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VEEAM is up and running in my environment - any advice on how to speed up my backups?

Hey VEEA-ers, I finally got VEEAM installed and running and configured and I am starting to kick off jobs, but my speeds are slow (100mbps) or when writing I have a full 10gb backbone and a dedicated NIMBLE specifically for my VEEAM data and I have a physical server with 4x 10gb NICs on it (2 for management and 2 for data) any ideas as to why it could be slow? I am doing some troubleshooting, but was curious if anyone had any thoughts before I went down a rabbit hole thanks guys

1 month ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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AI generated tutorial, complete and utter fail! Veeam keep your trainers!! :)

Hi Folks, I was just forced to watch for the first time an AI generated tutorial/presentation. This was not Veeam training but I decided to send out this feedback just in case anyone at Veeam is thinking about jumping on this bandwagon.All of this hype about Chat/AI etc crashed miserably in my eyes after watching this content. The AI generated lady doing the tutorial had less personality and sincerity than RD2 in Star wars (reminder RD2 could only beep and not speak). The phoney AI generated smile would have been better placed in the film Aliens on the monsters that emerged from people’s stomachs.Then there were the pronunciation errors. Living in Toronto I hear all sorts of different pronunciations in English but they normally add some spice to the discussion. Italian, French, Chinese etc native speakers all have different pronunciations and if anything they add flavour to the conversation. Machine AI however is horrendous. It will go along for a bit perfectly but then blurt out somet

1 month ago

bp4JCInfluencer

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What is the plan to address the Cuba Ransomware exploit?

What is Veeam’s plan to address the newly discovered Cuba Ransomware exploit? Is there a patch forthcoming soon? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cuba-ransomware-uses-veeam-exploit-against-critical-us-organizations/

1 month ago

ridwansyahNew Here

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Veeam AHV Backup direct to S3 storage Failed

Hi All,Has anyone experienced this, one of the job backups on AHV failed since yesterday, even though previously this job was running successfully. we user veeam 12 with backup direct to object storage.error “unknown command with class [dataBase] and method [DeleteDirectStorageInfo]”please help to solve this issue Regards, Ridwan

1 month ago

mimtiazNew Here

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Failed to Generate the backup report: The create unique index statement terminated because a duplicate key was found

1 month ago

benjaminligaComes here often

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Design issue

My customer has a windows server physical machine running with another backup solution and connected to DataDomain using FC. I sold veeam to this customer and have to deploy it. I want to use VMs for backup server and proxy server to deploy my solution so my solution will use IP not FC. The issue is that backups have to be done to the datadomain and is connected to infrastrutcure with FC. Can i use this physical machine as gateway server to help my VM backup server to use DataDomain to create repository?

1 month ago

HunterLAFRVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and podcasts

Home Lab Upgrade

Home Lab upgrade!Hi Folks, recently I wanted to «upgrade» my home lab, and I was thinking the best way to have an affordable, low consumption usable home lab for a ESXi Cluster, nothing fancy, just to be able to deploy a couple of little VMS, play with HA, DRS, shared storage and so on.I started checking out the Intel NUCs, but then I realized that it comes «empty», so it becomes costly at the end.Then, what about HPE Gen 8-9 Servers, «the wife would kill me»They are noisy, expensive and consumes tons of electricity!So, looking over the hardware I have, I looked into my Workstation, a Lenovo P320 which it has 64GB of ram, more than sufficient to run a Nested lab, but I wanted something more realistic, with wires and lights, you know, Im a hardware and wires lover!I kept the Workstation as base Server, Planning tu run there the base or foundational vms I normally run like: vCenter, DNS, AD, a Storage Appliance and a Veeam Server.lets keep it «low profile», so, Nowadays normally we do h

1 month ago

dipsVeeam Legend

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AWS Storage Gateway Migration

Hi folks,Has anyone performed the migration of a AWS storage gateway from an older version to a new version connected to Veeam as a VTL? Is there anything to be aware of?

1 month ago

Nico LosschaertVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and podcasts

How to archive a backup of a VM?

Hi,In this topic I want to highlight the possibilities to archive a backup for a VM before you want to delete or decommision.Every company that uses VMs has to deal with deleting existing VMs, replacing them with new VMs because of migrating the application running on the VM, migrating because of using a new OS on the VM, …A lot of reasons why existing VMs will soon or later will be deleted or replaced by new ones. What do you want to do as a proper engineer before deleting the old VM? → Of course, you first want to take a backup before deleting the VM.I often had the situation where the customer needs something being restored/recovered of the deleted VM 😊Personally the best way for a VM that will be deleted, is having an independent full backup. Is that possible with Veeam 🤣? Sure, in my opinion, there are 2 easy ways to do that.Using VeeamZIPIf the VM is still available on your hypervisor, the easiest way is to use VeeamZIP.It creates an independent full backup (.VBK file), which y

1 month ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

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Veeam Patch - KB4420

Hey all....just wanted to make everyone aware of a new patch Veeam released -> Veeam KB 4420. There are some enhancements & fixes you should be aware of, so check it out.

1 month ago

GSausHNot a newbie anymore

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B&R Community Edition Bare Metal Restore fails on Server 2019

Hi to all.I am sorry as the question was asked already, but it is hard for me to understand the resolution.I've been working with Veeam Community Edition for some time and I'm generally satisfied when it comes to restoring virtual machines.But I have one server, which is also the the Veeam Backup server AND it has other applications running. I am aware that this is not a recommanded configuration.I have a big problem: On the Windows server 2019 where Veeam Community Edition (VeeamBackup&Replication_12.0.0.1420_P20230718) is installed, I also back up the physical server.I can also create a USB boot stick in the Community Edition by right-clicking on the backup copy. This boot stick (Recovery Media 6.0.2) then also starts and you can search for your backup file. If you then selected the corresponding file, the following message appears: "Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows is unable to open backup files created by Veeam Backup & Replication".So I have a backup, but I can't use it.

1 month ago

NemanjaJanicicExperienced User

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iSCSI ReFS Storage with Synthetic Fulls + Backup Copy Job

Hello Veeam Community (probably the best one)One topic came to my mind today when I was going a little bit deeper into FastClone with ReFS.The question is this:On the primary site, Plan is to have VM with ReFS storage connected with iSCSI Initiator to Synology.With that infrastructure we will enable Synthetic Full Backups which will have FastClone enabled.Now, because I’m referencing my Backup Copy Jobs to the main Backup Jobs I want to know how this will work in above scenario.Since FastClone creates Synthetic Full with only references to the previous backups in the chain, what will then I have on my secondary site when that Synthetic Full backup is transferred to the secondary site?Will I have only references to the backups that are located in the Primary site (that is probably something that all of us don't want) since that is what that file is consistent off or it will have references to the already copied Backups on the Secondary site? In case if we lose our Primary Site than our

1 month ago

chris392Comes here often

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Backup SQL Transaction logs in Veeam Backup for Azure

Hello,First of all I am not really sure where to post my question. From my Veeam account I am linked to the R&D forums. But there it says ‘Not a support forum!’. So I ask it here.Is it possible to backup the transaction logs of an SQL server running on an Azure VM with Veeam Backup for Azure ? I can enable application-aware snapshots but where and how do i select the applications to protect?Thanks,Chris

1 month ago

Madi.CristilCommunity Manager

posted in News

Welcome to the second class of Veeam Legends 2023!

Veeam LegendsIt is our great pleasure to announce the Legends class for the second half of 2023! Veeam Legends program, which is among the top initiatives of Veeam Community, acknowledges individuals who actively participate in the Veeam R&D Forums, the Veeam community, and other Veeam platforms. Veeam Legends is part of the bigger program Veeam 100, together with Veeam Vanguard and Veeam MVP programs. Veeam 100 program plays an important role in empowering data protection industry specialists who possess a strong passion for technology and innovation, and are enthusiastic about advancing their career while also contributing to the community by sharing their insights and experiences.Congratulations to the new and renewed Legends for the second half of 2023! Albert Tedjadiputra Albertwt (Veeam R&D Forums) Alex Heylin @alexheylin Antonio D'Andrea @Andanet NEW Bertrand Castagnet @BertrandFR Chris Childerhose @Chris.Childerhose Chris Eromosele @Iams3le Damien Commenge Matteu

1 month ago

dlosekeVeeam Legend

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Unable to Create Azure Active Directory Application when setting up Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 Restore Portal

Found a perplexing issue when I was setting up VB365 the other day. I was attempting to set up the Restore Portal in my multitenant environment using Jorge’s guide (for v6 mind you, but close enough) but when I was attempting to create the Azure AD application, I was receiving a pretty non-descript error.Veeam Error: “Failed to create Azure Active Directory application.” A bit of googling didn’t turn up much. After a lot of troubleshooting, I did manage to get an error when attempting to use an existing Application ID that I had renamed/repurposed about an invalid name but wrote it off because it was a strange possible workaround. I thought that perhaps it was a certificate issue, something wrong with the port I was using, REST API settings, etc.So, like any reasonable person, I created a support ticket and gathered logs. Props to support for isolating the issue on first try quickly with the logs provided. And indeed, Azure AD was blocking the application due to an invalid name.

1 month ago

marco_sVeeam Legend

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Microsoft 365 modern authentication for VBR and VBO365 server

Good morning community!I'd like to share with you a configuration I've come across these days: setting up notifications with Microsoft 365 modern authentication for VBR and VBO365 server. DOCUMENTATIONThe official links from Veeam Helpcenter are:https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/general_email_notifications.html?ver=120 https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo365/guide/m365_acc.html?ver=70 VEEAM CONSOLE CONFIGURATIONConfiguration is quite simple for both: the menu is always in the same tab "email settings" for VBR and "notification" for VBO 365. AZURE AD APPLICATIONThe biggest difference from accounts with basic authentication is that in order for Veeam to send email on behalf of a Microsoft 365 account, it is necessary to use an Azure AD application registered on the Azure Portal.You can use an application preinstalled by Veeam, or register a new one.In my case I followed the second way, and the official links from Veeam Helpcenter and from Microsoft are:https://helpcenter

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1 month ago

Rick VanoverRICKATRON

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Customer Advisory: Ensure Veeam Backup & Replication Updates Have Been InstalledVeeam Backup & Replication Updates

For all systems, it is critically important to keep systems up to date. This post is a reminder for all users to refer to KB4420 to ensure Veeam Backup & Replication is up to date.KB4420: Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 12 Cumulative PatchesWhy is this being brought up here, now?This is being raised here in the community to remind customers about the availability of the cumulative patches for Veeam Backup & Replication. Recently there has been media stories regarding a Veeam vulnerability that was patched on March 7 of this year, however bad actors have been devising new ways to attempt to activate that vulnerability on unpatched systems. Users have received emails about the update, it’s been covered in the V12 Upgrade Center and there even is a Veeam Intelligent Diagnostics alarm for the update:Veeam has a long-standing commitment to ensuring our products protect customers from any potential risk. As part of this, we run a Vulnerability Disclosure Progra

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1 month ago

BradShaverNew Here

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Network Path not found, Repository Missing

We have several backup and replication jobs running on Veeam Backup and Replication build 10.0.1.4524 and have started receiving errors with all of the jobs failing. These error messages vary from “ Error: The network path was not found. Agent failed to process method {FileSystem.Exists}.” to“Could not perform threshold check for backup location “\\..." due to space info retrievement fail!Error: Failed to call RPC function 'FcCreateDir': The network path was not found. Cannot create folder. Folder path: [\\..].Job has failed. See logs for details.”When troubleshooting, we receive a warning while rescanning the repository stating that it is missing. We are able to SSH into the NAS backup repository and I am able to sign into the NAS and see all of the permissions and correct network paths. Is there anything more we can do to fix this issue or somewhere specific to look?

1 month ago

JMeixnerVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and podcasts

New VMSP and VMTSP 2023 Accreditations available in ProPartner Portal

There are new Veeam Sales Professional (VMSP) and Veeam Technical Sales Professional (VMTSP) 2023 accreditations available in ProPartner Portal.This year the two accreditations do not consist of one single learning path, but on a base “Sales Foundation” part and five different learning streams. With the completion of the base module and one learning stream you will get a badge to show off…The learning streams for the VMSP and VMTSP are:✅ Public Cloud✅ Ransomware & DR✅ Microsoft 365✅ Container Protection✅ Cloud Service ProviderSource: Veeam ProPartner Portal - Veeam IQSo Veeam ProPartners, go and get them 😊

1 month ago

MicoolPaulVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

posted in Blogs and podcasts

Veeam B&R: Performance Impact of Pending Tasks

Alt Text: Blog Post Title on colourful backgroundTell me if you’ve seen this situation before. You’ve got some servers & applications that need protecting. You create your backup jobs as necessary, there’s different backup jobs for your various application-integration requirements, backup frequencies, and retention requirements, it’s starting to sprawl. Inevitably there’s some job scheduling overlap. Backup jobs are waiting for other backup jobs to complete, the running tasks section of your Veeam Backup & Replication Server is ticking upwards, no biggie right? It’ll clear down eventually! Well… Let’s explore that shall we? Background/Test Scenario I wanted to see just how much having multiple running jobs would impact VBR, when those jobs were all in a pending state, barring one. I then wanted to compare this impact vs scheduling backup jobs within chains.I created a Windows VM, installed the OS, then powered it down, so I’d have a static test VM to backup. I configured my bac

1 month ago

NemanjaJanicicExperienced User

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Veeam BR - Backup Proxy / WAN Accelerators

Hello,I would like to get our backups to be efficient as much as they can be.Current situation in production is that we are sending our backups to Synology SMB share on main site, and over WAN Accelerator to our secondary site also to Synology SMB share using Backup Copy Job (immediate copying).Currently I’m testing iSCSI on main site. I created Synology LUN and connected it to the VBR server via iSCSI with ReFS and configured Synthetical Full because of the FastClone option. Need more time to see how it will perform.Now the question is where to implement Backup Proxies and how to use it in our case.I know that best option would be to have physical server’s both on primary and secondary location.How it will benefit our sitaution?And another question is do we need to configure iSCSI also for Backup Copy Jobs or it is okay to have it via SMB and WAN Accelerator from the Main site to Secondary Site.Best Regards

1 month ago

mohammed Kamy KommunikasjonComes here often

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Hyper-v VM backup WARNING because of Unable to perform indexing

I have installed new servere and using veeam backup and replication 12 to take backup of more than 15 hyper -V VMs since last week. I have got normal success for the first few days but no I am getting warning becouse of the following error: can any one help me wit suggestion:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Unable to perform indexing because connection to the guest could not be establishedUnable to perform guest file system indexing: Failed to install via Deployment SvcProcessing finished with warnings at 22.08.2023 09:05:31>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><

1 month ago

HartmutComes here often

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Migrate AWS S3 to Azure Blob

Maybe, we need to change our capactity and archive tier tartget from AWS S3 to Azure. What is the best way to migrate AWS S3 to Auzure? Move alle Data from S3 to Azure and do an import of the repository? Is there a best practise to move 900 TB Data as quick as possible? Is there a way to estimate the cloud out costs?As I remember I can destroy a AWS Bucket even with object lock enabled.

1 month ago

spider32Comes here often

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Password Change using Manage Credential

Hi! We just recently changed our service account password that we use for Veeam services. So I went into Credentials and Passwords > Datacenter Credentials > Manage Credentials and made the change there after changing the account password in AD. I know Veeam processed the password change because the proxy servers and repo servers went back to online after being offline after the change. However, after a couple of nights, all the backup jobs failed. Long story short, the Veeam services using the service account did not get change so the services had to be restarted.What is Veeam’s behavior after a password change? I would tend to think that Veeam would at least pop a message stating that it is not changing the Veeam services credentials and this has to be done manually. What am I missing here?

1 month ago

TylerJurgensVeeam Legend

posted in Blogs and podcasts

Gone are the days of "If its not broken, don't fix it"

I’ve been in IT my entire adult life. There is generally two mantras to IT. “If its not broken, don’t fix it.” “Update often.” “If its not broken, don’t fix it.”You know the people I’m talking about. “My uptime on this system is 1287 days! It is rock solid!”I get it. Its great to have a system you can rely on. Stability and system uptime is the holy grail. You want your systems to be 100% available because that means you can focus your time on more important tasks than break/fix. These people are also a security expert’s nightmare. Vulnerabilities get exposed and new exploits are created regularly. Its not enough to protect your perimeter anymore, you have to protect every aspect of your environment. This mantra has outlived its usefulness. Uptime of 1287 days on a system is no longer a badge of honour, its downright scary. We’re not talking highly available services here where you can take individual components down to patch them, we’re talking those individual components themselves

1 month ago

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