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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 : UnverifiedCheers.

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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 other via ip and dns name, nslookup works as well.4. vm1 is listed in dns on vm2Chec

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***];VMX Spec: [moref=9];Snapshot mor: [9-snapsho

This is a great day Community!At VeeamON in San Diego back in April, Anton shared how Veeam is looking to add more hypervisor support to their product. Late last year, they began answering customers’ call to do so by implementing support for Proxmox. In more recent months, Veeam announced support for both Scale Computing SC/Hypercore and HPE on VM Essentials. But, that’s not all….Some of us in the Veeam100 Community were approached about a month ago to test out a Veeam Plugin for XCP-ng. Based on our testing & feedback Veeam has been hard at it getting the Plugin updated, and just today released a new Public Beta ripe for you all to test out! That’s pretty amazing considering something else pretty significant was released a couple weeks ago (has anyone heard about the Veeam Software Appliance on v13??? 😉 )For testing instructions, download link, and password go to the following Forums post by Anton Gostev:https://forums.veeam.com/kvm-rhv-olvm-pve-schc-f62/veeam-plug-in-for-xcp-ng-

The IdeaWhen the weather is bad on weekends, I listen to music and vacuum, and then I can become creative. This weekend, an unusual idea came to my mind:What if Monopoly was not about money and hotels but backups and recovery? And when I get creative, the idea doesn’t let me go; I start doing stuff. Here is the result:BackupOpolyA playful way to explore Veeam’s ecosystem, while still keeping the fun and strategy of the classic board game. The player tokens would be a tape cartridge, a notebook, a server, and more. I sketched a board design in Excel (Drawing with Excel relaxes me).Design for the game boardAnd then I put together some basic rules. Here's what came out of it.ObjectiveBuild the strongest data protection environment by acquiring Veeam products, storage systems, and advanced features. Collect VUL licenses, charge opponents when using your technologies, and avoid penalties for ransomware or audit. The last player not bankrupt wins.Instead of dollars, players pay and earn Veea

I’d like to share my current backup infrastructure and get feedback on best practices when using Synology NAS with iSCSI LUNs as Veeam repositories.🔹 Current Setup Main Site Backup Jobs → Repository on Synology NAS (connected via iSCSI LUN to VM). Secondary Site Backup Copy Jobs → Repository on Synology NAS (iSCSI LUN). Immutable Backups Another Synology NAS configured as a Hardened Repository (WORM / immutability). Backup Jobs First Backup is Full Backup, then after then we do incrementals and Synthetic Full Backups on Fridatys. Disks are configured as ReFS with 64KB block sizes since that was recommended when I was configuring this. Aprox 2 years agoAny recommnedations would help. 

So I’ve been trying to restore a VM to my Proxmox cluster and I keep getting an error `Failed to reach the hypervisor. Error output: can’t open ‘ssh-public-key-string’ - File name too Long`. I tried recreating the workers, testing the connections and rechecking all the configs I can think of and I can’t get past this point. Every host is configured with IP and ‘root’ credentials. Each is available and the workers start up seemingly fine. Running ‘Veeam Backup and Replication 12 Build : 12.3.2.3617` on Windows Server 2022 Standard

Hey everyone! Happy Friday 😃I had a quick question regarding Per-VM Backup chains. If I remember rightly, I think I read somewhere that in V12 it would be enabled by default. Are Per-VM backup chains now best practice? Anything to be aware of when transitioning to them on already existing backup jobs that do not utilise Per-VM backup jobs currently?Thank you!

I am running a daily configuration backup, as I should. :-) It is saving to my default repository, which in my case is a locally attached drive on my VBR server. (in fact, I had to do a configuration restore once, so I know that process works).But I just realized I don’t have a tape job, that copies the configuration backup to tape, in case of full on disaster and the building burns down to slag. And I guess I am drawing a blank, because I am a bit unsure how to set that up.Do I just need  to do a Tape job, choose a “Files” backup, go to my VBR server, and choose the “VeeamConfigBackup” folder? What about the “VBRCatalog” folder? Anything else I need?A better way to do this? Obviously I would want this run every day, so it goes onto a tape every day, and once a week, we send all tapes that are FULL offsite for storage.Sorry if these seem like stupid questions.