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Hi Folks, Off topic but I think worth mentioning. I had a discussion with a fellow presenter at KubeHuddle this weekend. This person has achieved a lot more than me in the Kubernetes and IT world and I have a genuine respect for them. What struck me during our conversation was an apparent lack of ego in my partner’s interactions. There was not even the slightest nuance of bragging or self aggrandisement. At one point I said “you must be very proud about having achieved so much”. To my great surprise the response was very placid. “only the insecure and fools make great importance of their achievements, a bucket that is empty is easily filled with any liquid until it overflows, but a pipe conducts the liquid through and the liquid does not spill, be the pipe not the bucket”I put down the response to the person coming from a very different cultural background than mine. After all I grew up in the Canadian/American “push push, go  harder harder, work more more, stand above the rest culture

More of a note about an effect I experienced using the new Microsoft Purview Compliance tool for Data Lifecycle Management and Retention Policies.We are new to M365, and are still migrating to it. As part of the setup before I started migrating, I did create a “Default Retention Policy” in Microsoft Purview for Exchange objects. I started migrating, setup Veeam M365 Backup to protect the migrated mailboxes, and all was good.As we expanded our use of M365, I reviewed the “Default Retention Policy” and learned a few more things about it. Long and short of the story, the default policy I had created was not applying to anything (for reasons undetermined). I deleted the retention policy and recreated it and all heck broke lose as the Purview retention policy applied.At this stage of our migration, roughly 1 TB of mail had been migrated, and our “every 30 minute” Veeam snapshots were keeping up easily.After the Default Retention Policy started applying to all of the migrated mail, the next

env:1、vbr11a、vspc6、backup server（win2022） with backup agent success。2、upgrade to vbr12、vspc7。3、backup server（2022） with bakcup agent failed。4、no Capacity/Archive tier，just back up to vbr local disk.5、Only two Servers（vbr + vspc）。

One thing I really miss from other backup products I have managed, more detail displayed about what an active job is doing.  For example, a running Backup for 365 is taking a really long time.  The whole job summary says how many objects it has processed, number of items processed and the data transferred.But it does not show the same details in the actions. It only shows the name of the item and how long it is taking.  It would be really handy to know how many items and how much data has been transferred at the object level. Would help me understand what is going on and would allow me to investigate what changed to prompt a difference in backup times. 

So we're 7 days out from the big day, and thought we could put a collaborative Spotify playlist together for the event. I've added a couple of obvious tracks, but feel free to add more relevant tracks. Let's get an amazing playlist to match an amazing event.https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2iVGkhPztcEQyW7BrNJYGd?si=6a29d22cae4349d2

A few weeks ago I started to build my agenda for VeeamON 2023 in Miami. As there’s lots of interesting content covering various topics, it wasn’t easy at all to decide which sessions to attend. With over 130 sessions, I had conflicting schedules and so had to leave out some of those. This was especially hard as all sessions offer valuable knowledge, so I hope that recordings of most of them will be available after VeeamON.With this post I want to highlight ‘just some’ of the sessions I’ve picked for my agenda. There are much more great sessions, more that I could list here, so be sure you check the complete agenda.In-Person10 Years Working with Veeam: How it Helped Shape Our Careers All Demo Session for Veeam Hardened Repository Architecting Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 at Scale A-Z Automation Journey with Veeam’s Automation Desk QuizMania – Veeam 100 against the World Ransomware Recovery Unplugged Tape Your Data Now! Veeam Backup & Replication v12 Hidden Features Veeam Repositor

Any idea for this? It’s pure Hyper-V with Azure, not AWS. 1/31/2023 10:06:49 AM Warning Failed to connect to AWS plug-in: Failed to login to platform service: The HTTP resource that matches the request URI 'https://vbr11:9402/api/v1/account/login' is not supported.  

HiWe running an VBR11.0.1.1261 using SOBR with an QNAP as capacity tier. QNAP is supported S3 repository by Veeam and Veeam is partnering with QNAP. Also Immutable option should work as stated in https://www.veeam.com/sys469.After running while this setup we start getting strange errors.  Error deleting multiple items from SOBR invalid URI - which refers to cleanup operations on the S3 repository base on retention policy. VBR runs this operations in regular intervals.  In Veeam One - Data Protection View we get error type [v] (never seen before) and a Knowledge information that stats: S3 object storage added to VBR as repository may face overflow with small metadata file of 0 kb size. Cause: malfunction in object delete algorithm. Resolution - contact support to get a private fix. To get backups to SOBR working again we to delete objects from QNAP using qnap utilities. Now we try to synchronise SOBR with VBR DB but it takes forever. Has somebody came across this situation with AWS S3 o

Hello all,As many of you may have noticed, the VeeamON AMA did not broadcast as scheduled. There were some technical difficulties, and we apologize for that. An update on the new date for the AMA will be shared here once available. Until then, continue checking out the pre-event sessions that are available now on the VeeamON Attendee Portal! https://www.veeam.com/veeamon 

🐱Hello all,  It's less than three weeks until VeeamON Miami 2023! The anticipation is building, and we can feel the excitement in the air!But, before that @Rick Vanover and Product Strategy team have prepared a LIVE Ask Me Anything (AMA) session! Join us on May 11th for a chance to ask any questions you might have about Veeam and VeeamON! Get a sneak peek at the exciting content that will be featured in both the in-person and virtual experiences. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to connect with the experts and get the answers you need!Use the link below to register today:  https://connect.veeam.com/flow/veeam/veeamon2023/attendeeportal/page/sessioncatalog/session/1678240245854001tCwA Best, Madi

Hi,We have published VBR plugin to a tenant in VMWare vCloud director for VBR v12. It was successfully published, roles and self service configured. However, when i log into customer tenant from vCloud director and goto veeam protection under more. it pops up Error "Unable to connect to the Veeam backup infrastructure. Please contact service provider". Thanks.Best Regards,Farhan Ali

I have a problem when I tried to use quick migration jobError shows2023/5/5 下午 05:21:18 :: Copying snapshot files Error: Failed to open VDDK disk [*********] DRAP/AP.vmdk] ( is read-only mode - [false] )Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [XX.XX.XXX.X];Port: 902;Login: [root];VMX Spec: [moref=71];Snapshot mor: [71-snapshot-1];Transports: [nbd];Read Only: [false]] failed because of the following errors:Failed to open disk for write.Failed to download disk 'vddkConnSpec>'.Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.SyncDisk}.  2023/5/5 下午 05:22:57 :: Failed to process VM DRAP at Friday, May 05, 2023 17:22:57 Error: Failed to open VDDK disk [*********] DRAP/AP.vmdk] ( is read-only mode - [false] )Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [XX.XX.XXX.X];Port: 902;Login: [root];VMX Spec: [moref=71];Snapshot mor: [71-snapshot-1];Transports: [nbd];Read Only: [false]] failed because of the following errors:Failed to open disk for write.Failed to download disk 'vddkConnSpec>'.Agent failed

Guys, I don’t know if everyone is aware, but VMware has this course for free until 06/15/2023: https://learning.customerconnect.vmware.com/site/program.do?dispatch=showProgramSession&id=18657ec2-4eb2-11ed-b5a6-0cc47a352292You also win 1.500 points in VMware Reward and a chance to win a VCP Exam voucher.More information here: https://blogs.vmware.com/learning/2023/04/27/invest-in-your-cloud-skills-and-earn-1500-rewards-points/

VMware vSphere logoRecently VMware released Update 1 for both VMware vCenter and ESXi. I successfully upgraded my vCenter but had to wait on the ESXi hosts until the VMware USB NIC Fling was updated to be compatible with Update 1. It is now updated and can be downloaded from here – VMware USB NIC FlingI downloaded the fling and the Update1 ZIP file from the VMware site that I could run on the CLI of each host after enabling SSH. So I connected to my hosts via the Web UI, logged in and enabled SSH. I then used Mobaxterm to connect to each of my hosts.The steps at a high level to upgrade are as follows –Remove the current USB Fling driver from each host Reboot the host to complete the VIB removal Enable SSH again on each host Run the CLI command to process the Update1 ZIP file on each host Reboot each host to ensure Update 1 is applied Enable SSH again on each host Install the USB NIC Fling for Update 1 Reboot each host to ensure the drivers are loaded Check the Web UI to ensure the USB

"Mastering Veeam Backup & Replication 12 - Third Edition" is now in publication (since April 2023) and is ready to order either the book or e-book/kindle.Well, since writing my first book on v10 and my second one on v11, I debated to myself about writing the update of the book to v12.  It took me some time to process and think about if I wanted to do it, and after attending VeeamON 2022 in Las Vegas, where v12 was introduced, it got me excited, and I then took the plunge.  This time, the process was much smoother as I had already done the first & second books and understood the templates, formatting, etc.  The team at Packt worked with me again and my busy schedule to create something I think that everyone will enjoy reading.  Whether you are a newbie with Veeam or a seasoned expert, you can learn something from this book.Veeam 12 best practices: design and deploy a secure and resilient platformKey FeaturesGain in-depth knowledge of Core Architecture Changes, including PostgreS

Hello! In this topic I would like to cover the steps to change the default Veeam Backup for Azure worker disk size.There are some scenarios where you need to increase the volume size of the worker depending on the size of your protected VM. This change must be done via restAPI, so one of the options we have is using Swagger, which is the restAPI tool built-in the VB for Azure appliance.You can refer to this page on user guide to find detailed steps to authenticate Swagger. As soon as you are properly authenticated in Swagger you need to find and expand the Workers method: Locate the endpoint: api/v4/workers/profiles/{regionId} and click on Try it OutIn the request body, these are some of the parameters you can use:In this case we will not configure worker profiles per VM size, so we will use only the Simple type and Archive type since they are mandatory if not using different profiles.You can find more information about worker profiles here. Fill out the body request as follows:{ "min

In this post, I will show how to create the Orchestrator Plan in VDRO v6 and execute the Datalab Test.EnvironmentVMware vCenter Server Appliance 8.0 VMware vSphere 8.0 Veeam Backup and Replication v12 Veeam Disaster Recovery Orchestrator v6 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Protected VM)Remark: This architecture is NOT used for production environment, it can be used for home lab only.  For architecture, please refer to this link https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdro/userguide/architecture_overview.html?ver=60LicensesVMware vCenter Server Standard Edition VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition Veeam Data Platform – Premium Edition v12 Veeam Recovery Orchestrator v6Configuration FlowCreate a virtual lab environment in VBR Setup a VM replication job in VBR Create an Orchetration plan Execute the Readiness Test Execute the Datalab Test For details of virtual lab and orchestration plan configuration, please refer to my blog:https://wuchikin.wordpress.com/2023/05/03/veeam-disaster-recovery-orchest

Hi, is it possible to use the same VUL license on two different standalone VBR servers ?the VBR in the main site doing the backup to disk and then backup copy and replicate only one VMto the VBR server in the DR site to his local repository. the license is for 5 VM bundle and in practice only one VM is backup and then copy and replicate to DR.Thanks

Forever Forward Incremental Backup + Backup Copy job Tape Out.With one Forever Forward Incremental Backup job can we configure multiple tape out Backup Copy job with Virtual full option for each day targeting to different media tape group.Primary Job will be one (forever forward incremental backup job) and a separate Backup copy jobs for each day Monday to Sunday.Will it work. And  if we restore tape backup from any one day (Monday group to Sunday group) i hope will it restore the full backup.

Introduction Creating the CSR Requesting the certificate Creating the PFX Replace the certificate Introduction Some customers would like to change the self-signed certificate used by the Web Console for Veeam for Public Cloud products.In this guide I will show all the steps involved in this process: Creating the request Creating the certificate Importing CA Root certificates Changing the certificateI'm using the Veeam Backup for Azure as an example, but all the steps are the same for Veeam for GCP and Veeam for AWS. Important:This guide assumes you have a public domain and that you created the host A record for the DNS name you will use.Also, I’m using ZeroSSL just to demonstrate the process of requesting a valid certificate, some steps could be different depending on the Certificate Authority used. Creating the CSR Let's create the certificate request using OpenSSL.DigiCert has a web tool to create the command: https://www.digicert.com/easy-csr/openssl.htm  Connect to the appliance vi

Outlook PST incremental backups ( Block level )  is possible in Windows Agent based backups.

Hey guys,  i run a small server in a NGO, our Veeam is still in version 9.0 without support since 2019. I’ve recently run into a backup problem, and our support IT company, told me that i should get a newer version of Veeam, and install in a new  VM(5th).I asked if it was possible to upgrade, which they said, no, and now Veeam only does subscriptions, and proceeded to give me a budget for 3 year. From what i read perpetual is still available, just more expensive than subscriptions, but what about upgrading? Could i not install 9.5 on a new VM, renew and upgrade up to 12? What do you think?

When I Backup Job compleate Then Backup Copy Job Is next run .Can Setting Backup Job Copy Run Completed is Call  Backup Job is Runremark : because i can’t setting Backup Job Schedule Time because I don’t know Backup Job Copy Long time to backup .  best regards