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MikeLeoneComes here often

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Querying for a list of tapes in a library that are FULL

Hello We used to use EMC Networker as a backup program, and I used to be able to run a command line script that would query for a list of tapes currently in the library, and report on any that were marked as “FULL”. I would send this an email to our tape operators, and they would eject any FULL tapes so they could be sent for offsite storage.Is there a way I could duplicate this functionality for Veeam? Perhaps run a Powershell script that queries the library and reports on the usage status of the tapes currently in the library? (and if so, has anyone got an example they could point me at? Or a different way of getting the same info for my tape operators?)Thanks

9 days ago

DMOZDFENew Here

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using custom domain name with Azure Blob Storage account

By default when you create an Azure Blob Storage repository inside of VEEAM you are only required to enter the Blob Storage account name and key.Somehow VEEAM knows how to connect to Azure Blob and I assume it then relates to the actual Blob Account’s URL eg. https://myblobaccount.blob.core.windows.net/We have multiple sites and have set up multiple Azure Blob accounts (1 for each site)We also have a distributed firewall system whereby each site has its own set of firewall rulesTo date we have been setting firewall allow rules to allow VEEAM to access AZURE Blob storage site-by-site meaning X sites == X firewall rulesWe are trying to move to a single wildcard-based rule which can be applied in a consistent manner to all edge firewalls however in our testing we were unable to get this to work.Using MS Azure Custom Domain for access blob data (see excerpt at bottom of this post) we created a cname like below:myblobaccount.myinternalstorage.mycompanydomain.com CNAME myblobaccount.blob.

10 days ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Anybody tried Proxmox?

Hi Everyone, There are times that I think that my head has been stuck in the sand when it comes to technology. Maybe I just don’t read enough 😅. While forcing myself to consider black Friday/cyber Monday upgrades for my beleaguered home lab I stumbled upon Proxmox. Debian based KVM level 1 Hypervisor. Since I may go the route of purchasing an old powerful desktop I need something (free) that can help be getting vms’ running. Esx free won’t let me use API’s for Veeam backups anyways and I don’t know of any ways of getting a full working license other than time trial or attempting to become a vexpert (please correct me if I am wrong) I wanted to go with something else. I could just build KVM on top of a linux distribution myself but it would be nice to have something ready to go that has a community forum available.Have any of you used Proxmox? and if so what are your thoughts about it?https://www.proxmox.com/en/cheers

10 days ago

Srt93Comes here often

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copy job to s3

HiI am configuring a backup copy to S3 (immutable) The type of copy is periodic so that it only stores a weekly backup in the cloud (one month retention) My questions are: how does the S3 backup chain work? Same as locally? First week will be a full, second backup copy will be incremental but... what happens when the first backup meets the retention? Veeam converts the oldest incremental to a full? I'm right? Thanks

10 days ago

Adrian_cNew Here

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Perform full restoration test from Object storage (assume total loss)

Hi Team,I have a site that uses Wasabi object storage for both archiving and have “copy backups to object storage as soon as they are created” checked in the SOBR. This has been ticking away for some months now doing what I’d expect it to be doing. Now I need to test a full scale recovery from this environment, assuming we have a total loss of all on premises infrastructure, including the VBR server. I have spun up a new VM in our DR environment and installed VBR. My next step was to connect to the object storage bucket and attempt to recover VMs from this. But when I attempt to connect I get a warning “Selected object storage repository is already managed by another backup server. If you continue, all jobs currently using this repository will fail. Proceed?” I don't want the current jobs to fail, as this is only a test. Can I still connect to this repository and only read the objects without modifying it? Or can it be mounted in read only? Or is there another way I should be doing thi

10 days ago

DaniVNew Here

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Doubs about certifications (VMSP/VMTSP)

HelloI want to get VMSP and VMTSP general certificate but it only appears the individual one (like cloud service provider) how can I get the general one, like the ones before (VMTSP and VMSP 2020/2021)

10 days ago

damien commengeVeeam Legend

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veeamone ressources

Hello,I would like to use veeamone with more than just install it and connect backup and virtualisation infrastructure.Do you have some good ressources to link or share the use case you have on your customer or internally ?I already find some good report and solve the alert the product give by default but I think this product could be more usefull with more knowledge.I don t find a lot of ressource with google about it and the main feature I could implement Thanks for your help :)

10 days ago

leduardoserranoComes here often

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Step by step to upgrade Veeam Service Provider Console to v7

Hi Veeam Cloud Service Providers partners! Veeam released the Service Provider Console version 7 in FY23H1. It is very important to carry out this update as many benefits and improvements have been added for you! For a detailed step-by-step guide on how to upgradeStep by step to upgrade Veeam Service Provider Console to v7 – Cloud and Roll (cloudnroll.com) References:Upgrading Veeam Service Provider Console – Veeam Service Provider Console Deployment GuideKB4441: Release Information for Veeam Service Provider Console 7 Cumulative Patches

10 days ago

Srt93Comes here often

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scale out vs direct S3 Storage

Hello,In terms of cost (price): there is some difference between Direct storage and scale out repo ? (Amazon S3)Is it possible that the writes will be smaller with scale out? Brcause the backup is already created ? Thanks

10 days ago

TylerJurgensVeeam Legend

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Happy Friday All

As we all begin to embark on our weekends, I wanted to leave you with a highlight from the Veeam 100 Summit. Enjoy your weekend everyone!

10 days ago

HurleyNew Here

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Veeam and NAS Repository?

I have a Synology NAS. Besides Direct Attached Storage, are the other choices usable for a NAS in anyway?

10 days ago

dikaComes here often

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immutable wasabi with VBO 365

Adding Wasabi Immutable BucketI was trying to add wasabi bucket with immutable as backup repository, but it showed an error, any suggestion to solve this error ?

10 days ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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VMCE Study group?

Hi Folks,I was wondering if people would be interested in creating a VMCE study group. I will be honest this time around I am a bit terrified of this exam. For one thing the last number of years my study focus has been on something else (I wonder what that is), I am naturally not great at these things just work double in order to try and be included in with the real smart folks 😃, plus the amount of changes in V12 will prevent me from winging it on previously acquired knowledge in older VMCEs and work experience.Obviously this would not be a “dump” zone or “point you to the answer from the test” cheating location, but instead a group creating questions, helping to understand fuzzy issues and most importantly giving support to people like me who have been petrified of exams/tests ever since kindergarten🤣. I led a CKA group study over on Kodekloud for a few Months and it was a lot of fun. We had bi-weekly calls (could have been Monthly to be honest) and some of the study techniques I l

10 days ago

abiwotComes here often

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RabbitMQ Operator - Quiesce Cluster Blueprint

So had a situation that I needed to quiesce the entire RabbitMQ cluster (controlled by the Rabbitmq-Operator) before a namespace was to be backed up. So came up with this as a solution. Might be useful to someone else.If you want to follow the background info. TL;DRStop all Rabbit messagesBackup clusterStart Rabbit messages Prerequisites:Custom image that has JQ, kubectl, & Kanister tools (see Docker file) K8s service account in rabbitmq-cluster-namespace (see RBAC file) ImagePullSecret - as the custom image will more than likely be on a private repo Solution:Pre-hook - quiesceRabbitCluster Use to stop the Rabbit cluster target the statefulset Post-hook - activateRabbitCluster Use to start Rabbit cluster target the statefulset Error-hook - revertRabbitCluster Use to make the Rabbit cluster operational target the statefulset Pre-hook-Restore - destroyRabbitCluster (READ CAUTION BEFORE USING) DELETE rabbit cluster before restoring target the statefulset Docker: (had

10 days ago

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.

11 days ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

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VMCE 2023 Experience

Good Community Day to everyone -I am pleased to share with the Community I scheduled my VMCE 2023 on v12 exam for this morning and was able to pass; even scored a little higher than the goal I set for myself. I was able to get into the 800s, so was pleased with my result.@Michael Melter created a post just under 2 weeks ago, and shared some great information. For a review of his post, you can read it here:I won’t re-hash the same things, but will give a little bit different take from my perspective though. Like Michael shares in his post, follow through the VMCE v12 Study Guide, as well as Anton’s What’s New document to review all the new features Veeam introduced with v12. And, this may seem common sense, but some may not take this to heart, but I also spent less time reviewing things I felt confident in, and spent more time with things I didn’t. Then, I took notes on them in a note style I could remember the info better. I spent a LOT of time in the User Guides.As for the exam, I cho

11 days ago

MikeLeoneComes here often

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Confused about "Secondary Target" for backup jobs

I apologize if this is a silly question. Here’s what I want to do - schedule backup jobs of VMs to disk repository, and then “clone” those backups to tape. So I‘ve set up backup jobs to my disk repository, and specified an ACTIVE FULL backup on Friday and Incremental backups (which is what I want), and scheduled it for every night. Additionally, I have create a Tape job, pointing to this backup job, and scheduled it to start the next morning.My question - the backup option for “Secondary Target” .. what exactly does that do? :-) Does that mean that the backup will go to my disk repository AND my tape library, all as part of one execution (i.e., does the tape part start as soon as the backup to disk finishes)? I already have the tape part executing on it’s own schedule, does this mean that the data will be sent to the tape *twice*, once by the scheduled tape job, and once as part of the “secondary target” option of the backup job? (which I don’t want).The documentation states “Backup

11 days ago

Madi.CristilCommunity Manager

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Blog of the Month October + November 2023Blog of the Month

The last week of November is here! As promised, we're gearing up for an exciting blog showdown to crown the top post of the month, set to shine on our homepage in early December.In this special edition, we're combining the best blogs from both October and November. With October taking a back seat due to the Veeam 100 Summit and other thrilling events, we want to make sure every outstanding blog gets its shot at the spotlight.This month, we've curated a collection of eight top-notch blogs. Make your voice heard by voting for the absolute best before December 3rd.Wishing all our participants the best of luck! 😊 @MicoolPaul , @JMeixner , @damien commenge , @vAdmin , @marcofabbri , @JMousqueton , @HunterLAFR , @Andanet Please feel free to share it on your social media platforms and encourage your network to vote for you!Best, Madi

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11 days ago

victorwuVeeam Vanguard

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Huawei Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication

In this KB https://www.veeam.com/kb4027 The Huawei Plug-In for Veeam Backup & Replication reached End-of-Life on 2022-04-22 and is no longer available. VBR cannot call Huawei storage with it’s API to complete the backup job with storage’s snapshots. https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/system_requirements.html?ver=110In user guide of VBR v11, Veeam Backup & Replication does not offer integration with Huawei storage. According to the above, Veeam VBR cannot support any backup integration with Huawei storage. If the environment only includes VMware ESXi 7 and Huawei storage, what is recommended backup mode can be selected in VBR v11?

11 days ago

wolff.mateusVeeam Legend

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Veeam Enterprise Manager failed to connect VBR

Hello there! Recently I installed a new VEM server and when I tried to establish connection with my VBR servers i get this message below:I had ever test communication on 9392 and 9405 TCP ports and it works fine.Any idea about this?

11 days ago

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