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In the world of data management, backups serve as a crucial safety net against data loss. They act as a shield, preserving data in case of accidental deletion, hardware failures, cyberattacks, or other unforeseen disasters. When it comes to creating backups, various strategies exist, each with its own advantages and considerations. Among these strategies, full, incremental, and differential backups stand out as fundamental methods, offering distinct approaches to data protection. Moreover, the concepts of synthetic full backups and block cloning have also emerged as valuable enhancements to traditional backup methodologies.Full Backups: The Foundation of Data PreservationA full backup serves as the foundational snapshot of all data within a system. It captures every file and folder, creating a complete replica of the entire dataset. While comprehensive, full backups tend to be time-consuming and resource-intensive due to the need to copy all data each time they are executed. Despite th

Today we are going to setup Object Storage for our lab leveraging Object First’s Ootbi. This is a test lab environment for demo purposes. After powering on Ootbi we are brought to the license screen.LicenseAfter accepting the agreement we land on the Available Options page.Available OptionsWe will now setup a new cluster.New Cluster SetupHostnameCluster name and Cluster IPNext we need to give our system a password.New PasswordWe are almost done.Completed SuccessfullyTurn on the Telemetry service.Telemetry ServiceWe have now completed the Ootbi setup.Cluster SetupNext we can move on to the Web UI.Web UIAfter logging in for the first time Ootbi will give us hints of what our next steps should be.HintWe will now create S3 Access keys.Create New KeyKeys CreatedNow Ootbi wants us to create a bucket. Create a BucketBucket CreationBucket CreatedWe are now ready to move on to Veeam. Remember to copy the endpoint for use when connecting from Veeam.EndpointWe will now add Ootbi as a Veeam Reposi

I’ve installed and configured the Veeam MS SQL agent on a MS SQL Server 2022 instance.  During the DB backup setup, I can’t select object based repository or my SOBR. What is the best way to transition MS SQL backups to S3? Replication jobs only allow VMs.  The Backup Copy and Copy Job only show local repositories.

Hi all! I’ve been following along with Michael Cade’s renewed journey into home labbing on twitter at the same time that I’m doing a bit of the same. I’m currently working through the following2x AceMagic AM06Pro (https://www.amazon.com/Computers-Windows-Display-Desktop-Bluetooth/dp/B0BQHBWPYX) upgraded to 64 GB ram and 3 TB of internal disks each for ESXi hosts 1x AceMagic T8 Plus (https://www.amazon.com/ACEMAGIC-Computer-3-Screen-Bluetooth-Computers/dp/B0CQJQPZJX) as a Proxmox host (hopefully) 1 QNAP TS332x for basic iSCSI and object storage 1 Synology 923+ that I’m hoping to do some Veeam related goodness on. Cloud based object storage from 11:11 Systems as well as some vCD compute for VCC In addition I have some resources in AWS that I’ll leverage to do testing and learning with. What are you all doing for labs in modern times? If you are actively using a lab what are you testing, what’s exciting you?

When I was a kid my mother told me never talk about politics, religion or money. Luckily, she'll never read this. I'm pretty sure she thinks I sit in a basement and do something that involves backing up iPhones. I can promise we won't touch politics or religion though, but we are most certainly going to talk money, and more importantly, how to help reduce IT cloud spend.All three major cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, and GCP) offer native backup options. The main advantage being ease of deployment as it's just a checkbox to enable for the most part. As companies move workloads or create net new workloads in the cloud it's common the data protection team is left behind as cloud admins will manage the backups themselves. This quickly becomes unsustainable though both from a cost and management perspective. Sifting through monthly cloud bills to find backup costs is not as easy as one might think. To understand the total cost of ownership (TCO) associated with protecting cloud workloads, manag

Hi everyoneI run the Solution Architects team at Veeam for the Americas. My team have been working on updating and extending capacity calculators for use by the Veeam team, partners and customers. We worked in close collaboration with Product Management, R&D (i.e. Gostev's teams) and our CIS team to overhaul the formulae and update the user experience. I am happy to report that the updated calculators are now generally available at https://www.veeam.com/calculators.A couple of notes:the calculators are, of course, estimates. Your mileage may vary given the innumerable variables in any IT environment. the new calculators use new, updated maths developed in collaboration with the product teams, and have a new UI. This is focused on capacity, however some compute guidance is offered in the result 'Details' where appropriate. we worked to cover more common Veeam scenarios than before, i.e. beyond just VBR or VB365. Therefore, the calcs cover things like unstructured data, cloud, databa

Can I use the same veeam data essentials license for two office locations?  Each location will have one VMware Server and one VM for each server?

Hola!He tenido la suerte de tener en mis manos un appliace the OOTBI,(Gracias @Geoff Burke por la cesión)Como miembro de la comunidad de Veeam, os quiero compartir mi pequeño “unboxing”,con unos comentarios sobre lo que ví!En las próximas semanas, espero poder tener más información, y sobre todo hacer mil pruebas al appliance, tanto hardware como software!https://lfconsulting.org/object-first-ootbisaludos.

Why am I not allowed to create a recovery media for this machine?

We're getting a fairly large number (~1K/week) of "OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt" IDS alerts and blocked connections from our Meraki firewall for ESXi-Veeam traffic.The alerts look like this:Time Type Source Network Destination Disposition Action Details Mar 25 2:59:25 IDS Alert <ESXi IP>:902 <network name> VeeamDRS Meraki Network OS   Blocked SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt  Most of the alerts for OpenSSLv3, with a few for TLSv1.1 and TLSv1. The following table summarizes alerts over a 2-week period.Most prevalent threatsThreat Occurrences SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt 1547 SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt 324 SERVER-OTHER OpenSSL SSLv3 large heartbeat response - possible ssl heartbleed attempt 301 SERVER-OTHER

In my post about Hyper-V 2025, I went over what’s coming that’s new in Server 2025, and a few things about Hyper-V support with Veeam… I was curious, what additional Veeam feature do you think would be most exciting to see here? 

We backup an O365 organization with Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 7.1.0.1501. Everything went well, but tonight the backup of all mailboxes failed with error message: "Processing mailbox failed with error: Failed to get folder properties. Not allowed to access Non IPM folder." Also the backup of all teams failed with error message: "Failed to process team. Failed to get folder properties. Not allowed to access Non IPM folder." The backup of OneDrive and SharePoint worked properly. Any idea?

Hello Again 😖We’re on Veeam 11.0.1.1261 P20220302. Only using the Backup and Replication portion. No VeeamOne etc.. Am curious if there’s a way to get a summary of what type of compression/deduplication ratios we’re seeing besides what’s on the email generated on job completion.I assume each job is going to be different. You’ll probably get better ratios on full backups than incremental.Do I need VeeamONE here to do this? 

Source blogVeeam is committed to providing best-in-class backup and recovery software for cloud, virtual and physical components. The Veeam Educational Services program brings this same focus to delivering Veeam technical training too. Through these trainings, Veeam empowers channel partners and end users alike to effectively deploy, configure, manage, and optimize their Veeam solutions.The ProgramOur technical trainings are delivered through Veeam-authorized Education Centers (VMAEC) and courses led by Veeam-certified Trainers (VMCTs). The centers and trainers both undergo a rigorous selection process and regular performance evaluations to ensure that we maintain the highest standards in the industry.While trainings and certifications are integral to the compliance program for Veeam partners, we have also observed an increased number of customers and partners attending our courses since the launch of Veeam Data Platform. This shows that both groups are recognizing the importance of ga

Anton Gostev annunced support for OLVM here Great news! 

IntroductionHi guys,This article is based on a request from one of our customers who asked us to conduct a study on the use of immutability with StoreOnce and related legal aspects. In addition, the request was to delve into the workflow of dual authorization. BUT first of all I would like to thanks @regnor  to permit me to re-use parts or screenshots from his StoreOnce posts - Part1 - Part2 and Part3 Transitioning from technician to architect roles in your career brings new considerations.In operational work, you simply follow instructions, but as an architect, you must be able to design and justify the necessary operations.This use case explains the use of StoreOnce with Veeam and its built-in immutability feature, with a focus on the legal aspects and audits that companies are subject to. What is a cybersecurity audit?An IT Security Audit is a systematic analysis of an organization's security system.Its primary objective is to verify the effectiveness of security controls, policies,

As today is World Backup Day 2024, I thought I’d share a tale from back in the day. This was from my first proper job after university, working as a First Line Analyst (i.e., Helpdesk). I was, to say the least, ‘green behind the ears,’ as the saying goes. It was also my first time navigating the world of an office environment and working with remote offices.Let me start by setting the scene. Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 were the Server Operating Systems installed on bare metal boxes. Windows XP was THE Operating System of choice, and Windows 7 had just been released. The word ‘virtualisation’ was not even something we came across. We pretty much had dedicated hardware for each server role required. Domain controller? Physical box running that role. File Server? Another dedicated box for that role. SQL Server? Yet another dedicated box. You get the picture. This, in turn, required a large amount of space to house all the servers. Additionally, installing servers meant

Hi, I am trying to backup the Windows PC’s on my LAN using Agent backup and am having the same issue as the person on this post: https://forums.veeam.com/servers-workstations-f49/creating-new-backup-in-protection-group-issue-t79935.html I have read the issue several times and I don’t think I understand the terminology being used. And I have successfully installed Agent on my Windows machine and executed the command to connect to B&R.  I also see the machine on B&R. Ideally, I would like to schedule backup jobs for this machine and also be able to run adhoc backups using the B&R console.Is this possible? Thank you, Hammer

Hi,Need a little help here with Start-VBRLinuxFileRestore. I have a daily backup of /home and backing up to a linux repo. I need to restore a file and i am at lost with the use of the powershell. Here’s my test per line below PS C:\Scripts> $backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "RedhatDirectoryJob"PS C:\Scripts> $restorepoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backupPS C:\Scripts> $server = Get-VBRServer -Name "192.168.1.200"PS C:\Scripts> $session = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup | Sort-Object -Property CreationTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1PS C:\Scripts> $root = Get-VBRLinuxGuestItem -LinuxFlrObject $sessionGet-VBRLinuxGuestItem : Cannot bind parameter 'LinuxFlrObject'. Cannot convert the "Veeam.Backup.Core.COib" value of type"Veeam.Backup.Core.COib" to type "Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRLinuxFlrObject".At line:1 char:47+ $root = Get-VBRLinuxGuestItem -LinuxFlrObject $session+                                               ~~~~~~~~    + CategoryInfo          : I

Hi Folks,Following on from the news regarding a backdoor in the Linux library xz, a Yara Rule is now available that can be used in Veeam 12.1 if you do not utilise a vulnerability scanner in your environment. Great way to check by leveraging Veeam to do the scanning for you. There is more info about the vulnerability on the post by @JMeixner :Yara Rule can be found here: https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base/blob/master/yara/bkdr_xz_util_cve_2024_3094.yar 

hi veeam communityI researched air gap backup and came across a company called stonefly that I found interesting.I wanted to know if anyone has experience using this solutionhttps://stonefly.com/backup/dr365-for-veeam/Automated Air-Gapping: Enable/Disable physical or logical air-gapping directly from the Veeam data platform through seamless integration with StoneFly. In your opinion, what is the best solution for having an air gap?What solution do you use?  

Dees Latest Version (Version-12.1) of Veeam Backup and Replication supports backup and recovery of IBM Spectrum Scale GPFS file system. Please guide.