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HI..I create user account for myself in Enterprise Managerbut when i logon using my account why i got error ‘Cannot find backed up machines where the user belongs to Local Administrators group’ 

I try to use Veeam13 appliance version, and need help can/how i can mount the iscsi drive to the veeam13?

Don’t miss your opportunity to get an exclusive look at game-changing Veeam Data Platform V13—available on demand, but only until December 21st.As soon as you get in, you can watch to many breakout sessions such as: A new era of data resilience Digital Sovereignty: Veeam's Commitment to EMEA's Digital Future Veeam Intelligence Deep Dive De-Risk Modern Virtualization with Veeam Kasten and Red Hat OpenShift Compliance and Data Resilience in APJ: Navigating Regional Regulatory Complexities in 2025 The Complete M365 Defense: Identity Hardening, Data Backup and Rapid Recovery V13 Deep Dive: Vault, Veeam Software Appliance and More From Compliance to Confidence: Enhancing Security Posture with Veeam & NIST Best Practices Partnering for Resilient Innovation (Exclusive to Partners) VeeamON Wrapped

Snapshots and VeeamI have been a long time fan of storage snapshots. With the hot topic of immutability, having immutability on the source of the data means that even Veeam and Veeam Service accounts can’t modify the snapshots. If you follow storage and security best practices, you will be in a great spot for your production storage , and have additional immutable storage elsewhere for Veeam backups on a repository.But wait, storage snapshots are not just a feature that can be accessed from the SAN itself. When integrated with Veeam Backup & Replication, they become fast, flexible recovery points directly visible in the Veeam console. Using IBM FlashSystem as an example, here’s how snapshot-based workflows add real value without adding complexity. Backup and Recovery from Storage SnapshotsWith Storage Snapshot integration, Veeam can trigger application-aware storage snapshots and use them as the backup source. Instead of reading from produc

 Nutanix changed how they version their Prism Central product so older versions of VBN plugin might fail to discover clusters. It occurs in versions of PC greater than 7.3. We caught it early, so version 9 should work just fine. Once this issue is addressed, we will update the forums post below.https://forums.veeam.com/nutanix-ahv-f51/prism-central-7-3-t101443.html

I try to connecting the SMB server to as VBO repository and always access denied, even i can write to the SMB folder using windows explorer.In this article KB2971: How to add SMB repository to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 i can see we must computer name authentication on the share permission,In my case the SMB server and VBO server is not joined to the domain, both of machines is standalone.Anyone here know how we can use the SMB fo repository?

I have installed Veeam Software Appliance on fresh hardware. My intent is to recreate my backup infrastructure around it and then deprecate my current Windows server that handles the jobs. I am not finding anywhere to download a license key for version 13. It does not show in my account portal as an option for generating a key.

It seems the FILE EXCLUSION tab is missing in Veeam Community edition even though the only thing it is supposed to be limited don is the number of workloads. When I go to the job, guest processing and edit, there is no choice to exclude files. What am I missing here? 

Hi Community, Is there a PowerShell command or script to create multiple backup policies in Veeam Backup & Replication? Thanks!

Hello Veeam Community,I have a question regarding cross-platform restore. If we have a backup of a VM running on VMware ESXi, can we restore that backup to a Microsoft Hyper-V environment using Veeam Backup & Replication?Both environments are supported by Veeam, but I want to confirm if this type of restore is possible and what the recommended approach would be (e.g., direct restore, conversion, or any limitations).Has anyone implemented this scenario successfully? Any best practices or considerations would be appreciated.Thank you!

The special-purpose .local top-level domain (TLD) is not designed for use in the global Domain Name System (DNS). Rather, multicast DNS (mDNS) uses it to resolve hostnames to IP addresses within small networks, eliminating the need for a dedicated DNS server. Specifically, mDNS operates on the local network link and uses the .local TLD for this purpose. When an mDNS client needs to resolve a hostname that ends with .local, it sends queries to the mDNS IPv4 link-local multicast address 224.0.0.251 or its IPv6 equivalent ff02::fb.Top 5 reasons why it is a bad ideaLet’s dive into why using the .local top-level domain (TLD) can lead to a handful of issues.Standards Compliance: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) reserves the .local TLD for mDNS in RFC 6762. If you use it in another context or within a traditional unicast DNS context, you may face non-compliant behavior and conflicts. Compatibility Issu

Hello Community, Sharing an update that Veeam announced about production license distribution. This will matter for anyone who handles orders or helps customers access their license files. What’s changingStarting December 4, 2025, production license files will no longer be sent as attachments in order confirmation emails.This includes purchases through the online store, public marketplaces, and distributor marketplaces.Going forward, the designated license administrator for the customer will need to download the production license directly from the My Account portal under Production Licenses.Trial and NFR licenses are not affected. Why this matters• Improves security and keeps license access tied to the right admins• Makes it easier for customers to retrieve licenses in one place• Partners need to make sure the correct customer license admin is specified on every

IntroductionTo enable monitoring of your Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) with VeeamONE, the Veeam Analytics Service needs to be deployed on the VSA.The Veeam Analytics service not only enables communication with Veeam Backup & Replication servers to collect data but also allows to send remediation commands.Since the VSA is secure by design (hardened Linux-based OS, DISA STIG compliance, automated patching…) and that it enforces Zero Trust principles with role-based access control

We are facing an issue with VBR where the application is down and cannot connect to the backup server. The error message shown is: “No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1. Make sure the backup server you are connecting with is 12.3.2 version.” Has anyone encountered this issue before? What steps or permanent solution can resolve this? Any guidance would be appreciated.    

With the newly released Veeam v13, we need to install it at two sites, perform primary backups, and then cross-replicate the backup data from each site as a secondary step.Is this a feasible scenario? 1. Backup Server Configuration- Site1: Dell R760 + VSA (Three backup target servers; agent connection and backup completed)- Site2: Dell R760 + VSA (Five backup target servers; agent connection and backup completed) 2. Additional Configuration Required- Backup Copy from Site1 VSA's backup data to Site2 VSA's backup repository (with Veeam WAN Accelerator enabled)- Backup Copy from Site2 VSA's backup data to Site1 VSA's backup repository (with Veeam WAN Accelerator enabled) 3. Questions- I'm unsure how to register the Site2_VSA_Repository on Site1_VSA. I attempted to register it via the Veeam UI below, but I don't know how t

Synergy ensures one keyboard, one mouse, multiple computers, no cables, no switches, just seamless control over your network. Cleaner desks, smarter workflows, and true cross-platform productivityFor more information, please take a look at this detailed blogpost “ Why Software KVMs such as Synergy is replacing Hardware KVMs”

Recently, the below Post was created on “Microsoft SQL Server 2025 + Veeam Data Platform = Improved Scalability”​​​.As stated and I quote, ... Microsoft SQL Server 2025 has not yet been validated for the Veeam Data Platform, as it was only made GA on the 18th November 2025, so the information I’m providing here is in preparation for the inevitable support when it’s passed through Veeam’s QA To reiterate, at this time, SQL Server 2025 is not supported yet. This support is inevitabl

Every year, more companies migrate their backup architecture to object storage. The promise is well-known: scalability, predictable cost, and an extra layer of resilience against ransomware. But with so many providers available, one of them has been gaining significant traction — Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. Wasabi's value proposition is refreshingly simple: S3-compatible storage, high performance, no cold tiers, predictable pricing, and full support for Object Lock, enabling true immutable backups. In this article, I share the full experience of building a protection scenario using Veeam Agent Standalone + Wasabi, walking through:creating a bucket configuring permissions integrating Veeam with Wasabi running the first backup validating immutability restoring a full machine into a hypervisor performing granular file-level recovery

I have one VBR server with tape installed in main office.Then i also have VBR on other branch in different city and can i use tape on main office to store the backup?I try to add tape server on branch VBR server and pointing to VBR server on main office and should i take the ownership? 

Hi there,I have a question to which i haven’t found any satisfying answer so far.I manage an IT-Infrastructure with three distinct sites and locations.In the past we have used Acronis Cyber Protect but are now switching over to Veeam.Every site is supposed to have its own Veeam B&R Server managing its clients and servers, but only one of them should have a dedicated hardware Tape-Server connected that writes the backups of all three to tape.While I loathe Acronis, WHEN it worked at all (big when), it didn’t care where the backups originated from and simply wrote everything in its SMB-share to tape.Veeam doesn’t like this, cause apparently you can’t set up a tape-job for “imported” backups.From what I gathered, I have three options that are all either worse than with our old solution or will outright not work, haven’t tried all of it so far.We could simply do the tapes as “file to tape” jobs and copy the backup files

Does anybody know if in the VEM 13 REST API, the JSON responses have been changed to follow a more accepted naming notation (sorry the notation name escapes me)So e.g. in version 12 a json element that used to be called Entities, it is now called entities, BackupJobSession becomes backupJobSession etc which is enough to make Javascript scripts fail.It seems every element starts with a lowercase letterAm I right that this is something that has changed between versions?Is there anyway to get a v12 style JSON from v13 VEM? ThanksCostas

While installing Veeam Backup & Replication v13.0.0.4967 from the ISO (Rocky Linux–based appliance), the installer stops mid-way with an “An unknown error has occurred” message from Anaconda.The traceback points to dnf/base.py related to remote package selection or repository fetching.This occurred during the “Downloading packages” stage. Who else has run into this error? Another error, you could run into is this “Appliance Installation Stuck on "Configuring addons" and the following KB addresses what to do correctly.

My colleague ​@rfsantos  and I were experiencing some disk space issues using Windows Agents with Protection Groups on two Always On nodes.Due to the heavy load on the disks, even after creating exclusions on low-criticality disks, the full backup was exceeding 20 TB, and the incr about 3 TB. Veeam Agents will always need to back up the images to initiate the child backup (Transaction Log).We deployed the SQL Plugin on both hosts to optimize disk space provisioned by our Pure Storage repository. We separated the jobs between standalone databases and Always On databases.This way, we monitored backup growth separately. Use cases (Not all possible):- When databases are large in our example. The cluster exceeds 15 TB;- You have more DBAs than backup administrators. DBAs have full