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Veeam egnet for Linux can't create recovery media

  • May 10, 2026
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When I try to do this after specifying an output directory of /home/amonra I get:

which doesn’t help lots.  What are you using /tmp when I explicitly gave an output directory where there’s loads of space.

Now I guess I need to massively enlarge /tmp which is a problem

D.

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    • perdrix52
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    • May 10, 2026

    I’ve managed to schedule a reboot to enlarge /tmp

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      • coolsport00
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      • May 10, 2026

      Hi again ​@perdrix52 . What I recommend you do is simply go through the VAL User Guide installation process, step by step, to get it installed. That should help you two-fold...understand the product better and (hopefully) get it installed properly 😊

      https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agentforlinux/userguide/installation_before.html?ver=13

      Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
        Marcel.K
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        • Marcel.K
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        • May 12, 2026

        Hi ​@perdrix52, if you extended /tmp, do you have different error?

        as normally it should be loaded into RAM, but if is not enough, it uses /tmp

        Marcel Kačmár | VCSP Partner 2022 | VMCE 2024 | VMCA 2024 | Veeam Legend 2025 |
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        • perdrix52
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        • May 12, 2026

        Extending /tmp to 10G did what was necessary :).

        Thanks, David

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          • coolsport00
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          • May 12, 2026

          Glad to hear you got it sorted ​@perdrix52 👍🏻

          Shane Williford - Veeam VMCA/VMCE | Veeam Legend | VUG Leader | VCP-DCV | Twitter: @coolsport00
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