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marco_s
marco_sVeeam Legend
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Veeam and Cirrus - new BaaS offerings

Hello everyone,have you read the latest news?https://www.veeam.com/news/cirrus.htmlIntroducing Cirrus by Veeam – Backup as a ServiceI understand that it is a SaaS, but what are the major differences in functionality with the existing Veeam products (Veeam backup for Azure and Veeam backup for 365) ?What will be the implications on future developments of the respective solutions? Edit: I’ve just found a post on Veeam Forum with the same argument, let’s follow the progress  https://forums.veeam.com/veeam-cloud-providers-forum-f34/cirrus-clarifications-t90286.html

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martynh
1 year ago
mihai.cosma
mihai.cosmaComes here often
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What is the best way to backup a RPI to a Veeam Repository?

Has anyone found a better way or backing up a Raspberry PI to a veeam repository other than using a script to dd the entire SDCard to a SMB/CIFS share and then backing that up?

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MicoolPaul
1 year ago
wolff.mateus
wolff.mateusVeeam Vanguard
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VMCE v12 x VMCE 2021

Hello veeam community! As we know, the VMCE v12 is comming soom and with that a new exam with new topics including building backup capabilities, restoring from backup and advanced repository functionalities, etc are coming too. But at this moment my questions is about VMCE 2021.Do you know how long we can still book the exam VMCE 2021?Do you think it's still worth trying to pass VMCE 2021 or its better wait for v12 exam? 

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Scott
1 year ago
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spider32Experienced User
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Drop DB on a restored test server from SQL Always On Availability Group in production

We are trying to restore a huge DB which is part of a Always On Availability group to a test server. So the test server is up with the DB. However, the DB shows as Restoring after the restore. What is the work around to make the DB Ready? From what I’ve read, we need to drop the DB on this test server from the Availability Group. How can this be done without affecting the production DB.  Our DBA is unable to drop the DB so reaching out to the community for alternative solutions.   

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1 year ago
MavMikeVBR
MavMikeVBRInfluencer
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Veeam v12 and StoreOnce replication issue

working in a client env with veeam v11 and 12….just upgraded to v12.we have issues with replication not working (started all of a sudden 3 weeks ago). Support said that it was a known issue in v11 and we needed to upgrade. Tbh I wasn’t convinced as its been working fine for some time.Anyway we upgraded to v12 but replication is still not working.You can see that the copy is seen as in-progress so Veeam is just trying to send data. You can also see on the storeonce side that Veeam files have landed/created with ZERO bytes. It just sits there for hours and you dont see any data being transmitted for some reason…..We do have a call with support but just wondered if you guys had any ideas. We’ve involved HPE and run scripts on the storeonce appliances which are able to send files between the devices (1G files, 10G files etc).

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MavMikeVBR
1 year ago
Moustafa_Hindawi
Moustafa_HindawiInfluencer
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VBM server migration best practice

Hello everyone,I didn’t find configuration backup and restore in VBM like VBR, what is the best approach to do it? both backup and restore the entire server, and install it from scratch?

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HangTen416
1 year ago
clownyboots178
clownyboots178Comes here often
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Not enough space error caused backup to fail

Hey Guys,I had a backup fail last night due to a datastore no longer having enough space to process  Is this a threshold that can be configured somewhere?How much space is actually needed to process a backupI am trying to find some more info in the logs but havent seen anything yet  Thanks,

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
Madi.Cristil
Madi.CristilCommunity Manager
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Blog of the Month September 2023

A little bit late today but here we go! September is almost gone! (Unbelievable!😲) But we are not meant to talk about how time flies in this post! As you know, we are committed to organizing a poll every month to determine the top blog of the month that is going to be featured on the homepage and social media channels ! Let's see who is blogger of the month in September!Please help us determine the best by voting on your favorite one by October 1st. Good luck to all participants! @Cragdoo , @Nico Losschaert , @eeha0120next , @eprieto , @Nitish Kumar , @coolsport00 Please feel free to share it on your social media platforms and encourage your network to vote for you!Best, Madi

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dloseke
1 year ago
dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Legend
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Backup of Deleted User but mailbox/OneDrive still exist (for 30 days)

Just a quick question...I was tasked with restoring OneDrive data from an account for a client that apparently left and the user was deleted, but someone else was accessing the OneDrive data while the user account was still in the Deleted Users status/folder, but once the 30 days elapsed, that data was purged.  This client is currently being backed up by Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud backup (until I get those folks moved over to Veeam) but I noticed that the last backup of the data was before the user account was deleted.  Makes sense, but I hadn’t considered that their OneDrive would even be accessible by the other users during that time period if the user/mailbox had been marked as deleted.So my question is, if a user account is marked deleted, does VB365 still backup the deleted mailbox/OneDrive (or can it even do so - assuming that you had that user explicitly specified or had the job set to backup the entire organization, etc) until Microsoft purges that data?  I imagine I can test thi

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Mildur
1 year ago
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IT AdminNot a newbie anymore
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Use local storage for Agent on VM

Hi,I have installed Veeam agent on my windows 11 VM. I have a external hard drive connected to the physical host and shared the drive.I have it mapped on my VM.I cannot see it in my options for destinations.Is there any thing I can do to get this working? Thank you in advance.Colin 

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dloseke
1 year ago
Scott
ScottVeeam Legend
posted in Discussion Boards
Let's talk storage.

I’m in the market for new storage at 2 sites. I’m hoping to get some input from the community here if any of you have a lot of data, or fast storage. Requirements - You need to be able to hit a minimum of 2GB/s on your Veeam jobs to post your solution. I want you to detail your proxy, repo, and storage setup as well. (This is not a competition though) Currently I have 2 V7000’s. I can hit about 2.2GB/s sending data to 6 LTO8 drives. I am hitting about 6k IOPS but the latency starts to increase at this point.  I’ve been happy with this storage, (7200RPM disks) but it’s time to upgrade, and I am looking at a few options. Option 1) Exagrid at 2 sites. 10+ EX84 per site    - Does anyone here own Exagrid storage? What is your performance like, how about long term restores? The price is decent, I just have concerns about a large scale instant restore, synthetic operations, merges etc.  (Those are my current pain points with my current v7000s It’s fast untill I run too many at once) Option 2)

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Scott
1 year ago
victorwu
victorwuVeeam Vanguard
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Take a VMware On Demand course today, save on your exam on qualifying courses. Current qualifying On Demand courses Data Center Virtualization  vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8], [V7] vSphere: Operate, Scale, and Secure [V8] vSphere: Optimize and Scale [V7] Network Virtualization  NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4] NSX: Troubleshooting and Operations [V4] NSX for Intrinsic Security [V4.x] NSX-T Data Center: Install, Configure, Manage [V3.2] NSX-T Data Center: Troubleshooting and Operations [V3.2] NSX-T Data Center: Intrinsic Security [V3.2] NSX Advanced Load Balancer: Install, Configure, Manage [V20.x] Cloud Management & Automation  Aria Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.10] vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] Cloud Operations vRealize Operations: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.6] VMware Cloud  VMware Cloud on AWS: Deploy, Configure, Manage 2021 Desktop & Mobility  Horizon: Deploy and Manage [V8.8] Horizon 8: Deploy and M

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Scott
1 year ago
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renenNot a newbie anymore
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Restore Tape Veeam backup using new Veeam Installation

Hi, our client just had a ransomware attack and unfortunately veeam server and backup files were affected. Client had to rebuild their servers and We had to reinstall Veeam and recreate backup from start again.We are looking into introducing tape as “offline” backup so we can restore backup files from it in worst case scenarios. My question is, if we reinstall Veeam B&R is it easy to re-introduced the Tape Library and is it easy to scan for it and retrieve/recover the Backup Files from it to Veeam Disk Repository?

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1 year ago
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SilkBCNew Here
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Nutanix AVH plugin vs Agent?

Hello, I just recently installed Nutanix AVH for a client; they were previously on VMware (and backing up with Veeam). I setup two backup jobs that use the Nutanix AVH plugin/appliance, but to be honest, I am not “happy” with it, and am wondering if it might be better to use the Windows/Linux agent to backup, but not sure what pros and cons are. What I am not overly-happy with with the Nutanix AVH plugin are:   * Even though VMs are in the same job, backups get split per-VM, which I don’t think get any benefit from deduplication (though I think they benefit from compression still).  The agent-based backups seem to behave more like the VMware-based backups in  that the VMs in the same job get backed up to one file (named for the job), and benefit from deduplication (as well as compression)  * The “session report” is very light on details.  I had come to like the details provided by the “normal” session report I could see previously (and which I can get with the agent-based backups) What

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
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ricardo.santosNew Here
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Error running aws 3 cloud backup

We have contracted with a cloud backup service for Veeam Backup with bucket. We have been experiencing problems for a few days with the following errors.1- Error when trying to connect to the cloud repository to perform a Veeam backup.We have a backup job in Veeam Backup that sends 7 VMs to the cloud repository, however, on several days the error below occurs when trying to send this backup:2- This problem is generally occurring whenever the first problem occurs and it would be some type of error related to the tasks that Veeam Backup performs.The errors that occur are the following:  

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regnor
1 year ago
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dikaComes here often
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VBR 12 with cloud ready license

hi, i would like to know, could i use my socket base license with VBR V12, and can i get all of features on VBR V12 with my socket base license ? such as Immutable with HLR, MFA, File Share Backup and so on  Thank You

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dloseke
1 year ago
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dikaComes here often
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build VBR server on aws and using direct object storage

hi, I would like to know that, could we build VBR server on AWS and backup our VM and physical on prem and store our backup file on S3 Bucket by using direct to object storage Thank You

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dloseke
1 year ago
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adimanComes here often
asked in Discussion Boards
tape drive shows red sign on Veeam

Hello everyone, We have an HPE MSL3040 tape library and we have two F.C drives on it. The drives are detected on the Veeam server but one of them shows a red sign (screenshot attached). On device manager both drives are properly working. we are unable to use the parallel processing feature because the second drive seems to be non functional. Any ideas as to why this could be happening? Thanks in advance for your support.  

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
Oxidation9992
Oxidation9992Not a newbie anymore
asked in Discussion Boards
Issue with SMTP Notification Emails After Update to Version 12

Dear Veeam Community,I hope this finds you well. I've encountered an issue after updating to Veeam Version 12 and was hoping someone might have come across a similar problem or can provide some guidance.**Problem Description:** After the update, I am unable to send notification emails. I consistently receive the error message: "Unable to connect to SMTP server because of invalid credentials or connection settings." I am certain of my credentials, having double-checked multiple times.Steps Taken:1. I've tried all configuration variants using both ports 587 and 465.2. When using port 465, I am able to apply the settings, but an error then displays.3. With port 587, the error surfaces after sending the test message.**Mail Server Error Logs:** From the logs, the following sections raised concerns:* `SASL login authentication failed`* `TLS library problem: error:14094412:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:sslv3 alert bad certificate`The error regarding the TLS library is particularly concerning.

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Oxidation9992
1 year ago
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Antony_cmNew Here
asked in Discussion Boards
12:35:21 AM Task failed. Error: Connection problems.

I am facing problems. Task failed. Error: Connection problems. Processing finished with errors.Veeam Backup & Replication Version 12

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coolsport00
1 year ago
Cragdoo
CragdooVeeam Vanguard
posted in Discussion Boards
Everyone should have a recovery plan, but how do you ensure it is reliable?

At the recent VeeamOn Tour, held in London, I was lucky enough to be asked to sit on a Veeam Vanguard panel, to talk about the topic of data security, which led to the question "Everyone should have a recovery plan, but how do you ensure it is reliable?". Let's go through my points offered on the day, in a little more detailWhen talking to customers about recovery plans, there are 4 points I like to discuss:-Understand your valuable data/core systems & processes"Kind of obvious Craig" I hear you say. Well yes and no…it's not always the usual suspects. Everyone would immediately point to production data as their most valuable data, and it's not wrong. It just there's more to valuable data than just production data.Companies need to be able to take that step back from production and look at their data estate holistically. Yes we want production data/systems protected, up and running ASAP, but what about data/systems that are with upstream or downstream from production data?For exampl

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B
1 year ago
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FrankD28New Here
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Very Large VM Size

Hello,I’m backing up a single physical server that uses about 128GB of storage.  However, the “VM Size” as reported by the restore wizard is 834GB.  Why so large?Thanks for any insight,FrankV drive is external USB  USB drives are excluded 

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1 year ago
V
Veebr
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Veeam B&R does not backup over FC switch

Hello,We have three ESXi servers connected to our Nimble storage using a Brocade Fibre Channel switch, each ESXi server connects to Nimble storage with individual zone as: ESXi1_Nimble, ESXi2_Nimble, ESXi3_Nimbe.A few months after this configuration was done, we added a physical server for Veeam B&R v12 as backup server and repository, which is also a backup proxy server. This is connected to the same FC switch and I created zone between the Veeam B&R server and the Nimble storage as:  VeeamBR_NimbleAnd most recently, we added a HPE tape library to this mix for GFS tape backups. Added the library to the FC switch and created a zone between VeeamBR_HPETapeDrive. Each night, the Veeam B&R server runs backup jobs then stores into its local repository (D: drive). Then it runs backup to tape, which writes from the Veeam B&R backup repository into tape drive. I have already configured "Direct storage access" while configuring Backup proxy's Transport mode. The backup jobs do

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Chris.Childerhose
1 year ago
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spider32Experienced User
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SQL restart when doing Instant DB recovery

SQL restart when doing Instant DB recoveryThe Database went offline and in Recovery Pending state. It is currently doing Instant DB Recovery. Is it safe to restart SQL to bring the Database online without affect transactions already in the cache folder? Would it affect the Instant DB recovery process (I don’t think so but better to ask). What other processes should we consider before doing a restart of the SQL? Thanks.

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1 year ago
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sanNew Here
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Nutanix AHV to Non Nutanix VMWare/Hyper-V replication

Hi,We have a requirement of setting up a DR for VM’s running on Nutanix AHV to VMWare / Hyper-V running on HP server. Is this possible with Veeam ? Customer is using Veeam enterprise plus license. Please advise the possibilities.

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Geoff Burke
1 year ago

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