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kindzmaNot a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards

"possible ssl heartbleed attempt" reported by Meraki firewall for Veeam port 902 traffic?

We're getting a fairly large number (~1K/week) of "OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt" IDS alerts and blocked connections from our Meraki firewall for ESXi-Veeam traffic.The alerts look like this:Time Type Source Network Destination Disposition Action Details Mar 25 2:59:25 IDS Alert <ESXi IP>:902 <network name> VeeamDRS Meraki Network OS   Blocked SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt  Most of the alerts for OpenSSLv3, with a few for TLSv1.1 and TLSv1. The following table summarizes alerts over a 2-week period.Most prevalent threatsThreat Occurrences SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt 1547 SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt 324 SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt 301 SERVER-OTHER

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MicoolPaul
13 days ago
vNote42
vNote42On the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

[Quicktip] Licensing error during backup

These days I saw a strange error that makes every backup failed. I thought this would be interesting to share. SituationThere were a few jobs running each day. From a point in time all jobs failed. Error that was shown in console was: [Error Unhandled exception was thrown during licensing process] I checked licensing of course. All hosts were licensed using perpetual licensing. No instances were licensed separately.SolutionIt turned out to be no license problem at all. What happened was, password of the user that was used for connecting to VMware vCenter was changed. After updating the new password in Veeam Manage Credentials too, everything works fine again.

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10 months ago
Shaokat
ShaokatInfluencer
posted in Discussion Boards

Veeam Backup in Readhat Virtualization

I there anyone use Veeam Backup for RedHat Virtulization ?If anyone use, would you please share your experience and defficuiltys. 

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coolsport00
2 years ago
Nico Losschaert
Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

VEEAMON 2021 Delivery of gift

Hi all, Today I received two packages from TNT , being curious I opened them of course.The two packages are from VEEAM regarding the VEEAMON 2021 event. The first one is the Remote Racer, yeah we can play now .The second one is a sweatshirt from the VEEAMON 2021 event as a gift from Alfred, @Kseniya and @Rick Vanover for participating in the community during the event.BTW, a very nice and beautiful sweatshirt including the link to the awesome community and of course Alfred is present  What an honour to receive this, I big thank you to Veeam, Alfred, @Kseniya and @Rick Vanover .Very nice receiving packages from Veeam...So for the people still waiting for a VEEAMON 2021 gift, no worries it will be delivered, just be patient  . The longer it takes, the bigger the surprise is! regardsNico

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marcofabbri
2 years ago
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nashr85Not a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards

ransomware attack datastore

Hi, greeting from newbie last month, our neighboring company was attacked by ransomware,it become worst because their datastore is encrypted too, they still use vmware 5.5 from investigation, they analyze that one server made network drives directly to the datastore,that's why ransomware is able to attack and encrypted the datastore. i want to know if it is possible to create a network drive directly? if attack the datastore is possible, I think veeam replicated server will be useless.

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jdw
3 years ago
Nico Losschaert
Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

3-2-1-1-0 Golden Backup Rule

More and more companies are depending totally of their ICT infrastructure (on-premises, private cloud, hybrid cloud, public cloud) …Ransomware and hackers are more popular than ever…Therefore one of the most important things is that the company has a solid backup strategy, so we can fall back at those in case of disaster or being impacted by ransomware or hackers.You can find very often the 3-2-1 rule. I suggest every customer or company to even go a step further : apply the 3-2-1-1-0 rule !3 : Maintain at least 3 copies of your data By three copies, I mean that in addition to your primary data, you should also have at least two more backups.Why?The chance that something is going wrong with 3 devices at the same time is a lot smaller than with 2 devices, especially when the primary backup is often situated close to the primary data. In case of a disaster the primary data and primary backup could be gone. The secondary backup is often situated somewhere else and could be the solution in

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Nico Losschaert
1 year ago
Nico Losschaert
Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

10 reasons to choose Veeam Cloud Connect as BaaS

Why should a customer choose VEEAM Cloud Connect as BaaS with a service provider?10 reasons why it’s such an asset to put a backup copy to a service provider using Veeam Cloud Connect 1 – Offsite backup copyYou all are familiar with the 3-2-1-1-0 golden rule (see my post at 3-2-1-1-0 Golden Backup Rule | Veeam Community Resource Hub), there should always be a backup copy available at an offsite location. Not all customers have the luxury having multiple sites with IT infrastructure available. In that case syncing a backup copy to a Veeam Service Provider is a perfect option having an offsite backup copy available. 2 – Secure end-to-end encryptionBe assured that all data is encrypted at the source (before it leaves the network of the customer), in transit and in storage at the service provider. This without affecting the data reduction ratios of built-in compression. When using a small bandwidth in comparison with the volume of data, a WAN Accelerator is a possible option to use. 3 – Pr

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Nico Losschaert
2 years ago
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ITS1995New Here
asked in Discussion Boards

Questions regarding backing up a Vmware 6.5 VCSA

We have Veeam B&R 9.5U4 and need to back up a Vcenter Server appliance. Is this possible?if so, what settings should be used? What are the best practices?Storage: Advanced Settings: Backup, Storage, Vsphere?Guest processing: Application aware processing, Guest file system indexing?

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2 years ago
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KC9KC9New Here
asked in Discussion Boards

Can't install Veeam Agent for Windows 5.0.1 on Windows 11

I know there is a related topic with the same problem but that one is for version 5.0.0 There is a known problem with Windows 11 and the installation of Microsoft SQL Server where the engine will not install unless it is installed on a different drive or VHD.I understand Veeam Agent for Windows uses SQL Server technology which is probably why it fails to install.Question 1: Is Veeam working on a solution independent of Microsoft?Question 2: I installed SQL Server 2019 Express with support for local DB but Veeam Agent for Windows still fails. Is there any way to have Veeam use the existing (operational) engine instead of attempting to install its own SQL engine? I read somewhere that they are using SQL 2012 but I haven’t tried preinstalling that version.Question 3: Is there any way to trick Veeam into installing on a different drive?I use Veeam at work and have been pretty happy with this product for home use. I already temporarily installed another backup solution but would love to go

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marcofabbri
2 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
posted in Discussion Boards

How to be notified about new content at Community Hub?

Hey Community, I received a few messages from community members asking how to get notifications when there is a new content published (in this case we talked about “Blogs and Podcasts” category). I thought I would do a quick post about it. First, there is a possibility to subscribe to every category at Community Hub Let’s say, you would like to subscribe to “Blogs and Podcasts” category. To do so, you have to push ‘SUBSCRIBE’ button at the right side as shown at the screenshot below: Once it’s done - you will start receiving notifications about new topics created!Again, you can get subscribed to any category: whether it’s Discussion boards or News. You can also manage notification settings at your profile.If you experience any issues with notifications - please let me know! 

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matheusgiovanini
7 months ago
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Serge.Adam1060Not a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards

Reverse incremental restore

I get the difference between RI and FI. The question is, if I’m using RI, can I do a full restore at a point in time in the past? As in, I walk in this morning and all my servers have been crypto. Obviously, the last backup (full) is useless. Can I ask for a full restore or instant recovery as of 2 days ago?

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dips
2 years ago
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PaulDNew Here
asked in Discussion Boards

Veeam Cloud Connect Question

Hi,We’re a long time user of Veeam B&R and it’s worked very well for our on-site backups.I’m now testing/evaluating Veeam Cloud Connect with a UK based Veeam CSP (PeaSoup) to additionally backup some of our critical VMs to a Cloud Repository. This is a 5TB trial, but I’m not sure if this has any bearing on my question.This is my scenario:When running a Cloud Connect Backup Copy Job containing 15 VMs only 2 of these VMs will ever be running/active concurrently. The other VMs will be “Waiting for backup infrastructure resources availabilty” until 1 of the active backups completes and then the remaining VMs are processed sequentially; but never more than 2 concurrently. Whilst I understand what this means, I’d like to know what “decides” this limitation.So my questions:Is it an internal Veeam algorithm, available bandwidth or is it the Cloud Service Provider that “decides” this? As a trial user is it possible that we’re being limited to 2 concurrent connections by the CSP? Is it a “ha

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Nico Losschaert
2 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
posted in Discussion Boards

Veeam at Tech Field Day 22

Happening now!@Rick Vanover, @vmiss33, @kirststoner12 and David Hill presenting at Tech Field Day 22! Join now: https://techfieldday.com/appearance/veeam-presents-at-tech-field-day-22/ 

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Kseniya
3 years ago
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texastigNew Here
asked in Discussion Boards

Veeam Endpoint Backup (Free Version, Windows 7 32bit, Cannot see external drive.

Veeam Endpoint Backup (Free Version, Windows 7 32bitTrying to restore a Veeam Backup to a new hard drive but it can’t see the external drive. Has anyone had this problem. Please advise. Thanks

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marcofabbri
2 years ago
michaelcade
michaelcadeProduct Strategy
posted in Discussion Boards

How far into the Kubernetes and Cloud Native learning journey are you?

Hi Everyone, I have just moved over to Kasten on loan from Veeam to really focus on the Technical Community and Content. I thought I would ask the Veeam community about your experiences so far into the learning journey of Kubernetes and Cloud Native technologies. I have been on this learning curve for the past 2 years and there is still quite a bit to tackle and as always in technology you can go as far and as wide on all areas of learning. I have started to document this for the blog my building out an environment in my home lab. I want to see how you are all navigating this? Any training methods you have found? Are your companies starting to or into the Kubernetes journey? and here is another one, how long before we see this trend become our normal, most likely alongside virtualisation which we all know and love today. Finally I would love to hear from you if you have Kubernetes or Kasten blog content because we want to share this as wide as possible.

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Geoff Burke
3 years ago
eprieto
eprietoOn the path to Greatness
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Veeam Utilities 🤓 Veeam Backup Validator

Did you know that there is a very useful Veeam tool to validate the integrity of your backups?  In some cases, a backup can get corrupted due to accidental changes in the backup file data. For example, the file can be damaged after transfer over the network or from hardware failures on the backup storage side. With Veeam Backup Validator, you can quickly verify the integrity of any backup file, without extracting the VM data from the archive.Veeam Backup Validator is a command-prompt CRC check utility that tests a backup at the file level. For integrity validation, Veeam Backup Validator uses the checksum algorithm. When Veeam Backup & Replication creates a backup of a VM, it calculates a checksum for every data block in the backup file and attaches these checksums to the data blocks. Veeam Backup Validator re-calculates checksums for data blocks and compares them against the initial checksum values. If the results match, the backup file is viable. This works similarly to the backu

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matheusgiovanini
7 months ago
wolff.mateus
wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Archiving Backup with Microsoft Azure Blob

Hello everybody!Today I’m coming to talk about archive backup with blob Azure.Archiving is good option to save money with your full (GFS) backups. It means that you can save your backups as archive instead of traditional hot/cool blob of Microsoft Azure.To do that you need configure a Scale Out Backup Repository with the Archive Tier enable.After that you can move your full backups older than X day to this kind of archive, as this example: But first you need to configure your blob repository as an archive option. To do this go go to Backup Repositories inside Backup Infrastructure menu. Right click on the pane and chose Add backup repository… On this screen chose Object Storage: On the next step choose Microsoft Azure Blob Storage option: After that click on Azure Blob Storage Archive Tier: Type Name and Description of your archive blob: Enter with your Credentials for this blob and chose what Gateway Server will be used for this function: On the next screen you just need to set what C

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regnor
1 year ago
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
2 years ago
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Erwan RIGOLLOTNot a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards

SCVMM

Hi,I will change my vm’s hosting to use SCVMM.I don’t find page which explain the advantages to have SCVMM with veeam.I understand we have tags and, but I’m not sure, a live migration of a VM don’t affect backup chain.Is not it ?What is the bests practices to configure relationship between Veeam and SCVMM ? Sorry for my english.Have a good day !

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haslund
3 years ago
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AbelaNot a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards

Error: Unstable connection: unable to transmit data.

Hello there,I have a backup job which was going seamlessly. but in the last days it was failing after reaching 80% with error message attached below. I tried the job by disabling firewall rules nothing new occurred. All backup infrastructure components are working fine for other VMs. I have also checked firewall logs but there is nothing blocked related to this backup.Error message:Error: Unstable connection: unable to transmit data. Failed to upload disk. Skipped arguments: [vddkConnSpec>]; Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.SyncDisk}. Exception from server: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host Unable to retrieve next block transmission command. Number of already processed blocks: [11956]. Failed to download disk 'VM-Name.vmdk'. I need to figure out how to resolve this issue immediately.

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MicoolPaul
2 years ago
Shaokat
ShaokatInfluencer
asked in Discussion Boards

Network Report from Veeam ONE

hione of my client facing a problem. when they run full backup in veeam VVR all application and Network is down automatically. any idea why this happen and any information can have in Veeam ONE why this happen ?  

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vNote42
2 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
published in News

Veeam Community Recap #60

Hi everyone,Here is a SPECIAL episode of Veeam Community Recap We are back for 2022 and we are starting strong with the content shares!Check it out now  

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ashanpro
2 years ago
Kseniya
Kseniya✨
published in News

Veeam Community Recap #53

Happy Friday, everyone!It’s @Rick Vanover and Kseniya - welcome to the weekly recap. While Rickatron is taking a river cruise through the Danube, we share highlights of the week.Shout outs to @Yongkang​, ​@SteveHeart and @MicoolPaul for making it into this episode  Check it out now  

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marcofabbri
2 years ago
MarkPolin
MarkPolinNot a newbie anymore
posted in Blogs and Podcasts

Want to know a great secret? Veeam + Cisco dCloud

Have you ever wanted:A Veeam Backup & Replication demo environment to quickly try something out on? A clean environment you could install Veeam Backup & Replication and configure backup from storage snapshot? Two Cisco HyperFlex clusters to test backup and replication on? A comprehensive Veeam Backup & Replication guided tutorial?If you answered yes to any of the above, do you have a Cisco.com login?If not, register for an account, click here. If so, you may want to considered requesting your own private Veeam + dCloud environment.PLEASE NOTE - Cisco dCloud access requires your Cisco partner Access Level to be L2 or higher.On Cisco dCloud you will find two different Veeam Backup & Replication environments. The first is a “lab” environment that provides a two cluster HyperFlex environment with the Veeam Backup & Replication software.  This is an ideal environment if you want to get experience installing VBR from scratch, then configuring and running backup and replic

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MarkPolin
2 years ago
wolff.mateus
wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard
asked in Discussion Boards

Expectations For Veeam 11!

Hello everybody! So now, we have the official date for Veeam v11 release.I'd love to know what are your expectations about this version. Is there some feature that someone would like to highlight?Any concern about that? Just let me know!Let’s talk!  

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Eddie Kwok
3 years ago

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