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Good day, I know this topic was mentioned, well actually a popular one to say the least. I was introduced to using the Port Finder tool in this forum, a very sweet interface, but it is a bit cumbersome to use.  I just need someone to simply provide the standard port numbers to enable in windows firewall for Veeam B&R 12. I clearly get the application group, but source and target service? please explainI just need port numbers to just enable quickly For:Backup Jobs and/or replication jobs communications between Hyper V Server comprising windows and linux vms Backup Proxy communication.That is all. I dont want to keep my windows firewall domain profile off indefinitely lol.  Does it mean that no one knows the actual port numbers directly.

 Resilient Data Protection using Scality ARTESCA and Veeam Backup & Replication Welcome to the 2nd and final blog co-authored with Pierre Gueant, Director of Solution Partners at Scality.  In this blog we will discuss how Scality’s ARTESCA product can provide you the confidence that your backup data is protected and available when you need it.The object storage journey for Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) really took off when VBR v9.5.4 was released in early 2019.  It was in VBR v9.5.4 that we saw the addition of the Capacity Tier to the already proven Scale-out Backup Repository (SOBR) which was introduced in version 9.0 towards the end of 2015.  What is a SOBR?The SOBR revolutionised the use of file based backup repositories.  A SOBR aggregates multiple repositories, called extents, into a single logical repository.  It is the ability to add extents that enables the SOBR to grow and expand to meet your backup workload demands.A SOBR typically consists of two tiers.  The Perfo

hello, thanks, i am running out of space on a linux server that i use for backup copy jobs.i am not sure the ways to free space without creating a nightmare…by way of example, this is the setting for a backup copy jobwhat would happen if i changed the retention policy from 30 days to 7 days?not sure i really need 30 days, as this is in addition to the main backup policyi would assume that veeam will not delete the older .vib files from day 8 to 30, correct?so i think i need to manually prune those older .vib files?but not wanting to affect veeam ability about keeping certain full backups longer for archival purposes.please, any advise at all about that setup or if any additional information is needed?thanks, david

Hello, Trying to use Veeam to do ProxMox backups, I was able to add 1 host from the cluster, and deploy a worker to it, but when I go to add the second host, it tells me that its already added, but its not in the list and VMs from the other hosts are not showing up.I tried via IP or DNS name and results are same, it says:“Failed to register cluster. The Proxmox VE node 192.168.1.226 has already been added to the backup infrastructure”but its not there, see below (the 192.168.1.225 is the first host in cluster and there are 2 more .226, .227. What am I doing wrong here ? The documentation said to add each host individually from the cluster:  Important If you want to add a Proxmox VE cluster to the backup infrastructure, consider the following: Each node of the cluster must be added to the backup infrastructure separately. The name of the cluster must not be changed in the Proxmox VE administration portal after you add it to the backup infrastructure.

I have backups that are SOBR-Tiered out to Azure blobs. I have an audit coming up and need to show that we have this data stored- Basically, I need to build a list of backups that are physically stored in Azure. I asked Veeam support about this, and they said that you can’t just list Azure backups because of how blobs work. I can’t be the only person who needs to do this, so I figure there must be a way. Whether or not Veeam is part of that mechanism is apparently debatable. As a side note, I have a recent install of Enterprise Manager. The backups I need to list are back to 2020 or before, and we didn’t have it at the time, but any historical logs it takes from VB&R would probably have been imported when EM was installed. How do others in the community answer inquiries of this sort?

Hi,Recently I change my job. so that i need to change my email address, any one can help me in this issue?

First of all, i love the new integration and feature 💚 Just give you some examples - and maybe a found bug/issue: Activated within the Web UI Configuration:I stated with new Data Collection after activating this feature / the Advanced mode.  Lets start some queries:Q: Show me a list of all my protected VMs Wow, very nice! I switched to german - just for a test (Q: Please give me a clearer overview)Q: Bitte gebe mir diese Übersicht übersichtlicher aus Hell, yes! 🔥OK, but i want to view the whole content, so my next input was, again in german (Thank you, please show me all the lines). Q: Danke, zeige mir bitte alle Zeilen. And this is very strange - i don’t have (nor had) the red marked VMs in this Environment. I will wait for more feedback from you, perhaps it’s a bug - can also open a support call on this (but give R&D/Support some time for maybe some other issues).I’ve started some other queries from scratch, they ended up with similar results (also VMs which are not availabe in

Dear Community,Good morning.I hope this message finds you well. I have noticed that in Veeam ONE, there does not appear to be a specific reporting feature related to Transaction Log reports. If such a feature exists, I would greatly appreciate it if you could guide me on where to find it.Thank you in advance for your assistance and guidance. 

Hello everyone,I have been looking for some options that are activated only when the "CTRL" key is used simultaneously. In a quick search on the user guide for VMware, I found 22 occurrences, but not all occurrences activate specific functions. Does anyone have a list of all the additional functions activated when using the "CTRL" key? The rebalance option is available only when the “CTRL” key is used with right click pressed at the same time.   

Dear Community,Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 has been released! today on December 3, 2024Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3 introduces several notable updates that enhance its capabilities for modern data protection. Download: https://lnkd.in/gUKiXEXFRelease Notes: https://lnkd.in/gDxJ9Td3What's New: https://lnkd.in/g8BxdEk8 I’m planning to upgrade to the latest build as well. if anyone on this latest version please feel free to post here experience with us. 

I have Veeam with a requirement to setup a backup policy with the following structure….weekly backup14 days local copy (storeonce)14 days remote copy (storeonce)move to Scality for 6 months1 monthly is kept in scality for 5 yearsI’m looking to create SOBR for local copy and a SOBR for the remote copy which also contains scalityhowever it seems challenging how I meet these retentions for each tier.comments welcome on best options to configure this.thanks

Hi, I recently upgraded to the most recent version of B&R community edition and I think as part of that process, one of my Windows PC did not failed to update its Agent properly.  Now, that Windows PC always shows up as offline and when I try to reinstall/update Agent from the console, I get “6/22/2024 5:19:43 PM Warning Failed to connect to MyPC Details: Failed to call RPC function 'PckgFind': Unknown property.” I know that PC is on and has network connection.  Is there a way for me to manually reinstall the Agent on that PC?  If so, where can I find the installation files?   Thank you!

Hello everyone,Two weeks ago, I finished delivering the course Veeam Backup & Replication v12.1: Configure, Manage and Recover.During the explanation of the need to back up the configuration database, using the configuration database's own backup mechanism through the main menu, a student said that he only backs up the Veeam Backup Server using the VMware backup job (Image backup) and in fact I have heard this same statement from other students, so I explained to the student that the backup server must be backed up using the configuration database backup, which is available in the main menu.Because of this type of behavior that I have encountered in the classes that I teach, I reinforce here that the backup server backup must be followed according to https://www.veeam.com/kb2645Pya closer attention here:The KB2645 is very easy to follow, it mention how to enable the encryption for the configuration database backup and also, to get one additionl layer of protection using a File COpy

 Hello everyone,I want to share the tests performed on Beta 12.1.0.1944. From the installation of the PostgreSQL Database to VBR12.1, with a focus on the new Security & Compliance features introduced in this release. This version is particularly interesting for the introduction of new features dedicated to the security of the backup infrastructure and the related data protection.Planning and Preparation - User Guide for VMware vSphere (veeam.com) Prepare the virtual machine with requirements according to the needs of your infrastructure.Vmware Side:NEVER use a vmdk disk as a backup repository in production.Add new Disk ( vmdk for only test) for dedicate d repository NVMe Controller.VMware NVMe ConceptsFormat disk REFS 64kCheck System requirementsSystem Requirements - User Guide for VMware vSphere (veeam.com)Install from your template golden Image Windows Install Vmware Tools & Windows CU  last versionInstall & configure PostgreSQLDownload last version PostgreSQL 15.4 setup 

I just need to know which services are required to run Backup & Replication to a Linux Backup Repository.  We also use Enterprise Manager. How can we reduce unnecessary services?

Do you guys treat Veeam like the rest of your servers do do things differently?I know a good portion of us have our Veeam servers Non Domain joined, which will require treating it a bit different.  I also have extremely long jobs run to tape sometimes so a manual process to reboot and patch is needed for myself. For most of my servers I use  a WSUS deployment I have scripted all of my servers to check in weekly and to download the updates at a specified time. I use flags so they won’t download the updates if a reboot is currently pending incase a previous month is missed. I then use VMware to scheduled reboot the hosts as It’s much more consistent this way and easy to disable. I can also generate reports for people to know when their apps will be down. I was thinking about creating a script to preform the staged download of updates for my Veeam infrastructure, but we will see how time permitting my next while is.   

When I manually install Windows agent, it installs with GUI, thus I’m able to perform backups from that particular PC. But I need Agent to perform backups from B&R Console installed elsewhere. When I create the backup job from the Console, it makes a rescan of the PC with Agent installed, then does some ‘MSI packet repair’. So the Agent’s GUI disappears and Agent ‘transforms’ to the version compatible with Console.My question here is how can I at once install Agent to be used with Console? Is there some key can be used with MSI packet to directly install Consol-aware version of Agent?

Hi Everyone,I’m looking into using the HPE Apollo 4200 Gen10 Plus as a backup repository for Veeam and had a couple of questions:Has anyone tested this server with Veeam? Does it handle high-performance backup and restore operations well, especially for heavy workloads?What’s the best way to configure it for Veeam? I’m curious about things like usable storage capacity, support for 100 Gb NICs, and whether it’s suitable for high-concurrency environments.I’d love to hear about your experiences, any tips, or links to helpful resources!

Dear Community,Regarding GCP environment, if you have one GCP appliance.it appears that some of the required services for the XYZ project are currently disabled.The impacted services include:cloudbilling.googleapis.comcloudkms.googleapis.comserviceusage.googleapis.comsqladmin.googleapis.comspanner.googleapis.com   To resolve this, you'll need to enable these services in the Google Cloud Console. Here's how you can do that: Go to the Google Cloud Console: https://console.cloud.google.com/Navigate to API & Services > Dashboard.Look for each of the listed services and click on "Enable" next to each service. Alternatively, you can enable the services using gcloud commands: gcloud services enable cloudbilling.googleapis.comgcloud services enable cloudkms.googleapis.comgcloud services enable serviceusage.googleapis.comgcloud services enable sqladmin.googleapis.comgcloud services enable spanner.googleapis.com Once these services are enabled, they should be accessible and ready for use.

Hello everyone, I have run into an issue that I can’t seem to figure out.  I have my system set up to backup on a daily basis but a backup has not run in the last 12 days.  The only change made 12 days ago was a reinstall of Slack on my laptop.  I have rebooted my system multiple times since that date along with performing an uninstall and reinstall of the agent.  I am including a screenshot of the Windows agent and my system uptime below.I am not sure why there would be a job still running at this point and could really use some help.  I am using Veeam B&R 11.5 CE and my laptop is running Windows 11 22H2.  I know that my version of Windows technically is not supported until B&R 12 with Windows agent version 6 but they have not been released yet.  I do know that the only thing that will not work with my version of Windows is the backup recovery media creation.  Everything else should work according to Dimitry Popov in the following post.Dimitry Popov's post  

When we enable ‘Guest file system indexing and malware detection’, this mean if the VM source infected by malware then VBR will send alert to us and keeping backup running?If i want to test this, can i testing by simply put eicar file into the source VM?

Are there any other advanced backup storage calculators kind of like the one Veeam has?Calculator - VM (veeam.com)I’m trying to get a good estimation of storage needs. Don’t get me wrong, you can probably never have enough storage 😂 but with that comes budget. The one from Veeam I’m using total amount of space taken by current VMs in the datacenter. It doesn’t take into account growth (additional VMs) or reduction (consolidation/removal of VMs). Our SAN is right around 90TB but remote datacenters have local stroages for VMs at about 3TB and 1.5TB respectively.  Do I size based off SAN/local array storage?

Hi everyoneSome days ago I posted this entry:This is a follow up, or part 2.I hope you like it. Expanding our Object First OOTBI Cluster – adding nodes and VBR space We will add an extra node to the «Single Node Cluster» to become a multi-node one.The steps are straightforward, let’s see them via screenshots with comments:First of all, we need to deploy the OOTBI VSA which will be added to the cluster,follow the guide from the previous entry, ending after the deployment (don’t create the Cluster again).Select the Option Join To ClusterConfigure your NICThe VSA will check for updatesUpdates found, let´s update itupdating…After the update, you will be pushed to the initial menu, go over it again, and the data (NIC config) will remain, just go forward and continueNTP / NTSOK, now, add your OOTBI CLUSTER IP ADDRESS,The one we used/created in the previous entry, and the objectfirst user password we created.BOOM!Node Added to the clusterNow you see the first two options blurry, and the clust

Reading Time: 4 minutesI have been using Synolgoy Nas’es for several years now. Currently, there are two in the home lab a DS1621+ and a DS923+. Both are used for various tasks, like regular file shares, iSCSI for VMware, Podman, and so on. In this post I’m focusing on the DS923+ and how to back up data to an external backup that is only on when needed.Thanks again to Synology, who have provided me with both systems!The idea is simple; if the system gets affected, an untouched backup medium is needed to restore the data. If it is live replicated, there is a chance the secondary system will get infected as well. See the 3-2-1 rule.There are different ways of creating immutable backups on Synology, which I have written about (here). But I thought, this solution I’m about to show is a quick and relatively cheap way to have your data backed up to an extra drive.It’s really quite simple. You already might have a drive that is large enough to hold your data. You might even have an older raid