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Geoff Burke
Geoff BurkeVeeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
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CLI commands in a Word Doc?

Hi Folks, Calling all Micro$oft Office wizards out there!What is the best way to embed CLI commands in a word doc? One so that it does not capitalize things or change the -- into one line? I think you can create a text box or something but cumbersome. There must be a better way! cheers 

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afn24805Not a newbie anymore
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Optimal use of server network cards

Hi, Veeam newbie here looking for recommendation on how to make optimal use of our network cards. Our servers are HP DL365s with 4 x 1Gbps on a single module and 2 x 10Gbps on a separat module. The plan is to follow the VMwar Best Practice document to allocate 2 x 1Gbps for Management and vMotion, 2 x 1Gbps for the VM traffic (VLAN 111) and 1 x 10Gbps for storage traffic to our NetApp (from where we mount the VMDKs via NFS). Our Veeam BaR server and proxy are both VMs and not physical and we have a separate VLAN for backup and replication (VLAN 333), and for storage (VLAN 222). A colleague says we are over-engineering this and backup traffic should just flow thru the same storage network. Any suggestions?

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InformationResultsNew Here
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Run Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 on 12GB RAM, 6-core intel?

I’ve read the requirements which call for 16GB RAM and 8 cores.How will this run on a 12GB Windows 10/11 machine with 6 cores (Intel i5-10400 CPU @ 2.90GHz)? There’s little else running on the machine.

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BertrandFR
BertrandFRInfluencer
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Backup Linux SQL Server

Hello Veeamers,I read the veeam docs and i don’t see any references to MSSQL on Linux.https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/explorers/vesql_systemreqs.html?ver=110Am I the only one to have this gift on production on VM? Except VM backup, it will be old fashioned way for DBA to play with backup on it.

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InformationResultsNew Here
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Created S3 compatible object storage, but not available on backup menu

I followed the Veeam setup guide as well as Microsoft 365 to Veeam Backup to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage.  Everything looks great, I have the following Backup Proxies and Repositories.  I used modern authentication.  No errors anywhere. However when I create a backup the only choice is the Default Backup Repository.What might I be missing here?

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Michael Melter
Michael MelterVeeam Legend
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VBR outside domain - possible issues

For well know reasons myself and many here recommend to - if possible - deploy VBR and especially it’s repos outside of the Windows domain.Certain issues come as a downside with doing that:Maintaining multiple local admin logins, remote-UAC (LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy), firewall behavior outside of domain networks etc. being some of those.Recently I stumbled upon a situation were we could not establish a connection from a non-domain-joined VBR server to a newly deployed non-domain-joined Windows 2019 repo server. Other older proxies/repos to the same VBR were available and functioning.From the VBR server the admin$ share of the to-be-connected new repo was not accessible (“invalid login”).VBR also stated “invalid login” during Windows server onboarding. But from another (domain joined) Windows system in the same (direct, non-routed) network, the repo’s admin$ share was well available with the same user/pw.Of course no Windows firewall whatsoever was active.Very strange.Has anyone se

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lmelzi agomirNew Here
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Unexpected network error

Hi, I had an unexpected network error on my windows server 2012R2 and Veeam Agent for Windows ver. 5.0.3I have setted “keep backups for 35 days” and I have on my nas 2 Tb free out of 3 Tb total. Now, I have 34 backups and when i run a backup, after about a minute, I get “processing finished with errors” and “error: unexpected network error. Failed to read data from the file”. I tried to free up some space, to stop and start Veeam agent service, to restart nas, to modify the number of backups (trying 30 and 40) but every time i got the same error. what else can i do?

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csaha77Comes here often
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Tape drive cleaning alert message

TapeDrive alert: The tape drive is due for routine cleaning: Wait for the current operation to finish. Then use a cleaning cartridge. Check the tape drive user manual for device specific cleaning instructions. We have the cleaning tape in the library, and it is set to Perform drive cleaning automatically. Not sure why we would get the alert. Would ejecting and adding back to the drive resolve this issue? 

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mashNew Here
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Set up failed: Backup&Replication Community Edition v11

Could anyone let me know how to setup when the messege happened on installing? Dialog window says as below just finished beforeThe following SQL database patches are missed:​11aCP3DBupdate,TFS358810I used the latest version,11.0.1.1261_20220302.isoThank you in advance 

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SeguraTIComes here often
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Backups on different HDs

Good morning my friends, I have a question. Today I have 2 external HDs, where every Saturday I change one HD and the other week I put the other HD. One of them is doing the incremental process on the same folder regardless of the week it is. Already the other HD is creating a new folder and making the backups again. I don't want it to create another folder, I want it to use the same one. How do I do that? Since the other one is doing it and I just repeated the settings from the 1st HD to the 2nd HD.

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mkevenaar
mkevenaarVeeam Vanguard
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What is the Automation Desk and what should it become?

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. - Bill Gates Do you have to do that (tedious) task every day? Do you have to deploy Veeam environments quite often? Don't want to do clickety click every time you need to create a new job? Want to reduce the possibility of "Human error"? Step in to the Automation Desk! These are just examples of topics that you could find or ask for at our Desk. Within the Automation Desk, you can ask and share anything Automation. As long as it is Veeam Related. Not sure? Ask one of the leaders. You can find them on the right side of the groupWhat can you add / do in the Automation Desk?Ask any Automation question Create (blog) posts related to automation or share news Join special events Share your thoughts, ideas, struggles etc. Automate!

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victorwu
victorwuVeeam Vanguard
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Aviatrix Certified Engineer Multicloud Network Associate - Free Course

The Aviatrix Certified Engineer Multi-cloud Network Associate training is the starting point for your multi-cloud networking and security education. This training covers basic networking components and terminology of the major cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) and discusses common challenges and key limitations when utilizing public cloud infrastructure.Training and exam are free using code ACEMULTICLOUD through December 31st.Sign Uphttps://aviatrix.com/ace-associate/

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victorwu
victorwuVeeam Vanguard
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2023 Knowledge Sharing Competition - Abstract Accepted!

Did anyone participate in this competition this year? My abstract accepted, now I can go to the next phase. My topic is very interesting this year, good luck to all.😀 

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AnanduComes here often
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Query on VM backup of ESXi

Hey Guys, I have a scenarioIf I take a VM backup of ESXi of 6.5, can I perform a Replication or restore to ESXi of 7.0?

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cosmik
cosmikComes here often
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Feature request: getting rid of admin credentials for application-aware processing?

This was also asked at the AMA session during the Veeam 100 summit: I’d like to have application aware processing on Windows boxes by pre-installing some special Veeam software, but without having to specify an administrator-level account during job configuration.@HannesKback then replied that on V11 AAP did that trick just fine, but further testing showed that it was not possible. At least not without providing an account with administrative access corresponding to the VM.@Mildur at the time provided me with an alternative: instead of backing up via the ESXi API, install a standalone agent on the VM boxes, that would allow backing up without having to configure an admin account to the box. Have not tested it yet, should work just fine though!In any case, it’s day one of the VMCE course (thanks Veeam :) ) and during discussion of the AAP-related options AlexH was pondering about exactly the same issue.In any case, I’d like to re-iterate my request to Veeam for providing a way to have a

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marco_s
marco_sInfluencer
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Veeam Service Provider - Updating Tenant Explorers

Hi guys, have you ever happened to upgrade your servers, for example Veeam for Office 365, and then hear customers complain because they can no longer connect to the provider using Veeam explorers?How frustrating and tiring is it to have to update all clients' explorers every time!Please Veeam, allow us to update them remotely with VSPC! :) Marco

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Dimitris ParzigkasNot a newbie anymore
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Exchange online not receiving activation code from veeam.com

Hello all, I have a problem when i try to restore password or create a new account to veeam.com, i am not receiving email in O365.When i test this with gmail account it works fine. I have checked this with more than one O365 organizations. From the O365 admin center side it seems like the message has never been received.thanks in advance.

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Tarra Mauldin
Tarra MauldinComes here often
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Northeast Veeam User Group - Features, Demo and Q & A - Today @ 12:00 EST

Good Morning!Join Rolando Veloso and Jason Berry for the Northeast Veeam User Group meeting TODAY, Dec. 6 from 1-2pm EST. Our technical experts have a powerpoint presentation BUT they would rather hear what you would like to discuss at this VUG meeting! Tell them what demo you would like to see, what features you would like them to discuss and what questions they can answer!Hear about:Veeam features you might not be aware ofBest PracticesHow to keep your data safeLive Demo(s)Register link - https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7168151035573292301

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dloseke
dlosekeVeeam Vanguard
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In case you needed more reasoning as to why you need to backup your cloud workloads - RackSpace Hosted Exchange "Outage"

I’ve you’ve been following along, Friday Rackspace experienced a major disruption for their Hosted Exchange environment.  Why exactly you’d still be using hosted exchange vs moving over to M365 I’m not sure, especially after Exchange has become such a major target for zero-day and ransomware attacks, but there were a lot of folks that still were and they’re hating life about now.  Rumor’s I’ve heard indicate that their Exchange servers were not fully patched and malware has taken down the environment. Rackspace as indicated that the outage was caused by a “security incident”.To give a bit if idea just how bad it is, Rackspace is paying for it’s clients to utilize complimentary M365 Exchange Plan 1 licenses to get email up and flowing again, with the intention of moving back after this has been resolved, but I’m guessing most folks will not be moving back - I wouldn’t anyway.  Rackspace actually took the hosted Exchange environment offline to try which sounds like ransomware and an atte

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YukinobuNot a newbie anymore
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workingDir parameter will be removed when VM restore, that specify the root directory of the datastore

Even though the datastore exists and can be referenced at destination ESXi host, the workingDir parameter was removed during restore with the following message.2022/12/02 11:48:46          Removing workingDir parameter because it points to a non-existent datastore /vmfs/volumes/63652fbd-aed4fef5-8da8-48210b3d7365After checking with support(Case # 05738353), we were told that the Veeam specification is that if the root directory of the datastore is specified, it is removed even if it exists.Please note that there may be few cases where the root directory is specified.

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SantoshPComes here often
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Running VMS, Backup and Replication simultaneously, will it work , considering the snapshot clash for same vms

Backup frequency - Daily one  incremental and Weekly active FullReplication - Every 15 Minutes

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kkennyNew Here
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Veeam SQL restore issue to Hyper-V guest

I’m using VBR Enterprise and I’ve an issue with a SQL Server database restore to a Hyper-V VM.  I am currently backing up the VM using guest application processing which is working fine.  It uses PowerShell Direct because the SQL VM is on a private VLAN, which cannot be accessed from the VBR server which is hosted in a different data centre. It can however access the hypervisors and all backups have been successful.  Frustratingly, I’m unable to restore using the same methodology in reverse.  Surely if I can backup successfully using PSDirect, I should be able to restore using the same method?  I asked Veeam Support and they sent me here. 😐When I try a restore, I get an error saying VBR cannot access SQL… I can confirm that Named Pipes is enabled. Has anyone else ever run into this issue and found a fix?  I really don’t think it’s acceptable that I’ve to ask for help on a community forum regarding an enterprise product that should work out-of-the-box, but here I am!

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rdixon01New Here
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P2V Physical Dell Server

We are new with using Veeam P2V. We’ve successfully P2V’d a couple of servers without a issue.We have been asked to P2V a Dell server running windows 2012R2.  Has 1 Hard drive that is 1TB.We deployed the Veeam agent and backed it up OK. We migrated into production (with NIC not connected and powered off). Once it was completed, we removed the nic from it in VCenter and added the VMXNET3 adapter and the correct assigned the Vlan back to it. We powered it on (w/NIC not Connected) and the server comes up and displays “Getting Devices Ready” and it just sits there with circle spinning.Anyone seen this before and have any suggestions of what the issue could be?  

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bp4JC
bp4JCInfluencer
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Thank you, Veeam, for being Veeam and being amazing

I just want to say how grateful I am for the Veeam culture and the way they operate as a company and their extensive involvement in the Veeam community. I have extensively also used a competing product and I feel largely ignored by them and I have deep seeded impression that the company’s engineers couldn’t care less about the customers’ ideas and concerns and believe they know better than the customer and just choose to ignore 99% of what is suggested to them, meanwhile they seem to have the development  acumen and abilities of first year college students. Meanwhile, a company like Veeam, that is a giant and a powerhouse, goes out of its way to not only make an amazing product, but also is incredibly involved with their client community, includes them in the decision making process through the Veeam Legends and Vanguard programs, and goes out of their way to make sure their customers know they are heard and cared about. I have so much respect for @Gostev @Rick Vanover and the entire V

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mkevenaar
mkevenaarVeeam Vanguard
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Images - for the blind people

I had a co-worker who is blind. One of the things that was really frustrating for him was images, and especially images that do not have an ALT text or a description below. Some do have an ALT text like “logo 322kb” but that does not describe the image.As you might have noticed when I post an image here on the community hub, I try to describe the image below the image in the Caption. Currently this platform does not support ALT texts, so next best thing is using the caption below the image. From what I have learned from him, try to describe the image in the ALT text/caption as complete as possible. For example, do not use things like “Veeam logo” but use “Veeam Company logo; contains text VEEAM in white with a light green background” or “Picture of my cat” but “Picture of my cat attacking a laser light” Adding a caption on the Community Hub is easy:December Chocolatey Month banner; Alfred, a cat and community mascotte, is wearing a Christmas hat and licking a Chocolate bar with the Cho

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