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Hi Everyone,I need some guidance on deploying a new hardened backup repository as a SOBR extent. Current we have a customer which uses a regular windows repository as extent doing copy to an Azure blob. We need to move all the content (backup chains) from this Windows repository to the hardened one (using imutability). I´m trying to find out the appropriate way to do that. There is only one performance extent (with data locality policy) and we are not able to add the hardened repo because all extents need to have same imutability settings. Cannot evacuate because there is no other extent to evacuate.How can I accomplish this without having to download metadata or resync data with Azure blobs? Our goal here is to only offload old repo content to the hardened repo and set them as extent copying data to Azure, if possible, doing little to no change on Azure tiers/blobs to avoid costs. 

Hello,I have 2 Hyper-V hosts:Host no.1: several VMs, VM replicas from Host no.2 and a VM with Veeam B&R server (v12) Host no.2: several VMs, VM replicas from Host no.1 including a VM replica with Veeam B&R server (v12)The repository for backups and replicas is an additional NAS server.I need to completely reinstall Host 1, so I need to temporarily move everything to Host 2 - including the Veeam B&R server.These are production servers, so the whole operation must be stable and fast. What is the best way to do this?

hi Veeam communityI want to run a sclae out repository and I need your help and experience.I want to buy suitable storage for all three tiers (performance, capacity, archive) and I want to have immutable capability in all three levels.Your experience and guidance can help me make the right choices.What features should be taken into consideration when choosing storage, what storages have you had experience working with and were they good experiences.Thank you in advance for all your comments   

According to Veeam documentation, migrating a legacy VBR (v11) to a new one (v12.1) requires disabling the services on the current server. This legacy server retains the ownership of all the Azure blobs used as scale-out repositories. All blobs are used to long-term backups. Regular short-term backup jobs are configured to local disk repositories.  My question lies in the moment after the restore process ends (with the option to migrate flaged). Do I just need to request ownership of the blob or is some additional procedure required to re-enable this scale-out repositories. Is there any chance to lose the chain inside this blobs after the restore? If restore fails somehow, can I just jump back to the legacy server? I cannot risk losing the backup chain held there, cause we are talking of dozens of TBs.  If there is some guide to migrate VBR with Azure blobs or anyone has ever had this need somehow, can please share the steps taken?

Hello, I am facing a connection problem between my VBR and my VEM.I applied a hardening since the connection with the local administrator account (built-in) is impossible I cannot find what could be blocking it, still investigate.MFA was enabled in VBR, so I had to create an entry for my built-in administrator account as a service account with Veeam administrator privilege.Unfortunately the session failed to openThe connection with another service account with admin privilege works..Any idea? The account must be assigned the Veeam Backup Administrator role. In term of security I’m not a big fan cause I have an account with admin right without MFA. How do you configure VEM on your side?

Hi Team, My customer has a setup for StoreOnce (3660 with Firmware 4.3.7) and Veeam (12) configured with Veeam Standard license.Scenario 1:Customer tried to take a VM backup to one of a catalyst store which failed due to licensing issue in the logs. However, I did not get any documentation mentioning Veeam standard edition doesn’t support catalyst stores. As per Catalyst store configuration I double checked and its as per HPE standards.Error: “Backup to HPE StoreOnce Catalyst requires valid enterprise edition of Veeam Backup and replication.” Scenario 2:Customer tried to back up the same test VM on StoreOnce NAS share and that passed successfully. Resolution:Could you share me any documentation which says the Veeam standard edition does not support StoreOnce catalyst store? Are there any changes in Veeam that needs to be done to support the above

Hello,Refer below setting:- backup job vm_to_disk with full and incremental keep 14 days- backup job file_share_to_disk keep 14 days, it should be full and incremental for file share backup- backup job vm_to_tape- backup job file_share_to_tape- two jobs vm_to_tape and file_share_to_tape backup to one tape setup with "Do not create, always continue using current media set", manual execute end of every monthrefer two jobs backup to one tape and it will require use "Do not create, always continue using current media set", t will append backup content to the content that was written to tape with a previous backup session. If, however, a backup set is started with a new tape, Veeam Backup & Replication will create a new media set for it.Does it mean jobs vm_to_tape and file_share_to_tape execute full backup when insert new tape? Best regards, 

Servers & Drive Numbers - Cause Chaos So, I thought for the blog of the month special edition I would go back to when I first started out in the IT world early in my career.  I found a job as a Systems Administrator at a small law office in downtown Toronto.  I was so excited to get my IT career going and this was my first job in the Sysadmin space.  The firm also had an external IT company as well under contract, but they felt the need to have someone onsite to provide easier assistance to users, manage servers, etc.So, I was working there for a few months when I happened to one day do my daily routine check in the server room and noticed an amber light on one of the drives in the server.  Now keep in mind I was new to IT and did not understand the concept of the hard drives starting at Zero not One (you can see where I am going with this 😂).So, to be diligent and ensure things were done right I contacted the person at the IT consulting company, an

I’m using B&R 12.1.1 and having the following error with a single Server 2016 VM backup.Failed to index guest file system. VSSControl: Index failedI’ve checked that all discs have plenty space but not sure where to look for more information.Any suggestions welcomed. 

Hello team,Today, I replaced an HPE Gen 10 server. After adding it to the cluster, I encountered an issue with remediating it to install the IO. I observed that VMware has removed the HPE Gen 10 Proliant from their Cycle Center, making it challenging to apply the CDP IO. Has anyone else noticed this issue?   

We are beginning implementation of the DB2 plugin in v12.1. Looking at the documentation online, we see commands and examples for backing up and restoring backups, but you have to know the date/timestamp for the file to restore. There is no command to list available backup files using the plugin that is documented online (that I can find, anyway). However, a helpful engineer that we consulted with during pre-buy provided us with a command to list the available backups using the agent (db2 list history backup all for <db name>).Now I’m wondering why that isn’t documented online, and if there is a document somewhere that lists all of the commands or methods possible with the DB2 plugin.Does anyone know where we can get that documentation?

what is the correct permission to give backup repository:Ubuntu document its mention chmod 700 and in the redhat its 2775, which one is correct permission, kindly suggest. Appreciate if i get preparation process steps for redhat linux 8.x version for veeam 12.1  

Taking SMF file share backup on Linux hardened immutable repo 7d retention,  want to retain same data for 10 years with immutable on AWS  glacier storage . (minimum storage cost ). Is that possible. Any alternate option..

Hi, got a warning email from backup profile. Detail as below:Source is storage server HPE MSL3040 3250 Destination is workstation with OS Win Server 2019 Profile backup is File to Tape Details warning is: Failed to create a VSS snapshot for E: Details: Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))I’m tried to follow this but doesn’t work: https://www.veeam.com/kb3099Please anyone if you have clue or suggestion for this issue. Thank you.

Ok gang, I have a weird situation.I have a job where I removed a server and added another one that replaced it.  Different server names, IP’s….Everything was running fine for a long time but all of a sudden, when the job runs, it completes without issue. Then a second job runs with the same job name but showing the previous server and job settings (which of course fails due to the server no longer being there).  It’s even doing the typical 3 tries before it gives up.Any ideas on how to get rid of the second run?Thanks in advanceJD

hi Veeam CommunityI have a backup server that uses the drives in the backup server as a repository, and the backup server works as a workgroup. I want the permissions on these drives to be only for the veeam service.I want to do this for more security.My question is whether such an idea is good?If it is good, what permissions should I give to these drives?

Hello, I need to install the product for new customer and I don’t find anything on internet about how to manage job for organisations “medium size”.My customer has 8 Active directory forest and all are sync inside the same Azure tenant.I need to backup all of them.Is it “better” to have only 1 Exchange job (same for sharepoin, ...) for all or better to create 1job / domain name (each forest has a different public domain).I mean : Exchange job - Target organization and select only mail + archive and add exclusion for what I don’t want.ORExchange domain1 job - Target AAD group with domain1 users and repeat it for all other domain. What is the solution to be sure I backup actual object AND futures one. If I select organization → It’s ok. If I select group, I need to be sure user is inside the group (Dynamic group is ok). What about sharepoint site ? When I select a g

Are SharePoint permissions backed up using Veeam for Microsoft 365? Scenario:  A group with inherited permissions is removed from a SharePoint folder but later found to be required.If we restore the folder, will it restore the security groups/permissions associated with that folder at the time of backup?

Is it possible to make the traffic from Veeam Agents go directly to Wasabi instead of going through our VSPC/VCC server? This will create a lot of network traffic and engress cost for us in Azure. In the manuals it says we should create cloud connect repository (with f.ex) wasabi. Was hoping that even this sets the Cloud Connect Repository in Veeam Agents, it would understand it was an object storge and route the backuptraffic directly to Wasabi itself.

Hello,it would be great to be able to limit for physical machines veeam agent backup not only for “disallow VPN” and certain SSIDs, but also by defining an allow list for IP ranges: Some sites have a slow S2S VPN connection, there no agent backups shall happen. Just for the sites with fast S2S VPNS. Examples:Main site = 10.28.0.0/16 (allow)fast satelite site = 192.168.10.0/24 (allow)fast satelite site = 192.168.55.0/24 (allow)slow satelite site = 192.168.99.0/24 (disallow)…. TIA, Rudi Stang

Hi there,I recently created a new email address and I’m in the process of switching all accounts to this new email address. On the Veeam website, it is, unfortunately, not possible to change the email address, but I had to create a new account instead. It wasn’t a big tragedy because it is (was) my private email address anyway.I just wanted to register here on the Veeam Community again with that new email address (because it’s using the same account as on the Veeam website). But registering a new account wasn’t possible because my username was already taken (sure, because I took it back in the days).I also can’t change the username on my “old” Community profile.Can someone assist me in either changing the username on the “old” profile or deleting the “old” profile?Many thanks!Best regards,KarlvExpert, former Veeam VanguardOld email: webmaster

We have begun our 30-day trial, going very well. Except we have no servers (all in the cloud) and need to assign an IP address to a Windows 11 PC which will serve as our Backup PC.Would like to hear from others who have been through this - how did you make that backup server addressable to create a restore portal? Can we somehow use one of our spare domains from Microsoft 365? We’ve been wracking our brains with little to no technical support and I think the question is best addressed in a group such as this. Any ideas?

I cannot find it. It may be very old or a ghost one.  What is the easy way to figure out the “in using an object” from the VBR Management console or PowerShell? Or is there any way to force delete the credentils? 

Hi every body,Please i need help to add hyper-v2019 on veeam B&R11 installed in windows server 2016 standard virtual machine. When i add the host hyper-v2019 i have the error bellow :“Failed to connect to host Access denied or timeout expired.Check if you have local administrator privileges on computer .Possible reasons:Invalid credentials.Specified host is not a Hyper-V server. (System.Exception)”But i add hyper-v2016 on the same veeam B&R11 successfully.the account i use in veeam is added in the hyper-v 2019 host local administrator groupFile and printing share is active and authorized in windows firewall in the hyper-v 2019 host. i can open the folder \\hyper-v 2019 host\c$ successfully on the virtual machine in which veeam B&R11 is installed.Thanks

Hi, I have not been inside Veeam for a while. I am getting errors as in the snapshot below:I understand it is complaining about storage space for backups but I am trying to zero in on what to attack first here. The one that interests me is “Unable to apply retention policy: failed to delete backup files error…...is locked by running session xxx-xxx [Instant recovery]. Is Veeam just too busy to start the backup because it could not apply retention policy? Not sure which item to investigate first...ar