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In some situations/scenarios it is absolutely necessary to move the Veeam Configuration Database (PostgreSQL) to another hard disk of the Backup & Replication Server (e.g. if the C: partition is too small). After installation, the Postgres databases are located under: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\xx\data (Unfortunately, the path cannot be changed during the Veeam installation).Moving the PostgreSQL database is actually quite simple and can be done with pgAdmin. Before you start the migration, you should create a VMware snapshot and/or a Veeam Configuration Backup.Download pgAdmin from their website (pgAdmin – PostgreSQL Tools) and install it on the Veeam Backup & Replication Server.

 We've been a certified Scality ARTESCA partner for almost six months. In addition to my lab installations, I've already deployed four productive ARTESCA systems for our customers, both single-node and three-node cluster systems.Since the beginning of June, version 3.1.1 has been available for Scality ARTESCA.  Documentation & Release NotesThe corresponding documentation and release notes can be found at https://documentation.scality.com/ . Access is via OneLogin with an existing Scality account. 

Hi Team,Got a VM running on a ESXi host. Need to add additional disk space to C: drive. However, couldn’t increase it any further using the VM properties under storage. The provisioned disk capacity is 230GB and the total disk utilization is closer to 230GB as well. The machine is thin provisioned. The connected SAN storage got free available space too. Just wondering the best option to add more disk capacity to C: drive please?Appreciate your feedback.kind regards,Andrew

Using S3 Object Lock’s Governance mode with Veeam Backup & Replication v12.1 Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) v12.1, which was launched in December of 2023, has many great features and new capabilities.  One of those features is the ability to use S3 Object Lock’s Governance mode when you setup an object storage repository to be immutable.  The purpose of this blog is to introduce you to the Governance mode and how to use it within VBR 12.1.So, what is Governance mode?  To answer that I first need to briefly explain S3 Object Lock.  It is a feature of S3 and S3 Compatible object storage to prevent objects from being deleted or modified until the object lock retention has been met and the lock expires. There are two modes for the object lock retentionCompliance GovernanceCompliance mode has been used by Veeam Backup & Replication since v10 of VBR was released in February of 2020.  C

One of the standout features in Veeam’s arsenal is the ability to verify backups in an isolated VMWare and / or Hyper-V environment using SureBackup and DataLabs. These tools allow organizations to automatically spin up virtual machine and agent-based backups in a secure, sandboxed network…. often referred to as a “Clean room”, where Veeam can (but not limited to):Ensure the backup does not contain any malware / ransomware / virus’ Check for file system consistency Verify application services start as expected Perform custom script checks to validate functionalityWhile these capabilities shine in an on-premises VMware and Hyper-V environment, verifying backups in

For those with IBM Flash System Storage, you will have noticed a surprise at the end of your 12.2 upgrade. It will ask you to install the plug-in on your Veeam server at the end of the process. It will also tell you that backup jobs may not work properly until you do. The first take away is don’t start this upgrade at 3PM on a Friday thinking you have plenty of time to upgrade your entire Veeam infrastructure before the end of the day.  This extra step didn’t take too long but still added some extra time to the process. As with anything, check the release notes, and compatibility with all hardware, software, and firmware before doing installs on production servers. 

oracle linux virtualization manager is now supported in Veeam B&R and we have just started using it last week.Are there any plans to support it in Veeam One?

Hello,what are the minimum permissions that linux user needs to have to be able to do file level restore using Veeam?Setup is as it follows:I have Rocky Linux 9.5 OS VM and I have Win Server host where Veeam is located. The goal is to be able to do file level restore from that Linux server. The thing is I need user for it.What I would like to do, I only want the user to be able to do restore from one specific directory, I don’t want him to be able to see anything else or do anything else, except the restore part, what is the best way to achieve this?

I had the discussion two times last week, so I think it is worth sharing here.You may have noticed, VMware deprecated image level backup of its vCenter Appliance (VCSA) with vSphere 7. What does this mean? Basically, it is still supported to do image level backup and restore with VCSA 7.0. But it will not be supported in future releases. Notice that U1 and U2 are still 7.0 versions. With 7.n, with n>0, VMware will not support image restore of VCSA any more. From my perspective, this step was taken because problems arise when restoring this Linux appliance. I have seen many appliances requiring a filesystem check after restore or crash. When you are lucky, everything works fine afterwards. If not, you have to file a support ticket.To avoid this, VMware offers a new way for VCSA backup. Since 6

If you have usecase to change location (disk) of PostgreSQL binaries with databases, where is not an option by Veeam wizard and change user, and if you need to change from default postgres user to different one. Or only one of the option.My usecase is to change from D:\ to E:\ drive and change back from non-standard user veeam to postgres due custom installation of PostgreSQL.Changing user of databases is possible, but not for templates, so easy. This usecase is for administrators with minimal knowledge, so via easiest way :) Stop Veeam Services After Veeam application is down, change on PostgreSQL could be provided.First is needed to create postgres user as is missing due custom installation (not via Veeam wizard). This could be done for existing role.

We would like to clarify a few points about offloading backups to Azure Storage.1. Does the Veeam application support Azure Entra ID for offloading backups to Azure Storage?2. Can Azure Entra ID be used as an alternative to Shared Key access for connecting to Azure Blob Storage?3. Are there any limitations or challenges associated with integrating Azure Entra ID? If so, is there a roadmap for addressing these in future Veeam releases?

Hey There!I shared few days ago on the VMCA Study Hall Community some news regarding VMCA.After many successful years, we are bidding farewell to the Veeam Backup & Replication: Architecture and Design (VMCA) certification, with the training officially retiring on July 31st. If you have already completed your training, you can still take the certification, however hurry up as the VMCA exam will be retired on November 30th 😱 do not wait until the last minute, no exceptions will be done!As one era ends, another begins. Stay tuned for the new (very) exciting certification opportunities coming soon! 

Hello,we have VMs on VMware platform.During VM restore they are removed from affinity rule from cluster level like host rule “should run” or “separate VM”. So in case A side is down is switched into side B and like proxy servers they cannot be 2 on the same esx host, so there is rule separate.As far as i know, only vSphere tags are restore.Is there any option how to restore these rules as well?thank you

When discussing Azure App Registrations backup and recovery, one question that often comes up is, “How does Veeam handle secrets and certificates that are embedded within these registrations?”. It is a great question and I wanted to take the opportunity to double click on this.Client Secrets:Client secrets in App Registrations are treated similarly to passwords. Once a secret is created, its value is only displayed once and is never retrievable again. This behaviour is by design, enforced by Azure and Microsoft Graph to maintain strong security hygiene.It is because of this that:Veeam does not back up or restore the actual secret values as that data is not exposed by the Microsoft Graph API. Veeam does capture metadata such as secret names, creation dates, expiration dates, and ke

Hi Folks, My name is Geoff Burke. I am Community Manager at Object First. I am a Veeam Vanguard and Veeam Legend. I was asked to write something about the Veeam Community and do a short video for the Spotlight series.  Being part of the Veeam 100 Community has been truly a transformative experience for me. I was accepted into the Veeam Community as a member of the inaugural Veeam Legends in 2021. Since then I have been lucky enough to renewed numerous times and was also accepted into the Veeam Vanguards.Make no mistake, the Veeam Community is not about you or me, it is about us! The people you engage with in these communities are top professionals and are very generous when sharing their knowledge. They help you become a better data protection expert and grow. You make friends around the globe and these relationships really to enrich your life.Most importantly the Veeam 100 community is fun! The yearly summits in either Prague or Berlin are

Out-of-the-Box Immutability (Ootbi) is a purpose-built backup storage appliance developed by the founders of Veeam, specifically for Veeam!OOTBI delivers secure, simple, and powerful on-premises backup storage without requiring any security expertise. It will interest you to know that we have discussed extensively the steps to set up, configure and integrate OOTBI with Veeam. Please refer to the following links on the steps to set up and configure a physical appliance.

I’m trying to investigate the levels of Veeam dedup/compression thats typically seen when using a non deduplication appliance. Is it really between 2:1 and 3:1? Again I’m thinking about typical VM workloads.Also if using XFS and fast clone it works in a similar fashion to dedup.Be interested if anyone has any data on data reduction thats “real world”thanks

Since WindowsServerBackup does not support backups of drives over 16TB, I thought I give Veeam Backup Agent for Windows.  Unfortunately it only works for some days and then fails. But let’s start from the beginning. Host is Windows Server 2025 Bare metal File level backup to an external 3.5” HDD set to run dailyNow, let’s look at what happened: 9 days ago we created the job. This worked well until 5 days ago For some reasons, nothing happened 5 days ago 4 days ago, I got this error: this is rather starnge, since I was able to look at the drive E: that hosts the disk.

I just setup a new Windows 2025 Standard server and tried to install VeeamAgentWindows_6.3.1.1074. Unfortunately after accepting EULA the installation starts, shows “migrating previous configuration” (which is a little bit strange, since this is a new Windows machine) and is then stuck at "Installing Veeam agent for Microsoft Windows".  C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Endpoint\DatabaseMigrationLog shows: [27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info     [Migration] SQL CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS:[27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info     [Migration] > Server=(local)[27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info     [Migration] > ServerInstanceName=VeeamEndPoint[27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info     [Migration] > ServerInstancePipeName=[27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info     [Migration] > ServerInstancePort=-1[27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info     [Migration] > DatabaseName=VeeamBackup[27.04.2025 22:25:03] <01> Info

 We need to analyze why the error message is appearing during the backup window. The alerts are being triggered due to the replication process between the T and O servers. Specifically, these alerts occur during the backup window of the T server, which runs from 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM PST. During this period, replication from T to O is paused, resulting in theError 9036: "Paused for backup or restore."However, the alerts are only seen on alternate days, not consistently every day, which requires further investigation. T Server – File1 O Server – File2 Primary Concern:The question raised is why the production server experiences impact—such as replication delays or user access issues—during the backup window. While domain controller replication is standard ac

We are getting an application that runs on MySQL and I need to know if & how Veeam can backup MySQL. So far I’ve found documentation on how to do this in Linux but not Windows. Im running VBR 12.3