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Hello Community! SynopsisI couldn’t wait to get this out to you all. If you’ve been following along my Veeam Malware Detection journey, specifically with Inline Entropy scans, you know I’ve shared it has some shortcomings; although, it’s still a great tool to implement in your environment in my opinion.The post today coincides with my most recent Malware Forensics post on how to work through events you may receive from Veeam. Click below to read it if you like:Since my Forensics post a few weeks ago, Veeam has provided a few updates to its Malware Detection engine. UpdatesThe first update came with the latest Veeam Backup release, v12.1.2. Much of the Malware updates in this release came mostly from Community feedback on the Forums and pertained mostly to the File System Analysis (FSA) engine. I don’t use that engine in my environment, so not sure how well the update has worked with regard to FSA detection, false positives, and exclusions.The 2nd update is specifically for the Inline E

In this article, we will learn how to Migrate Veeam Configuration Database to PostgreSQL Server. I am sure you already know what PostgreSQL is. So let me not bore you with this information as some of our peers have already discussed this topic.   By default, PostgreSQL is used with all new installs of Veeam Backup & Replication 12. Existing Veeam Backup & Replication deployments that were upgraded from 11a or older will continue to use Microsoft SQL Server until they are manually migrated to PostgreSQL Why switch to PostgreSQL?Migrating Veeam Backup and Replication from Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) to PostgreSQL is driven by various reasons. Below are some common reasons to consider such a migrationCost saving: If you prioritize cost savings, choosing PostgreSQL for your database needs is an excellent option. It is an open-source database engine that is completely free to use, even for commercial purposes, under the PostgreSQL license.Mitigate Vendor Lockin: Migrating to Po

Hello Forum Members,I'm currently using Veeam Backup and am keen on configuring an automatic power-off for the system once the backup process is completed. Could anyone kindly provide guidance on how to set up this feature, or direct me to the relevant documentation?Your insights and assistance would be highly valuable.

Hi all, I have a question about RMAN Backup. I've been testing RMAN Backup at a customer recently. For security reasons, they have blocked access to DB and RMAN with the OS account and only allow access with the DB account 'sys'. I know Veeam recommends that use an OS account (typically ‘oracle’) that belongs to the 'dba' group and has ‘SYSDBA’ privileges but, this is company's security policy. This doesn't work, so the plug-in won't install, and I can't run the RMAN script.My case is not the first one in the world.Veeam support team just tells me to assign permissions to the OS account (which is irresponsible). Is there any workaround? Thanks in advanced !   

Hello Community! I am in the middle of modifying my Backup/DR environment →  adding infrastructure, upgrading VBR servers, etc, etc...basically a refresh cycle as it were. One of my VBR Servers is used for DR purposes using Veeam Replication. I created a new server for it on the newest server OS (2022) and did a Configuration Backup migration. This was the first time I performed a DB migration and was pleasantly surprised by the ease of this task. Well done Veeam! As for my other VBR server, I’m not wanting to do a DB migration. I’m going to recreate most everything from scratch for various reasons. But, out of just under 30 jobs I have on this server, I do want to retain 7 of them. Sadly, as some of you know based off a Hub post from a yr or so ago by @shawnl :..exporting Jobs isn’t really possible. I really would like a Backup/Copy Job export function in the Console personally. Anybody else concur this would be a useful feature add?But, I digress. My main purpose here is to provide t

This blog intend to assist SAs/SEs whose customers wants SAP integration(with Oracle databases) in OS platform like Windows, AIX etc. Q1. Customer’s SAP Environment is running on AIX or Windows with Oracle database as backend. Which solution should be proposed?A1. As there is no SAP on Oracle Plug-in for windows or AIX, we must utilize the Oracle RMAN Plug-in such cases.Ask the customer if he wants to utilize the advanced features of RMAN and can work independently without Brtools integration.If there are strict integration needed with Brtools, refer the Q&A in the following sections. Q2.Customer need strict integration with Brtools in such environments. How can this be integrated?A2. Brtools can be integrated with Oracle RMAN in the following waya. Ask the SAP Admin for the location of init<SID>.sap. From Oracle 12 onwards, it can usually found in /oracle/<SID>/sapprof/ b. Take the backup of the init<SID>.sap file c. Edit the file and configure the following para

Hello,These last few weeks I have had the time to give some attention to the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365 report. This time a lot of improvements and new sessions were added to collect much more information about the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 infrastructure. Here I provide you with the changes:https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365/releases/tag/v0.3.0 Now the reason for writing this post is to share with all of you about a project I have been working on in my spare time and it is about Diagramming the Veeam infrastructure. In this new version of the AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365 report I added the ability to create a simple diagram of the deployed VB365 components. This tool uses Graphviz and the PSGraph module to generate the diagram. Here is the main link where you can see how to use the report:https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veeam.VB365In this link you can find the code I use to generate the diagram!https://github.com/AsBuiltReport/AsBuiltReport.Veea

Cleaning tape CLNU00 is in unrecognized media and checking on the properties Wear is N/A. Is there anyway we can change to number of usage? 

So, my backups were not running and it was giving me DB is not synchronized error, I tried to resolve it but I couldn’t resolve it. So, then I made a new Backup Policy and added a new storage, but now a VM 2.8 TB (2TB used) has took more than 65 hours and it's still not completed. So, can anyone look into this matter urgently?

Hello Veeam Community,I hope this message finds you well.I'm reaching out to inquire about the possibility of using Veeam to protect Azure Arc enabled SQL Managed Instances (SQL MIs) on Azure Stack HCI. Currently, it's my understanding that Veeam does not support this functionality. It support only Azure SQL MI.Looking ahead, I'm eager to learn more about the potential for future Veeam support for backing up Azure Arc SQL MIs. Specifically, I have the following questions:Is there a roadmap or timeline outlining potential support for this feature?Are there any ongoing discussions or plans within Veeam for integrating Azure Arc SQL MI backup capabilities?Can you provide any insights or information regarding Veeam's future plans in this area?Any assistance or clarification on these points would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

I encountered the above error when using a new Windows server. I'm certain that communication between servers is normal, and the ports are open. I've successfully added several servers of the same type without any error. And I've tried the following:Disabling the firewall and antivirus software. Adding a new account with administrator privileges. Using the IP address instead of the DNS name. Checking the registry or services to ensure they don't affect the relevant services. However, this issue still persists.My server is not within a domain, and this server is not a virtual machine

I removed the veeam B&R server and Enterprise manager from the domain due to security issues, and now I want to know if it is possible to log in to these servers, which are workgroups, with domain users ?Is there a best practice? 

Are there anything besides the tape that need to be preserved before removing the old tape library? What are the steps to add the new tape library?https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/connecting_tape_devices.html?ver=120Following this the drive will automatically appear and how about the media? If the tapes are added to the tape library they will automatically appear in the media.Last step will be to create a Tape job

In my interactions with numerous customers through my role, a recurring concern is their reluctance to grant open sudo access. However, many are more receptive to the idea of allowing limited sudo commands specifically needed by the application.Today, let's explore the sudo commands required by Veeam Backup & Replication v12 for the Veeam Agent for Linux. Bear in mind that this list is subject to modification based on community feedback. I encourage you to participate in this collaborative effort – feel free to suggest additions or removals to this list, which I've compiled based on my preliminary research.The necessary sudo commands for the veeamserviceraccount are as follows: veeamserveraccount ALL=/usr/bin/[ -d /tmp/ ],/usr/bin/id,/usr/bin/whoami,/usr/bin/mkdir,/usr/bin/rmdir,/usr/bin/arch,/usr/bin/uname,/opt/veeam/veeaminstaller,/usr/bin/rm,/usr/bin/cp,/usr/bin/chown,/usr/bin/veeamconfig,/usr/bin/chmod,/usr/bin/mv,/usr/bin/sh,/usr/bin/touch,/tmp/VeeamAgent*-*-*-*,/usr/bin/ps,/u

Buenas tardes estimados, Mejores practicas Veeam y su integración aun Dominio Active Directory Una consulta, estamos evaluado la implementación de Veeam y se mencionó que no se recomienda su integración al dominio. ¿Esto es cierto?  Me gustaría tener claro este punto, ya que de mi parte he visto varios artículos que mencionar su operatividad.2.- ¿Es recomendable integrar Veeam al Dominio Active Directory? Y si es recomendable, donde puedo obtener esa confirmación oficial? Agradecido de antemano por la ayuda que me puedan brindar, Saludos cordiales,

With the release of 12.1.2 on Tuesday May 21st and after completing several upgrades I decided to do a blog post on the update and upgrade process.You can find my blog here - https://just-virtualization.tech/2024/05/22/veeam-12-1-2-release-upgrade/ Veeam 12.1.2 Release – Upgrade On May 21, 2024, Veeam Software released an update to the Veeam Backup & Replication products in the form of version 12.1.2.172. This update addresses some critical security vulnerabilities as well as has new enhancements plus a ton more fixes to address other bugs and issues.You can find out more about the release from the following KB page – KB4510: Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 and UpdatesSome of the highlights for this release –VulnerabilitiesIndicated severity values are CVSS 3.1 scores.Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager (VBEM)CVE-2024-29849 | Severity: Critical (9.8)This vulnerability in Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager allows an unauthenticated attacker to log in to the Veea

Hi Community,after Rick's announcement (thanks for the initiative), I couldn't resist creating another script for the community.As documented, you can add one YARA rule file to the scan process. But what if you want to use multiple YARA rules? Of course you could work with a so-called index file, which refers to the individual YARA rules, but this brings a problem with it, because the YARA rules are stored on the VBR server, but the scan process provides the backups on the mount server and only one YARA rule can be used (This is a topic for another blog post - stay tuned).  What if we would like to use all YARA rules from Rick's Top 10 Ransomware Threats  blog post for a scan? And we don’t want to click so many times in the UI? This Powershell script can help. You can select all YARA rules, only selected YARA rules or all YARA rules if no selection has been made after 30 seconds. The script needs the backup job name and the hostname which has to be scanned. .\vbr-scan-backups.ps1 -Jobn

Hi everyone,Veeam Community Hackathon banner for 2024. Alfred is sitting in the middle at a desk. He is about to press a run button with his paw. Binary code and a slider is shown on the left of Alfred. In the middle the word Hackathon is shown with arrowed lines pointing to icons and text describing several aspects of the Hackathon: Development, Brainstorm, Time, Presenting, Goal, Teamwork, Community. The 2nd Annual Veeam Community Hackathon is back, and it's bigger and better than ever! Sep 26 9 AM EST/15:00 CEST to Sep 29 9 AM EST/15:00 CEST We, @JonahMay and I (@mkevenaar) are back with a new round for the Veeam Community Hackathon. This year we are joined by @jos.maliepaard and @Mayhem, who will be helping us organising this event. Just like last year, teams will be working together to enhance one of the Veeam products. However, this year the team members will be closer together! And yes, you read it correctly, we have extended the event from 24 hours to a whopping 72 hours! Wheth

We have two DCs running VMware clusters that have independent vcenters managing each of the clusters. A instance of Veeam B&R instance is proposed to be deployed in each DC to backup the local clusters. IN addition, there will be replication of some of the VMs across the DCs using Veeam B&R instance. Multiple packs of Veeam VUL licenses have been procured for all the VMs in both clusters. Need to understand on how we should be splitting the licenses across the two instances and the impact of VMs being replicated on the license consumption.

Veeam's Malware Detection feature released with v12.1 was certainly a much-anticipated and welcomed feature by many, me included. And, if you didn't read it, I even wrote about my initial experiences with it:But since enabling Inline Entropy Scan in my environment, I've really had to micro-manage it with regards to Malware events of potential malicious activity Veeam "finds". Veeam is certainly aware of the short-comings of the Inline Scan engine and I know they are hard at work preparing an update for release which I'm confident will make it better. See this Forums post for further details.In the meantime, I've had to really dig into doing a lot of Scan Backup and manual scan tasks, as well as get creative in how I do forensics on my systems to make sure the Malware Detection events I'm receiving are false positives. And if not, take care of those issues appropriately as well. I thought I'd share some of the forensics and analyses processes I'm doing in my environment to help the Comm

We have several Synology NAS devices that we would like to essentially backup to tape to take offsite via our monthly tapes. I stumbled upon an article about backing up files to tape and hitting the 10GB limit on the SQL Express DB. I’m not sure if this would be an issue for us or not. We’re on 12.1.2.172 Enterprise Plus Edition. Would this be an issue for us and we’d need to migrate our DB to our MSSQL Server (which we have and could possibly do). File to tape limitation - R&D Forums (veeam.com) Apart from that, I’m also interested in the best way to tackle this. Would it be best to backup directly to tape OR backup to a repository and then process said backup to tape? None of the current NAS devices are on our 10Gbps infrastructure. We think we have a way around that by using Synology Replication replicating the shares (as read-only) to one of our NAS which do have 10Gbps interfaces which would help when writing to tape.​​