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Here’s one to find out who has the largest backup in the forums. Currently my largest server I backup is 45.1TB.  The largest one I had backing up was 115TB.  It took a while but worked fine.  I’ve been working on splitting it up in to multiple file servers to allow more concurrent streams to our backup/tape jobs. 

Hi everyone, So we just made the switch from Symantec Backup Exec to Veeam a couple months ago, and so far I'm very happy. With Backup Exec however, you had the option to permanently retain backups, which seems to be missing from Veeam. For Windows Agent backups, Veeam forces you to choose a retention period for a maximum of 730 days or restore points. Problem is, this customer requires permanent retention with the ability to restore data from 10 or 20 years ago, if possible.  What are my options here with Veeam? Isn't there a way to disable the retention policy or retain data beyond 730 days? And believe me, I've looked at all of Veeam's program options and haven't been able to find anything to this effect. We can't be the only company with a permanent retention requirement. Thanks for your help!Kurt

I’m running Veeam B&R v12. Veeam is the only backup software I’ve used that doesn’t have the option to backup a single server from a Backup Job. It’s all or nothing.

Seeking field experience for a Veeam repository on HPE Alletra 4120 (Linux Hardened repo) does SSD cache drives deliver measurable gains (ingest/synthetic/merge) compared to simply adding spindles?

Hello All,  I need to take backup from postgres cluster using Veeam, the postgres is deployed in clustered nodes (3-nodes).As I know and did it before, we can use Veeam Agent for Linux to backup single node holding the postgres database, then I can perform the restore for the file using Linux FLR.  Here I have some points to be discussed :1- I know we can perform image-level backup for the VM holding the postgres, and ask the DB admin to provide us pre or post-thau script. In this cause, would it be better to use Linux agent backup on the VM instead of VM-backup? What is the pros and cons for using Agent or VM back with postgres? 2- can we create a script from our end as backup admin as simple script if the customer does not have his own script? In this case appreciate if someone explained how the script works? 3- how can we backup clustered machines, do we have to install Linux agent on all cluster nodes? How can

Hello community, Can someone provide instructions for the recent patch? I am looking to upgrade from 12.3.2.3617 to 12.3.2.4165. This is my first patch upgrade via ISO and I want to confirm I am installing correctly.  Thanks!!

Veeam Backup & Replication includes several built-in credentials: Helper appliance credentials Tenant-side network extension appliance credentials Provider-side network extension appliance credentials Azure helper appliance credentials  I understand that the documentation recommends changing the Azure helper appliance credentials before deploying Azure helpers.However, I would like to change all four built-in passwords (for security and compliance reasons), even though I’m not using Azure or Cloud Connect helpers. Is it supported and safe to change these built-in credentials (in the Credentials Manager), or could this cause issues with helper appliance deployment or communication?

Veeam patching needed on all V12 and lower installations:  https://www.veeam.com/kb4771

The data shown in VSPC for virtual machines includes a field called ‘Platform’. How do I get that information via a REST query? For example, all I get back from /protectedWorkloads/virtualMachines is:instanceUid : 99cef482-482c-96a9-ece8-8414715e2feebackupServerUid : d5beda61-353c-4d6d-8de8-dacc624e38d4organizationUid : 708e82e3-ff60-4bb2-8d71-9c032afe8efbname : hierarchyRef : parentHostRef : objectUid : 4ef89479-7cbd-41c3-861b-18de5ada56aeipAddresses : provisionedSourceSize : 85899345920usedSourceSize : 85919269836totalRestorePointSize : 61589856256latestRestorePointSize : 2263212032restorePoints : 60latestRestorePointDate : 2025-10-07T22:10:18.9900000+00:00jobUid : 2727ab1b-08f8-4741-870a-b275dc6da6f8malwareState : UnverifiedC

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I’m trying to backup one of our “workstation” but I am experiencing this error in our VSPC, why is that ?

This is the data shown in VSPC → Protected Data → Computers → Managed by Backup Server.Maybe I’m missing something obvious./protectedWorkloads/virtualMachines = on-prem virtual machines (vSphere, Hyper-V, AHV, oVirt, Promox)/protectedWorkloads/publicCloud/virtualMachines = cloud virtual machines (AWS, Azure, GCP)/infrastructure/backupAgents = agents managed by console 

Scenario: A user submits an urgent ticket - a very important folder has been deleted from the file server.IT will ask ‘when is the last time you saw that folder?’ and they usually don’t know.So, I fire up Veeam Backup and Replication. Click Restore > Microsoft Hyper-V > From backup > Guest file restore > Microsoft Windows.I’ll (randomly) pick a backup from 2 days ago. Wait (forever) for the backup to spin up; then navigate to where the folder should be, only to find it’s not there. So I close it and spin up a different backup set. I’ll keep doing this until I eventually find the folder and restore it. This takes forever.Is there a faster way to do this?

Hello Community Members, I am just trying to figure following scenario but unable to put into action.Scenario:-I want to copy a SMB Share/SAN Intergration Full Backup job from last day of previous month i.e 29th of 30th etc. I cannot find an option to handpick a specific restore point from last day of previous month. I want to retain this job with two-year retention on tapes. VBR just offers to copy Full Backups via Copy to Tape but does allow to handpick specific full backups from a list of previous backup jobs/restore points etc. Is this functionality only available via PowerShell?       

Is there a way to search the Veeam database to see if a particular file is in a backup and which backup/s its stored in? I was taught to just go to disk, search the server name and then hunt & peck through backup dates until I find the backup that has that file in it. 

We currently use Veeam B&R to backup the share’s to a local repo on the backup box. I then created a second job (agent) to backup the drive B:\backups to the clients VSPC repo. It works but when I attempt a restore of the cloud data its a restore of what looks like a database and not browsable files like a restore of the original B&R job produces. Hopping for a more elegant solution that doesn't require a two restores to get client data into a usable form. thanks and sorry for this being one of those out there kind of questions.

Hi, I created “Backup Copy” and somehow is working if the Object Type is “Agents For Window Job” but not on “Repository”. Is there something I missed out ?   

Hello Veeam Team and Community,I’d like to clarify something about partner and certification requirements.If my company plans to: Provide managed services to customers who use Veeam Data Platform (for backup and recovery management), and Also act as a reseller of Veeam licenses (via authorized distributor), do we need to hold any specific Veeam certification (e.g. VMSP, VMTSP, VMCE) or reach a certain partner tier in the ProPartner program?Or is being a registered ProPartner and sourcing licenses from an authorized distributor sufficient?Appreciate your guidance so we can ensure full compliance with Veeam’s partner requirements.

Current LAB setup(all settings inherited from previous host): HypervHostB with a private switch 2 virtual machines on this private switch VM1 - ClientPC with windows 10 iso installedVM2 - PrimaryDC (Veeam restored from HypervHostA to HypervHostB - Session Type is Full VM Restore) - this server has roles(ad fs mgmt, dhcp, dns and gpo repectively)    - has 2 vm switches, Data: ip 192.168.50.1, subnet 255.255.255.0, gw - 192.168.50.150, preferred dns:192.168.60.240(DC2) and secondary dns:192.168.50.1                         Voice: 20.20.20.5 subnet:same, gw:20.20.20.1, dns1:PDC, dns2:DC2Observation:1.VM2 fired up nicely, AD components such as aduc, domains and trusts, gpo etc all open fine, able to logon with my local and domain AD accounts successfully 2. Fired up VM1, VM1 picked up IP via dhcp successfully, showing domain name schools.local on VM net adapter3. Both vm1 and vm2 can successfully ping each oth

We are running a VMWare environment.We created a new iSCSI datastore for some of our VMs due to the previous Fastclass Fibrechannel datastore having issues.All of our VMs are running well on this new datastore but every Veeam backup job fails for VMs housed on it. All backups for VMs running on other datastores are fine. The VMs show up in Veeam and are able to be added to jobs and show their file sizes, but fail when the job is run.Any ideas? I’ve pasted the typical error message below that we get, with some of our info redacted. Note that some of the files do actually back up, namely the smaller files like the .vmx, .vmxf, and .nvram, but the .vmdk file seems to be where the error occurs. 10/1/2025 3:18:59 PM :: Processing ******** Error: Failed to open VDDK disk [[***NAME OF ISCSI DATASTORE***] ***NAMEOFVM***.vmdk] ( is read-only mode - [true] )Logon attempt with parameters [VC/ESX: [***VMWare HOST IP***];Port: 443;Login: [***USERNAME***];

NetApp ONTAP S3 with Immutability (ONTAP 9.14 and higher) is currently not (or no longer) supported by Veeam. This means that Veeam backups on a NetApp ONTAP S3 bucket with activated Object Lock (Immutability) are currently not considered “immutable” in the sense of Veeam functionality. The main reason is that ONTAP S3 with activated Object Lock no longer fulfills all the requirements that Veeam needs for immutability.  Veeam currently only lists ONTAP S3 as “not immutable” in its own compatibility directory. The use of Immutability is therefore not officially approved NetApp is working on a solution with the support of Veeam (you may be able to get information via the NetApp Partner Manager).  --> This is ONTAP S3 (on ONTAP machines (FAS/AFF), not a NetApp Storage GRID)! Links to