If you always wanted to ask Anton anything special and didn't find the right place, this could be your chance. Just keep on mind, that it's not meant for support requests and similar:This is NOT a good place to ask me about tactical stuff such as an advice about your particular environment, help with a support case or with a sales quote. However, if you have more of a global/strategic/tough question and you want my opinion specifically – now you have an opportunity to ask me directly

When backing up o365 data if I am using DAS like windows or linux, does the repository requirements remain same as for veeam backup & replication?

VBO backup server configure in AWS ECS and data will be store in AWS cloud S3 for O365 backup. what is the configuration require for VBO in AWS cloud

After reading MicoolPaul’s question “Linux Distribution of Choice” the answers to MicoolPaul’s question seemed to be more geared for a desktop.So I began to wonder what Linux distribution do people choose for servers in a production environment. Are people’s choice the same for a production server as their desktop choice? Of course, when you’re creating a Linux production server you don’t install an X11/Wayland Desktop Environment.In my environment, there some RHEL and Ubuntu servers. Linux appliances, provided by a vendor, seem to be CentOS, Ubuntu, and SuSE.What’s your production distro of choice?

We are trying to commission a new Veeam hardened repository for off-site backups (Backup Copy jobs). we have put the server behind internal NAT (i.e. using a private IP not an internet IP) as we feel this will improve the security. Backup jobs work but Backup Copy jobs do not and I am getting the impression that NAT is the problem. The primary repository is trying to communicate with secondary with its ‘real’ IP rather than the NAT IP. Can this be overcome?  

 VeeamONE allows you fire a script when alarms are triggered so given the time of year for the last Veeam User Group of the year I have created a Christmas themed dashboard and api to push alerts too and display them in real time.When an alert is received the dashboard which is subscribed to a websocket has the alarm detail pushed down to it and in turn has the alarm formatted and injected onto the page.Note there is a new experimental VeeamONE API I will look to show and provide an alternate dashboard where we are pulling the alarms directly.Here's an example of the dashboard running with one alarm having been pushed through.Ways you can use this yourselfRun the docker image I have already built For the time limited, use

what is the best option to configure O365 backup in veeam? cloud to cloud or first copy on prem and second copy cloud 

I have been in touch with Packt publishing and we are starting to gather a list of potential people to conduct a review of my book coming out early 2022 - Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication v11 (update to my v10 book).I can only take about 6-8 people but if you want to get a PDF copy and can do an honest review for Amazon please send your name and email.If you are a Vanguard and have already reached out please don’t send again.  

Hey guys I have a query,If I want to perform an azure SQL backup in veeam backup for azure and I choose staging server to process, what are the things I need to keep in mind when using staging server i.e, how can I add a staging server to veeam backup for azure, which region should the staging server be deployed? and while choosing staging server should I choose credentials of staging server or SQL ? If it is staging server how is it going to backup the SQL workloads without sql credentials ?

Hello,I would like to know if we can process the emails sent from Veeam once a day (once the backup window has finished) and ensure we have 2 success emails for each job (one for the main backup job and one for the replication job stating the backup jobs and its status). I would like to get an email daily that will mention all back jobs have been completed and its status (Successful, Warning or Critical). EX. I have 12 jobs and from those 12 jobs I want 2 emails stating those 12 jobs (One for main backup and for the replication) and saying that those jobs have been completed successfully, have warnings or some critical. this is for the backup and replication jobs.job 1 = back successfuly completed  or warning or criticaljob 2 = back successfuly completed or warning or criticaljob 3 = back successfuly completed or warning or criticaljob 4 = back successfuly completed or

Hey guys,If I want to initiate oracle RMAN backup in veeam by running the backup from database, backup will run in veeam repo, but what about the schedule settings for that? where can I edit that?

Default behavior in VBR (incl. v11!): When a VM gets application-aware backed up, runtime components gets installed at start of job and are removed at the end. With v11 we have the option to install them persistent!  This increases security! No Admin-Share and VIX-access is necessary any more. But it is required to deploy the Veeam Installer Service on the VMs you want to use persistent components.  This can be done by manual installation, Group policy roll-out, or by adding the VM to managed Servers. When everything works fine, components are installed persistently: 

I know this might be a superfluous post, but I write it anyway because I know that someone will do a google search about it.Windows 11 is out today (and if you are an IT you doesn’t install it today definitely in some production device, aren’t you?)Anyway Veeam Agent for Windows 5.0.0.4301 has issue with it, and it’s not supported.So.Please.Wait.As @MicoolPaul said:You want v11a which currently has “Windows 11 readiness” based on pre-release, still not officially supported of course! But v11a includes 5.0.1 KB4215: Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 11a

Can anyone tell the difference between Static IP mapping and IP masquerading? Both are trying to access VM in virtual lab, so what is the difference?

Is there a way for teams to automatically remove objects from backups, i.e. team objeckts that could not be found anymore, but also to automatically include objects, with a certain prefix, in backups? Thanks so far!

Hey everyone, I was working on reviving my decade old MacBook Pro yesterday, I didn’t want to put MacOS on it again because the only versions it supports are end of life, so inevitably I went down the Linux route. I prepped my USB, installed my distribution of choice (Ubuntu) and set it up as I needed (my dedicated GPU is dead so I needed a fair few tweaks to force the integrated one). As I was installing Ubuntu, it occurred to me, I gave ZERO thought to deploying anything other than Ubuntu, it’s just MY default go-to when I need a Linux OS. So, what’s your go-to? Why is it your go-to? Was it a feature, a security/compliance requirement? Was it the support? Or was it the first one you just *clicked* with?For me, I first started using Ubuntu on the 10.x release. I used Debian and Centos, but Ubuntu just felt nicer to use, helping me learn more about Linux and getting me comfortable enough to go headless on a Linux server

Hello everyone…Veeam with HPE Storeonce.. i have Veeam enterprise installed on ESXi as a VM,,, and i have multiple ESXi hosts that connected to SAN Storage…. via SAN switches… my question is how can connect the Veeam to HPE Storeonce over FC connection,, in case it is not possible i need to know which the best scenario to connect them to take a VM backups from VMware… Thanks a lot..