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Veeam Log Analysis - Log Diving 101

Chris.Childerhose
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I have recently seen many people posting about issues with jobs, etc. and then some of the error messages they are seeing.  If you want to analyze the Veeam logs to see if you can troubleshoot the issue yourself you can follow the attached PPT file which is a Log Diving session from 2017.  It is a great resource and shows you where and what to look for in the logs with examples too.

Log Files are located here - C:\ProgramData\Veeam

This is where you will find the logs for the respective jobs.  Like backup jobs are located in the “Backup” folder then broken down in to subfolders by job name.

Hopefully this helps people when it comes to troubleshooting job failures as I have used this PPT file many times to help me prior to calling Support. :smiley:

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Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech

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Thanks for this excellent ressource :)

Chris.Childerhose
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Impressive throwback! I think we need to put a modern something like this (and maybe for VBO or additional products...) at VeeamON 2022..

That would be awesome to update it for VeeamON 2022 as well as adding other products. :sunglasses:

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
Rick Vanover
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Impressive throwback! I think we need to put a modern something like this (and maybe for VBO or additional products...) at VeeamON 2022..

Twitter @RickVanover | Email: rick.vanover@veeam.com
Chris.Childerhose
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Great resource for troubleshooting! Thanks for sharing!

I personally like the bottleneck-detector history (every 10 seconds)

 

Yeah this one is really good.

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
vNote42
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Great resource for troubleshooting! Thanks for sharing!

I personally like the bottleneck-detector history (every 10 seconds)

 

Wolfgang | vnote42.net | @vNote42
Nico Losschaert
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Great post @Chris.Childerhose , thx for sharing! Can be very handy when needed at times to troubleshoot… ;-)

#Veeam Legend 5* | VMCA 2* | VMCE 3* | VMTSP+ 2* | VMSP 2* | DCIE 2* | Loves Best Practices | Twitter : @NLosschaert
Chris.Childerhose
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Great share @Chris.Childerhose The presentation is really useful and some parts were new to me.

@KseniyaA collection of must-read or best-of topics makes sense; especially if you're new to the community and/or Veeam it would be a good starting point.

Thanks.  Glad this one is proving to be useful to others. :grin:

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
JMeixner
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Very useful presentation. 👍🏼

I will share it with my colleagues 😎

Jochen (Joe) Meixner | Veeam Vanguard 2024 | Veeam Legend 2021 - 2023 | Veeam Certified Architect (VMCA) 2022 | Twitter: @JoMeix | BlueSky: @jmeixner.bsky.social
regnor
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Great share @Chris.Childerhose The presentation is really useful and some parts were new to me.

@Kseniya A collection of must-read or best-of topics makes sense; especially if you're new to the community and/or Veeam it would be a good starting point.

Max M. | Systems Engineer @Veeam | VMCE/VMCA | former Legend & Vanguard
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Thanks for sharing @Chris.Childerhose

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Mildur
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Thanks for the document :) I will share it with my team.

Product Management Analyst @ Veeam Software
NikolaPejkova
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That would definitely come in handy, @Kseniya ! :nerd:  Like a board with information / content you just can´t miss :sunglasses:

@NikolaPejkova, Veeam Vanguard Community Manager
Chris.Childerhose
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Thanks for sharing @Chris.Childerhose it probably deserves a sticky as I think we’ll see a lot of these posts going forwards!

 

It looks like we should consider creating a new section in community where we can place all ‘pinned’ posts :blush: 

I like that idea as things like this would be great there.  Also some of the other great posts that have been pinned recently by others we could move there.

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
Kseniya
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Thanks for sharing @Chris.Childerhose it probably deserves a sticky as I think we’ll see a lot of these posts going forwards!

 

It looks like we should consider creating a new section in community where we can place all ‘pinned’ posts :blush: 

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Chris.Childerhose
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Well done @Chris.Childerhose , #sharingiscaring” !!! :raised_hands:

Thanks @NikolaPejkova :grin:

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
NikolaPejkova
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Well done @Chris.Childerhose , #sharingiscaring” !!! :raised_hands:

@NikolaPejkova, Veeam Vanguard Community Manager
Chris.Childerhose
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Thanks for sharing @Chris.Childerhose it probably deserves a sticky as I think we’ll see a lot of these posts going forwards!

Also I’d just like to highlight to people the C:\ProgramData folder is hidden by default, it’s definitely NOT Program Files!

Yes I think we will and thanks @MicoolPaul  for mentioning the hidden folder in Windows.  You need to show hidden files/folders in Explorer to see this one. :smiley:

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
MicoolPaul
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Thanks for sharing @Chris.Childerhose it probably deserves a sticky as I think we’ll see a lot of these posts going forwards!

Also I’d just like to highlight to people the C:\ProgramData folder is hidden by default, it’s definitely NOT Program Files!

Michael Paul - #VeeamLegend | #VeeamVanguard | Veeam Certified Architect | VMware vExpert | https://micoolpaul.com | Twitter: @MicoolPaul | Mastodon: @micoolpaul@masto.nu | Bluesky: @micoolpaul.bsky.social
Chris.Childerhose
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Wow, this is from 2017 Kickoff! 

That’s a rarity, @Chris.Childerhose! :smile:  @Rick Vanover look at this.

Thanks for sharing, Chris! 

No problem.  It is old but so handy for log analysis and a great resource.  Feel free to pin if needed for others @Kseniya :sunglasses:

Chris Childerhose - VMCA2022 | VMCE2023 | Veeam Vanguard 7* | Veeam Legend 3* | vExpert 5* | VCAP-DCV/VCP-DCV | Object First Ace | Cisco Champion | Twitter: @cchilderhose | Blog Site – https://just-virtualization.tech
Kseniya
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Wow, this is from Veeam Kickoff 2017! 

That’s a rarity, @Chris.Childerhose! :smile:  @Rick Vanover look at this.

Thanks for sharing, Chris! 

Twitter @frainpan
dips
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Thanks for the share, it will come in really handy.

Dipen N. K. | IT Security Specialist | Veeam Legend 2022 - 2023 | www.dipen.co.uk
Link State
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awesome doc m8, thx for share!

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