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Hi teamI was tasked with creating a new repo in Azure and setting up new backup policies.I have created policy per service (Sharepoint, Teams, Onedrive, Mail)Services other than sharepoint have finally completed but sharepoint is not playing nice.It appears not to be progressing and been at it for nearly 7 days.Any idea what the issue could be? I have stopped all other backups for now but makes no difference.Any thoughts?  

(running Veeam 13, Community/Free edition on Win 11).I did a bunch of migrations and updates a month ago. Before doing so I set aside the existing Veeam backups, so I have them. When I try to import a backup for one server from it (just to browse and retrieve a couple files) it tells me "Path contains invalid symbols...",. But it doesn’t. I have a path with no special characters or trailing spaces or anything like that. The message isn’t any more specific.I’ve tried mounting the file share where it exists as a mapped drive and a network location. I would copy it into the local machine to try that, but there isn’t room.Also, the import dialog says “Specify a backup to import. You can import backups from a backup repository or any managed server.” but the dropdown menu only lists the local machine and my two hyper-V hosts, not the repository (which is on a network share).Thanks.

Hi allI was wondering if it is possible to create a backup job of a VM, without having access to the VM Host Server. I have installed Backup & Replication on the VM client itself, connected a backup repository, but when I try to create a backup job, it asks for the IP and admin credentials of the VM Host. Thanks for your help

Veeam Enable Credential GuardVmware  & Windows prerequisite:Enable or Disable UEFI Secure Boot for a Virtual MachineVerision VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x7or superior EFI firmware Virtual hardware version 13 or later. vTPM module ( optional)

Hey guys,I am facing the following problem: a client wishes to change services for copying their backup data. They currently use Azure Blob. They are considering several other services including Wasabi. They would like to recover their annual archives if possible.I know that through Veeam we can use the Move function to move backups, but we have more than 10 TB of data and I'm afraid it will take an enormous amount of time without guaranteeing data integrity. Currently, they don't have immutability enabled on their Azure bucket and wish to activate it on their next bucket.Is it possible to copy only archives without copying everything?

Hi All,Are there any issues getting reported with Veeam support portal?Seem to not allow me to login, presented with an error message:This page isn’t workingmy.veeam.com redirected you too many times.Try deleting your cookies.ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS Even after deleting my cookies, tried from 4 different browsers, 2 different laptops 2 different internet connections.Seem like something is not right at Veeam's end.ThanksArtik 

Hello Veeam community !I’ve just released version 3.3 of the M365 Generator tool.One of the new features is an MCP server that exposes M365 Generator actions as tools, making it possible for Claude Desktop (via its MCP connector) to take agentic control of generated M365 assets.It’s pretty fun to ask your LLM to generate data in your M365 tenant with no clicks needed! 😁Claude Desktop and the free subscription do have some limitations, but I’ve shared how to work around those and connect to my MCP server in this blog post: https://home.point4.fr/lets-make-it-even-easier-an-mcp-server-for-the-m365-generator-tool/You’ll also find some example pr

As discussed in the item below:Migrating VM from VMWare to Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager | Veeam Community Resource Hub The Veeam Mobility Matrix follows:  

Working with tape libraries often requires up‑to‑date firmware, BIOS packages, and driver references to ensure stable operation and compatibility across vendors and backup platforms. For those who need a consolidated and easy‑to‑navigate source, here is an excellent technical repository that centralizes multiple Tape Library and Tape Drive resources: 🔗 Firmware, BIOS & Driver Index📂 /FIRMWARE_BIOS/ – StoneSet ⚠️ DisclaimerThe Veeam Community does not guarantee the functionality, integrity, or safety of the drivers, firmware, or installers referenced in this repository.All materials are shared for informational and community‑support purposes only.Always validate, test, and verify any files in a controlled or non‑production environment before applying them to your infras

We are having one VM fail in our surebackup job, which is set at 7200 seconds for maximum allowed boot time. The VM runs twice, once it fails as running at 600 seconds, the second runs at 7200 and is a success. How can this be, 1. VM gets selected twice, and runs at different config in the same job. We are running VBR 12.3.2.4165. Thanks all….

I currently need to migrate my system from VMWare to OLVM, but I can't find an option for instant recovery of a virtual machine from VMWare to OLVM. I also can't find anywhere I can use this feature to recover a virtual machine from one OLVM to another.

When I try to restore from HV guest using “Copy To” option, choose a folder and the “OK” button is greyed out. I used to use this function all the time on this server before I upgraded to 13.01. Any ideas?

TL;DR With Veeam Backup & Replication v13, every PowerShell cmdlet now goes through the same service layer used by the REST API and Web UI. That layer enforces request throttling. The tape cmdlets are extremely chatty, so when scripts call them in quick succession (as most reporting scripts do), you’ll hit TooManyRequests.Fix summary: Wrap tape calls with a retry/backoff helper, prefetch once (no calls inside loops), and serialize tape inventory access (don’t overlap reports, rescans, and tape jobs).  What Changed in v13? Veeam v13 moved PowerShell off the old .NET Framework RPC and onto .NET + a service backend shared with REST and the Web UI. The upside: one consistent platform. The downside: you now inherit API-style throttling that didn’t exist in v12.Symptom:

Upgrades - at least with Veeam - usually go smoothly. But every now and then, one catches you off guard. After upgrading Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) to version 13, we ran into an issue that completely blocked access to the VBR console.I’m sharing this here in case it helps others who might hit the same problem.The Problem: No Console Access After UpgradeImmediately after the upgrade to VBR v13, the Veeam Backup & Replication console refused to connect to the VBR server.Instead of the expected login screen, we were greeted with a certificate error. What made troubleshooting especially confusing was that the error occurred regardless of how we tried to connect: localhost server IP address fully q

Hi ALL,I would like to ask for assistance with the following scenario. I am planning to purchase two StoreOnce systems and use Veeam as the backup software. I plan to use Catalyst and Backup Copy jobs to transfer backup data from StoreOnce #1 to StoreOnce #2.My question is: in this case, assuming that there is already existing backup data on StoreOnce #2, if a new Active Full backup is approximately 100 GB in size, will the data synchronized be the full 100 GB, or will only the changed blocks from StoreOnce #1 be transferred to StoreOnce #2?In other words, will this behave similarly to the replication of two NAS shares on StoreOnce, where only changed blocks are synchronized?”Thank you so much.RgdsHieuht 

While trying to export.BAK file while using Veeam Explorer, it gives the following message what could be the issue. This same error appear by using instant recovery, recovering to the same location and alternate location, in addition to restore DB file to the same location and alternate location. DB Unable to attach database. | Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression. | The statement has been terminated. 

how to avoid this step?  

The various discussion in the below article gave rise to the creation of this article. In previous discussions on the community and my blog, we have extensively covered the steps for performing a clean installation of Windows Server, reinstalling Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), and migrating the configuration database.If you wish to have your VBR running on the latest Windows Server 2025. I have crafted a very detailed article discussing the steps here “how to perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025”. Windows Server 2025 comes in the following editions tailored to different organisational needs. They are the Essential Edition, the St

I have a question. My current tape server has 4 SAS ports attached to my Quantum LTO-7 library. I can’t fit any more cards into this server, so that’s the max number of drives this one tape server will support.However, my tape library physically has *6* tape drives installed in it. Obviously, at the moment, only 4 are in use, as that’s all my tape server can handle. But I have a 2nd  tape server I can use, and it has 4 unused SAS ports. So what I want to do is, add this 2nd server to my Veeam environment as another tape server, and hook it up to my 2 used tape drives. That way, I should hopefully be able to drive all 6 tape drives at once., and Veeam will see the library as having 6 drives total. There should be no problem with that config, right? Veeam can utilize more than 1 tape server, surely. And since the drives are all in the same library, even if I have media pools that says use up to 2 drives at once,  it wouldn’t matter if one of those tap

How we can make exclusion for virus warning when backup m365 using VBO? 

Hello, I have a Gmail address and my company email address assigned to my profile. When I try to do anything, the verification links are sent to yet another address I don't have access to, and I'm stuck in a vicious cycle. I tried to ask for help through the sales department, but my request has gone unanswered. Please help.

XCP-ng stands for Xen Cloud Platform, next generation and it is an open-source virtualisation platform that allows you to manage virtual machines and networks efficiently.XCP-ng delivers high-performance enterprise-level virtualization with a rich ecosystem. You can integrate it into your full stack for management and backups. It serves as the modern successor to XCP, which developers originally created as an open-source version of Citrix XenServer back in 2010. XCP-ng ArchitectureXCP-ng is a secure platform by default and enables you to run any kind of virtualisation workload . It contains multiple components, built around the Xen Hypervisor. It’s meant to run on top of bare-metal machines.XCP-ng runs Xen hypervisor on bare metal hardware (CPU, RAM, disk, GPU) to host VMs and PVs (paravirtualized guests). Dom0 (control domain) manages everything via tools and APIs, while backend drivers handle stor

I am running into an issue where very large incrementals are being created even when the device is having little usage. On a 1.8 TB drive (1.56 TB used), an incremental of 980 GB and another incremental of 820 GB occurred a few days later in the past week. What could be causing this? I am using veeam agent for windows 13.0.1.1009

Hi all,I attach the step by step procedure to perform a PostgreSQL Database upgrade. PostgreSQL: CVE-2025-1094: PostgreSQL quoting APIs miss neutralizing quoting syntax in text that fails encoding validation KB4386: Upgrading the SQL Database Engine Software (Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL) Used by Veeam Backup & Replication Ensure that there are no jobs or restore tasks occurring. Manually Create a Configuration Backup. (Optional)