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Hello everyone,I need some help with an issue and hope I won’t have to contact support.  I’m seeing several failures on a file backup with the following error message:Failed to perform repair backup Error: Agent: Failed to process method {NasMaster.TransformMeta}: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.Error: Agent: Failed to process method {NasMaster.TransformMeta}: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.Processing finished with errors  I checked the logs, and the only thing that stands out are warnings like:Masks are not applicable for the server pathSo I understand that my exclusions cannot be taken into account. I can’t seem to find a solution; I ran a Backup health check which returned the error:Failed to perform repairing backup Error: Agent: Failed to process method {NasMaster.TransformMeta}: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. I don’t understand how to ide

 In this post, I intend to explore key concepts of Agentic AI, outline the risks posed by autonomous agents, and discuss mitigation strategies and emerging global standards that shape responsible agent deployment.This is a fascinating topic that goes beyond the traditional borders of IT cybersecurity.For each concept, threat, and mitigation strategy presented in the text, a practical example will simulate a customer interacting with an airline AI agent to manage a seat.Most of the content below is based on the “State of Agentic AI Security and Governance” and “Agentic AI – Threats and Mitigations” reports from the OWASP GenAI Security Project – Agentic Security Initiative (ASI).You can also get access to this article on my blog: Agentic AI Security: Managing the Autonomous Risk - CloudnRollContext of the New Agentic Era ChallengesAgentic AI represents the next evolution of artificial intelligence, building on foundational components such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Au

Hello!I look through logs, and see this texttransport mode: [hotadd], max sectors to read/write: [8192], async I/O: [unsupported]The backup operation ends successfully, but why could possibly async I/O be unsupported for hotadd? I've changed VBR VM (it's a Default Proxy) SCSI Controller type to VMware Paravirtual and it didn't help and sincerely I'm out of options to guess. Can you suggest me a direction to dig?

I have been recently reading a great book on German philosophy and hit upon a debate on language that can be easily time travelled to today with all the questions surrounding AI. After all they are not called Large Language Models for nothing.  Yesterday evening when reading about Johann Gottfried (ha that is my first name in German Geoffrey 😁)Herder and Johann Georg Hamman both born in the 17 hundreds it suddenly struck me the debates going on back then have taken on a whole new meaning with LLMS. Do LLMs think? I asked AI about Herder and Hamann’s views:“Philosophers like Herder and Hamann argued that meaning is rooted in embodied, social, historical experience you can't separate words from the life lived around them. On this view, LLMs produce the shape of language without the substance.”This is opposed by the Functionalists: The most well known modern one being Alan Turing who broke the German enigma code in WW2:“if a machine is behaviourally indistinguishable from a thinking huma

Digital Sovereignty  A few weeks ago, I was at the Women in Tech Global Summit in Cape Town, and one topic kept coming up in almost every conversation: digital sovereignty.I went into it expecting the usual conversations—compliance, regulations, cloud regions. And yeah, those came up.But that’s not really what people leaned into.The discussion felt different. It was less about frameworks and more about control.It felt more like a question than a concept: if you don’t control your data and infrastructure, do you really control your future?What made it even more interesting is that this wasn’t just coming from one event. Around the same time, the TDGI Africa Symposium was bringing together policymakers and technologists to talk about very similar topics—how to reduce dependence on externally defined models, how to build data protection and AI frameworks that actually reflect local needs, and how Africa positions itself as a real participant in shaping the global digital landscape.So it d

Hi,we have Veeam Backup and Replication v13, Community Edition, Build 2067 on Microsoft Windows Server 2019 with Hyper-V.When I try to add a Veeam Data Cloud Vault from the Austria East Region I get the following error:The error occurs during authorization of the backup server after I login using Microsoft, including MFA and after I answer the question if I want to stay signed in (Yes or No has the same effect).If I add the same VDCV Repo on another installation of Veeam (different customer, paid version) it works.I installed the Veeam Console on the only VM of the server and I got the same error.AI suggested to check the version of a specific DLL, which is 2067.I installed a trial license, same error.I disabled all security filtering on the firewall temporarily and checked the logs.Any ideas, how this can be fixed? Thanks a lot for your help!Thomas

Greetings from Puerto Rico,The AsBuiltReport for Backup for Microsoft 365 has received significant community contributions and now supports documentation for version 8.4. This update represents a major milestone in the ongoing development of this reporting tool.In addition to these enhancements, we updated the diagram to incorporate Veeam's latest infrastructure icons, providing a more modern and visually consistent representation of your backup environment. We also added a new chart to visualize backup repository space utilization, along with improvements to several existing charts, offering better insights into your backup infrastructure performance and resource allocation. I'm grateful for the community's continued support and contributions, which make this tool better every single day! Sample ReportNew Features and changes:## [0.4.0] - 2026-05-20### Added- Add Dependabot support- Support for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v8.4 (upgraded from v8.3) @acgdickie- Support for PowerShell

With Veeam Backup & Replication v13, we’re not only getting a new version number and plenty of new features — we’re also seeing a deliberate clean-up of the product: some capabilities are now deprecated (no longer available for new configurations), while others have been discontinued (removed completely). That’s not unusual for a major release, but in practice it can affect the areas where environments have “organically” grown over many years: job designs, repository settings, restore habits, and legacy workflows that somehow always worked.So this article is not an upgrade how-to. Instead, it focuses specifically on these features: What changes? What did the feature do? Why might you still run into it operationally? And what’s the modern path forward? I’ll go through each deprecated and discontinued feature, outline the impact, and share practical recommendations—so you don’t find out only when creating a new job or during an actual recovery that: „Wait… this isn’t available anymor

Hi there,After the first part of this topic, now is time to jump into the good stuff, the main thing here is to be notified every time something changes or goes "wrong".Lets follow u the screenshots, from Setup, to Notifications setup, to finally monitor a couple servers and services.As I said before, this is basic "alive" monitoring, not statistics and deep monitoring, there are other cool tools for that, the topic here is first line, quick and easy! lets go:This is my Uptime-Kuma Dashboard, after install, lets go to Settings, click on your name up right, and click settings, under Settings, we will find an easy and clear menu to config the tool, from appearance to proxy, etc. Im going to deep dive into the Notifications menu:Click on Setup Notification Now, let's check it out, in the main menu, at the very bottom, we have the option to monitor TLS certificates and Domains expiracy, this is awesome! Im super happy Im not missing a cert renovation anymore, and no entries into my calenda

Hi Everyone, Last Tuesday I was lucky enough to attend VeeamON in NYC. This time I had to be on the best Burke behavior since I would be at the bar. Before you are shocked, this was the experts bar so no worries about Geoff’s infamously bad bartending skills for those who might have heard about them.I flew into Kennedy airport on an extra early flight to make sure that nothing went wrong. Flights and airports are not immutable unlike good backups so you never know when they will hit you with Delayware or even worse Cancelware! Flying in over the city I saw down below the Verrazzano bridge and it occurred to me that I had never seen it up close. I packed light (Vanguard Backpack!) so took the subway to Bay Ridge station in Brooklyn. Since joining marketing I have changed from the introvert, photo shy personality to a more extravert nature and I am always thinking of that perfect marketing shot (which can then be lowered somewhat in quality by my selfie!).Verrazzano Bridge​​​ Landed and

What are the essential ports required for windows agent based backup in veeam between windows server and backup server ( windows ) , the protection group is already existing and few servers backups are running successfully, new servers are being added to protection group and agent installation / rescan is getting failed 

I am trying to add a Microsoft Azure Stack Hub account to Veeam Backup & Replication v13, but I do not see any option to add Azure Stack Hub under Cloud Infrastructure or Add Server.I also could not find any official Veeam v13 documentation related to Azure Stack Hub integration or support.Has anyone successfully configured Azure Stack Hub with Veeam v13?Is Azure Stack Hub still supported in version 13, or has the feature been removed/changed?Any guidance or documentation would be appreciated.

If the backup jobs fail and show an error message is “Unable to allocate processing resources. Error: Unable to find Hyper-V hosts where VM 'xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx' is registered: Failed to connect to Hyper-V Integration Service on host, port 6163”. I tried to review the settings, and all of them look fine, but the backup jobs failed always. I have run into these issues sometimes, it’s easy to solve, you just need to reboot the Veeam management server or restart the Veeam services of the Veeam management server.

While upgrading to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.4, you might notice the following message: Connection to PostgreSQL is not encrypted. Enable TLS in PostgreSQL for secure communication.  VB365 checks whether the connection to the PostgreSQL database uses TLS.If TLS is not explicitly enabled, the warning is shown regardless of whether PostgreSQL is local or remote. If the PostgreSQL database is locally hosted on the vb365 server itself, this traffic does not leave the host. But if you have multiple proxies, those proxies also connect to the database, and this traffic leaves the network. So in those scenarios, it might be good to have this traffic encrypted. I will describe here how you can enable this traffic to be encrypted. Step 1 - backup config filesOn all hosts (vb365 server and proxies), back up the following files:C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup365\config.xmlC:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup365\proxy.xmlC:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\<YOUR POSTGRESQL VERSION>\data\postgresql.confC:\P

 VBR v13 defaults to PostgreSQL for new installs, so for a lot of environments the question is no longer “Should we care about PostgreSQL?” It is “When do we move, and what do we need to fix after we do?”If you are still running SQL Express, the answer is usually sooner than later. If you are running a licensed SQL Server only because VBR needs it, there is a good chance you are carrying cost and patching overhead you no longer need. And if you already migrated but the console feels slower than it used to, that is usually not because PostgreSQL is a bad fit. It is because the default PostgreSQL settings are conservative and generic, while VBR is not.This is the part people miss. The migration itself is usually the easy piece. The performance conversation starts after the restore, not before it. First question: do you actually need to migrate now? Not every environment needs to sprint into this.If you are on SQL Express and comfortably below the 10 GB limit, there is no emergency. It st

Can someone please help me with VMCE information. I am looking for both the paths and roadmaps,  and all involved information associated with it. Also, any  links for practice questions that would be helpful. TIA.

Field Experience — When the Human Link Becomes the Missing LinkBy a cybersecurity consultant, from the field.The Day Everything Stopped… Without a CyberattackImagine the scene.No ransomware. No server failure. No fire in the server room. And yet, an entire company's information system finds itself in total disarray.The cause? Two simultaneous, extended sick leaves. The only two people who made up the internal IT department.This is exactly the scenario I discovered when I arrived at this client's site. A scenario that nobody had anticipated, that nobody had recorded in a risk register, and which nevertheless caused an operational paralysis as severe as a major cyberattack. A Deafening Digital SilenceWithin the first few hours of my assignment, the situation was alarming:No more daily IT infrastructure management: no monitoring, no updates, no ticket handling. Zero visibility on backup status: Are the jobs still running? When did someone last check them? Are the storage media healthy? No

Migration from VMware vSphere to HPE HVM with Veeam As organizations modernize their infrastructure strategies and reduce dependence on legacy virtualization platforms, many are evaluating alternatives to VMware vSphere that preserve operational continuity, performance, and data protection. HPE Morpheus Software VM Essentials, combined with Veeam Backup & Replication, delivers a validated and enterprise‑ready path to migrate workloads with confidence, minimal risk, and a clearly defined rollback strategy. This guide describes migration from VMware vSphere to HPE VM Essentials leveraging Veeam Backup & Replication to move workloads to HVM clusters (HPE’s hypervisor). Fundamental to this joint solution is the Veeam Plug‑In for Morpheus VM Essentials, which provides agentless, host‑level backup and recovery operations for HPE HVM. This plug‑in allows Veeam to work directly with Morpheus infrastructure, ensuring that virtual machines can be seamlessly protected with Veeam after mig

Upgrading Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 - From 8.3.0.2201 Ver  to Ver  8.4.0.1457

Hi team,Following a Veeam Backup & Replication upgrade to v13 for a client using Hyper-V, we started encountering random failures on backup and replication tasks with this error:Failed to process replication task Error: the socket was closedWe ran through extensive troubleshooting: verified antivirus exclusions, analyzed network traffic, checked firewall rules, validated storage connectivity, etc., but nothing pointed to a clear cause. After several exchanges with Veeam Support, we finally tracked it down.The VBR Windows services had been configured to run under a local service account instead of the built-in Local System account. Once we switched all relevant Veeam services to run under Local System, the random socket errors completely disappeared.I’m not entirely sure if this is tied to stricter authentication, TLS negotiation changes, or other security enhancements introduced in v13, but it’s definitely worth keeping in mind during upgrades or fresh installs.Hope this saves some

If you want to take your Veeam career to the next level, you can rely on Veeam’s education platform, Veeam University Pro.I’ve just enrolled in the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator Essentials course, and here are my first impressions.  There are three tabs on the left side: the Path tab, where you can navigate through the lessons; the Learners tab, where you can see the members; and the Discuss tab, where you can post questions to be answered by the expert team. This means you’ll be assisted by a real person.The platform is easy to use. You simply click on the desired lesson and watch the video. The videos are high quality, and the trainer speaks very clearly.Subtitles and full-screen mode are also available.  You can view and download the transcript.I’m enjoying it so far! I highly recommend taking this training course.After the lesson, you will be asked a question to test your understanding.​@Federica ​@NikolaPejkova 

 Veeam Data Platform v13 is one of the most significant releases in Veeam’s history. It introduces major advancements in security, AI-driven threat detection, cloud recovery, performance, and operational simplicity. Rather than being just another upgrade, v13 positions Veeam as a true cyber-resilience platform, helping organizations detect threats, protect backup data, and recover cleanly and confidently.In this blog, we’ll cover two key areas:What’s new in Veeam v13 and the features worth getting excited about A complete Veeam v13 Adoption Playbook — phases, risks, and best practices for rolling out the new platform What’s New in Veeam Data Platform v13Veeam v13 brings major enhancements across security, cloud recovery, performance, observability, and platform flexibility. Below are the most impactful additions. 1. Security-First DesignAI-Driven Threat DetectionVeeam’s Recon Scanner 3.0 and new Malware Analysis AI Agent provide real-time visibility into suspicious activity — including

I have recently noticed a trend with a few of the service providers that I support. I am having a lot more conversations around Veeam Data Cloud Backup for Salesforce. And it’s not just conversations; it’s demos and POCs that are turning into closed opportunities. I started to do some research on the uptick of attacks against Salesforce. I found that large-scale campaigns over the past 12–18 months have been accelerating, as reported by Security Week. While Salesforce itself is highly secure from a platform standpoint, attackers are no longer trying to come in through the front door.This got me thinking, and I asked myself: why is Salesforce an attractive target for bad actors?Salesforce contains high-value CRM data such as customer data, deals, and PII (names, emails, phone numbers), revenue data (opportunities, pipeline, contracts), business relationships (accounts, contacts, partners), integrated credentials (API keys, tokens, cloud access), and is highly connected via APIs and thir

What are the drawbacks or disadvantages of using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows when performing backups to NAS storage? This includes considerations regarding storage, network speed, and reliability.

Our company (based in Paris) was tasked with implementing a backup solution for a client located in Houston (United States), with the following objectives:- Backing up the client’s Hyper-V to a Dell EMC DataDomain storage array located in our Paris data center.- Local backup to a USB drive connected directly to the client’s Hyper-V.- The Veeam proxy is the client’s Hyper-VDuring the first full backup, we observed extremely long transfer times, far exceeding expectations.  Technical Solution: TCP Window OptimizationMethod for Calculating the Optimal TCP WindowTo maximize throughput, we applied the following formula:Optimal TCP window (in bytes) = Bandwidth (bytes/s) × Latency (seconds) Link data:Bandwidth: 1 Gbps = 131,072,000 bytes/sMeasured latency: 123 ms (0.123 s) Calculation:Optimal window = 131,072,000 × 0.123 ≈ **16,121,856 bytes**We rounded this to 16,776,960 bytes (or 16 MB) to allow for a safety margin. Note:The default TCP window size in Windows is 65,536 bytes (64 KB). The T