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Veeam Software Appliance Deployment - ISOFor deployments on physical hardware or other hypervisors we will need the ISOTo get this head here and click Download on the Veeam Software Appliance 13 section, you will need a valid Veeam login for thisThen select the Bootable ISO and click DownloadThe VM will need to be specced with whats listed in the overview, the VM compatibility is Rocky Linux and the ISO will need to be mounted to the server, if this is a physical server ensure you burn it with Rufus in DD mode else it will fail to installWhen you boot the server, you will see this screen, press Enter on Veeam Backup & ReplicationThen press Enter on InstallClick Yes hereAnd the system will automatically install everything Veeam Software Appliance Deployment - OVAFor deployments in a VMware environment we can install this directly with an OVA template downloaded from Veeam’s websiteTo get this head here and click Download on the Veeam Software Appliance 13 section, you will need a va

we have a Synology DS1621+ and im looking for some guidance on setting up and enabling immutable storage  and setting up a backup job. i’ve looked on the net can’t really find anything.  we already backup into an offsite location but i am looking for something on prem as well, i’m trying to implement the 32110 rule for our school. any help could be appreciated 

I attended the Veeam Toronto event recently and met some great people there and thought it might be time to join the Community.  Nice to be here and hope to spend some time giving back in the future.  For now, trying to work my way through the Veeam 13 upgrade as it’s the first where I’ve run into a major issue since starting with 9.5.I upgraded VeeamONE, Backup Enterprise, then B&R from 12.3 to 13 yesterday.  I have run into a couple of issues and currently have a support ticket open but thought I would highlight some growing pains here as well as ask if anyone has seen this yet.  The B&R upgrade process went smoothly until I got to the point where I opened the new console.First problem, logged in and console opened fine(after running as Administrator) but I lost access to my Nutanix AHV clusters and backup proxy machines int the backup infrastructure.  I have a mix of AHV and VMware clusters and the VMware side had no issues - my B&R VM and another Windows-based proxy use

I have this Quantum LTO 9 HH rack mounted tape drive connected to an ATTO 12GB SAS HBA on a windows 2019 server. I see the ATTO card in device manager but I do not see the tape drive there. I dont see any lights on the ATTO card or on the SAS port on the tape drive.  Wondering if anyone could help me to get the tape drive seen by the system. Once I install Veeam (tomorrow) will Veeam install a driver for the tape drive or is there another issue here? Thanks!

Hi everyone,When we enable encryption in the proxy's transport mode, the ESXi host will actually perform the encryption before sending to the proxy. I'd like to know if there's a formula to determine how much CPU we should allocate to the host. Does anyone have this information?  

HI folks,We are increasingly deploying Hyper-V environments following recent changes in VMware’s pricing model. In my designs, I typically separate production and backup infrastructures into dedicated VLANs.However, when using an on-host configuration, applying this architecture means that traffic will inevitably pass through the firewall, which could lead to excessive load and negatively impact backup performance.The most straightforward approach today is to implement both Veeam and Hyper-V components within the same subnet to avoid any routing.  How are you currently handling this in your environment?

I'm having an issue I don't know how to resolve. Before I contact support I thought I'd throw it up here after searching for solutions. Topology: Veeam server on a hypervisor VM with 2 virtual NIC (one for the main computer network w/ dhcp and one isolated backup subnet with no dhcp).The isolated subnet ports all exist on the same L2 managed switch. The veeam server can ping and ssh into the hard repo. Hard repo is Ubuntu server 22.04 LTS  connected to the backup subnet. On both systems, the backup subnet only has a static IP (no DNS or gateway). Issue: I can successfully add the hard server. I can create the repo. Any backup jobs fail because it can't connect on port 2500. I pulled the hard repo out of the isolated subnet and into my main computer data subnet with DHCP. I was able to successfully add the hard server and perform a backup without changing anything. Question: Is there a specific reason I can't get this working in the isolated subnet? I run a NAS in this same fashion and

Hi teamMay I have your thoughts?I would like to decide on what is most effective.In the existing environment, AHV VM are backed up with VM based backup.But the Nutanix cluster also has existing protection domains for off-site replication.The new cluster will still have protection domains so I am wondering if I should back these up instead going forward and not do a VM based one. I believe this will be more effectiveCheers

Hi teamThis is my first attempt at this and seeing some issues.I am deploying an AHV cluster. I am doing the proxy\backup appliance install as part of this process.I point to the name of Prism Element cluster, not Prism CentralI get a warning that says failed to register Nutanix AHV Cluster: Failed to refresh entities.The process completes, cluster appears and I can open the Nutanix console from the VBR console.I verify that the specified account worksThe proxy appears as unavailable. I open the Veeam backup for Nutanix AHV console.This logs in with same account as specified.Under Administration > Infrastructure the cluster shows its state as unavailable. But it allows me to open the cluster console from here.When I rescan the proxy I do not get any errors.When I rescan the AHV cluster, I see the followingFailed to scan VMs: Unknow Socket ErrorFailed to scan PDs: Unknown socket ErrorFailed to scan Volume Groups: Unknown socket ErrorFailed to scan Protection Domains: Unknown socket E

Hello my dear Veeam community !Just wanted to share a new article I posted on my blog: “how to recover SharePoint quickly and keep downtime a minimum” using Veeam Data Cloud.The idea is to dig into clever recovery strategies for large-scale SharePoint sites, break down Veeam Data Cloud MBS vs Graph-based backups, and show how using both can help you hit your RTO targets and stay compliant.Here it is : https://home.point4.fr/microsoft-365-rapid-tb-sharepoint-recovery-minimal-downtime-strategies-2/I hope you’ll like ! 🙂

I was asked this week what some of the prompts we are seeing in the field for Veeam Intelligence are. Many people, including myself, have demonstrated asking how-to questions and responding in their native languages.So I wanted to put out there…What questions have you asked Veeam Intelligence on premises and in Veeam Data Cloud? Let me know what you asked and what kind of response you received. You might make it in my next blog post 😉

Veeam Vs 12.3.I made an Surbackub Job with an Applicationgroup and:1 DC in authoriative mode1 Exchange Server 2019 Cu 14No Internet Acces, No Proxy. Hyper V. the VMs are running but Windows Firewall Service is DISABLED. I read about it, that Winodws FW make this because Veeam use isolated network. However how can I test serious with such environment? I tried with PSH and Registry Keys to enable WFH Services to autmatic and yes  it changes, but when I wann start Service it comes error “no Device” Set-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain,Public,Private -Enabled TrueAND Reg Key I wanna test Exchange CU 15 (SE) and prereq check fails beucase no control to FW serives (mpsvc or similair error). SureBackup is useless if this not working. Thanks for any advices! 

Veeam Data Platform 13 is finally here and fully releasedTo kick things of in my new series of VDP 13 articles, we have the ultimate upgrade guide covering all the major components you will have in your environmentThis guide will cover the upgrade only, keeping VBR/VEM on Windows, I will cover migrating to Linux in a separate article when the process is available to everyoneThe minimum requirements for each component for upgrade isVeeam ONE 12.0.0 VEM 12.3.1 VBR 12.3.1 VRO 7.2.1 Veeam Console 12.3.1Here are some snippets from my article, linked at the bottomVeeam ONE VRO VEM VBR Veeam Hardened Repository Veeam Remote ConsolesI hope this helps anyone looking to upgrade to the latest version and take advantage of all the new featureshttps://blog.leaha.co.uk/2025/11/22/veeam-data-platform-13-ultimate-upgrade-guide/

I had the pleasure to sit down with ​@Geoff Burke to do a Podcast where we talk all things backup and also about my books.  Check it out below.From Help Desk To Architect: Building A Career In Backup, Community, And Resilience

I have asked this before, but I’ll ask again: I need to write a report about tapes that currently in my library that are FULL. This command, unfortunately, is monumentally slow:$TapesToBeEjected = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Library $LibraryName | Where {{$_.IsFull -eq $TRUE}} | Select Name, LastWriteTime, MediaPoolID, IsFull, Location | Sort -Property MediaPoolID, NameSo rather than querying the all the tapes that Veeam has ever used (I have over 1300), I figure it will be faster to just query the library for the tapes *currently* in the slots and drives (that will be about 80). Then I can do the $_.IsFull on just those.But I am not seeing a command that seems to do that. Is there one, that queries the library and returns tapes in slots and drives?Otherwise I would have to loop though Get-VBRTapeMedium -Library $LibraryName , select only $_.Location = Slot or Drive, and then re-select for $_.IsFull.And I don't think that would be materially faster.Is there a better way to get the info I need?

This is not a "little" upgrade but with a  list of Security Vulnerabilities solved. So, check the article and patch your backup environment. https://www.veeam.com/kb4738

Dear Community, What could be the issue? While upgrading Veeam Software to the latest Version 13  All Services , All jobs, and everything are stopped.    

Happy Thursday Community! Thought I'd share another Linux process today – how to resize a Linux volume used as a Veeam Repository in Linux OS, specifically increasing its size. This also is in reference to using an array as your Volume-backed storage. Logical Volume Manager (LVM) processes won't be discussed. Additionally, though there is a process to decrease Volume sizes as well, I also won't be discussing that process either. When wanting to decrease Volume size, I highly recommend creating a new Volume of the desired size, then copy your data to it to prevent potential data corruption.As most of you probably know, increasing Volume sizes within Windows is pretty straight forward → increase LUN storage on your array, then rescan your disks in Windows Disk Manager, then Extend the Volume. It takes a minimal amount of time to perform. Within Linux, there are a few more tasks needing to be performed than in Windows to get your Volume size increased. I'll share exactly what those steps

I’m really happy to share with the Veeam Community another Open Source Project “vScan Vulnerability Scanner” vScan DashboardThis is an Open-Source project created as a Security scanning tool that integrates with Veeam Backup & Replication to perform vulnerability assessments on backup data without needing a full restore. It leverages Veeam Data Integration API to mount backup content directly to Linux servers and scan them using open-source security tools Trivy and Grype.Why is this solution created? In the event of a disaster or security incident, when the Veeam Admin or the Security Team needs to recover a server (whether it's the latest or a previous copy), they need to know what vulnerabilities exist in that Veeam Backup.While Veeam can detect malware, ransomware, IoC, etc, it doesn't detect vulnerabilities. For example, Consider these scenarios: What if a Veeam Admin restores a backup that contains a vulnerable version of OpenSSL? What if they restore an image with vulnerabili

Hi VC,Happy new year first of all!I’m currently backing up a SQL VM via the Veeam SQL Plugin to a datastore within my production environment, at the same time I’m replicating said VM via CDP to my DR site.I’ve currently setup the following schedule via the Veeam SQL Plugin:15 minute transaction / log backupDaily differential backup @ 18:30 (except Sunday)Weekly full backup (Sunday) @ 18:30The differential backups are failing when the CDP is enabled; the CDP runs 24-hours a day as we need near-zero dataloss.Any ideas how I can have these two running at the same time without the errors above?Many thanks,LGH

There could potentially be bug in the RTM v13 release for those that have access to it and are MSPs.  After upgrading a test box in my environment, the API/Web Services are not starting for me.I updated from 12.3.2 version and now have a case open.  I know ​@Cragdoo tested in his homelab too and found the same problem.  So wanted to make everyone aware unless you are doing a new install in which case I heard from someone else that it works fine.  I am going to test a new install myself and see if it is just the upgrade which has the problem.I will post an update to this thread once I get more details from Support and possible fixes, etc.

Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing you a successful and resilient 2026!Kicking off the year strong, we continue our “Regkey of the Month” series with a deep dive into a powerful but often overlooked configuration in Veeam Backup & Replication.This month’s focus: optimizing SQL transaction log backups using the SqlTempLogPath registry key.Many environments run into performance bottlenecks or storage issues during SQL log backups simply because Veeam uses a default staging location that isn’t always ideal — especially on servers with small system drives or slower disks. This can lead to:✔ Disk space exhaustion✔ Slower backup performance✔ Backup jobs impacting production workloadsIn the blogpost, I walk you through:What SqlTempLogPath actually does Why the default behavior might be hurting your backups Real-world deployment tips Best practices for choosing the right path Supported environments and gotchas to avoid Read the full Regkey breakdown here

Considering hypervisor choice was a big topic for 2025, I wanted to spend a bit of time right before year end trying the new Windows Admin Center for myself. My main focus was host on-boarding and role based access.With the Windows Admin Center Virtualization Mode preview the idea is to provide a better centralized hypervisor management experience for organizations. Looking to migrate, perhaps from other hypervisor platforms, where, perhaps, this type of tooling has historically been more mature.InstallationFor testing I used Windows Server 2025 (en-us), (2 CPU, 8GB RAM, 100GB disk). This was a completely clean install, the machine was domain joined to the same domain as the Hyper-V nodes I was accessing, but this shouldn’t matter.I installed in order:VC++ Redistributable https://aka.ms/vc14/vc_redist.x64.exe WAC vMode Preview https://aka.ms/WACDownloadvModeI used the custom setup option:Network access: Remote access. Use machine name or FQDN to access Windows Admin Center on other dev

If you’ve been following this series of articles, you know by now that Veeam’s support for syslog allows you to leverage Microsoft Sentinel and many other solutions that support syslog to monitor your Veeam environment for operational and security events. Getting the data in is the easy part. The hard part is how to filter and query your Veeam event data for important information that you can quickly and effectively act on.The previous entry in this series walked through a simple example of the hard part, demonstrating how to set up an analytics rule in Microsoft Sentinel to scan Veeam events for a specific configuration change (four-eyes authorization disabled, event ID 42401) that could signal a compromised server. It’s easy enough, but that’s only one rule. Veeam emits hundreds of events, so the task of building your own rule sets that are all properly categorized and prioritized can be daunting given the breadth and scope of events that Veeam produces. Even if you build a rule set