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Latest VBR 12 build installed on a workgroup server running Windows Server 2022.vSphere 7U3k.When trying to restore a file from a backed up vSphere VM, I get the following errors in the Backup Browser:  After the last error the Backup Browser closes.

Trying to upgrade to V12 I get this in one of the steps. Attached is the picture with the error. I can’t upgrade those servers as of now. I suppose I should stay on V11.RegardsO

For v12, it seems that only Azure or S3 (Glacier) are supported as Archive Tiers for SOBR.  I would like to use Google (archive buckets) but I don’t get the option to choose it as an archive tier.   Is this possible?  If not, will it be supported in an upcoming version(s?)   what about other cloud storage like Wasabe/S3 compatible? Thanks.

We are migrating some of our VMs to Azure (AVS) using vmware HCX. We just migrated a VBR to the AVS environment.So Veeam when Veeam tried to backup a VM in the AVS environment, we get this error: 11/14/2022 10:53:45 PM :: Processing bbbbbbVM Error: Failed to open VDDK disk [[vsanDatastore] c9d37263-be7b-37b8-2875-08c0eb40d47a/bbbbbbVM.vmdk] ( is read-only mode - [true] )Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [vc.4bc149b43878428757ed53.westus2.avs.azure.com];Port: 443;Login: [userdite@abd.lcl];VMX Spec: [moref=vm-1073];Snapshot mor: [snapshot-1084];Transports: [nbd];Read Only: [true]] failed because of the following errors:Failed to open disk for read.Failed to upload disk. Skipped arguments: [vddkCo  Looks like a permission issue with using the CloudAdmin account (which is the account with the highest privilege) that we are allowed to use in AVS.We can do backups using agent based install but looking for other alternatives. Thanks.

Unable to delete this folder causing application aware backups to fail.The service is not running and PID 4 (NTOSKernel, system) is locking the file. Reboot resolves the issue but this issue is happening to more than a dozen of production servers.What suggestion do you guys to resolve the issue without any reboot? Thanks. 

Hi All,I’m a Veeam newbie, doing some development work with the rest API. Using the REST api endpoint: /api/query?type=BackupJobSession I can get a list of backup job sessions. Within that I get the link to get the JobReference information. That's all fine, but what I need to get is the job log data:  Is this information available via the api? Thanks,Tim.

Hi there, I run an MSP and have just started to get get familiar with Veeam products. The community editions are fantastic.I’ve setup some Sharepoint jobs which are now working, but get a 404 error on a sharepoint file which highlights the job with a warning. https://xxx.sharepoint.com/All Users Shared/_catalogs/masterpage/v4.master A few questions if you don’t mind.How can I exclude the path / file or supress the error When SP backups are running - (Physical machine with CPU i7 4.0, 32Gb) spikes and holds 100% for long periods of time - is this normal? e.g. SP has about 30k objects Memory can go to 5Gb-15Gb - will it use as much as it can? I had some 429 or throttling issues, but adding more applications fixed it issueThank you very much,DP

I previously posted about upgrading to Server 2019 here:My plan was to go ahead and upgrade to V12 then spin up a Server 2019 box, attach my vmdk’s and restore my config. My issue is that V12 does not support the version of SQL Server I’m on 2008. So, here is my question: What is the best upgrade path?Option 1In place upgrade of SQL Server to 2012 In place upgrade to V12 Spin up new Veeam Backup Server with V12 and on Server 2019 and SQL 2019 Migrate database Attach vmdk’s with backups Restore configOption 2Skip the in place backups and spin up new Backup Server on 2019 and SQL 2019 Migrate database attach vmdk’s restore config from Veeam 11 backupOr if you have a better upgrade path please let me know. 

hello, thanks, first time poster,problem: `rclone copy` will run before the job completes.$JobObject = Get-VBRComputerBackupJob | where {$_.Name -eq "ABP_EN10"}# start job but do not wait until job completesStart-VBRComputerBackupJob $JobObject# rclone will not find any new files, as the job has not completed yetrclone copy .....how can i have the equivalent of$JobObject = Get-VBRComputerBackupJob | where {$_.Name -eq "ABP_EN10"}# run job, wait until completedRunWait-VBRComputerBackupJob $JobObject# now, rclone will find new filesrclone copy .....   

Hello,I am hoping someone can help.I created the object storage and backup repository but i am not able to select it. 

I am currently running Veeam 11 on Server 2012. I would like to migrate to Server 2019. I’ve tested a couple boxes doing in place upgrades and it didn’t go smooth. So, I  would like to spin up a new Server 2019 box and migrate Veeam. I’ve read the below article, and actually had to utilize it during my Veeam 11 upgrade to restore my config. My question is, how to I migrate since my repositories are on the Veeam 11 box? I have 3 disks on that machine with multiple repositories. When I go to perform the restore, those repositories are not yet on the new machine. What is the best technique for doing so? This is in VMWare, should i just add the old vmdks to the new machine? Is there a better method? I would love to shrink the vmdks in the process if possible. The backup database is much smaller than the vmdks. 

Hi all,I have a VM running on Hyper-V 2016, its a Ubuntu 20.04.6 with MariaDB installed.So I defined a (cold) pre-freeze.sh and and post-thaw.sh and tested both in /tmp directory, it will work as expected when done with sudo, under the specified user. However when the backup job does that, it throws an error. This is what you can see in the Console windows under the details of that VM: 08.04.2023 16:47:10 :: VM is now in the required state for processing  08.04.2023 16:47:11 :: Preparing to create snapshot  08.04.2023 16:47:13 :: Pre-freeze script finished execution with exit code -1  08.04.2023 16:47:14 :: Creating VM recovery checkpoint (mode: Crash consistent)  08.04.2023 16:47:25 :: Post-thaw script finished execution with exit code -1 Other than that the VM is properly backed up.This is the content oif the Task.db01.something.log on the VBR server: 

Hi all, i have a 2019 windows server virtual on Hyper-v enviroment. i have three snapshot create from Veeam community ed. that a cannot delete.hov can i do ?? thank youRiccardo

Yes, as the title says, I failed the VMCE exam this morning.69% out of 70% to pass.I want to share my mistakes so whoever reads this post will be able to do better:If you're a Windows sysadmin like me, don't leave anything related to the Linux world behind. Almost 1/3 of my questions were about Linux. So, it's really really important to have a complete knowledge at 360°.Memorize various options in menus, where it says and what it says.Don't just focus on Veeam Backup and Replication, look at all our other products as well.Very important are @haslund videos: not to get the answer, but how to get the anwser. He does a great job to explains how to reason to solve questions.YT links: https://www.youtube.com/@RasmusHaslund/playlists Comm

In an agent job for a WSFC (fileserver role) we see a warning after having switched over to the secondary node. Each job run now finishes with a warning that CBT table has changed.As with VM backups I expected the warning to disappear in the next cycle - but it didn’t. How can I reset the CBT for an agent backup (not hypervisor based CBT but Veeam CBT driver here)?

Hi, since an unattend shutdown of our server, our B&R can't established connection to our (only) linux vm.Of course this stuff worked before.When i tried to connect through ssh for the first time after the shutdown, it says that fingerprint key of the host changed. I bassicaly remove the old fingerprint in my local known-hosts file.- I checked sshd logs in the timeframe i tried to login through B&R console and this shows :sshd[10137]: Unable to negotiate with 192.168.0.216 port 52062: no matching key exchange method found. Their offer: diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 [preauth]sshd[10139]: Unable to negotiate with 192.168.0.216 port 52063: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss [preauth]- I tried to allow diffie-hellman-group1-sha1 and ssh-rsa in ssh_config file of my server. But it doesn't change anything. ❌- I tri

need to activate the SureBackup feature on Acropolis AHV from Nutanix.

Dear Community,I’m running Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition 9.5 and replicating offsite to a Cloud vendor. I upgraded it to Version 12 to get bug & security fixed. Upon reaching version 12 I came to know that the Cloud vendor does not support version 12, they only support 11a.Now the I have tried to downgrade it to 11a but the Database is locked to Version 12 and is not usable.I’m looking to rebuild on Version 11a and archiving backups. is this possible? Below are some queries and answers you might want to read. What is the exact upgrade and downgrade versions?                Upgrade (Current) Version: Veeam Backup & Replication 12 (12.0.0.1420 P20230223)                Downgrade Version: Veeam Backup & Replication 11a (11.0.1.1261 P20230227)•  What Veaam components are being used?                Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition package

If someone has been doing image based backups of 100+ workstations in Acronis, but is interested in moving to a VBR environment, how do we accommodate that scale of workstation backups? The only thing I know to do is throw the Windows agent on them and create an agent backup within VBR, but I am curious if there is a better solution.

Are there any updates on Veeam releasing a DR orchestration solution for hyper-v? Surprising that it’s been requested multiple times, but haven't released anything yet for one of the most used hypervisor technologies.   

I recently updated a client from Veeam 11, I think .816 to the latest version available. Everything went as usual as I do these quite often but this one is throwing a pop up that states, "unable to upgrade plug-ins under the current user, please open the console under an account with administrative privilege's:" when I launch Veeam. I am logged in as a local administrator account and have updated this client in the past with no issues.I just click on okay and it opens up like normal. I also checked for any updates to the managed machine and there is upgrade option. This is a stand alone Veeam system with no remote components.I don't think it's going to impact the functionality but will know more after tonight's job run.Appreciate any feedback!Thanks,Poettone!

Hi, we have a strange issue where if we boot to VEEAM recovery media created in server 2016 or Server 2019 we can see the recovery EXT HDD but it shows as needing to be formatted and unreadable, we are currently using Western Digital My Passports formatted with REFS. Thanks in advance

Hi everyoneWe did install in our test environment Veeam VBR V12I want to test the gMSA.Installed as subscribed inhttps://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/using_gmsa.html?ver=120Is it possible to run the Veeam Service with gMSA and so yes on which services I should run it on.Currently the Veeam services on this test VBR are running with the local system account.I have on a production VBR the services running with a service account worked fine but after the last crittical update I had to change the Veeam NFS service to local system as It did make my SureBackup during the mounting phase.Looking forward to your comments! 

Run Restore -- Agent -- Entire machine -- Instant recovery -- instant recovery vmware vSphere Recover VM OK. The vm starts with a blue screen and the stop code is :INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE. Veeam v11 ,wmware vSphere 7 , vm os win10