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While upgrading to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 8.4, you might notice the following message: Connection to PostgreSQL is not encrypted. Enable TLS in PostgreSQL for secure communication.  VB365 checks whether the connection to the PostgreSQL database uses TLS.If TLS is not explicitly enabled, the warning is shown regardless of whether PostgreSQL is local or remote. If the PostgreSQL database is locally hosted on the vb365 server itself, this traffic does not leave the host. But if you have multiple proxies, those proxies also connect to the database, and this traffic leaves the network. So in those scenarios, it might be good to have this traffic encrypted. I will describe here how you can enable this traffic to be encrypted. Step

 I ran into a situation recently where one of our VSPC servers stopped working after a Windows patch update. The portal was dead. I went ahead and upgraded to VSPC 9.2 and that brought everything back online. Except the April license usage report never got generated. It was stuck. I could not finalize it or submit it. If you are using VCSP /w rental licensing, you know that the report has to go to Veeam every month. A missing one is not something you can just ignore (Not for lack of trying 😊). I opened a support case and Veeam Support gave me a procedure to regenerate the report. It worked. I am documenting it here because I could not find this written up anywhere and I know other providers might encounter something similar. Step 1. Back up the VSPC SQL database.Take a fresh backup of the VSPC database first. Veeam covers this in KB1471. If the SQL work later goes bad you want something clean to restore. Step 2. Update the configuration o

Quick question.How do I view the attachments that I previously uploaded to a case?Just to make sure they're there.I have a feeling attachments from my email responses do not get attached to the case (although noone reacts on it even though I explicitly refer to those filenames) I’m asking because I had a Zoom session with one of the support guys and he only looked at my screen for a second before telling me how to proceed, however it was the exact screen I already attached to one of my responses as an e-mail attachment.Thanks.

 VBR v13 defaults to PostgreSQL for new installs, so for a lot of environments the question is no longer “Should we care about PostgreSQL?” It is “When do we move, and what do we need to fix after we do?”If you are still running SQL Express, the answer is usually sooner than later. If you are running a licensed SQL Server only because VBR needs it, there is a good chance you are carrying cost and patching overhead you no longer need. And if you already migrated but the console feels slower than it used to, that is usually not because PostgreSQL is a bad fit. It is because the default PostgreSQL settings are conservative and generic, while VBR is not.This is the part people miss. The migration itself is usually the easy piece. The performance conversation starts after the restore, not before it. First question: do you actually need to migrate now? Not every environment needs to sprint in

Can someone please help me with VMCE information. I am looking for both the paths and roadmaps,  and all involved information associated with it. Also, any  links for practice questions that would be helpful. TIA.

Field Experience — When the Human Link Becomes the Missing LinkBy a cybersecurity consultant, from the field.The Day Everything Stopped… Without a CyberattackImagine the scene.No ransomware. No server failure. No fire in the server room. And yet, an entire company's information system finds itself in total disarray.The cause? Two simultaneous, extended sick leaves. The only two people who made up the internal IT department.This is exactly the scenario I discovered when I arrived at this client's site. A scenario that nobody had anticipated, that nobody had recorded in a risk register, and which nevertheless caused an operational paralysis as severe as a major cyberattack. A Deafening Digital SilenceWithin the first few hou

Migration from VMware vSphere to HPE HVM with Veeam As organizations modernize their infrastructure strategies and reduce dependence on legacy virtualization platforms, many are evaluating alternatives to VMware vSphere that preserve operational continuity, performance, and data protection. HPE Morpheus Software VM Essentials, combined with Veeam Backup & Replication, delivers a validated and enterprise‑ready path to migrate workloads with confidence, minimal risk, and a clearly defined rollback strategy. This guide describes migration from VMware vSphere to HPE VM Essentials leveraging Veeam Backup & Replication to move workloads to HVM clusters (HPE’s hypervisor). Fundamental to this joint solution is the Veeam Plug‑In for Morpheus VM Essentials, which provides agentless, host‑level backup and recovery operations for HPE HVM. This plug‑in allows Veeam to work directly with Morpheus infrastructure, ensuring that virtual machines can be seamless

Upgrading Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 - From 8.3.0.2201 Ver  to Ver  8.4.0.1457

Someone can help me to understand how forward forever incremental work on immutable storage?Example the retention set to 7, the immutable period set to 7 days, block generated is 10 days and the source job with ‘no periodic full’ configuredThe time line is :Day 1: full backup Day 2 - 16 : incremental Day 17 : Day 1 full backup will be expired and can be deleted. Will veeam delete this point since the retention is over? If yes then how we can restore if there no full backup? Or will full backup merged with 2nd incremental, but 2nd incrementall still in immutable.

We tried accounts with local admin access to the VBR servers and VeeamOne, domain accounts with elevated privileges (plus local admin) and accounts with full admin VBR application rights and still got the permissions error. We followed this KB with no luck.  Whatever we do we get the permissions error.   https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/one/userguide/connection_to_backup_servers.html?ver=13 What rights do we need for this account to add the VBR server. Another note I was able to add the vCenter server with the vCenter Administrator account.

Hi team,Following a Veeam Backup & Replication upgrade to v13 for a client using Hyper-V, we started encountering random failures on backup and replication tasks with this error:Failed to process replication task Error: the socket was closedWe ran through extensive troubleshooting: verified antivirus exclusions, analyzed network traffic, checked firewall rules, validated storage connectivity, etc., but nothing pointed to a clear cause. After several exchanges with Veeam Support, we finally tracked it down.The VBR Windows services had been configured to run under a local service account instead of the built-in Local System account. Once we switched all relevant Veeam services to run under Local System, the random socket errors completely disappeare

Hello,I'm hitting a wall as we do not necessarily want to configure OS credentials for each and every single VM. Sure we can pre-deploy SSH keys, play with Tag to identify the Guest OS (different types of authentication between Windows/Linux) yadda yadda, but there must be a simpler way.I have tried with a Linux VM:1. installed deployment kit, we could just predeploy it everywhere automatically2. it listens on 6160 (installer service IIRC)3. When running a job using Guest OS credentials: "Use management agent" it doesn't even talk to 6160 but claims that it's falling back to trying to connect to guest since transport service is not availableWhy isn't it just installing it using installer service? Is it possible at all to use VBR in some kind of "agent" mode (while veeam optimally takes care of updating the agents as it sees fit)?Or do we have to use it in this shady ephemeral client "access-all and install whatever I like" mode?

I enrolled in a Veeam 13 subscription course, but the lab setup instructions appear to be based on a 2023 recording and an older ESXi licensing model. Because of that, the setup options shown in the course no longer work as presented, which makes it difficult or impossible to complete the home lab as expected. On top of that, I can clearly see the training is v12 = false advertising. The reason for the failure comes when I install VCSA. The error shows the license used in ESXi is invalid however I followed the instructions in the training and the instructor downloaded the same software as I. Conclusion is the material and training is old but sold as some new amazing thing. I contacted support by email, used the chatbot, and reviewed the help section, but I have still not received a response after 78 hours.My concern is not just the delay in support, but that this course is still being sold even though the lab guidance appears outdated. At minimum, this should be

If you want to take your Veeam career to the next level, you can rely on Veeam’s education platform, Veeam University Pro.I’ve just enrolled in the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator Essentials course, and here are my first impressions.  There are three tabs on the left side: the Path tab, where you can navigate through the lessons; the Learners tab, where you can see the members; and the Discuss tab, where you can post questions to be answered by the expert team. This means you’ll be assisted by a real person.The platform is easy to use. You simply click on the desired lesson and watch the video. The videos are high quality, and the trainer speaks very clearly.Sub

 Veeam Data Platform v13 is one of the most significant releases in Veeam’s history. It introduces major advancements in security, AI-driven threat detection, cloud recovery, performance, and operational simplicity. Rather than being just another upgrade, v13 positions Veeam as a true cyber-resilience platform, helping organizations detect threats, protect backup data, and recover cleanly and confidently.In this blog, we’ll cover two key areas:What’s new in Veeam v13 and the features worth getting excited about A complete Veeam v13 Adoption Playbook — phases, risks, and best practices for rolling out the new platform What’s New in Veeam Data Platform v13Veeam v13 brings major enhancements across security, cloud recovery, performance, observability, and platform flexibility. Below are the most impactful additions. 1. Security-First De

I have recently noticed a trend with a few of the service providers that I support. I am having a lot more conversations around Veeam Data Cloud Backup for Salesforce. And it’s not just conversations; it’s demos and POCs that are turning into closed opportunities. I started to do some research on the uptick of attacks against Salesforce. I found that large-scale campaigns over the past 12–18 months have been accelerating, as reported by Security Week. While Salesforce itself is highly secure from a platform standpoint, attackers are no longer trying to come in through the front door.This got me thinking, and I asked myself: why is Salesforce an attractive target for bad actors?Salesforce contains high-value CRM data such as customer data, deals, and PII (names, emails, phone numbers), revenue data (opportunities, pipeline, contracts), business relationships (accounts, contacts, partners), integrated credentials (API keys, tokens, cloud access), and is highly con

What are the drawbacks or disadvantages of using Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows when performing backups to NAS storage? This includes considerations regarding storage, network speed, and reliability.

Our company (based in Paris) was tasked with implementing a backup solution for a client located in Houston (United States), with the following objectives:- Backing up the client’s Hyper-V to a Dell EMC DataDomain storage array located in our Paris data center.- Local backup to a USB drive connected directly to the client’s Hyper-V.- The Veeam proxy is the client’s Hyper-VDuring the first full backup, we observed extremely long transfer times, far exceeding expectations.  Technical Solution: TCP Window OptimizationMethod for Calculating the Optimal TCP WindowTo maximize throughput, we applied the following formula:Optimal TCP window (in bytes) = Bandwidth (bytes/s) × Latency (seconds) Link data:Bandwidth: 1 Gbps = 131,072,000 bytes/sMeasured latency: 123 ms (0.123 s) Calculation:Optimal window = 131,072,000 × 0.123 ≈ **16,121,856 bytes**We rounded this

To help our community members keep their knowledge of the current Veeam product portfolio up to date, we announced the Veeam100 Certification Challenge at the beginning of 2026. Participants were required to have hands-on experience with Veeam ONE and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, and those selected had the opportunity to access training modules and complete one of the following: Veeam Data Platform: Monitor, Manage, Analyze (Veeam ONE)orVeeam Data Platform: Scale, Automate, Secure (Veeam Recovery Orchestrator). As part of the tasks set for participants, next t

EnvironmentSource MachineVMware vSphere 8VMwaware vCenter Server 8Microsoft MSSQL 2024 virtual machineTarget MachineMicrosoft Hyper-V 2022 ServerMigration ToolVeeam Data Platform v13Migration Path1. Back up the MSSQL VM2. Perform Instant Recovery of the MSSQL VM to the Hyper-V platform3. Migrate the data to the Hyper-V platform Backup the MSSQL VM Instant VM Recovery and Migration Select Instant recovery > Microsoft Hyper-V

Hi everyone, has anyone tried using OMV 8 (Debian 13.4) as a Linux backup repository for Veeam VBR v13? I checked the official documentation for VBR v13 compatibility, but it currently only lists support from 11.0 up to 13.1. Would I be safe to proceed with the OMV 7 to 8 upgrade?

 Working with tape backup infrastructure is very different from working with disk repositories.When a disk fails, the symptoms are usually more direct. With tape, the same symptom can point to completely different root causes: media degradation, drive instability, robotics issues, firmware problems, SAS connectivity, or even logical inconsistencies.That’s what makes tape troubleshooting difficult.And in many cases, Veeam is only showing the consequence of the problem — not necessarily the root cause itself.This article focuses on advanced tape troubleshooting techniques using ITDT, low-level tape commands, and real-world diagnostics in Veeam environments.The objective here is not to replace vendor support or official troubleshooting procedures. Ideally, these validations should always be performed together w

  I set up a brand new Object First OOTBI appliance and had it taking real backups in under an hour. That includes the TUI configuration, web UI setup, adding it to Veeam Backup and Replication as a direct to object repository, and running an actual full backup job. This thing is fast to stand up.OOTBI stands for Out of the Box Immutability. It is S3 compatible object storage with native immutability built in from the start. You do not bolt anything on. You do not license immutability separately. It is there when you turn it on (yea!).The TUIWhen the appliance boots for the first time it drops you into the TUI. Text user interface. Old school looking but it is clean, linear, and does not waste your time at all. The first screen asks whether you are creating a new cluster or joining an existing one. For a fresh deployment select

I hope this is the correct forum to ask this question. When you use VDC Vault as 3rd offsite copy for your backups, but want to write archive data for 5 year retention to Azure (same datacentre) - what costs do you incur (ingress/egress/transactional costs) when writing it off to archive storage? I have heard rumours of an archive tier coming into VDC Vault? 

As more organizations move workloads to public cloud platforms, protecting those workloadsbecomes just as critical as protecting on-premises infrastructure. Veeam Backup for PublicCloud is a native, Azure-aware backup product that integrates directly with Microsoft Azurethrough the Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC) and Veeam Backup & Replication. In this blog, I will walk through the complete, step-by-step process of configuring Azure VMbackups using Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure from the Veeam Service Provider Console.This guide is written primarily for tenants, end users, and backup administrators who want apractical, hands-on understanding of how Azure backup works inside VSPC. PrerequisitesBefore you begin, make sure the following are in place:Access to the Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC) with tenant credentials. An active Microsoft Azure subscriptio