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Michael MelterVeeam Legend

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Plugin all of a sudden consuming license - though VM is part of socket license

In a customer environment today we faced the issue that all HANA plugin backups all of a sudden stopped backing up:Session failed: Unable to process the workload: your license has been exceeded In VBR’s license dialog I found the plugins to consume VUL licenses all of a sudden - which there are only the 6 complimentary ones. The plugins run on VMs already under socket licensing and that worked for years.Has anyone seen this already? How does VBR actually determine if the plugin resides on a VM? This process seems to be impaired here.Case is open. Support is digging through plugin logs. ThanksMichael

9 months ago

AndanetVeeam Legend

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Backup Administrator, a little history.

Today, I have a tale to share regarding our work.Oldest Backup Tool (Windows 2000) I will take you back in time, not too far, to when an IT administrator was given a set of tasks that focused on backups. It was a relatively straightforward assignment, and thus, the role of the backup administrator came into existence.The main duty of these administrators was to ensure the secure and efficient storage of vital data. They created backups that could be relied upon in case of any data loss or system failures. During the early 2000s, backup administrators typically dealt with on-premise solutions, managing tapes, disks, and NAS devices.However, as technology progressed, backup administrators faced new challenges and opportunities. The emergence of various technologies, such as cloud computing, the exponential growth of data, and the rise of cybersecurity concerns, marked a significant shift in the industry.Backup administrators found themselves navigating a changing landscape where traditio

9 months ago

NemanjaJanicicInfluencer

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Backup Job - Best Practices

Hello,Since I’m going trough a lot of Veeam documentation in the past few days I found that I can always improve our Backups in some ways.At the moment we have each VM in separate Backup Job: They are all run in the similar time window: 21:00 and 22:00In some Veeam documentation I read that its better to group them together because of the simplicity and I/O resources used.Can somebody give me mote info about thatDescription:All of these VMs are from 3 different hosts. 1 VM is Linux based 13 VMs are Windows Server based 2016/2019 What are your recommendations on this The largest VMs are:VM Backup FS - 12 TB VM Backup SVFS1002 - 3 TB They are both on the same host

9 months ago

NemanjaJanicicInfluencer

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WAN Accelerator

Hello,I’m planning to implement now Backup Copy Jobs over WAN Accelerators.Our Upload/Download speed is around 850Mbps on both locations That should be High Bandwidth mode as I already did some research.Now I would like to have some advices from you guys:We have 7 Backup Jobs with total of 20 VMs all combined I will connect Secondary Storage (Synology RS3621xs+) to a VM directly with Ethernet Cable via iSCSI. It will be formatted as ReFS (64KB)I have following questions:Is one to one WAN Accelerator enough or I should implement 2 Source WAN Acceleratros to 1 Target WAN Accelerator What are you’re best practices for scheduling the Backup Copy Job? I used Immediate Copying in last Backup config As I don’t need Global Cache for High Bandiwidth mode, can someone explain how WAN Accelerators are working with High Bandwidth mode Our Largest VM is 13TB, if that is something that can be helpful with advices.

9 months ago

daniel.taylorNew Here

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Explorer for Sharepoint - The specified database cannot be opened on this OS

Hi all,I’ve been using Veeam backup for 365 for a while now and every now and again I get the error ‘the specified database cannot be opened on this OS version when I try to open the adb backup in the Sharepoint explorer tool. I seem to remember I did the backup on Windows 10, and have tried to restore on Windows 10 and also Windows 11 but I still get the same error. The error is not particularly helpful and doesn’t actually specify what the issue is. Does anyone know what this issue is or how I can possibly resolve it? As it stands I’m not able to open the backups which is causing a big headache. Thanks Dan

9 months ago

NemanjaJanicicInfluencer

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From Backup Copy Job to Immutable Repo

Hello,I would like an suggestion on how to approach this scenario, I have some options in mind but I want to get some best practice if possible.Current situation is like this:Backup Jobs to our Main Site Backup Copy Jobs to our DR SiteNow I would like to start backups to our VHR.From suggestion in the my previous topics I will create a VM with VBR on Synology with underlying disk that it has. I will isolate it and restrict access that is only needed. Now I have question about Backups.What is the best way to configure this now?My toughs are since I already have backups on the DR Site from Main, I could configure Backup Copy Jobs and select objects from the Repo that is already on DR.How the connection is established then?I would guess that the VBR server will start Veeam Data Movers on the Repo from DR Site and on the VHR and that data will just transfer itself on the same site?VBR is located in another Branch Office via IPSEC so it would not be good if the data goes from DR SITE Repo &

9 months ago

NemanjaJanicicInfluencer

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Veeam LHR and iSCSI

Hello,I would need to configure immutable backups for our DR site. We have a Synology NAS which I would connect via iSCSI to the VM that will be LHR.As I’m gone trough some documentation on Veeam for VHR I can see that there is an .ISO and a script for this.Now the question is how would I approach this with adding iSCSi storage to it. I didn’t see a part where I can first do that then continue with VHR.

9 months ago

bhinx

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Virtual Machine restoration is very slow

Hi, I am currently restoring a VM to a ESXi host (original host) and I am already on my 8th day of the restoration. Which is very very very slow. The VM has a size of 2TB and as of this writing the “statistics” shows that I have still 900+ GB left with the restoration rate at 2MB/s at 56% in progress state while the “log” shows “Restoring Hard disk 1 (2.0 TB): 188.6GB restored at 349KB/s [nbd] 157:xx:xx” This is a Full VM restoration job and the file is located on an External HDD. This is the only job running at the moment. Restoration progress:Day 1 - 0% Day 2 - 1%Day 3 - 28%Day 4 - 51%Day 5 - 53%Day 6 - 54%Day 7 - 55%Day 8 - 56% The Veeam VM configuration:vCPU = 4 CPUMemory = 4GBUSB = 3.0Ethernet Interface = VMXNET3 running at 10GbpsRepository Configuration = unchecked “Limit read and write data rates”Throttling = 500MbpsLicense = Community Edition Veeam VM Utilization:CPU = around 8% averageMemory = at 80% constantEthernet = only at 2-5Mbps average on send, 112Kbps average on rece

9 months ago

coolsport00Veeam Legend

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Ubuntu - Multipathing and Partition/Installing Filesystem on a Volume

This is more of a Linux question, but it’s for use with Veeam, so thought I’d try posting here to see if anyone else ran into my issue & what was done to resolve it. I am having the darndest time getting a Volume from my storage array (Nimble) to partition correctly in Ubuntu 22.04 so I can use it as a Veeam Repository. Using fdisk to partition, it seems to work, but then I get the following error after ‘writing’ the task:fdisk errorI reboot, then go to attempt to install a filesystem on the partition, and get the following error:filesystem busyAnything I attempt to do with it, the OS says it’s busy. I’ve spent hrs internet-searching to no avail. About the only thing I believe it stems from is the multipath daemon somehow. Do people just have 1 HBA connected to their arrays for Repos?...surely not?Umm..help? 😂

9 months ago

jdower98Comes here often

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Upgrading Nutanix AHV to V5 Failing

Going through the motions of upgrading our Nutanix AHV to V5. The Nutanix clusters are already done, attempting to upgrade the AHV portion. Downloaded the latest version yesterday, installed without issue. Veeam is reporting that the Nutanix AHV Proxies need to be upgraded (as expected) but when we try and upgrade, the upgrade is trying to pass off an incorrect user ID (ROOT) to the Proxies which of course isn’t valid and the upgrade process errors out with an Incorrect Username/PW. Ticket has already been opened but support is taking a little too long to respond with a fix.Any ideas?

9 months ago

euclids_bellybuttonNew Here

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"key" icon for restore point

what does this “full restore point + key” icon mean when I’m looking at my backup data? All of my backups are marked for immutability at the performance tier. But only some of my jobs have the little “key” on the icon.The “key” icon is not listed in the documentation, at least not that i can find. I’ve looked at https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/restore_points_icons.html?zoom_highlight=icons but the icon I see in my console isn’t listed

9 months ago

NemanjaJanicicInfluencer

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BCJ Performance

Hello,I would like to check with you guys if this performance is solid.I first created everything with WAN Accelerators that are physical machines with SSD, one for source and one for target side but it caused some problems and its not so convenient for me.Now I configured everything with Direct mode and I would like to see if this is a solid performance or not.Our connection on both locations are 1Gbps, around 750-850 Mbps upload/download speed.So this is from Primary Office to Secondary Office via VPN, 2 different countries.I have 3 BCJ, 1 is for 2 biggest VMs, and others are smaller ones.So the biggest VM is now left, all of the others are done but the Processing Rate is not so much to be honest, no other processes are running in the background.

9 months ago

euclids_bellybuttonNew Here

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copy s3 bucket to different region

Heres the scenario:I have VBR server A with a SOBR that backs up to a local hardened Linux server, then that offloads to AWS in region us-west1 (also immutable) . I back up serverX to the SOBR. AndI have VBR server B that has configured an AWS repository in eu-central1 (also immutable) Can I copy the contents of the AWS bucket used by the SOBR between these regions (strictly in AWS, not using Veeam) then import the copied object storage/jobs for serverX on VBR B and be able to restore from it?I know about the backup verification tool, but that can't be used for object storage.

9 months ago

marco_sVeeam Legend

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Veeam v12.1 and old DD OS

Hi community, if you are using Dell Data Domain and you are planning to upgrade to v12.1, be careful and read well the documentation, especially release notes (https://www.veeam.com/veeam_backup_12_1_release_notes_rn.pdf): Dell Data Domain: the supported operating system version is 7.3 to 7.12. Upgrade to it, or thebackup jobs pointed to this repository will fail to start. As @foggy explained to me in the R&D forum, “earlier versions are already End Of Support from the Dell side and 7.3 is required for Retention Lock support from the API perspective“ Enjoy! 💚

9 months ago

PepTownNot a newbie anymore

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Testing encryption key of a backup

I’m missing something simple here I thnk…all of my backups are unencrypted and I want to encrypt them, I set one to do that, stored the key in VEEAM and of course offsite too, but how do I know it’s working? I tried a guest file restore from that backup, picked a file, it restored fine, but nowhere did VEEAM asked me to provide the password.. I assume this is because it knows it, but that doesn’t make me feel comfortable with the process. I suppose the test could be to install backup & replication on another computer and try the restore from there? a bit of work though so I’m thinking there’s an easier way or am I worrying about nothing?

9 months ago

marymcg2Not a newbie anymore

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Veeam Backup and Replication v12.1 release date

Is there any indication of when the release date for Veeam Backup and Replication - v12.1 will be?

9 months ago

CarySunVeeam Vanguard

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v12.1 What's new? What's your favorite?

WOW, there are lots of amazing features in v12.1. This is one of my favourites. What yours?

9 months ago

NemanjaJanicicInfluencer

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Difference in performance BCJ

Hello,I would like to know why are there so many differences in performance of BCJ?This is all in one BCJ.Result of already finished one: Results of currently running one:

9 months ago

Madi.CristilCommunity Manager

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Blog of the Month October +November 2023 WinnerBlog of the Month

Dear all,Today, we are pleased to announce the winner of the October+ November 2023 Blog of the Month special edition, @JMeixner ,with his blog Data Backup Basics I: Why Snapshots Are Not Backups - Understanding the Differences . Congratulations, Jochen! 👏💚😻 Best, Madi

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9 months ago

MikeLeoneComes here often

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Utilizing all tape drives in a library

I am confused (not an unusual occurrence ...). I have a LTO-7 tape library, with 3 tape drives. Right now, I have 9 tape jobs listed as running (we ran out of tapes this weekend, so I just loaded more). But only 2 tape drives have tapes loaded and are writing, the 3rd is idle. And I’m not sure why … there are empty tapes in the pool for the jobs (all jobs use the same pool), as well as FREE tapes in the FREE pool.So why is my drive idle? I don’t see any option that seems to say “Use only 2 of the 3 drives in the library at any one time”. I must be missing something here, but I can’t figure out what. It’s not an option for the individual tape jobs, right? I have those set to use at most 2 drives. I assumed that meant just for that one tape job, not for all jobs that are executing. So why isn’t Veeam loading a tape in that 3rd drive, and starting to clear my backlog? What have I done wrong? Thanks.

9 months ago

HammerComes here often

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Backup Hyper-V disk vs. vm

Hi, sorry for the noob question, but when backing up VM’s on Hyper-V, what is the difference between backing up the VM’s via Virtual Infrastructure vs. backing up the disk the VM files are stored on via Physical Infrastructure? Is it just on recovery, it’s easier to restore the VM’s directly vs. having to restore each of the VM files such as the vhdx files?Thanks!

9 months ago

Moustafa_HindawiInfluencer

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Backup AHV VMs on NC2

Hello everyone, Is there an integrated way to backup AHV VMs on NC2, or we should you agent backup?

9 months ago

HammerComes here often

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Veeam Backup & Replication very slow to start backup

Hi, I am testing Backup and Replication Community Edition and have a very simple test environment consisting of a single Windows Server 2022 with one boot SSD, two HDD’s and a third HDD which is my dedicated Backup Repository. When I start the job, it take over an hour before it will begin to process/transfer data. Is this normal or is stuck waiting for something before it can start the backup? The server really has no load on it as it is a test machine (physical, not virtual). Below is a screenshot: Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you!

9 months ago

Chris.ChilderhoseVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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VUG Canada - November 29th - Architecture Design & Best Practices

For those that could not attend and are not members of the VUG Canada group you can watch the webinar on the VUG Canada YouTube channel below -Also, the slides are attached as well from the presentation.Great job again @Tyler Jurgens and @HangTen416

9 months ago

Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard

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Moving your blog, alternatives, methods?

Hi Everyone, I am planning on moving my blog. What seemed like a great deal at the time has turned into an expensive auto-renewal at the worst possible time. Luckily I changed my CC so .. 😁 no auto delete $$ this year. What are the alternatives? What do people pay? What is the best method to download my present blog content? Any help would be appreciated.

9 months ago

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