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USB drive used as copy job repo is having input / output error, cannot open the drive in the server 

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Choosing the right object storage for backup and ransomware protection is not just about capacity — it’s about immutability, compliance, operational simplicity, and cost predictability.Here’s a clear comparison of three common approaches when using Veeam Backup & Replication: ✅ Veeam Vault (AWS/Azure)Designed as a managed STaaS offering, Veeam Vault delivers always‑on immutability, built‑in encryption, and a logical air‑gap by design. It integrates natively with SOBR and Capacity Tier, offers predictable per‑TB pricing, and removes infrastructure management overhead from the customer. ✅ Native AWS S3 / Azure BlobProvides strong integration and scalability, including Object Lock / immutable containers and support for compliance mode. However, immutability and air‑gap depend heavily on correct

Dear AllGreetings!!!I fany one face this issue please let me know.Server Error in Veeam one - One or more critical product files have been modified. Please roll back the changes, or reinstall the product.After login into Web console of Veeam One i am getting this error message.Running Version is : 13.0.1.6168 

HelloI am experiencing a behavior that seems unusual compared to my previous experiences. I have three Tape pools with different retention policies. When I try to move a tape from one of these pools to the 'Free' pool, I receive a notification stating that moving the tape will cause it to be formatted.Is this normal behavior? Additionally, how can I remove a tape from a pool without it being formatted?

Backups without notifications are like monitoring without alerting: you can live with it—until the day you can’t.Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) and Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager (VEM) can send automated emails, for example when an event is triggered, like:Job success/warning/failure  Infrastructure warnings Licensing/support notificationsThe goal: you find out about problems as soon as they happen.(And yes: “no news” are also news—but only if you’re sure your email delivery is actually working.) Veeam Doku: E-Mail-Settings & Notifications (VBR v13)https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/pve_email_settings.html?ver=13

In Part 1, we talked about the difference between reactive and proactive Veeam operations.But knowing the difference is the easy part. The real question is:How do you actually make the transition—without overhauling everything at once?Because most environments can’t just stop and rebuild.They have to evolve.This is how you do it—step by step, without creating more chaos in the process. Step 1: Get Visibility (You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See)Before you change anything, you need a clear picture of where you are.Start with:Job success vs warning vs failure rates Backup job durations (are they increasing?) Repository capacity and growth rate Restore success history (if any exists)The goal:Understand your baseline.Not what you think is happening—what’s actually happening.Proactive

 Introduction: A Journey That Started with 3-2-1-1-0Five years ago, I published my first Veeam community post about the 3-2-1-1-0 golden backup rule. That post marked the beginning of my journey as a Veeam Legend.Back then, the rule was already considered best practice. Today, it is still relevant — but no longer sufficient on its own.The threat landscape has evolved. So our backup strategies need to follow.The Foundation Still MattersThe 3-2-1-1-0 rule remains the baseline:3 copies of your data 2 different media types 1 offsite copy 1 immutable or air-gapped copy

 In a recent customer project, I was allowed to perform a new installation of the Veeam Recovery Orchestrator (VRO). The installation itself was initially completely inconspicuous – but on a German-language Windows Server operating system, which later turned out to be a decisive factor.Immediately after the installation, we authorized the local administrator group within the Onboarding-Wizard to access the VRO system. So far, so good. Or so we thought! The result: No user who was a member of the local administrators group was able to log on to the VRO system.  Error: Access denied for the user 'User-within-local-Administrators-Group': the provided credentials are invalid or the use

Hello, veeamazing community,I am back with another Veeam Vanguard Newsletter packed with tons of great content! Go and check yourself what articles published our veeamazing Vanguards during the month of March!  Across these articles and videos, the authors cover a broad set of Veeam platform operations, security, and community themes: from urgent Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) patching and remediation of critical CVEs (including guidance to update promptly) to platform upgrade and maintenance tasks such as upgrading embedded PostgreSQL and step-by-step Veeam v13 suite upgrades (Veeam ONE, Enterprise Manager, Recovery Orchestrator, and VBR). Several posts dive into v13 architecture and hardening, including Veeam Software Appliance / VSA customization via config files (instead of Windows registry), 

I’m getting the below error after upgrading Veeam servers from v12 to the latest release of v13. It’s a windows based install of Veeam, and it is connected to a (dedicated to Veeam only) AD domain.My user has local administrator permissions, Veeam Backup Administrator permissions, and MFA disabled for testing/troubleshooting purposes. The is happening across each of the Veeam v13 servers I have on the domain.It is only happening for mine and one other engineer’s user accounts, but other engineer’s accounts are not affected. We are all in the same AD groups so permissions are the same.I have tried removing Veeam Backup Administrator permissions from my account, rebooting, and re-adding, to no effect.Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions for what else to check? In the meantime I have a case open with Veeam support, and hoping they can come up with something.

I’m playing with the VHR ISO and wonder how we can add a second LVM volume to the VHR.We do this for RHEL and Ubuntu builds so I’m interested if we can do this with VHR.The sort of scenario would be where you add another bunch of disks or disk shelf into a physical server (and possibly controller) so we can have a physically separate second set of storage rather than buy a new server.Some use cases:You also might want to separate remote site backups onto separate Repo’s for specific regulatory or governance requirements Getting the most value from the physical hardware

Hi, can someone tell me how to troubleshoot this? I installed Veeam on Windows 11 Home and defined its configuration, then resolved issues it reported. When I ran the backup job it reported success but no backups were created. I followed the quick start guide for a simple setup using my Dell for all components and tried backing up my C:\ drive to another drive where I would copy backup files to an ssd to keep offline.

You might have missed it but this week Mr. Cloud Connect published a blog about setting up a test KMS server! Exactly a Month ago I was thinking the same thing and found it to be a world of pain. At the time I tried PyKMIP and Cosmian but had major issues. Then I tried vibe coding a KMS DIY server with my buddy Claude (well at times buddy at others arch enemy!!). I got to the point where Veeam accepted the KMS server but then the job would fail. ​@LDelloca did what folks at his level simply do, forked the old PyKMIP and added the bits and pieces needed! He is not known as Mr. Cloud Connect for nothing, see his blog here: https://www.virtualtothecore.com/fixing-pykmip-for-veeam-integration/My home lab is not big so I try to do everything in containers and for this I looked at his forked git

Hi i have a PC that was being backed up wit veeam agent for windows free edition not managed by VBRThe PC is runing windows 10 22H2 ,After an agent update started getting the error failed to start service "VeeamEndpointBackupSvc"Tried repairing the agent , i tried removing it and reinstalling it still getting the same error .It seems something with the agent setting is wrong and removing the agent doesn't really clean all the data from the PC , tried even installing older version still the same.Also i am not seeing that service registered in services Any ideas how to purge the data ?  Or Fix this issue ?Thanks

 1. Two Backup Methods, One Recovery Console Veeam provides two distinct methods for backing up Oracle databases. The first is image-level backup with application-aware processing, where VBR takes a VM-level or agent-level backup and handles Oracle archived redo logs as a guest processing subtask. The second is the Veeam Plug-in for Oracle RMAN, which integrates directly with Oracle's native Recovery Manager and sends backup data to a Veeam repository through the RMAN SBT (System Backup to Tape) interface.Both methods feed into the same recovery tool: Veeam Explorer for Oracle. Explorer can restore databases from either backup type through a single interface. The key difference is what each method captures and what recovery options each enables.  Capability

I been trying to resote a vmware backup to a proxmox server but I can see the server and I can choose the datastore in the proxmox server but it always fails with “ Failed to prepare disk” It doesn’t matter what type of file type I choose. Has anyone been able to get passed this?

I am upgrading my Home Lab to new hardware.  Re: I can’t get the register email for mike.mckenney@scsiraidguru.comVeeam Server:  I upgraded the Veeam Server to Windows 10 22H2 from Windows 7.  I can’t install Windows 11 on this box.  I had to remove one of my three tape drives (SCSI) to go to 10.  I have two SAS tape drives.  Veeam is on 11A.   Veeam is working on all boxes except my HP Z480 below.HP Z840 Workstation:  I installed Windows 2022 Standard Server with Hyper-V.  It is in my workgroup, workgroup.  It is in the same network and subnet as my Veeam Server, Windows 11 workstaion and all VMs.  Windows Firewall is turned off.  It was on Windows 10.   Hyper-V is working.  I have 6 Minecraft Servers for our children and family to play on.   They are 8 and 10.   All Ubuntu 24.04 VMs.   Java, Bedrock and Folia.  They love to play with mods and plugins.   I can’t get to the Community Downloads for v12GA and latest v12.   I never get to

My home lab: Veeam 11 server is on Windows 10.  I have 6 Ubuntu VMs on my HP Z840 workstation with Windows 2022 Standard Hyper-V.    How do I backup each VM separate so I can recover them.   Both are in a workgroup.    Veeam won’t recognize the 2022 Standard as a Hyper-V server.   Veeam 11 can see it as a 2022 Standard Server.   Do I need to install a Hyper-V agent or Windows Server agent on this box?     

It was Christmas Eve. Most people were wrapping gifts, winding down, and logging off early. But for one of our clients  a construction company with decades of project data, intellectual property, and live customer records, that night would become one of the most terrifying in the company's history. A double-encryption ransomware attack had just taken down every system. Completely dark. Several other construction companies across the region were affected by the same attack that night. What made this attack different wasn't just its timing. The attackers were sophisticated. They didn't just encrypt the production environment they deleted the on-site Veeam Backup & Replication server, wiped the local backup copies, and went after the cloud backup repository too. I was a deliberate, calculated attempt to leave no recovery path. They almost succeeded. When the Call Came InAs a managed service provider, we know that dat

Looking for in-person Veeam VBR or Veeam ONE training in Canada. I know there are plenty of virtual options, but I’m a bit 'old school' and prefer a traditional classroom setting. Is it still possible to attend these courses in person in Canada or the US?Thanks for your tips!!

   Recently a customer asked me: “Is it actually a problem if I add a branch office with ESXi hosts that are managed by a vCenter to Veeam as standalone hosts instead of adding the vCenter? What impact does that have?” The short answer: Yes, it can have noticeable impact — functionally, operationally, and also in terms of backup consistency when VMs are moving (with vMotion). Best practice in general is to add the vCenter as the management instance in Veeam, not the individual ESXi hosts.  Okay, but why?  What is vCenter — and why is it more than “just” a GUI?  vCenter Server is the central management instance for VMware vSphere environments. It centrally manages