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Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in YARA and Script Library
Get Daily backup size for previous 2 weeks.

This works great for me using forever forward incremental jobs. If you are using synthetic fulls, or reverse you may get unexpected results as your latest job will show as the full size. I took my previous script and modified it so I can look at the previous 2 weeks, and see the size of the backup for each day.  If you change the (-14) you can make this weekly, monthly, daily with ease. # Location of the Veeam backup folder$BackupFolderPath = "f:\Backups"# Start and end dates$EndDate = Get-Date$StartDate = $EndDate.AddDays(-14)# Function to convert bytes to GBfunction ConvertTo-GB { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [int64] $bytes ) return "{0:N2}" -f ($bytes / 1GB) + " GB"}# Go through each day from the start date to the end datefor ($Date = $StartDate; $Date -le $EndDate; $Date = $Date.AddDays(1)) { # Date in the format 'yyyy-MM-dd' $DateString = $Date.ToString('yyyy-MM-dd') # Get all backup files for this date $BackupFiles = Get-ChildItem

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in YARA and Script Library
Get the size of a daily incremental

For those doing forever forward incremental jobs, this is a handy scrip to see the size of your jobs each day. If you use Synthetic jobs, or reverse incremental you may get unexpected results as your latest file will be the full backup file.  While doing some planning for new storage I wanted to see how big a daily backup of all jobs on a proxy was.Here is a little script I came up with that you can modify the section “Current.Date.AddDays(-1)” to look back further. I may modify the code at a later time to fine tune this.  This worked well to go back a few days, then see the average daily size. Add that to your total full backup size and you can predict out the space needed to meet your retention policies. # Location of the Veeam backup folder$BackupFolderPath = "F:\Backups"# Current date$CurrentDate = Get-Date# Date of the day before$PreviousDay = $CurrentDate.AddDays(-1).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd')# Function to convert bytes to GBfunction ConvertTo-GB { param ( [Parameter(Mandat

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Webinar: Anatomy of Ransomware Attack: Preventing Attacks on Your Backup Infrastructure

📢Join this webinar on July 18th for an exciting discussion featuring our CTO, @dannyallan , Opti9's own Sagi Brody, who is also one of our Veeam 100 members, and cybersecurity expert Guy Mizrahi, CEO of CyPROS. They'll be discussing how to tackle ransomware risks, why backup infrastructure is a top target for attackers, and how our Veeam+Observr solution sets us apart from other backup vendors in the battle against ransomware, revolutionizing your protection strategy. Don't miss out!Register in here: https://opti9tech.com/events/webinar-anatomy-of-ransomware-attack-preventing-attacks-on-your-backup-infrastructure/ Best, Madi

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Madi.Cristil
1 year ago
Moustafa_Hindawi
Moustafa_HindawiInfluencer
asked in Discussion Boards
Adding new proxy or Repo from adding proxy or repo wizard

Hello everyone,I faced a weird issue, I am not sure it’s normal or not, however it wasn’t like that before. The issue is when adding Proxy or Repo by clicking “Add New” it doesn’t work and show errors in the installation, however when add the machine in advance from adding servers, then add it as Proxy or Repo from the existing servers, it works. Please advise.

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Scott
1 year ago
dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Legend
posted in Discussion Boards
Wasabi Rate Increase eff Aug 1, $6.99/TB/Month

Just so nobody is caught off guard, Wasabi announced a rate increase on Object Storage pricing a week or two ago from 5.99/TB/Mo to 6.99/TB/Mo for Pay-Go and new RCS accounts on Aug 1. (increasing on Oct 1 for existing RCS accounts). If you’re like me and on the brink of moving to an RCS account from Pay-Go, do it in the next two weeks to capture that extra $1/TB/Mo savings.Still an awesome value either way, but I know more than a few of us use it so wanted to make sure everyone was in the loop.https://knowledgebase.wasabi.com/hc/en-us/articles/15566987584795 

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
MicoolPaul
MicoolPaulOn the path to Greatness
asked in Discussion Boards
Veeam Backup & Replication DDOSing itself - VeeamTransportSvc Port Exhaustion

Hi, Has anyone experienced VBR spinning up huge amounts of instances of a process, and consuming all RPC ports? I suspect it’s AV related due to the customer’s AV change occurring at a similar time, but we’ve got the rules in place to exempt directories and binaries. I’ve seen VBR have port exhaustion exactly once before, that was a VCC installation and the firewall was half-closing sessions and Veeam wasn’t doing a good job detecting this and freeing up ports subsequently. This scenario is different however.VBR server that is only for job orchestration (all backup & repo roles are on physical appliances, proxy & repo roles uninstalled from VBR). Server was up for less than 6 hours yesterday, and it spawned 18,000 threads of VeeamTransportSvc, all looping back to itself. But the server ran out of available ports and/or buffer space and then normal connections such as backup repository availability checks were failing, causing VBR to mark the repositories as offline, then causin

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dloseke
1 year ago
Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
published in News
Veeam Community Recap #128Veeam Community Recap #128

This week we have a special edition with @mkevenaar and @JonahMay that are diving into everything about the upcoming  Veeam Community Hackathon  taking place in September ! Plus, @safiya has got us covered with exclusive department updates and surprises for SysAdmin Day this month. Also, a warm welcome to our 60+ new members! The Linksvia @dips Security Fridays #3 – External Attack Surface (Have I left my keys in the door?)via @Geoff Burke Fooling around with Kasten Prometheus Servervia @benyoung Hackathon! Register now for event in September, not to be missed Special Department Newsvia ​​​​@Madi.Cristil Let's dedicate July to all SysAdmins out there! Who’s NewWe are happy to welcome 60 members to the Veeam Community!The coolest usernames this week are @gocyclist , @bigapple23 , @slackhouse and @theMadOne !Alfred’s pick this week is @DragonPhoenix  ! Congratulations everyone and welcome to the Veeam Community. 

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Scott
1 year ago
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adimanComes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
Catalyst store to tape backup not working

Hi,  I am trying to create a backup to tape job. The source is a repository. The repository is a catalyst store (StoreOnce 3640). Although there are backup files on the catalyst store generated by an RMAN plugin job, The job is unable to read any full or incremental backup files and the job completes but doesn’t process anything. I can browse the store on the devices management interface and see the backup files. But it is not being detected on Veeam side. I’m using Veeam version 12. I’ve attached a screenshot.  Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks! 

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A
1 year ago
clownyboots178
clownyboots178Comes here often
posted in Discussion Boards
Anyone know of an iOS app

I have heard of a few 3rd party apps for iOS but they dont seem to be up and running anymore does anyone know of a way to manage or even view my VEEAM environment via an app for iOS?  

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MicoolPaul
1 year ago
Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in Discussion Boards
Veeam file copy jobs.

Do you guys use these? If you do give an example of how they help you in your day to day activities. For myself, I have been a RoboCopy guy for years. I often schedule a task and let it run with no issues. It’s great for seeding directory's for file server migrations, or just making sure you have a mirrored folder somewhere else on the network. Recently I had an odd request to sync a folder from one location to another, but there were strict firewall rules for security an access rules. RoboCopy was not an option. As Veeam had access to both servers, I was able to create a copy job on a schedule and solve this issue.  As we have very strict user permissions in many areas, this feature is a game changer for us. Even if it’s to copy files to another location for safe keeping.  

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MarkBoothman
1 year ago
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mike.beirensComes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
Backup of physical veeam fails after update V11 to V12

Hi,I would like to know if someone else had a issue after upgrading V11 to V12.The machine itself is also added to a Physical Veeam group who is taking backup of himself.Since the update it mentions that there are communication issues between both (same) servers.I have a case with Veeam, but they do not respond already for 2 days, what is odd.I do not want to investigate myself any longer, just curious if there is a simular case or experience with it with other members. Thank you!

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
coolsport00
coolsport00Veeam Legend
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
What You Didn’t Know (or forgot) About Veeam Replication

Do you actively use Veeam Replication?If so, how long has it been since you’ve implemented it? For me, I don’t currently use it, but am in the process of getting it going again after about an 8yr hiatus. Not too much has changed since then, but there has been some enhancements you might not’ve known about, or some behavior you either didn’t know about or forgot. Below, I will be sharing some tidbits & behaviors I feel you should be aware of when making design decisions when implementing Veeam Replication.Before getting into the “Don’t Know/Forgot” items, let me briefly review how Replication works from a high-level. First, they are a job-driven task. You’ll need to set up a job and configure various settings. Next, depending on the source data you’re wanting to replicate, you can either replicate data directly from your production environment, or from other locations. I’ll touch more on this later. Lastly, the first run of Replication creates a fully functional VM on the target, an

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coolsport00
1 year ago
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sreez820New Here
asked in Discussion Boards
Error while Veeam M365 Backup

Hi All, I am trying to upgrade Veeam backup for M365 frm 5.0.179 to 7.0.0.3604. the upgrade is getting stopped just when it gets started. Anyone faced this scenario. how to solve this.  

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MicoolPaul
1 year ago
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mike.beirensComes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
Behaviour is different on each site with same config

Hi,I have 2 locations with a Veeam server and a vCenter cluster with 2 hosts.The configuration is on both servers identical.One one location, when running a job with application awareness, the inventorying guest system and the other preparing jobs are taking several seconds, but on the other location, it takes minutes.It does not fail, but the time of processing is much longer.The difference I see, on the ‘slow’ location, all communications running via vCenter. On the fast one, all is going direct from B&R server to the VM.Firewall rules are identical and I don’t see any blocks, so the slow one does not try to direct connect to the VM.Any ideas where to look for?The B&R server is in a seperated VLAN with explicit firewall rules between them, conform the manuals. Thank you!

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Scott
1 year ago
MatzeB
MatzeBVeeam Vanguard
asked in Discussion Boards
Notification when VBR Job is changed

Hello all,I am looking for a "simple" way to generate a notification when a backup or copy job is edited in VBR. The idea at the beginning is just to get an info (mail), not to rate the modification, if it’s a good or bad modification. Examples of bad changes would be reducing retention, changing encryption password, etc.Ideas how to realize this? Native in VBR i think there is nothing, Veeam One? External monitoring? Script?Many greetingsMatze

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MattM
1 year ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
asked in Discussion Boards
M365 Experts Question

Hi Folks, First off don’t ask 😁 “why do you want to do this” :), I don’t but I have no choice as the customer is going to do this and I can’t convince them otherwise. However, they are asking about consequences :(, So a customer has an M365 multitenant backup. They want to rename the server and give it a new IP. The proxies and repositories will remain the same.They are not leveraging S3 only old style repos and they have no portal my understanding is that there is no database that has recorded the console’s hostname and IP (unlike VBR) so changing the name and IP should not have any affect (only perhaps firewall stuff if they have any rules tied to the old IP).Is this correct? Thanks 

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Geoff Burke
1 year ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
PCA, Prometheus Certified Associate Exam Experience

Hi Everyone,I went quiet for a few days which had some people wondering whether I had fallen into one of my Burke “everything is depressing moods” that come gleefully with middle age, but in fact I was feverishly torturing myself with learning monitoring. Prometheus is a powerful monitoring tool and can be leveraged in my many circumstances, including of course Kubernetes. I knew this certification was going to be a challenge as monitoring loves precision whereas I am by nature more of an “on the spot, off campus” type of personality thriving when it comes to figuring out fixes or trying to think out of the box which I think in my cases according to my early grade school teachers, there was never any box present in the first place.Forcing yourself to study things that are not necessarily in your natural skillset is always very useful as it stretches your mind which can only make you stronger in the end. Like brushing your teeth with the wrong hand. Yes at first it will be messy and unp

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dloseke
1 year ago
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LDWmeNew Here
asked in Discussion Boards
OneDrive backup timeout

Hello,  Wondering if anyone knows how to get around this, Iv moved the veeam software to another host and done a clean setup trying to do the first backup of OneDrive it just keeps timing out. The console gives the error “failed to process all objects”.    Is there a setting or timeout limit I need to be adjusting somewhere? It seems to run for different amounts of time before timing out which is throwing me off. Is there a better way to do this?    Thanks in advance.

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L
1 year ago
I
infraestructuraNXNew Here
posted in Discussion Boards
Error with deploy ubuntu server repo inmutable

Hello, I am trying to install an ubuntu server on version 22.04.1 or 22.04.2 without thier I get error "Permission denied Error creating directory /backups/repo001/backups/ agent could not process methodFileSystem.DirectoryCreate"Has anyone happened to you?

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haslund
1 year ago
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asaadidiComes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
Search for a file on VBM

Hello,Is it possible to determine on which restore point a file is backed up if I don't know its deletion date? Or do I need to search through all the restore points? Thank you

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Linux Foundation 40% until July 12th

Hi Everyone, The Linux Foundation is having a fast sale 40% until July 12. The LF certifications are some of the best in the business and some of the toughest so if you want to test your knowledge now is the time to get them. I don’t really recommend their training though, I personally did not find it very helpful towards the CKA exam. Remember these are not just Kubernetes exams but Linux and other systems as well. Take a look at the catalog.Speaking of which I have to renew my CKA so I took advantage of this deal myself!! https://training.linuxfoundation.org/july-prime-day-2023-promo/?creative=665260864709&keyword=linux%20foundation%20training&matchtype=p&network=g&device=c&pi_ad_id=665260864709&utm_term=linux%20foundation%20training&utm_campaign=EMEA:+Search:+June+21+-+Sitewide+Discount&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=8666746580&hsa_cam=13435710405&hsa_grp=149869974173&hsa_ad=665260864709&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-147

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
kirststoner12
kirststoner12Product Strategy
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Getting Started in Azure: Veeam ONE & Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure

One of the products I spend a lot of time working with is Veeam ONE. If you are unfamiliar, Veeam ONE provides data protection monitoring for all Veeam operations. After implementing Veeam ONE, customers gain real-time monitoring, issue resolution and reporting capabilities that help with analysis and decision making. As companies drive innovation, they are transforming their data center, not only running applications traditionally, but also utilizing the cloud to take advantage of the many benefits it has to offer. I have been working more and more in the public cloud, whether it be utilizing object storage to store my backup data or getting more familiar with running workloads and resources there. Veeam ONE is essential for any installation because you gain visibility into your backups, the infrastructure and how machines are running. Veeam ONE was built for Veeam Backup & Replication, so as businesses are moving workloads to the cloud, or storing data in object storage, ONE is g

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kirststoner12
1 year ago
Luiz Eduardo Serrano
Luiz Eduardo SerranoComes here often
posted in Blogs and Podcasts
Client-side Ransomware Attacks and a Defensive Framework for Organizations

Hi! I wrote a post describing the main stages of a ransomware attack, from exploiting a user's endpoint (client-side attack) to the three possible extortion demands: ransom for decryption keys, ransom for recovering exfiltrated data, and ransom to avoid DDoS attacks. I also present a complete list of countermeasures based on the NIST Ransomware Framework Profile, derived from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. I hope this can be helpful!https://cloudnroll.com/2023/07/10/client-side-ransomware-attacks-and-a-defensive-framework-for-your-organization/

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wesmrt
1 year ago
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stiggrNew Here
asked in Discussion Boards
long term archive backups

I think I’ve missed something, but we have a requirement to retain backups certain machine for 7 years even after the machines have been decommissioned…How are you supposed to do that with Veeam?I can see that you can export certain backups, but so does that mean that I need to export a backup from each year to other storage? 

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1 year ago
Rick Vanover
Rick VanoverRICKATRON
published in News
Veeam Community Recap #127Veeam Community Recap #127

This week El Rickatron and @Madi.Cristil are back at it with three pieces of content with Special Department news as well as the Who’s New runup for the week. Watch this week’s episode here:The Linksvia @Nico Losschaert via @patricio.rcm via @olivier.rossi Special Department Newsvia @Madi.Cristil → We have a winner for the Blog of the Month competion!Congratulations @MicoolPaul also via @Madi.Cristil → Be sure to see the updated VeeamON Tour information: via @Rick Vanover → Updated installable .ISO for the Veeam Hardened RepositoryWho’s NewWe are happy to welcome 62 members to the Veeam Community!The coolest usernames this week are @produto, @sweetchris, @TALITO and @Aeternus Alfred’s pick this week is @LemonFridge! Congratulations everyone and welcome to the Veeam Community. 

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HunterLAFR
1 year ago

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