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The various discussion in the below article gave rise to the creation of this article. In previous discussions on the community and my blog, we have extensively covered the steps for performing a clean installation of Windows Server, reinstalling Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR), and migrating the configuration database.If you wish to have your VBR running on the latest Windows Server 2025. I have crafted a very detailed article discussing the steps here “how to perform an in-place upgrade from Windows Server 2022 to Windows Server 2025”. Windows Server 2025 comes in the following editions tailored to different organisational needs. They are the Essential Edition, the St

I have a question. My current tape server has 4 SAS ports attached to my Quantum LTO-7 library. I can’t fit any more cards into this server, so that’s the max number of drives this one tape server will support.However, my tape library physically has *6* tape drives installed in it. Obviously, at the moment, only 4 are in use, as that’s all my tape server can handle. But I have a 2nd  tape server I can use, and it has 4 unused SAS ports. So what I want to do is, add this 2nd server to my Veeam environment as another tape server, and hook it up to my 2 used tape drives. That way, I should hopefully be able to drive all 6 tape drives at once., and Veeam will see the library as having 6 drives total. There should be no problem with that config, right? Veeam can utilize more than 1 tape server, surely. And since the drives are all in the same library, even if I have media pools that says use up to 2 drives at once,  it wouldn’t matter if one of those tap

How we can make exclusion for virus warning when backup m365 using VBO? 

Hello, I have a Gmail address and my company email address assigned to my profile. When I try to do anything, the verification links are sent to yet another address I don't have access to, and I'm stuck in a vicious cycle. I tried to ask for help through the sales department, but my request has gone unanswered. Please help.

XCP-ng stands for Xen Cloud Platform, next generation and it is an open-source virtualisation platform that allows you to manage virtual machines and networks efficiently.XCP-ng delivers high-performance enterprise-level virtualization with a rich ecosystem. You can integrate it into your full stack for management and backups. It serves as the modern successor to XCP, which developers originally created as an open-source version of Citrix XenServer back in 2010. XCP-ng ArchitectureXCP-ng is a secure platform by default and enables you to run any kind of virtualisation workload . It contains multiple components, built around the Xen Hypervisor. It’s meant to run on top of bare-metal machines.XCP-ng runs Xen hypervisor on bare metal hardware (CPU, RAM, disk, GPU) to host VMs and PVs (paravirtualized guests). Dom0 (control domain) manages everything via tools and APIs, while backend drivers handle stor

I am running into an issue where very large incrementals are being created even when the device is having little usage. On a 1.8 TB drive (1.56 TB used), an incremental of 980 GB and another incremental of 820 GB occurred a few days later in the past week. What could be causing this? I am using veeam agent for windows 13.0.1.1009

Hi all,I attach the step by step procedure to perform a PostgreSQL Database upgrade. PostgreSQL: CVE-2025-1094: PostgreSQL quoting APIs miss neutralizing quoting syntax in text that fails encoding validation KB4386: Upgrading the SQL Database Engine Software (Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL) Used by Veeam Backup & Replication Ensure that there are no jobs or restore tasks occurring. Manually Create a Configuration Backup. (Optional) 

I wanted to abandon my bare-metal Windows Server/VBR12 instance because of Microsoft and finally switch to VSA.So I set up and configured a bare-metal test installation of VSA on the server.This server has a direct connection to the HPE MSL 4048 tape library via a SAS controller.Full of anticipation, I then read: "Note that Veeam Software Appliance cannot be used as a tape server." at: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/connecting_tape_devices.html?ver=13Seriously? That's incredibly counterproductive!Now I'm supposed to set up and maintain another server because VSA doesn't have the usual integrated tape server role? I also haven't found any option in the web UI to integrate and use the currently running tape library via a tape server, as is usually the case.Seriously? Did the DevOps team drop the ball here?

     I have been talking with several service providers over the past 2 years around Broadcom. These conversations have shifted over the past few months. The initial conversations were around the price increase and change of functionality, but more recently around partners being kicked out of the program and no longer able to transact with Broadcom. This shift has forced service providers to reconsider how they would provide services to their customers and what options are out there.    I compare this to trying to get into fishing. You could just show up at the lake without any information and just start casting lures or live bait, but you have no plan on what fish species are in the lake, what depth you are at, is there any cover on the bottom. Although you could catch fish this way, your chances are more based on luck. The other option is to use technology to help you be more successful, things like a fish finder, live scope, lake maps with topographical detail, information

In te Part I We saw How→ Two Node Red Hat OpenShift 🤓 (TNA & TNF) Part1In Part II, we will walk through the officially documented failure scenarios for: Two Node OpenShift with Arbiter (TNA) Including scenarios such as: Arbiter node outage Single control plane node failure Double node outage Quorum loss      

IntroductionThe Veeam Software Appliance (VSA) v13 comes packed with a lot of new features and one of my favorite, is the ability to enable High Availability for the Veeam Backup and Replication server.The business outcomes for our customers are huge:Reduced Business Disruption Faster, More Predictable Recoveries Operational Confidence SLA ProtectionIn this article, we walk through how Veeam ONE acts as a Cluster Witness, how automated remediation enables hands‑off failover, and what operators should expect during failure, recovery, and cluster rebuild scenarios.HA Cluster Failover automation is one of these capabilities that made it late into the release and probably went unnoticed for most. 

veeam one, new build. Was working but the user account needed a password change. I changed and rebooted the veeam one server but services wont start. All say error 1069: the service did not start due to logon failure however the account logs in fineany ideas? thanks

Hi!I would like to share with y’all my initial “hands on” the VBR13 - Linux Based OVAPublishing the entry here, so you dont have to leave the Community Site:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I want to share my initial screenshots of the Linux-based Veeam Backup & Replication Server.Tech Preview: VBR on Linux (v13)Private technology preview for Veeam 100, for non-production use only. Let’s get started:As you may know, let’s deploy the OVA in our Vsphere Host:As always, follow the wizard…Select where the VM is going to be stored

B&R 12.3.1.1139 VOne 12.3.0.4670 Agent for MS 6.3.1.1074Job managed by agentA few months ago, I replaced a physical workstation that uses Windows Agent. I reinstalled the old SSD into the new computer. I renamed the PC. Everything works, including Veeam Agent backups but I noticed that email alerts and Malware scan related errors still reference the old computer name even though the new pc name is displayed in the B&R control panel.Since updating to B&R 12.3 and enabling Veeam Threat Hunter, I get the following email alerts:[Error] Malware analysis session has failed unexpectedly: Action completed with error [Failed] Daily malware detection report (0 malware events for 0 workloads)On the B&R server, I see the following in: C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\Svc.VeeamDataAnalyzer.log

hi,i try to install veeam  agent (i try with multiple version) on windows server 2025 but when i get to the point of installation it fails.on the log i see “ another installation is in progress” but i don’t have nothing in pending.

I understand from our network team, that the SQL agent running on Microsoft SQL 2019 causes the SQL server to lockup or the backups to lockup. Is there a method to configure the backups (data & logs) to prevent that?

Hi thereI have a question around hardened repository. A customer has purchased new hardware to implement a hardened repo and add it to the existing VEEAM setup (latest 12.x).I am trying to determine whether I should suggest to use the VEEAM Hardened ISO. I have downloaded version 2.0.0.8. Or should we stick with using Red Hat and harden that accordingly. My colleagues have done that before and we have the scripts to automate.I am new to the hardened repo game but I would think that using VEEAM iso would be simpler.What are the pro and cons?Also, maybe a silly question but it seems to me that the hardened repo is also built into the V13 virtual appliance ISO. Would it be possible to use v13 hardened repo and connect the repo to a VBR12 setup?Much appreciated.

Hello all, we are looking into SQL Server backup options, we have done a full server and a volume backup also. We see there is a Backup>Application>SQL option, however we cannot see the SQL option in our console….any ideas as we can see Oracle and Mongo available. Thanks in adavance, Tony.

Hi everyone, I’d like to get some feedback before deploying Veeam v13 in our environment. I’ve been tied up with other projects over the last six months, so I haven’t tested or worked with v13 yet. Our infrastructure is fully virtualized. We currently run two VMs: One VM running Veeam, performing daily jobs to an external Ubuntu hardened repository One physical server running Veeam, backing up everything to its own ReFS-based storage  My questions are: What is the best approach for deploying v13 — on a physical server or a virtual machine? Is it possible to use hardened storage with Veeam on the physical server?  Thanks in advance for the input!

First of all, a very happy New Year to everyone of the best community there is 😉It truly feels great to be writing here again.For those who already know me: I’ve been part of the Veeam Community Hub since the very beginning and had the honor of being a Veeam Legend for four consecutive years. The community has always been an important part of my professional journey, so stepping away wasn’t an easy decision.Some of you may have noticed that I was completely absent last year—and that I didn’t attend the  latest Veeam 100 Summit in Prague. Unfortunately, throughout 2025 my time was extremely limited, and I simply couldn’t engage in the way this community deserves. I made the conscious decision to take a sabbatical year from community activities. It was a hard call, but ultimately the right one.The good news?After a year, there’s once again room to focus on what I love:✔ sharing quality-dr

Hi all,We have 4 physical servers debian 13 that we did backup via the veeam linux agent 6.32...before  before.We didn't upgrade our VBR to v13 we are still on version V12.3.2.4165.Is there a way we install manual on the debian server the linux agent v13 and get this servers covered without upgrading to VBR v13any ideas?Thanks,Benny

Hello all,  I’m preparing a new fresh deployment of the infrastructure for Veeam 13. First I’m installing the database with Postgres 17.7.2 and installing Veeam 13 component after (EM in this case) in a different server. I’d like to know if there is any specific requirement I need to follow as I was not able to find much about this specific case (only the recommended configuration for VBR), I guess it’s the same. I also would like to know if you recommend to separate the WAL in an specific disk separated from the DB disk as this machine is going to handle heavy workloads. Thank you in advance!Eric

Just a heads up combined with the questions if others noticed the same:At a customer we have an quite important Windows Failover Cluster (2 VMs) being backed up via managed agents through a protection group. For good reasons the protection group is set to “automatic agent upgrade = no”. After the upgrade of the VBR to V13.0.1.1071 we did rescan the protection group to have it notice the now outdated agents.Instead of just detecting this, the rescan immediately decided to re-install the transport service.This is quite dangerous IMHO as we specifically did not want to trigger any installation tasks without actively starting from the GUI. Did anyone else see this behavior?Thanks,Michael

I’m currently migrating from VMware to Proxmox and have run into an issue with Veeam. Backups from iSCSI only work when the VM machine version is set to 9.1.I wanted to check if you have any visibility into when full support for version 10 is planned, as reverting my VMs to 9.1 significantly reduces the usability and performance of my iSCSI LUN.