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[Quicktip] "Error in the application" during VM backup

Yesterday I saw the error a second time, so I thought it would be helpful to others to share.Error happens when VBR tries to read vSphere information for the VM to back up. Error says "Error in the application" like you see in the screenshot.After some troubleshooting we found the reason for this. I...

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V11 Backup And Replication Community Edition

Will The New Version Of “V11 Backup And Replication Community Edition” Be Released This Week?

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VMware - Version 7 Update 2c - RELEASED

Anyone that uses VMware might want to check this out as they just release Update 2c for version 7.VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 2c Release NotesVMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 2c Release NotesThis includes both vCenter and ESXi.

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Tape 📼 Improvements in VBR v11 🔥

When I thought the tape was forgotten ... Veeam brings us these improvements that I think are excellents! Tape Improvements TAPE CLONING !!! Allows us to Migrate from old LTO to newer tapes generations Additional copy for security reasons Yo...

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Powershell - VBO Health Check

Update Jan 13th - Latest version available on https://github.com/yetanothermightytool/powershell/tree/master/vbo/vbo-health-checker***It's always recommended to open a support case as soon you're facing an issue with Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. But as systems engineers, we somehow always...

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VMCE Certifications Q&A

Do you have any questions about achieving or upgrading any VMCE certifications? Ask and you’ll get an answer

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Veeam Certified Architect 2022 - Exam Review and Recommendations

The VMCA2022 exam is officially available since August 2nd 2021. So time to refresh my good old VMCAv1 certification as of 2016 which I did today. In the following I will give you an overview of what to expect and how to prepare.I registered with PearsonVUE through the VMCE certification website. Ma...

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Veeam at Tech Field Day 22 - Reflections by the Rickatron

Last week was Tech Field Day 22, and Veeam was happy to be back at this key Technical Decision Maker Influencer event. This was a great event and we were happy to be back, as a presenter it was a great thrill! Now that I had the weekend to think about it, I want to share a few reflections on the eve...

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Veeam Legend SWAG Revealed & Unboxed!

SPOILER Warning if you’re awaiting your swag, don’t watch the video!I was lucky enough to be selected as a Veeam Legend this year and luckier still to be one of the first to receive the swag by the amazing @Kseniya & @Rick Vanover (and of course Alfred).Check out my unboxing video below to see...

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Article Veeam Community Recap #1

Hey Veeam Community!This is our very first Veeam Community Recap These will be special regular updates for you to learn the main Community Hub highlights.Check it out now!

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3-2-1-1-0 Golden Backup Rule with VBO365

Hi all I hope you all read my post about the 3-2-1-1-0 golden rule - 3-2-1-1-0 Golden Backup Rule | Veeam Community Resource Hub.Perfect in combination with Veeam Backup & Replication to save your backups as good as possible to protect them against ransomware, hackers, ...But what with Veeam Bac...

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3 reasons why direct SAN restore failover to NBD

Backups of VMware vSphere VMs can be done with one of three transport modes. Each of these modes also provide the possibility to restore data. This post is about 3 reasons why direct SAN restore failover to NBD. Incorrect VMDK typeVeeam can only perform direct SAN restore with thick provisioned VMD...

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Microsoft Ignite: Cloud Skills Challenge

Hey! Just like in March when @regnor posted about the Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skills Challenge, Microsoft are back again with their November 2021 edition! Didn’t see regnor’s post? Check it out here:The exam list is different this time and the options are:MS-700: Managing Microsoft Teams MS-720: Micr...

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Want to make Backup Jobs management easier? ...use Tags!

Veeam Backup & Replication supports and understands vSphere tags allowing the creation of Backup and Replication Jobs by selecting VMs to backup based on Tags.Tags concept was introduced in vSphere 5.5 and basically it is a label you can assign to any object (VMs, storage and so on...) in the vS...

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Live Optics Report - Veeam

Live Optics allows you, your Dell EMC technologists, or Dell EMC partner consultants to understand vital information about your Veeam environment. Live Optics provides you with a simple process to upload your Veeam database backup and present your data in a clear and understandable way, so that yo...

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Check reflink and spared space on XFS repositories

I wrote already a post about checking Microsoft ReFS space savings. Now I want to show some basics to check XFS savings too.To check space savings on repository layer go to the repository directory and run: ls -lhsYou can see the size of each file and the total size of all files. If there a way to m...

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Some issues with Veeam ONE Data Collection

HiMy setup is as follows : - 1 server (in a workgroup) with Veeam ONE (service account of service is a standalone user, member of Veeam ONE Administrators group and local administrators group)- 1 server (also in a workgroup) with VBR- several domain-joined Hyper-V serversProblem is situated in Veeam...

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Configuration Maximums 🛠️ - Best Practice Guide for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 😎

In this Link https://bp.veeam.com/vbo/ you can find everything related to:Best Practice Guide for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365This guide is intended to provide best practices for Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. It is not meant as a full documentation or detailed explanation of featur...

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FINAL! Alfred VS Veeameow

Here’s the final vote for a CAT’s name. We have 2 finalists: Alfred and Veeameow.I can’t add another poll to original topic, so adding it separately - but here’s the link to entire discussion for reference.Let’s finalize it once and for all!

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Veeam Architects Site 🤓

Hello!! My post today is dedicated to everyone who needs to have a guide to perform sizing and understand good Veeam practices. All doubts are answered in this site. https://www.veeambp.com/ I await your comments and Likes !! See you soon in a new post!!

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Automatically create vSphere roles to use with Veeam Backup & Replication V11

Good day everyone !In November 2020 I created a PowerCLI script which creates a vSphere role with cumulative permissions for Veeam Backup & Replication version 10.In the meantime VBR v11 was released and I needed to update that script and wanted to create “new awareness” of it. The fact that I s...

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Veeam Agent For MAC 🍎 !!! Part II - Deployment

Agent For MAC Deployment always via catch-all protection groups•.pkg file for installation•Install with double-click or 3rd party software management solution*•Full Disk Access (FDA) must be allowed in both cases Full Disk Access: Manual ConfigurationGo to “Settings –Security & Privacy –Full...

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What scripting/programming language do you use for monitoring/reporting/automation?

I am curious what languages are used by the community for reporting, monitoring and/or automation. I personally do a lot of scripting with PowerShell. What language is worth learning it?I wish, Veeam will replace their PowerShell Plug-In by a PowerShell module in www.powershellgallery.com.@Kseniya J...

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Postgres on Windows server full and archive backup

Hi all has someone experience on this environment? if it were on Linux there would be no problems using the agent….. but on Windows? Thanks

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What is the size of a vSphere Changed Block Tracking block (CBT)

An interesting question arose some time ago. A customer changed permissions of files on a Windows file-server VM. Changes were replicated using DFS. So far so good, but the amount of data that was processed at next incremental backup of target VM was even more than a full backup. Because incremental...

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