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Hi, I have an M365 environment with about 600 Users. I have divided my backup jobs into 2, Outlook and OneDrive, but for a long time the backup jobs are working but not progressing. What should I do? 

Using 12.3Is there a way to restore a DB to a CIFS share? I have a MS SQL VM that points to a CIFS share location on our NetApp SAN. When I try and do a restore I cannot specify the Database files target location to anything other that a drive the server sees as local, meaning not a cifs share, or a network mapped drive. 

Hello,Someone can explain what is Data processed, read and transferred? 

General Recommendations Platform Memory and CPU Over-commitmentFirst and foremost, memory over-commitment is not recommended in OpenShift. However, Red Hat recommends overall CPU over-commitment ratio must not exceed 1.8x of the number of physical cores and that memory usage may not exceed 0.9x of the physical memory available in a cluster. This rule is applicable to the ratio of CPU allocation to all of the pods to physical cores available in a cluster.NOTE: CPU over-commitment leads to throttling, so slowness of all workloads on the impacted node. Thereby workloads can be more or less sensitive to that.✅More Information about CPU Ready HereGeneral rules for the vCPU:pCPU ratio ⚙️🧠:✅ 1:1 to 1:3 → No problem 😌⚠️ 1:3 to 1:5 → Performance may start to degrade 🐢📉🚫 1:5 or higher → Likely CPU Ready issues 🔴🧯 Storage and Network LatencyVarious kinds of applications are more or less sensitive to latency on network and/or storage. In the context of an OCP instance the etcd as hosted on

I do restore VM to Azure local, the VM is showing in the azure local node and on the azure cluster.But anyone know why the VM is not visible in the azure portal?

When will version 13 come out?Is there going to be a linux version? Im interested in migrating away from Microsoft SQL with v12 so Im assuming the Linux version will take care of that too.

Hello Team, I have recently upgraded Veeam Enterprise Manager to 12.1.1.56, upgrade is successfully however now am unable to open Veeam EA or Veeam self service restore browser. tried clearing cookies, rebooted Veeam EA however issue still persists.   

Hello folks!I was jumping across the licensing page from Veeam for Salesforce: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup_salesforce/userguide/licensing.html?ver=30And in the section where it mentions all the users that do not need the License it does not mention: “Customer Community Login”The question here is, do we need to license them? This comes into my mind as the Partner Community, Customer Community and Customer Community Plus are not required.Thanks in advance!

Hello everyone!I performed an Instant Restore, but most of the time, I need to manually unmount the NFS datastore. However, sometimes Veeam does not automatically remove these datastores after the jobs have finished running, so I have to remove them manually.Is there anything I can do to fix this?

In a previous blog, I introduced the HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 as the foundation of a resilient backup architecture, providing high-speed, application-consistent primary storage snapshots with end-to-end immutability. Now, we’re taking the next step in the series by exploring how Veeam Ready - Appliance Hardened storage servers further enhance security, reliability, and scalability in an HPE + Veeam data protection strategy.  These are secure, validated backup repositories that provide an immutable, tamper-proof foundation for backup data.  Public Service Announcement….Now, just to be clear—this is only a Veeam Hardened Repository. I know we keep getting asked about an all-in-one Linux solution (trust me, I’m just as interested as you are!), but that’s not the topic today. So take a deep breath, stay focused, and let’s talk about this simple, secure Veeam Hardened Repository setup! 😁 What Does the Veeam Ready - Appliance Hardened Validation Mean? The Veeam Ready Program helps cust

Backups store important data, and if they are not protected, anyone who gets access can read them. Encrypting backups ensures that if someone gains access to backup files, they remain unreadable without the proper encryption key.Checking if backup jobs are configured to encrypt the backup data can sometimes be difficult, especially if there are many backup jobs. To simplify this process, I created a PowerShell script that helps to check the backup job encryption configuration settings quickly. The script retrieves information for the following Veeam backup job types:VMware Backup Agent Backup File Backup Object Storage BackupPowerShell sample output for Jobtype “File Backup”The output displays details such as the repository name and path, the encryption status (Encryption enabled/Unencrypted), the encryption key type, and the last modification date of the used encryption key.Check out the GitHub Repository for the complete documentation and the code.What’s next?I am creating a similar

Hi all,Trying to understand how GFS works. B&R 12.3.0.310 Enterprise Plus. I recently add GFS media, trying to learn how it works. It seems similar to the standard media pool but with additional write protect quarterly/monthly/yearly etc. It seems that everyday I’d get prompted with insert a tape to continue and it doesn’t seem to happen to all the jobs either.I don’t really have a physical tape drive, I’m using AWS Tape Gateway. The backup sizes is smaller than the actual tape capacity that I specify on AWS (15TB). Because of this, I’d like to use the same media, just append to it. This is kind of getting frustrating and I’m thinking to just go back to regular media and increase the restore points and abandon GFS.For this illustration, I have an Active Directory backup. I assigned five 15TB tapes to this GFS media pool, each tape is assigned to Daily/Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly.Even with full backup, each tape can contain the max retention time of the restore points so we know

I’ve been a long-time user and promoter of Veeam B&R. I have provided many sales leads which have resulted in new customers and increased revenue for several different companies that I consult with. In order for me to stay informed and current, I have an extensive home lab. I’ve used an NFR license with Veeam, for years.Folks like me used to be able to report bugs and obtain support by posting on forums.veeam.com. Things have changed over there and that forum can no longer be used for support. I have tried opening support cases with Veeam Support but they always get closed because resources are not available for trial and NFR license holders.So what are folks like me supposed to do when we encounter issues that appear to be bugs? The lack of any support for trial and NFR users is genuinely making me consider installing and learning a different backup solution and I love Veeam.

Hi All,We looking in to the option for our small remote sites with not a great bandwidth to replace our virtual Data Domains as copy target with Veeam Vault.Looking for pro/cons, someone's experiences on this, all that can help us with our decision.Thanks,Benny 

If you have worked with Hitachi Vantara recently, you know they have a new block storage platform, VSP One Block, that has not supported their V1 or V2 USAPI plugin.  The major new capability of the V2.1 plugin is support for Hitachi Thin Image Advanced (TIA) snapshots which is the snapshot type used by VSP One Block storage arrays.With the V2.1 plugin, all VSP and VSP One Block storage arrays are now supported for snapshot integration with Veeam Backup & Replication, including:VSP E series VSP F series VSP G series VSP 5100 and VSP 5500 VSP 5200 and VSP 5600 VSP One Block seriesFor more information about the V2.1 USAPI plugin, please check out Veeam KB4191

 We have migrated our Veeam server to a new VM but old VM keeps active, and the job is running on that VM. What is the process to decommission the old backup server? because all jobs are disabled but SOBR is still running. Should I just uninstall Veeam software if new VM is running all jobs?

Dear Community,  Does anyone know if it is possible to use the Enta ID  as an identity service to access the VBR? Thank you all!

We have B&R 12.3 running on a physical Windows 10 Pro system. Does anyone have experience with an inplace upgrade to Windows 11 in relation to B&R. Should B&R be uninstalled beforehand? 

We have an issue with backup , getting error Selected Server  Veeam is unavailable while backing up to remote site NAS Processing Hyper-V Backup to remote site NAS fails with error Selected Server Veeam  is unavailable. Running Veeam server directly on Hyper-V host ( I know it is not recommended, but its been running with no issues for 10+ years now)Veeam ver 12.3Veeam server itself is Backup proxy server ( Configured as Vmware proxy server)Selected off-host proxy ( Automatic selection)( erased the original server name) All of our physical servers are Hyper-V Hosts (WinServer2022). I am planning to use another server as off-host proxy .I have another Hyper-V host in environment hosting VM’s .  Is it recommended to use existing hyper-v host as off-host  or please suggest me another solution to resolve this issue.

The latest version of Microsoft SQL Server is SQL Server 2022 and was released in November 2022. If you are currently using a lower version, you might want to upgrade to a more recent version. Below is an interesting question that gave rise to this topicTo date, Veeam recommends using Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) instead of PostgreSQL in the following scenarios;1: Large-Scale Deployments: When your Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure manages thousands of VMs. MSSQL provides better scalability and performance.2: Advanced MSSQL Features: Features like Always On Availability Groups etc are exclusive to MSSQL and can benefit large, high-availability environments: https://bp.veeam.com/vbr/2_Design_Structures/D_Veeam_Components/D_VBR_DB/database.html.3: Veeam ONE Integration: Veeam ONE currently requires an MSSQL database. This guide will be beneficial to upgrade the engine as well. Therefore, here is a guide for you if you wish to upgrade Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to 2022. Postgre

Veeam B&R version 12.2.0.334Having backup jobs fail because of this errorExample:  Error: Invalid name character in 'ApplicationProcessingEnၡblm$'. The 'ၡ' character, hexadecimal value 0x1061, cannot be included in a name.  The occurrence is random. The errant character is random. The job affected seems to be random as well.Was able to keep this from happening with a weekly reboot of the backup server, but now that is not working.Can sometimes get the job to succeed by Rebooting the server and restarting the job This all started with the upgrade to 12.2 from 12.1.