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In my home lab I want to experiment with the new Veeam VBR v13 appliance. On one hand to try it out before migrating at the organization I work for, on the other hand because I love to try new things out and thinker with it. So I use the ISO deployment method to deploy on a virtual machine on Proxmox PVE, that is a supported scenario as I read in the documentation. I go through the installation procedure, slightly annoyed that I can’t select a keyboard layout and have to type a difficult password on the wrong layout, but I can manage that 😉. On my first attempt I’ve set a static IP and a simple hostname (not FQDN) and disabled IPv6. I’ve chosen not to create a security officer account, since it’s just me anyways. The option is there to skip, so I assume it’s supported. After completing the process, I can access the host management on port 10443 just fine using IP address or using the hostname(created a DNS record for it). However the normal webUI on port 443 is not responding, it just

We are experiencing an issue with Veeam Agent for Windows. During restore (source Azure Blob), only 100 MB/s is consistently written to the disk, but the network throughput fluctuates. It appears to me that a limitation is in effect. I rule out a limitation in our infrastructure. What could be the cause?

Hyper-V has been around over 16 years initially released with Server 2008. It can run on most hardware and either on hyperconverged or distributed infrastructure. Since it is based on Windows Server, it can be managed easier with a graphical UI which is familiar with most technical staff. However, that also comes with the stigma that it is Windows 😀, plus Microsoft had announced the end of Hyper-V as they transition to Azure Local until the Broadcom announcement and then they reversed that decision.From a use case perspective, it can be used in small distributed (ROBO) deployments or large-scale hosting and Veeam has current customers that reflect this. Microsoft used to have a self-service portal via System Center Service Provider Foundation but that has been discontinued and now there are third party solutions like Hosting Controller or Cloud Assert. It is highly recommended to utilize System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) for centralized orchestration and fabric management

 I am getting the environment prepped for upgrade to 13.One question i had is on the Windows agent…Should i upgrade them before or after upgrading to 13? Thanks! 

What more could you ask for as an IT systems administrator? Devolutions is a big deal. I once created a blog post on how to Install and License Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager on Mac“.On top of the above, ​@Rick Vanover has shared this tool with us multiple times to empower us and significantly boost our productivity..Today, I present to you, the steps on “how to set up Devolusion Remote Desktop Manager on Windows”.  below are some of thesession types that can be managed via the RDM.Do you need to worry about the 30-day trial period as a Veeam Legend or Vanguard? The simple answer is no! Holders of these awards as well as Microsoft MVPs, vExperts, and similar recognitions can request an NFR license, as discussed here: https://devolutions.net/blog/2025/07/big-news-the-devolutions-nfr-program-now-includes-a-starter-pack-license/

Hi teamI was tasked with creating a new repo in Azure and setting up new backup policies.I have created policy per service (Sharepoint, Teams, Onedrive, Mail)Services other than sharepoint have finally completed but sharepoint is not playing nice.It appears not to be progressing and been at it for nearly 7 days.Any idea what the issue could be? I have stopped all other backups for now but makes no difference.Any thoughts?  

Hi allI was wondering if it is possible to create a backup job of a VM, without having access to the VM Host Server. I have installed Backup & Replication on the VM client itself, connected a backup repository, but when I try to create a backup job, it asks for the IP and admin credentials of the VM Host. Thanks for your help

Veeam Enable Credential GuardVmware  & Windows prerequisite:Enable or Disable UEFI Secure Boot for a Virtual MachineVerision VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x7or superior EFI firmware Virtual hardware version 13 or later. vTPM module ( optional) Operating system that supports UEFI secure boot. Windows 2016 or superiorYou can install a new device on the Trusted Platform Module VM.Adding the vTPM module (optional but recommended)For complete security, it is best to add a virtual TPM chip:1) Again, go to Edit Settings > Add New Device.2) Select Trusted Platform Module.Note: This requires your VMware cluster to have a ‘Key Provider’ configured (Native Key Provider is the easiest to activate).Windows Secure Boot is supported on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1/8, and Windows Server 2016 and later, generally requiring UEFI firmware, a GPT partition style, and a TPM 2.0 chip FIX Security & Compliance ---- > Credential GuardPreparing the VM (VMware side)Before enabling EFI BIOS, you mus

Hey guys,I am facing the following problem: a client wishes to change services for copying their backup data. They currently use Azure Blob. They are considering several other services including Wasabi. They would like to recover their annual archives if possible.I know that through Veeam we can use the Move function to move backups, but we have more than 10 TB of data and I'm afraid it will take an enormous amount of time without guaranteeing data integrity. Currently, they don't have immutability enabled on their Azure bucket and wish to activate it on their next bucket.Is it possible to copy only archives without copying everything?

Hi All,Are there any issues getting reported with Veeam support portal?Seem to not allow me to login, presented with an error message:This page isn’t workingmy.veeam.com redirected you too many times.Try deleting your cookies.ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Even after deleting my cookies, tried from 4 different browsers, 2 different laptops 2 different internet connections.Seem like something is not right at Veeam's end.ThanksArtik 

Hello Veeam community !I’ve just released version 3.3 of the M365 Generator tool.One of the new features is an MCP server that exposes M365 Generator actions as tools, making it possible for Claude Desktop (via its MCP connector) to take agentic control of generated M365 assets.It’s pretty fun to ask your LLM to generate data in your M365 tenant with no clicks needed! 😁Claude Desktop and the free subscription do have some limitations, but I’ve shared how to work around those and connect to my MCP server in this blog post: https://home.point4.fr/lets-make-it-even-easier-an-mcp-server-for-the-m365-generator-tool/You’ll also find some example prompts to try out.I hope you’ll enjoy it my dear community! 😊 

As discussed in the item below:Migrating VM from VMWare to Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager | Veeam Community Resource Hub The Veeam Mobility Matrix follows:  

Working with tape libraries often requires up‑to‑date firmware, BIOS packages, and driver references to ensure stable operation and compatibility across vendors and backup platforms. For those who need a consolidated and easy‑to‑navigate source, here is an excellent technical repository that centralizes multiple Tape Library and Tape Drive resources: 🔗 Firmware, BIOS & Driver Index📂 /FIRMWARE_BIOS/ – StoneSet ⚠️ DisclaimerThe Veeam Community does not guarantee the functionality, integrity, or safety of the drivers, firmware, or installers referenced in this repository.All materials are shared for informational and community‑support purposes only.Always validate, test, and verify any files in a controlled or non‑production environment before applying them to your infrastructure.You are fully responsible for assessing compatibility and impact within your systems.

We are having one VM fail in our surebackup job, which is set at 7200 seconds for maximum allowed boot time. The VM runs twice, once it fails as running at 600 seconds, the second runs at 7200 and is a success. How can this be, 1. VM gets selected twice, and runs at different config in the same job. We are running VBR 12.3.2.4165. Thanks all….

I currently need to migrate my system from VMWare to OLVM, but I can't find an option for instant recovery of a virtual machine from VMWare to OLVM. I also can't find anywhere I can use this feature to recover a virtual machine from one OLVM to another.

TL;DR With Veeam Backup & Replication v13, every PowerShell cmdlet now goes through the same service layer used by the REST API and Web UI. That layer enforces request throttling. The tape cmdlets are extremely chatty, so when scripts call them in quick succession (as most reporting scripts do), you’ll hit TooManyRequests.Fix summary: Wrap tape calls with a retry/backoff helper, prefetch once (no calls inside loops), and serialize tape inventory access (don’t overlap reports, rescans, and tape jobs).  What Changed in v13? Veeam v13 moved PowerShell off the old .NET Framework RPC and onto .NET + a service backend shared with REST and the Web UI. The upside: one consistent platform. The downside: you now inherit API-style throttling that didn’t exist in v12.Symptom: Import-Module works, RBAC is fine, the first few tape calls may succeed, but bulk/sequential tape calls fail with TooManyRequests. Important: This is rate limiting, not permissions. Being Local Admin + Veeam Admin doesn’t

Upgrades - at least with Veeam - usually go smoothly. But every now and then, one catches you off guard. After upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) to version 13, we ran into an issue that completely blocked access to the VBR console.I’m sharing this here in case it helps others who might hit the same problem.The Problem: No Console Access After UpgradeImmediately after the upgrade to VBR v13, the Veeam Backup & Replication console refused to connect to the VBR server.Instead of the expected login screen, we were greeted with a certificate error. What made troubleshooting especially confusing was that the error occurred regardless of how we tried to connect: localhost server IP address fully qualified domain name (FQDN)All resulted in the same error. From a Veeam perspective, everything on the server side looked healthy, services were running, and nothing in the upgrade logs indicated a failure. Before the upgrade with V12, we did not have any issues here.Root Cause: S

Hi ALL,I would like to ask for assistance with the following scenario. I am planning to purchase two StoreOnce systems and use Veeam as the backup software. I plan to use Catalyst and Backup Copy jobs to transfer backup data from StoreOnce #1 to StoreOnce #2.My question is: in this case, assuming that there is already existing backup data on StoreOnce #2, if a new Active Full backup is approximately 100 GB in size, will the data synchronized be the full 100 GB, or will only the changed blocks from StoreOnce #1 be transferred to StoreOnce #2?In other words, will this behave similarly to the replication of two NAS shares on StoreOnce, where only changed blocks are synchronized?”Thank you so much.RgdsHieuht 

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The various discussion in the below article gave rise to the creation of this article. In previous discussions on the community and my blog, we have extensively covered the steps for performing a clean installation of Windows Server, reinstalling Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), and migrating the configuration database.If you wish to have your VBR running on the latest Windows Server 2025. I have crafted a very detailed article discussing the steps here “how to perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025”. Windows Server 2025 comes in the following editions tailored to different organisational needs. They are the Essential Edition, the Standard Edition for lightly or non-virtualized environments, the Datacenter Edition for highly virtualised datacenter and cloud environments, as it is in my case, and the Datacenter: Azure Edition for seamless integration with Microsoft Azure in hybrid cloud scenarios.In this article, I touched on “Microsoft Windows

I have a question. My current tape server has 4 SAS ports attached to my Quantum LTO-7 library. I can’t fit any more cards into this server, so that’s the max number of drives this one tape server will support.However, my tape library physically has *6* tape drives installed in it. Obviously, at the moment, only 4 are in use, as that’s all my tape server can handle. But I have a 2nd  tape server I can use, and it has 4 unused SAS ports. So what I want to do is, add this 2nd server to my Veeam environment as another tape server, and hook it up to my 2 used tape drives. That way, I should hopefully be able to drive all 6 tape drives at once., and Veeam will see the library as having 6 drives total. There should be no problem with that config, right? Veeam can utilize more than 1 tape server, surely. And since the drives are all in the same library, even if I have media pools that says use up to 2 drives at once,  it wouldn’t matter if one of those tapes was serviced by tape server #1, an

Hello, I have a Gmail address and my company email address assigned to my profile. When I try to do anything, the verification links are sent to yet another address I don't have access to, and I'm stuck in a vicious cycle. I tried to ask for help through the sales department, but my request has gone unanswered. Please help.

XCP-ng stands for Xen Cloud Platform, next generation and it is an open-source virtualisation platform that allows you to manage virtual machines and networks efficiently.XCP-ng delivers high-performance enterprise-level virtualization with a rich ecosystem. You can integrate it into your full stack for management and backups. It serves as the modern successor to XCP, which developers originally created as an open-source version of Citrix XenServer back in 2010. XCP-ng ArchitectureXCP-ng is a secure platform by default and enables you to run any kind of virtualisation workload . It contains multiple components, built around the Xen Hypervisor. It’s meant to run on top of bare-metal machines.XCP-ng runs Xen hypervisor on bare metal hardware (CPU, RAM, disk, GPU) to host VMs and PVs (paravirtualized guests). Dom0 (control domain) manages everything via tools and APIs, while backend drivers handle storage/network/QEMU emulation for guest domains.You can download the latest installer for X

I am running into an issue where very large incrementals are being created even when the device is having little usage. On a 1.8 TB drive (1.56 TB used), an incremental of 980 GB and another incremental of 820 GB occurred a few days later in the past week. What could be causing this? I am using veeam agent for windows 13.0.1.1009