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Hi thereTime to update the Lab, this time, easy monitoring for VMs, Services and Webs.UPTIME - KUMAIm going to show you how to easily deploy an instance inside Proxmox, containerized, ready to go.First, go to this website and search the community script to deploy it:https://community-scripts.org/?q=uptimeCopy the command, as shown in the pictureGo to your Proxmox Host, open a terminal, and paste the commandHit EnterLets follow

I have a requirement to make monthly backup and store to different tape catridge.Example for January will be store to media pool januari, februari to media pool februari and etc and should use full backup. So January 2026 will be full backup and on January 2027 will overwrite Januari 2026 and make full backup for Januari 2027.I try to make job backup ro running monthly and set the retention to 1 days then for 1st time the job running full like what i expected. Then i try to run in next day for simulate the job running on Januari 2027 then the backup running in incremental and not full backup.Can someone help for my issue here? 

I am currently migrating my backup repository.Previously, I used a Linux Hardened Repository for primary backups, but I have now switched to an ExaGrid backup appliance. The primary backup to the new ExaGrid device has been successfully completed.Now, I want to reuse the backup data stored in the old Linux repository as a secondary target using the Backup CopyBefore: Primary (Linux Repository only)After: Primary (ExaGrid) --> Backup Copy --> Secondary (Linux Repository)However, when I try to select the existing Linux repository and use the "Map Backup" option in the Backup Copy job settings, it fails to recognize the existing backup data. I have already deleted the original backup job from the Linux repository, and the data is currently showing as Disk (Orphaned)The Veeam version is 12.3.2, and the backup source is a vSphere VM. My questions are:Is it impossible to reuse backu

How to change name and what to watch out for and what to consider if you have unmanaged plugins. My Name is „Bond“ – „Repository, Bond“ – Display-Name vs. FQDN – Licensed to Rename  Sometimes, in the backup universe, you simply want to bring order to chaos, fix a mistake, or the naming structure has just changed. So a repository is supposed to get a new, nicer name. Or the server behind it needs to be renamed because a domain migration is coming up, naming conventions have changed, or a rebranding is being rolled out. Basically: “We’re cleaning everything up now.” And this is exactly where you need to: “Change the name”. I know it sounds harmless at first — but it rarely is. Especially in IT, names often have… well… everything attached to them

I have backup job to create full backup to the disk then to tape. Total full backup no more than 2TB but why veeam use 2 tape catridge to backup this?Each catridge have 10.9TB and one only one catridge should be enough. 

 When you're standing up a Hyper-V cluster and adding it to Veeam Backup & Replication, the proxy placement question comes up. The documentation says you can use on-host or off-host backup mode, and both work. What it doesn't tell you is what the data path looks like. Or what infrastructure each mode requires. Or what happens when VBR makes a decision you didn't expect.This post covers what I've observed running on-host backup across a Hyper-V cluster and what the docs say about off-host mode.How Veeam Sees a Hyper-V ProxyVeeam's proxy for Hyper-V is not the same component as a VMware backup proxy. For Hyper-V, the role is fulfilled by the Veeam Data Mover. In on-host mode, every Hyper-V host you add to VBR gets the on-host proxy role automatically. You don't install it yourself. The VBR pushes the Data Mover to each host when you add it to the infrastructure.In off-host mode, the Data Mover runs on a separate machine outside the cluster. Tha

I have seen repeated conversations around leveraging SSO in Veeam v13, particularly concerns about joining the backup server to a production domain. This has also come up multiple times in my discussions with partners.Based on that, I put together this exercise to explore a few possible ways of addressing those concerns. It may be more than what some environments need, but sharing it here to get thoughts and opinions from the wider community.The challenge: Central identity Vs domain isolationVeeam Software Appliance v13 brings a SAML SSO experience into Veeam Backup & Replication. Organization want to integrate with Microsoft Entra ID forSingle Sign-on Unified Identity management Central auditingBased on my recent engagements with users, I have heard an interesting challenge: connecting Veeam to a production Entra domain. It has long been considered a best practice to avoid joining backup infrastructure to the pro

Hello Community,  There’s something every backup admin will relate to.You arrive, open the Veeam console, filter jobs by status, start clicking through failures, make a note of error codes, maybe open a browser tab to Google it or check the Veeam Community, cross-reference it, and slowly form a picture of what your morning actually looks like.By the time you know what needs fixing, it's already been half an hour. I’ve done this for years. We all have.  A few days back, I came across a post talking about Veeam introduced feature called Data Resilience Daily, also known as the Morning Coffee Report.The concept is straightforward. Before you open any console, the report lands in your inbox and tells you exactly what happened overnight, which jobs have issues, which workloads are affected, and what you should probably do about it.When I first heard about it, my reaction was simple. Another summary

Fresh install of backup 13 latest version adding a secondary hv host to be backed up (standalone) get the following 20/04/2026 19:03:46 Failed : Infrastructure item save failed Error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. reinstalled, turned off av, disabled firewall, rebooted all the same - the 3rd HV host is fine

Referencing thi site - https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/repos_rman.html?zoom_highlight=storeonce+RMAN&ver=13 Why is there a limit of 3,000,000 files per Catalyst Store when using HPE StoreOnce as a backup repository for Veeam Plug-In backups?

Veeam 12In v12 is not so sensitive via WMI/DCOM connection Veeam 13Upgrade to v13 was successful.All services are runningPS C:\Users\user01> Get-Service | Where-Object { $_.Name -like "Veeam*" }Status Name DisplayName ------ ---- -----------Running VeeamAHVSvc Veeam AHV ServiceRunning VeeamAWSSvc Veeam AWS ServiceRunning VeeamAzureSvc Veeam Azure ServiceRunning VeeamBackupCdpSvc Veeam CDP Coordinator ServiceRunning VeeamBackupRESTSvc Veeam Backup Server RESTful API Ser…Running VeeamBackupSvc Veeam Backup ServiceRunning VeeamBackupUpda… Veeam Backup Update ServiceRunning VeeamBrokerSvc Veeam Broker ServiceRunning VeeamCatalogSvc Veeam Guest Catalog ServiceRunning VeeamCloudSvc Veeam Cloud Connect ServiceRunning VeeamDataAnalyz… Veeam Data Analyzer ServiceRunning VeeamDeploySvc Veeam Installer ServiceRunning VeeamDistributi… Veeam Distribut

Hi Folks,Next week we will be launching our new Fleet Manager and we have a true star joining us! See if you can guess who that is 😁! There will also be some other cool folks present. If you have time please join us. https://objectfirst.com/fleet-manager-launch-event/  

We have a Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager that connects to several Veeam B&R servers at our remote sites and child companies. As we’ve been upgrading to V13, the requirement to use HTTPS to connect to the VBR server is causing endless issues. Most of these sites are smaller, and only have one external IP that’s used for something user-facing, such as client VPN. (You know, because default ports are good for end users that wouldn’t know how to specify them.)V12 used Veeam-specific custom ports that we could forward to the VBR servers and there was no issue whatsoever, but the upgrade to V13 has ruined this. It is necessary to be able to specify a custom port for BEM to collect data from VBR servers. We’re not pointing a web browser at this, and backup software is an ideal place for knowledgeable IT staff to use and document custom ports, or even just a single nonstandard port that Veeam uses by default (like is used to with 9392). I don’t know who deci

Hi, Today I have another issue with a hardened repository The VHR is in emergency mode with the message “cannot open access to the console - the root account is locked”I followed the step from this document https://www.veeam.com/kb4663 but unfortunately the root account remains locked. Any further advise? Thanks  

doing a trial version as thinking of switch to the linux hosted server but have run into an issue while testing. While setting up the backup it said preferred method was certificate for authentication for backups which I did and the backup works just fine. Now comes the fun part I cannot restore back to the windows PC, the browse and OK buttons are greyed out. If I choose other location I have to pick SSH for authentication which I am confused about, anyway I can restore the file to the veeam server and copy it back but that's a very ugly way to do things. What am I missing here or failed to setup properly?

Hi,Today I upgrade in my homelab (with NFR license) from Veam 12.3 to 13. I have 3 Proxmox node and three Proxmox backup job, Everything was running fine before the upgrade. Now with 13 I discovered that Proxmox is missing, when I click “add new server” and virtualization platform Proxmox is not there. Proxmox plug in is installed version 13.3.1.7 No idea what has happened with the upgrade. The upgrade process ran without an issue. Any idea? What I already did is uninstall the Veeam Proxmox plug-in and reinstalled installed after a restart of each step.

I am not sure if this has been posted somewhere before but I thought I would post my experience of setting up Linux proxies for our VMware backups and the one issue I ran into. I deployed a couple of Ubuntu 22.04 VMs, as I will be using hot-add for the VM backups. I added them to the VBR server and created a test backup of one VM. First backup attempt and I got this error:Error: Cannot get service content. Soap fault. Temporary failure in name resolution Detail: 'getaddrinfo failed in tcp_connect()', endpoint: 'https://vc.domain.local:443/sdk' SOAP connection is not available. Connection ID: [vc.domain.local]. Failed to create NFC download stream. NFC path: [nfc://conn:vc.domaint.local,nfchost:host-1310340,stg:datastore-1310378@TEST/TEST.vmx]. --tr:Unable to open source file [nfc://conn:vc.domain.local,nfchost:host-1310340,stg: So the key to the problem is “failure in name resolution”. Specifically name resolution from my new Linux pr

We have a few clients that have a single physical server and have a service or application that is already using port 443.  So when we attempt to upgrade from v12 to v13, it won’t install since 443 is being used and v13 uses it for the Veeam Web Service.  Assuming we can temporarily disable this service/app to get the upgrade to complete, is there a way once v13 is installed to get the Veeam Web Service to use a different port?

Ansible + Veeam + AI + Monitoring and Observability Tools = AIOps Everything starts with a signal.A sudden spike detected by Dynatrace.Suspicious behavior flagged by CrowdStrike.A failed backup showing up in Splunk.Before, this meant just another ticket.Someone had to notice it.Someone had to analyze it.Someone had to act.Time lost.Today, the flow is different.Observability detects.AI evaluates.The system decides.And that’s where everything changes.👉 Ansible Automation Platform executes automatically:isolates the workload adjusts the infrastructure triggers remediation workflowsMeanwhile…👉 Veeam ensures there is always a clean recovery point:immutable backups validated re

So Andy you did Magic tricks some time ago right? Can you tell me how security and ransomeware scanning is done by veeam with a card trick? Im a little rusty with it, but sure Challenge accepted, I will give it a try…   Can you tell me how security and ransomware scanning is done by veeam?SureSo lets do an abstraction. So we’ve got your files. Let’s think about 52 files inside a card deck.Each card in this deck, represents your workload, your database, your VMs, your server, your fileservers, your hardware servers.Each card is one of them and of course they all have a lot of data inside of them.Now one of your files,  one of your file servers is gettin

Hi All,I’m encountering an error when attempting a restore from VBR version 13.1.2064 (recently upgraded):“ResourceExhausted: Sending message exceeds the maximum configured message size.”Does anyone know if this is a known issue or bug in the newer VBR versions?

I enabled MFA for login and if I login from veeam server then I asked to enter the MFA every I open the console.If i login from veeam console from my laptop then i’m only asked to enter the MFA when 1st time connect to the server. After that even i already reboot my laptop then i never asked to enter the MFA again.

Hello,Yesterday I had to re-install Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.  I now lost my ability to restore from previous backups.  When I try to do a test restore, I can only choose backups from yesterday.  Is there a way to fix this?

I am in need of some assistance from the community with Veeam Backup & Replication. I upgraded the server to 13.0.1.2067. No errors were thrown during the upgrade, logs don’t show any red flags that stick out; however the service hangs when attempting to access the localhost database server.Here is what I see:When the Veeam console is run, the “Specify backup server” page appears:After the localhost database is selected, the next window appears: The console goes no further than this, and the system doesn’t show any signs of activity. All services show as running on the server: