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unknown_qNot a newbie anymore
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Cannot install VBR 12.2 CE on Windows Server 2022

I got this error when trying to install VBR[ERROR] System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index and length must refer to a location within the string. (Parameter 'length')   at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)   at Veeam.Setup.Common.Util.GeneralUtilProvider.get_AssemblyPath()   at Veeam.Setup.Wizard.PrereqEngineManager..ctor()   at Veeam.Setup.Wizard.VmWizardEngine..ctor(String configFileFullPath, String configFileName, String strSerializeGuid, Window parent, Boolean& bRunWizard)   at Veeam.Setup.Wizard.App.CreateWizard(String configFileName, String serializeGuid, Window parent)   at Veeam.Setup.Common.Autorun.AutorunViewModel.RunWizard(Enum bundle)   at Veeam.Setup.Autorun.WPF.Pages.AutorunPageViewModel.FinishAutorun(Bundle selectedBundle)   at Veeam.Setup.Autorun.WPF.Pages.AutorunPageViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass20_0.<InitBundle>b__0(Object commandData)   at Veeam.Setup.Wizard.WPF.DelegateCommand.Execute(Object parameter)   at MS.Internal.Commands.C

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linuxlionNew Here
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SNMP-trap on the start of a backup job run?

We use Veeam 12.2.0.334My Veeam is configured on such a way that a SNMP-trap is send as soon as a backup job run is finished. That works correct.Is it possible to configure Veeam on such a way that a SNMP-trap is send when a backup job run starts?

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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
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PostgreSQL Veeam Instant Recovery, Outlook Migration and Data Backup Basics
PostgreSQL Veeam Instant Recovery, Outlook Migration and Data Backup BasicsVeeam Community Recap #197

This week El Rickatron ​@Madi.Cristil are back in normal circumstances after a long break! We have a great list of content to share this week. You can watch this week’s episode here: The Linksvia ​@arnaud.quenum via ​@dips via ​@JMeixner Community Spotlightvia ​@Andanet A wonderful journey through the Veeam Legends program. – AndanetSpecial Department Newsvia ​@NikolaPejkova → Final call for Veeam Vanguard 2025 nominations!Who’s NewWe are happy to welcome +270 new members to the Veeam Community. Tha​@safiya for prepping the list! The coolest usernames this week are ​@SP33DY, ​@markjustmark, ​@Mastermind1 and ​@novaspeaks. Alfred’s pick is ​@PowerThinker → You have a badge coming your way! Have a great week everyone.   

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Nick WardNot a newbie anymore
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Veeam Backup for M365 and Veeam Cloud Connect

Hi, does Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 require a Veeam Cloud Connect licence per customer when backing up from Azure to a remote (non-Microsoft) data centre?  Thanks, Nick

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TK515Comes here often
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Veeam Self Service Restore

Im trying to setup Veeam Self Service Restore for our DBAs and when they login to the URL they are not seeing any options to restore files. When I test with my standard desktop account I can see the proper selections to perform a recover. Is there anything that needs to be installed on the DBAs PC as well? We tried both Edge and Chrome and both work for me but not for the DBA im testing with.

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Max LNew Here
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Kasten Backup Target

Does VEEAM Kasten support direct backups to VEEAM Windows or Linux Repository as backup target?From documentation it is confusing where it says it needs access to external object storage or external NFS file storage. Is this for metadata and can metadata be also written to regular repository in absence of Object and NFS

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eprieto
eprietoVeeam Legend
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🚀 🆕 Openshift Virtualization Engine

🚀 🆕 Just announced and focused solely on virtualization  🔝ℹ️https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-red-hat-openshift-virtualization-engine Let me tell you a little about what it is about. Virtualization with OpenShift: Simple and Socket SubscriptionOpenShift Virtualization is the virtualization feature that comes built into all versions of OpenShift, from the most basic to the most complete. If you are looking to migrate from platforms like VMware, OpenShift Virtualization Engine (OVE) is ideal for managing and operating your virtual machines (VMs) with a low-cost subscription.OpenShift Virtualization Engine (OVE) is designed exclusively for virtualization, with a per-socket subscription , it does not include functions to modernize applications or work with containers, which greatly simplifies operations if you only need to focus on virtualization.When you combine it with Kasten K10 , you have a complete solution: in addition to managing your VMs, you can protect them with autom

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hs08
hs08Comes here often
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Download wait timeout exceeded

I test to backup some of onedrive and get warning download wait timeout exceeded. What mean of this error and how to fix this? 

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monkthecatNot a newbie anymore
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Backup for M365: unable to add repository via SMB

Running Veeam Backup for M365 v 7.1.0.1501 on a Windows Server 2002 Standard VM (the VM is AD joined) and trying to create a backup repository on an SMB shared folder on an AD joined NAS on my LAN, and I'm unable to add the repository. In Veeam, if I go: "Repositories > Add > Backup to Local Disk > Path" ...then enter the path to the SMB shared folder on the NAS ("\\NAS-NAME\SHARE-NAME\FOLDER-NAME"), I can click "Get free space" and Veeam calculates the correct amount of free disk space (so it seems to be able to see the NAS), but if I click "Next" to add the repository, I see: "Specified folder does not exist on the backup proxy. Do you want to create it?? If I click "Yes" I get the error: "Access to the path "\\NAS-NAME\SHARE-NAME\FOLDER-NAME" is denied." I'm able to browse the share in Windows explorer and browse to the folder I'm trying to add. Veeam is installed on an AD joined VM, and I'm using Windows (AD) credentials to log into Veeam console when it starts up. I've ch

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wesmrt
wesmrtVeeam MVP
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Configuring SSO for Veeam Backup for AWS

Hello everyone, In this post, I will cover the steps to configure Single Sign-On in Veeam Backup for AWS and thereby use a user managed by an identity provider instead of using local users in Veeam Backup for AWS, ensuring greater security when accessing the tool.Veeam Backup for AWS supports SSO based on the SAML 2.0 protocol, so any identity provider that uses SAML 2.0 can be used. In this article, I will use Azure AD itself as an identity provider to make it clearer how to perform each step. To start, log in to the Azure portal and go to Enterprise applications:  Click on "New application":  Then choose the option "Create your own application":  Choose a name for the app and choose the third option "Integrate any other application...":   With the app created, go to the "Single sign-on" section and then choose the "SAML" option:  Go back to the Veeam Backup for AWS console and go to the "Identity Provider" section under "Settings":  Download the metadata that we will use in our app i

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tarik.yenisey
tarik.yeniseyVUG Leader
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What is GFS Backup and How to Configure It

Veeam GFS Backup:The GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) backup strategy included in Veeam Backup & Replication software is an optimized method for regular and long-term retention of data. It is important for some companies, especially those in the financial sector, to keep long-term data. With GFS, we can take our Annual, Monthly and Weekly Backups and store these backups for as long as we request.Grandfather-Father-Son Hierarchy:Grandfather: At this level, monthly backups are typically stored. It is used to take a full backup on the first and last day of each month and for long-term storage.Father: This is the level where weekly backups are stored. This level of storage can be achieved by taking a full backup any day of the week.Last: This is the level where daily backups are stored. For example, daily backups are provided by taking a full backup at the end of each day.The Schedule of GFS Backup can be seen in the image below. In the image, it can be seen that Weekly Backup is taken on

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hs08
hs08Comes here often
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VDC BAckup Ms.Teams

Hello,If we not setup team chat this mean VDC only backup teams channel and teams group? Also when click ‘set up teams chats’ there are information ‘may incur additional cost’.Cost of what? Any calculation to estimate the extra cost?

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spider32Influencer
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Backup Files showing it is located in Extent under maintenance

We are doing backup evacuation to that we can recover some of the storage. However, after the evacuation, some of the backup files show the following:If I copy the path, it points me to an available extent where the file has been copied. I also did a restore with the some of the files shown above and able to do a restore. So why does it still show that the files are in an extent in maintenance mode which is not correct since the files have been moved already. Bug or defect or has a information purpose?

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
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Using Veeam Agents with Xen Orchestra (Vates XCP-NG and XenServer)

A new KB was published yesterday to provide guidance on using Veeam Agents to backup VM's hosted by XenServer and XCP-NG environments managed by Xen Orchestra. It's not direct VM-Level backups, but since I know people have been requesting XenServer and XCP-NG support (especially in Reddit it seems), it's a step in the right direction.  This was previously posted a couple months ago (link below) but I wanted to share the official KB. This article documents how to use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows and Veeam Agent for Linux, managed by Veeam Backup & Replication, to protect virtual machines in XenServer and XCP-NG environments that are managed by Xen Orchestra. While these hypervisors are not directly supported for VM-level interaction by Veeam Backup & Replication, this article demonstrates how protection is possible through guest OS-level backup agents.https://www.veeam.com/kb4703  

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spider32Influencer
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SQL Transaction log backup seems to be failing with "Failed to perform internal backup"

SQL Transaction log backup seems to be failing with "Failed to perform internal backup."We just did a big repair of one of our DBs. When I re-enable the backup job (with SQL transaction log backup), it started failing with the following error. Failed to perform internal backup (DBName): Code = 0x80040e31 Code meaning = IDispatch error #3121 Source = Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0 Description = Query timeout expired COM error: Code: 0x80040e31 We can see data being moved as shown in the Report so is the Transaction Log backup really failing or it is just doing catch up with the large change? I’m sure if we run a full backup or possibly change the log backup interval to longer, this will resolve the error. Thanks.

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lexComes here often
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S3-compatible object storage

Hello.The question is related to adding S3-compatible object storage. Company-developed proprietary BLOB stores in ceph have their own implementation of the S3 surface. When adding S3, you can select a bucket, but when you select folders inside the bucket or when creating a new STORAGEClass error, the storage class uses erasure code.The question is what storageclass does veeam12 use?! since it worked on version veeam 10.How can I see through the logs which storageclass is trying to connect to the storage?  

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hs08
hs08Comes here often
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VDC Users

I have more than 2000 Entra ID users but only have 900 M365 subscription licenses.When we setting the VDC to backup all tenant, will the VDC only take any user who have active license in M365?

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Rin
RinProduct Strategy
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Its time to move from Public folders to Microsoft 365 Groups

Over the last several years Microsoft has been moving into Microsoft 365 with their services. With this migration they have introduced many new features into the eco system to make day to day communication and processes smoother. In this same transition Microsoft has also moved to depreciate legacy technologies for newer features that are purpose built for the ecosystem and modern data communication. We are in the process of what is now the second depreciation cycle of legacy technologies in Microsoft 365. The first being when on-prem services did not make it to the cloud and now with the deprecation of legacy APIs on January 31, 2023. Its important to note that depreciated does not mean these services are nasally going to be shut off but further support by Microsoft and third-party access to these services will also be limited if at all. In this case, services in Microsoft 365 that did not make the cut, by Microsoft, to be coded into the Microsoft Graph API with modern APIs will no lo

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CarySun
CarySunVeeam Vanguard
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FIX Unable to obtain IP address for help host ubuntu Linux server

Today, I tried to restore a file for the Linux server, it failed and the error message was “Unable to obtain IP address for host ‘ubuntu2310”I check the Log from Restore Session, it show “Failed to mount restore point. Unable to obtain IP addresses for host ubuntu2310”Check the DNS records and it looks good.Ping the host from the VBR Server and it looks good as well.Check the hostname from the Linux server to ensure the hostname. It has no issue.Why Unable to obtain the IP address for help host the ubuntu Linux server? I solved it and the steps are as follows.Run sudo apt update at the Linux Server.Run sudo apt-get install samba at the Linux server.Try to re-run restore steps from the VBR console and the error has gone.    

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YongNot a newbie anymore
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Rescan operation fails when adding a server to a Protection Group in RHEL 6.6.

I am currently trying to backup 2 physical servers with Veeam.The target servers are running RHEL 6.6 (2.6.32-504.1.3.el6.x86_64).When I try to include them in a Protection Group to create a backup job, I am encountering an issue where one server succeeds and the other fails.In the Veeam Console UI, it shows up as failed with the message "The server has closed the connection." When checking the log related to the Rescan Task, the main error message is "Failed to upload package file from "D:\veeam\Backup\Packages\veeamdeployment-12.2.0.334-1.x86_64.rpm" to "/tmp/veeamdeployment-12.2.0.334-1.x86_64.rpm". Timeout: 10800 sec, mode: 644 (Veeam.Backup.Common.CRegeneratedTraceException)".It seems unrelated to the fact that the file upload to the server is not possible.This is because the situation is as follows:- Use root account when backing up Veeam- Veeam backup server and backup target server are located on the same network- SELinux and firewall are both disabled on the target server- No

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sodane_kol
sodane_kolNot a newbie anymore
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Unable to retrieve next block transmission command

Dear Expert!I need your assistance with the Veeam Backup issue. I tried numerous times to resolve this issue, but none of my ideas appear to be effective. Could you please provide any suggestions for resolving this problem?Error Message: Unexpected packet type: [%1]. Unable to retrieve next block transmission command. Number of already processed blocks: [997]. Failed to download disk. read: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host Failed to upload disk. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.SyncDisk}.Thank you for help!!  

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hs08
hs08Comes here often
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Veeam Agent restore

I try to restore my bare metal server using veeam recovery media to VMware esxi.When i try to restore i got warning ‘OS disk in backup uses MBR disk’, then i check the created VM using EFI.I try change from EFI to BIOS then do same thing, then the recovery media say different warning. The waring now say ‘OS disk in backup use GPT disk.So why with same backup file, the warning message is different?

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marioarceNew Here
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Feature Request: TIMED PAUSE Replication/Backup instead of DISABLE

Over the years we have encountered lots of situations where other engineers disable a job with the intention of returning later of after a day or so to enable the job, but this never happens.There are 100+ reasons to disable a job but lots of times, a job is disabled with the intention of enabling it shortly after. We just do not have the correct option to use.It would be nice if instead of disabling a job we had the option to PAUSE FOR 30m, 60m, 90m, 1day, 2days, 1week, custom length. -MarioPS. No need to expand on what happens when disaster hits and a job had been disabled weeks ago…

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sant12Not a newbie anymore
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Backup AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway EBS volumes using Veeam for AWS 8.0

Hi Veeam community, is it possible to backup AWS Storage Gateway Volume Gateway EBS volumes using Veeam for AWS 8.0 or Veeam BR 12 or any Veeam product for that matter?

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simonsimon1129Not a newbie anymore
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Free Tier Veeam, Promox and AWS

i am trying free tier of Veeam, Proxmox and AWSI have a Proxmox VE community edition installed on an old PC 5TB Hard drive, I would like to try to backup a ec2 instance from AWS Free tier and store all data to my Proxmox, Veam VM is installed in my proxmoxis this possible 100% no cost ?any document, links or suggestion for me to test this situation is appreciated.

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