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In addition to backing up my ESXi virtual machines, I’d like to back the entire host up. How may this be done? Thanks!

I cannot expand a VM disk since the system is blocking this operation as for existing checkpoints.There’s no checkpoint within the chain in HyperV Manager, however some files exist on disk:I wonder if these are only some orphans created by VBR Comm. Ed., and if these can be safely deleted

Hello,A customer is using a "scale-out" repository on a compatible S3 and has Veeam version 11. They want to perform a test to recover the data stored on S3 to a new Veeam server. However, Veeam does not support direct import of data from the S3 repository in a "scale-out" configuration. To work around this limitation, the chosen option is to restore the Veeam configuration to the new server.The question is whether it is possible to restore the configuration on Veeam version 12, and what limitations should be taken into consideration.Thank you.

We’ve been running VBR on a 2012 R2 server for a long time but it’s time to get off of 2012.Is there a reason to keep running Veeam on a server? We’ve grown over the years and I have started putting VBR on Windows 10 workstations for remote offices and that has worked well.Do we need need to keep VBR on a server or is it save to migrate this over to a workstation?Interested in hearing why?Thanks!

Hello everyone,some backup files were manually deleted from D:\ storage (ReFS) andnow backup jobs don’t work.Failed to pre-process the job Error: A data integrity checksum error occurred. Data in the file stream is corrupt.Failed to read data from the file [D:\[...].8D2023-07-26T204743_9167.vbk].--tr:Error code: 0x00000143--tr:Failed to parse metadata stored in slot [528384]--tr:Unable to load metadata snapshot. Slot: [528384].--tr:Failed to load metastore--tr:Failed to load metadata partition. Delayed loading: [0]Failed to open storage for read/write access.We tried to create new repository (on the same storage) - didn’t help.ReFS partition was formatted (yes, backup data are lost) - didn’t help.The LUN on QNAP was re-created and we are getting the same error.Yesterday I tired to uninstall Veeam and I made a fresh install on VM.I didn’t help as well (note: I’ve removed %programdata% files, etc.).It seems there are still some old parts of backup chains, surprising...I didn’t find any s

It's Sys Admin Day! To celebrate, we have created a Sys Admin-themed Match game. How to play: We gathered some community posts that highlight the work Sys Admins do. (Thanks Joe and Shane!) Take a look at the 9 pictures and 9 posts below - can you match the picture # to the post? Give it a try! 😊   Posts:                                

 The last week of July brings an exciting Blog of the Month poll! As previously mentioned, this special edition is all about our fantastic SysAdmins, and we've selected blogs that showcase stories of our members' heroic saves as well as moments when they faced challenges, they failed but there are valuable tips and tricks for others to learn from.If we make it special, let's go all the way and break the rule! Instead of featuring six blogs, we've decided to select seven because they were all exceptionally good and truly deserved to be included in the poll! The winner will get a $150 gift card, blogger of the month badge+ a special SysAdmin badge and will be revealed during our livestream on Friday, July 28th! Not only will we discuss the winning blog, but we'll also delve into the two other most voted blogs during the livestream. Exciting times ahead! 🐱Please help us determine the best by voting on your favorite one by July 27th , 11 pm ET.    Good luck to all participants! 😊@dloseke

Hello everyone.I have the following query, in version 12 I see that there is the possibility of adding a proxy in the "General-purpose backup proxy" option, according to the following in the description "(...) and off-host backups of physical server" I would understand that it is possible for a physical server with veeam agent to add a proxy backup.Why the question? I have a Windows Server 2019 server that serves as a file server and when I run the job, either incremental or full, it slows down access to shared files and users complain. That being said, this proxy would help me mitigate or reduce the impact or what good practice do you recommend?The repository is an smb folder inside a Qnap NAS.

Hi Guys, lot of my customer has Veeam as virtual machine in VMware and using the virutal disk as repostitory (.vdmk), in my opinion - its old concept. One of my customer has new Storage Array and Physical backup server. The storage is direct connected to backup server via 10 GbE iSCSI.  Is there some steps how to migrate virtual veeam (also with backup repository) to brand new physical HW ?  Thx.Tomas

Hello Everyone,I have question here, If I have Veeam VBR v11 using SQL express as DB, and I want to migrate and upgrate it to V12 Postgres, is it applicable, and how?

We are currently running VBR Comm. Ed. on a Windows server 2019 which is a DC. For security reasons we would like to demote this machine to a simple server.Will this allow VBR ti run as usual after the change?

we currently use azure as object storage and would like to achieve immutability on the backups.veeam does not support “out of the box” immutability to azure. i would like to know if any of these would work or if anyone has better ideas.Immutable blob storage on folder level Enable soft delete for blobs (or container) Enable versioning for blobs (or container) Enable point-in-time restore for containers setup Object replication in azure for the storage account thanks

Hello to all,I would need advices from you guys on how to approach to this setup the best way possible.We have two locations. Both locations have 64TB Synology NAS and also on one side we have one additional NAS for air-gapped solutoin. Now we would like to implement cloud storage and want to ask you guys what would be the best solution in configuration of this scenario.Scale-out repository or similar.At the moment we are doing backups on the one location (Vienna, Austria) and doing Backup Copy Jobs via WAN Acceleration to other location (Novi Sad, Serbia)Would like to configure it to best practices and in the most secured way possible. 

I’m new to the community and to Veeam.Does anyone know of a report that will show what I listed? Or at least some of it?Server All dBs for the server Backup time Time backup took to run Type of backup Restore points Success, fail, warning Error messages Enabled\disabled jobThanks much and look forward to contributing once I get a handle on using Veeam.-Mark

Hi Fellow Hubians! So can someone explain to me the reason for the upgrade backup chain format?https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/backup_copy_change_type.html?ver=120&_gl=1*wzxbvg*_ga*MTMwNTg0NDUyNC4xNjg3ODAyODk4*_ga_PMJS81E58L*MTY5MDIyNDYzNS4xMDAuMS4xNjkwMjI1ODYyLjI3LjAuMA As I understand this changes the chain from having one single metadata file to separate for the per-vm backups. I can see this being a good idea from the separate and conquer point of view (or deal with less hassle if one of the metadata files gets corrupted, so if you only have one, it is much less fun) but are there any other reasons for the move?

We are using community edition to backup two VMs. This setup was done by another user, and now we need to move the VM hosting the backup interface to another host.If I am not wrong, the service is actually running on the underlying host which is Hyperv…. What steps do I have to take to achieve this?I am confused if the community edition runs at hyperv level or not. Useful to know in case hosts are terminated

Morning All Just moving over from Hornet / Altaro to Veeam 12 Community Edition. Set up is in Production have 3 Hosts with 9 VM’s between them. Mainly Server 2016 but one Linux and one Server 2022.All backup every 12 hours onsite and then Backup copy offsite.Offsite copy is onto a different VM Host with enough oomph and memory / storage to run whole lot in an emergency although PAINFULLY Slowly.Anyhow have done a test restore and all Server 2016’s and Linux come up fine (Need a couple of re-boots to recognise new Network etc to talk properly to each other. Server 2022 comes up will not boot due to the Key Protector could not be unwrapped as obviously a different host with different TPM Etc.If I kill the VM but keep the Virtual HDDs and create a new Virtual machine with same settings it all works but is there any way round this?

Happy Friday everyone!It’s time to get competitive 😁 What’s the fastest backup speed you’ve ever achieved with Veeam? I was working with a system recently that wasn’t using any flash within the backup repositories, but beefy RAID controllers and multiple RAID 60’s, and saw a pretty impressive 3GBps throughput at a job level. Sure it’s not NVMe speeds, but it’s certainly no slouch! And I can’t talk about this subject without bringing up my favourite ever UI Bug within Veeam, when I ‘achieved’ a speed of ~429.49PB/s 😂On your marks… get set… post!

Have an old ESXi 5.5.0 update 2 ver 5.77.3 host. Downgraded Veeam from ver 12 to 11, with the understanding that ver 11 supported ESXi 5.5. VeeamZip starts and quickly errors out with “Current VSphere license or ESXi version prohibits.” any thoughts?Thanks.

I know it’s late on a Friday, but I wanted to get this out of my head and off my mind before I forgot.  For our internal backup infrastructure, I’m the proud owner of a new Dell PowerEdge R550 with lots of space on local disk.  It’s going to replace a Synology RackStation that is slowly dying and is several years old.  The new server also has dual 25Gb connectivity (and dual 1Gb connectivity) that will allow me direct ISCSI access to our PowerStore 500T array.  This server will be the primary backup repository for our primary site. I am aware that if set this server up as a VHR/LHR, I cannot utilize direct storage access because functions required as a proxy server are not available when the server is hardened.  If I choose to forgo the direct storage access capabilities as a proxy server and move forward with a LHR, are there any caveats of using a LHR as your primary repo?  I don’t really NEED direct storage access.  There’s not that much data to backup every day, and I can still use

📢System Administrator Appreciation Day , celebrated on last Friday of July, is a time to recognize and appreciate the hard work and expertise of system administrators. It's a day to express gratitude for their tireless efforts in maintaining our digital infrastructure and ensuring the security of our systems.During this special occasion, organizations and colleagues unite to honor their system administrators with gratitude and admiration. Special events and awards are organized by companies to acknowledge the invaluable contributions of these SysAdmin "heroes’’.🏆To make this year memorable for our Veeam Community, we have planned some exciting surprises and activities for all our members!In July, our Blog of the Month activity is dedicated to all Sys Admins out there! If you have an interesting story to share with our Veeam Community about a time when you saved the day or, on the contrary, faced a challenge but can offer valuable tips and tricks for others to learn from your experien

I noticed VBR v12 RTM removed the " Install a new instance" selection from the Installation setup with the Microsoft SQL Server.An error message will pop up if the Microsoft SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server Express does not install locally or remotely.That means I need to install Microsoft SQL or SQL express before installing Veeam Backup and Replication manager server (I knew v12 supports PostgreSQL) if I would like to work with Microsoft SQL? or is it a bug? 

I want to restore a backed-up 365 mailbox to another user. I’m following the guide in the Restore-VEXItem help page:https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/explorers_powershell/restore-vexitem.html?ver=120I’m following example 5:$session = Get-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession$database = Get-VEXDatabase -Session $session -Name abc.onmicrosoft.com$salesmailbox = Get-VEXMailbox -Database $database -Name "sales"$creds = Get-CredentialRestore-VEXItem -Mailbox $salesmailbox -Server outlook.office365.com -Credential $creds -RestoreChangedItemExcept I’m restoring to another mailbox, so my last line is like:Restore-VEXItem -Mailbox $salesmailbox -Server outlook.office365.com -Credential $creds -RestoreChangedItem -TargetMailbox $TargetmailboxIt always fails with something like“Cannot open mailbox: myuser@mysite.com”Veeam can find both the source and the target account using:Get-VBOOrganizationUser -Organization $Organization -UserName ‘myuser@mysite.com’So I’m not sure what might be wrong. Any id

G'day fellow Community "Hub-sters"! On the Weekly Recap a couple weeks ago, @Rick Vanover brought up what he thought would be a great Blog post for the Hub – "Rate My Design", based off a discussion he had with a customer; a diagram of folks' Veeam infrastructure.After thinking about what he said for a bit, I thought it would be fun, and thought-provoking, to provide a bit of a twist to his suggestion. What twist did I think of? To not (initially) share what my environment looks like, but rather provide what resources I have in my environment, then ask you, the Community, how you would best implement Veeam using those resources. From a high-level, I'll share capital and operational items. Then based off what's already in place (can't add other OP/CAP expenditures), you can provide a high-level design. This is just for fun only…so have fun with it. 😊After a few days or so, I'll share how I've implemented Veeam with the same resourcesPhysical Environment2 datacenters, DC1 (main site) an