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Marcel.K
Marcel.KInfluencer
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Restore backups by another VBR

Hello,does anybody has usecase to backup VM by VBR1, vi copy job sent to offsite repository and read image from this repository and restore by VBR2? Environments are completely independent.My idea is to have script and copy to another folder and with another script make scan and import of images to have permanent solution.

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JMeixner
JMeixnerOn the path to Greatness
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Would you like dark mode for community?

Hi all,would you like a setting for a dark mode on the community side?Dark mode means dark background of the site and bright writing. I have switched to dark mode in many applications in the last time, because it's much more relaxed for my eyes when using the PC and/or phone the whole workday.What do you think? Does this make sense for this community site? Seems that you cannot add a poll after creating a topic.So I will count the positive and negative reactions in the comments by hand and update here 😎11 pro dark mode 2 contra dark mode 2 undecided  

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Sivaisnavan SivatharanNew Here
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Reconnectable protocol device was closed.

Hi everyoneI'm experiencing an issue with one of our Veeam backup jobs where the process fails consistently with the following error:Error: Failed to do TLS handshake.Possible cause: Unknown errorDetailed info: Reconnectable protocol device was closed.Context: Veeam Backup & Replication is being used for a daily VM backup job. The failure occurs for a single VM. The backup job retries multiple times, but ends with 0 bytes transferred and a final error after approximately 2 minutes. TLS handshake failure seems to prevent the backup from initializing. No successful backup was performed (0 B read, 0 B transferred). What we’ve tried so far: Verified basic network connectivity. Restarted both the Veeam Backup server and the affected VM. Confirmed that the VM is reachable and responsive. No recent configuration changes were made to the VM or the infrastructure. Questions: What could be causing the TLS handshake to fail in this context? Could this be related to certificate

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BelongsinaMuseumComes here often
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Fast clone/reflink - Veeam B&R migration

Hello everyone,My Veeam B&R server is running on a Windows 10 VM and I’m about to migrate it to a Windows Server VM.  I’m going to take the opportunity to migrate to PostgreSQL for the backend at the same time.  I’m more comfortable with PostgreSQL than SQL Server and it will reduce our licensing costs.I recently went through a VMWare to Hyper-V migration (thanks to Veeam it was very straightforward).The downside is that I must maintain the legacy VMWare backups until the end of the retention period and maintain the new Hyper-V backups in parallel.  I can’t afford a reset on block tracking or whatever references are maintained for XFS reflink usage.With a migration to a new server and new database engine, relying only on the Veeam B&R backup .bco file, is there any danger of losing changed block tracking data or resetting the reflink index, triggering a requirement for a full backup? With thanks,Simon

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Chris.Childerhose
De Cock
De CockComes here often
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Vault foundation retention

Hi All,In Vault Foundation the immutable retention is 30 days but does this works the same as immutable with object storage?  Where 30 days is actually 54 days?Or am I missing up stuff?https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/hyperv/hiw_immutability_os.html?ver=120Thanks 

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Chris.Childerhose
Dynamic
DynamicVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam 100 Community Worldwide

 Have you ever wondered where we Veeam 100 members are distributed around the world?Based on Veeam 100 Directory | Veeam Community Resource Hub and the public location information I have from our LinkedIn profiles, I sat down and provided a world map that answers exactly the above question, or shows it on the map. In the backend, I use MapGeo and Google Sheets for this. As soon as you press directly on a member or their point on the map, the photo stored from the Veeam 100 Directory (in the Community Hub) opens.For short information such as names, titles and, if applicable, Blog URL just “hover” over the point on the Map. Below the map is a search mask, here you can jump directly to the corresponding member, which also opens the stored profile picture (see above). If you want to continue searching, just click outside the photo. Now only ​@safiya, ​@Madi.Cristil, ​@NikolaPejkova, ​@HannesK and ​@Rick Vanover need their own category in the Veeam 100 Directory with a photo, so that I can

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coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam Data Platform v13 - High Availability Configuration (BETA Preview) 1 of 2

Hello Community!A few weeks ago at VeeamON in San Diego, the “Veeam Team” showed off a bit more of the new VDP v13 on Linux than what they did at VON2024. BTW, yes, it can still be installed on Windows if Linux still frightens you a bit 😜 ..more on this just below*.One new feature they showed off was the ability to configure Veeam Backup & Replication High Availability. In this Part 1 post, I will show how to do initial setup and then configure it. In my Part 2 post, I’ll show how to perform a quick failover so you can see how easy it is.A few Disclaimers:As you may be aware, the version of VBR I’m using is a BETA preview, so buttons, config links, and menus may be different at the time VBR v13 goes GA. Also, as with most any HA setups, enabling HA has a syncing mechanism between the primary and secondary nodes, and thus is not a backup. In other words, if something within the guest OS or Veeam gets “hosed” on the primary node, it will get sync’d (transferred) to the secondary nod

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hs08
hs08Comes here often
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Get Job Status Power Shell

Hello,It’s possible to get job status (warning, failed or success) using powershell script?

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kristofpoppe
kristofpoppeVeeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
New initiative: "REGKEY OF THE MONTH"

Inspired by the session of ​@Mildur and Andreas Lesslhumer during VeeamOn 2025 in San Diego,I introduced a series of blogposts called “RegKey of the Month”! Every month, I’ll dive into a useful, new, or little-known Veeam registry key that can make your admin life easier.So let’s get started with the first episode:This month’s highlight tackles the automatic unmounting of SureBackup NFS datastores, a feature introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication v12.3.1:If you're managing Veeam environments and often encounter those pesky inaccessible NFS datastores after running SureBackup jobs, you're not alone. These lingering mounts can clutter your vSphere view and skew capacity planning reports.👉 Check out the full blog post:📖 RegKey of the Month – May Edition Internally at Veeam, this tweak is even known as “The Hannes Feature,” after product manager ​@HannesK  who championed it.🎯 Got a favorite or mysterious Veeam registry key?Contact me to be featured in a future “RegKey of the Month

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SSimpson
SSimpsonComes here often
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Veeam Hardened Repository ISO: What’s New and Why It’s Essential for Data Protection

In today’s digital world, data security is a top priority for organizations. Veeam Backup & Replication has evolved to meet these needs, and one of its key innovations is the Veeam Hardened Repository ISO—a solution designed to protect backup repositories from ransomware and other cyber threats.What Is the Veeam Hardened Repository ISO?The Veeam Hardened Repository ISO is a Linux-based solution that secures backup data by making it immutable. This ensures that data cannot be modified, deleted, or encrypted by unauthorized parties, even in the event of a ransomware attack. The repository allows organizations to set a retention period during which backups remain secure and unaltered.Key Features:Immutability and Retention Locks: Ensures backups are safe from external modifications. Ransomware Protection: Protects backups from being encrypted or deleted by ransomware. Linux-based Security: Utilizes Linux’s built-in security features for enhanced protection. Enhanced Data Availability:

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Chris.Childerhose
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Telnet23Not a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards
Veeam Instant Recovery with ReFS on guest (from Hyper-V to VMware)

Hi everyone,I encountered a strange behavior while migrating a customer this week and would like to share my experience and possibly get answers about the root cause. Scenario: Veeam Instant Recovery from Hyper-V to VMware Source: Hyper-V host (WS2019 Datacenter) and WS2019 Standard guest with 2 disks (OS=NTFS / DATA= ReFS)Destination: Esxi v8 (vSphere Enterprise plus)Backup Server: WS2022 standard with Veeam B&R Enterprise 12.1.2.172 What I did for many VMs with success and with a very short downtime :Backup source (running VM) to a local repository Stop source VM Backup (incremental) to the same repository Instant Recovery to vSphere Install VMware Tools Reboot VM Check if everything is working Migrate to productionBut on this WS2019 guest with a ReFS data volume, at step 4, just after the guest boot, the volume showed as RAW… I found this in the ReFS log on the guest :Event ID 7: "ReFS failed to mount the volume. Version 3.7 doesn't match expected value 3.4" After googling for a

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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
published in News
Veeam 100 Community, Veeam ONE Grafana and VBR PostgreSQL- Ep. 216Veeam Community Recap #216

Rickatron is in California this week and ​@Madi.Cristil is ready to rock some awesome content. Watch this week’s episode here:Featured Contentvia ​@Dynamic via ​@jorge.delacruz via ​@Iams3le Vanguard Blog Spotlight - Victor WuThis week, we feature ​@victorwu’s post: Installation of Veeam Backup & Replication v13 Beta – Victor VirtualizationSpecial Department Newsvia ​@Madi.Cristil → Vote for this month’s Blog of the Month!Who’s NewThank you ​@safiya for prepping the Who’s New this week! We are pleased to welcome +135 new members this week! The coolest usernames are ​@LessOfAnHumanBeing, ​@infernoIT, ​@Narcissus, ​@Piebaker, ​@sea-legs, ​@kubernator and ​@g40v02ay0 (What does that mean? → Tell us!). Alfred’s pick this week is ​@santaclause → You have a badge coming your way! Have a great weekend everyone. 

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m.salehComes here often
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Failed to get cluster nodes

Hello,I’m trying to add a Cluster object in a new Protection Group as `Microsoft Active Directory Objects` and at the credentials tab when I click on `Test Now` I get this error.9/23/2022 5:19:21 PM :: Processing Microsoft failover cluster XXXX.XXX.local Error: Failed to get cluster nodes 

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MarcoLuvisi
MarcoLuvisiVUG Leader
posted in Discussion Boards
New initiative: "PowerShell OF THE MONTH"

Hi all,from idea of ​@kristofpoppe I propose this to share the many scripts we use and would like to share with the Community spirit.Every month we will share a script that you send me with a description of the functionality, accompanied by some screenshots and if the source is not you if you can provide it.What do you say we start?

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Ricardo MazzarelloNot a newbie anymore
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Veeam Backup and Replication problem for remove/update the product - VBR Version 12/ 12.1

Hi.I have one Microsoft Windows server 2019 with the Veeam Backup and Replication that, may be it's still installed but isn’t work.I did verify on the Control Panel I did see that the Version 12 it's yet installed.I did try without success to update it. I did see different errors and for this reason I did decide:  1) to remove this version , 2) reboot the server and 3) try to install the new VBR version.When  I did try to remove it , the remove process start but after some minutes the process did finish with different errors too.On this situation, If I try to update, the normal process did finish with error and with I did try to remove too; I did see different internet sites and I did see the plan that I did copy below but, when I did try to remove the regedits keys, the remove process did fail (I did take all screeshot of every step).I have one VBR 12 Community edition.I would like to know if you know a different plan for remove and reinstall the VBR. I am available to lost the old in

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Viktor Mulishov
vmJoe
vmJoeVeeam MVP
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Effortless Data Security: A Guide to Veeam Data Cloud Vault

Veeam Data Cloud Vault (VDC Vault) is a secure, fully managed cloud storage solution designed to simplify data protection for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It offers zero-configuration, management, or integration complexities, making it easy to safeguard Veeam Backup and replication backup archives in a secure off-site location with a consistent subscription price. With Veeam Data Cloud Vault, you can effortlessly achieve the 3-2-1 rule: three copies of data, two different types of media, and one copy offsite. The Veeam Data Cloud Vault ensures data immutability, logical air-gapping from production, and AES 256-bit encryption, providing robust protection against cyber threats. Technical Requirements Security BlueprintThe Veeam Security Blueprint reference architecture for an on-premises backup copy to VDC can be found on the Veeam Community site at https://community.veeam.com/security-blueprints-126.Storage optionsThe following Veeam Backup & Replication backup archives can

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Martin Jorge
benyoung
benyoungProduct Strategy
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
How to Avoid Egress Fees when Migrating from Azure Blob to Veeam Data Cloud Vault v2

This blog comes with a high level video overview, written piece is below the video!  Blog/Written Form Avoiding egress fees is a critical factor when considering any data migration. Hyperscalers typically have bandwidth charges for pulling data out in large volumes, as is often the case with backup data. So what are the options? How can you reduce, or eliminate these costs entirely?Let’s take a look at the options, but first - Why Migrate to Veeam Data Cloud Vault v2?Veeam Data Cloud Vault v2 provides a first-party solution that integrates deeply with the Veeam Data Platform. It simplifies cloud storage with all-inclusive pricing, covering storage, transactions, and egress at one predictable rate—no surprises. There are a couple of editions to choose between, Foundation or Advanced Edition, with the Advanced Edition offering “12 nines” of reliability using Azure Blob’s ZRS. Plus, enjoy unlimited restores for seamless backup testing, ensuring compliance and operational confidence. Decid

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KentNew Here
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How do I set up my backup so that the Rescan doesn't fail?

I'm trying to set up a job to backup my Windows 11 laptop.I'm using the Community edition of Veeam Backup and Replication 12, and I'm running the job as  admin. Everything fails, but the Rescan fails first. I’ve set up the job on my laptop as follows: The Job Mode is Server/Managed by Agent, the computer is localhost, I chose File level backup to backup a single folder as a test, but eventually it will be the entire laptop. The backup destination is a shared folder on my NAS that the backup user can fully access. What am I doing wrong? I’m backing up a simple laptop, not a VM. I see reference to an agent, but I don’t see where to download or configure it.I really do like using Veeam. It was working fine for years on the previous Windows 10 laptop, and version 6.3.1.1074 is working fine on my other Windows 10 laptop. I hope that you can help me with my issues.

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HunterLAFR
HunterLAFRVeeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
RDP Connection via HTML5 easy and free (LAB) FreeRDP

Hello everyone,Due to Im working in improving my lab a little bit, I dismatle the whole thing, and I started from Scratch,I already posted my Windows server 2025 Installation, and now, is time to connect to those machines in a “confortable” way. (Spanish)Also I had in the past Apache Guacamle, wich work great, but I wanted to give it a try to have more tools and experiences. I do like HTML 5 due to the compatibility with all my devices, Macbook, PC, iPhone, Ipad, etc…So, today, I want to show you this little tool:FreeRDP HTML5 proxy on WindowsIm going to install it, and then to connect to my Windows machines via RDP over HTML 5, very convinient and flexible. Lets download the msi file, then, lets trigger the installation.As always, installation is very straight forwardOh! it has OpenStack integrationLocal connection, 127.0.0.1:8000 connects to the clientAfter reboot, you can access from other machines to the FreeRDP Web Client on your networkHere is a test, Windows Server 2025 accessed

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Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
published in News
Final Call for VeeamON Online Content!VeeamON Conetnt Final Call

VeeamON Tours around the world are starting soon, but the VeeamON content online is still online, for a limited time! We’re extending access to the VeeamON on demand library for just a few more days! All keynotes, super sessions, and online breakouts expire this Friday, May 30 at 5pm ET. If you’re short on time or don’t know where to start, I have a solution for that – introducing VeeamON Wrapped. This is an unscripted, unauthorized top 10 countdown of the events most essential headlines, demos, and moments hosted by yours truly. To find this super quick Top 10 rundown, click “After Event” and look for VeeamON 2025 Wrapped: Register now to access the full on-demand library before it goes back in the vault. (If you’re already registered, log in here for access to the full on-demand library, or here’s a direct link to watch VeeamON Wrapped (after a quick log in).Get in while you can!

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Marcel.K
Marcel.KInfluencer
asked in YARA and Script Library
Prolonging of backup images

Hello,we have many times request from customer to prolong backup images from 6 months to 1 year.I know, some complicated things like restore VM and provide backup again with 1 year or export this image, map to backup job and setup copy job with one year.Does exist any command in PowerShell to change expiration date?thank you

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Steve ANot a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards
SQL VSS backup on EC2

Looking at using Veeam Backup and Recovery in AWS with a Veeam AWS backup server deployed.  I had 2 questions, either one might be a deal breaker:SQL data resides mostly on Windows Dynamic disks.  AWS documentation says Dynamic disks are not supported (or are not reliable) for regular application aware snapshots.  Is this also the case with Veeam created snapshots on AWS EBS Windows volumes?I read there are limitations of how many SQL databases can be frozen at the same time because of the need for SQL worker threads we have hundreds though not all active at the same time).  Can Veeam manually or automatically backup all databases but split into several smaller jobs?

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waqasali
waqasaliInfluencer
posted in VeeamON Events
How to Apply MTBF, MTTR, MTTA & MTTF in Your Veeam Environment:

Hi Community, This happened after yesterday's amazing live show, and I learned many points during the live show, which are very impressive and amazing. Summary:To effectively apply reliability metrics in your Veeam environment, begin by actively monitoring system alerts and backup job failures using tools like Veeam ONE.  1: Track Failures and Alerts (MTBF, MTTF)Use Veeam ONE to monitor system health and track how often failures occur in proxies, repositories, or even backup job logic. Create custom reports to calculate MTBF over time for key components like NAS storage, tape drives, or SOBR extents. For MTTF, log hardware runtime metrics and tie them to predictive failure analysis, helping you justify lifecycle replacement. 2: Analyse Patterns (MTBF, MTTF)Correlate high-frequency backup job failures with specific hardware or VM groups. Identify trends where MTBF is low and use these insights to adjust job schedules, storage assignments, or hardware specs. Establish a baseline MTTF for

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waqasali
waqasaliInfluencer
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Understanding MTBF, MTTR, MTTA & MTTF in Veeam Backup Strategies:

Dear Community, Yesterday, I attended a live session and heard about MTTR, and as Veeam Community members, we continually seek ways to enhance the resilience, reliability, and efficiency of our backup environments.Whether you are protecting virtual machines, physical workloads, or cloud-native apps, understanding operational metrics like MTBF, MTTR, MTTA, and MTTF can offer actionable insights. These are not just technical acronyms; they are essential for ensuring your backup infrastructure delivers high availability and rapid recoverability. What Are These Metrics? 1. MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) Definition: The average time between hardware or system failures. In Veeam: MTBF can help evaluate the reliability of backup storage, proxies, and even the Veeam Backup & Replication server itself. If you are experiencing frequent job interruptions, a low MTBF could indicate underlying issues in your environment. 2. MTTR (Mean Time To Recovery/Repair) Definition: The average time tak

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Stabz
StabzVUG Leader
asked in Discussion Boards
Copy Backups files from Object Storage Backup to Tape

Hey folks,I would like to know if any of you externalize backups sent to S3 storage onto tape?

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