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I had the Windows Stand Alone version installed on my Windows 10 PC. The external hard drive it was backing up to failed. I purchased a new external hard drive and had to reinstall the Veeam software. Now backups fail indicating an application error. There are no other details and no log files are being created. Any suggestions on getting backups up and running again would be appreciated. 

Hello forum,What are the “Best Practices” for configuring Sure Backup?On which configuration’s I should take care, how often do you recommend to do it etc.I have a dedicated physical server, a Tower server that will be in use for this purpose.12 Core Processor, 128 GB of RAM and around 10TB of free space. Our largest VM is more than 10TB but it will be okay if SureBackup can use instant restore etcPlease advise :)

I’m trying to add two Physical Computers (Linux 20.04) into inventory to backup.Both are in the same protection group.When adding the servers and clicking “Test Now” the test is successful.After applying the Protection Group changes, I briefly see both servers, then one always disappears.It seems random as to which server remains. I see different fingerprints for each server.I’ve tried using separate protection groups, but the issue is the same. I initially added the computers as part of a backup job creation, but when adding the second server and job, the job always failed. We have uninstalled the agent from both servers, and repeated the process, always with the same result.Veeam Enterprise Plus 11All the other backed up servers are VM’s.Any suggestions? 

I have a virtual Backup Server and the Repository is a SMB NAS repository and I keep the backup there for 30 days, does it make sense to activate Synthetic Full Backup in such an environment or is forever incremental better?

Onboarded server on VeeamOne appears greyed out and shows error "Uncaught exception thrown by method called Reflection""

We just moved a couple of servers to a new volume in NetApp using its new large file/volume feature. Nothing has changed on the backup job except the volume that it is backing up. The smaller server around 3TB was able to be backed up using SAN but the other server that is approximately 43 TB is being backed up using NBD. Prior to the move, both servers are doing SAN direct.  I would think that since these are both on the same volume is one has been successfully backed up using SAN the other should as well. Both servers are also in the same compute cluster and both are using the same proxies. What is causing this behavior?

Good morning guys,I recently noticed that some of our M365 backup jobs (various tenants and various backup VMs) always complete with warnings. We are having this problem for about a week or so. The messages always look like this:Failed to backup item: /personal/testuser_testdomain_com/Documents/Todo.one, Download request retry timeout exceeded. Has anybody of you noticed similar problems when trying to backup OneNote-Files? Thank you very much best regardsyanni4iwx

Hello guys, I wanted to create a topic on how migrate from MS SQL to PostgreSQL but I’m facing to an issue.I m following the procedure : https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/vbr_config_migrate_to_postgresql.html?ver=120At the “Target Database” step I choose “Database: PostgreSQL”Then I click to connect and I obtain the following message : For me I don’t have to create a database first, right? For me Veeam should proprose to create the database like this:Did someone else have try the migration process ?

Good dayHave anyone perhaps had this problem that I am experiencing now post upgrade to V12.1 and migrating DB to PostgreSQL 15.5-1.DB migration showed all tasks successful.When trying to open any job report it gives this error“invalid XML content” Thanks

Hallo zusammen,leider schaffe ich es nicht ein geeignetes Backupszenario mit Duplizierung zu erstellen.Bei den Quelldaten handelt es sich um 68.00 Dateien, Größe 3,85 TB.95% Audiodateien, sonst .txt oder .jpgDie Job-Einstellungen waren bisher:Typ:       Physischer ServerMode:  Volume level backup, File level backup (wurde auch probiert)Synthetic full backups periodically Die Quelldaten werden nie geändert, trotzdem ist jedes syn. Fullbackup 3,85 TB groß.Wie erstelle ich einen Job mit starker Deduplizierung?

I want to document all jobs.Is there a solution for this?First, how can these data be obtained, and secondly, is there a ready-made Excell template for this?I want to document all the jobs and if there is a solution that also documents the entire veeam backup structure, that would be great.Please provide any suggestions you have.

Hi there,We have an Elasticsearch application consisting of 3 nodes; each node is placed on a different host and has a separate PV bound. We’re using the following:Helm Chart to deploy the ES cluster: https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/elastic/elasticsearch/7.16.3, K10 version is 6.5.1 the storageclass for PV provisioning is local-path-provisioner: https://github.com/rancher/local-path-provisioner (we’re not using CSI) Kubernetes 1.24 (RKE2 Distro)The Kanister Blueprint has been written to deal with the backup & restore of the ES app. The backup runs successfully, but when we want to perform a restore, the following problem occurs - executing a data-only or full restore - neither of them seems to work. The statefulset is scaled to 0, and the PVCs are deleted and recreated, but they are placed on the same host, which prevents the pod from being scheduled, since the pod anti-affinity rules cannot be fulfilled - pods would have to be scheduled on the same host.Is it possible to alte

Hi everyone, I am planning to add new SOBR for existing environment (x2 Hyper-V host actually) connecting to the tape library with simple deployment scenario. While we plan to add a new HPE StoreOnce to the infrastructure, is it possible to install the gateway server on the host?Or should it be installed on the backup server?       

I have a Vsan Cluster with 3 ESXi (25Gb Network) and a vm with Veeam 12 and a physical Windows Repository connected with 20 Gb20 VMs must be backup , 3TB ca I am planning how much proxy I need, I am not sure if the proxy installed in the VM where B&R is installed is enough or should I install an additional proxy per Esxi?      

Hi everyone,We’re using Veeam B&R 11 standard edition.  We are a small museum with a large repository of information of digitised versions of the collections - essentially a file server with multiple disks.  We had an issue whereby our largest server had to be reimported to VSphere and was picked up as a new VM by Veeam.  I’m looking for options to minimise WAN usage to seed our offsite backups of the large VM.Can I copy a new full backup of VM to a second site, scan the second site repo and start a parallel backup strategy there?  Essentially, the same full backup would be the first backup in two parallel backup trees.  The backup source is a single VM of approximately 40TB, so I would rather not run a full backup across our VPN.  I’m worried that Veeam will not like two repositories starting with the same data, if they ultimately diverge.Why would I not just run a copy job instead of backing up the same data twice?  The two sites have vastly different retention strategies, one be

Hey guysWe’re doing some VeeamZIPs and directly restore VMs them to a backup-NAS which is added in Veeam via SMB. Since beginning of the year (or even before. The last restore was made on the 30th November 2023) we’re not able to do this operation anymore. We’re getting the following error message: “Restore job failed Error: Cannot complete file creation operation.” The logs show the following: [05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error Restore job has been failed[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error Make datastore directory failed, datacenter ref = datacenter-2, directory name = "[backupnas] backup20240103-xxx" (System.Exception)[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error bei Veeam.Backup.ViSoap.CSoapConnection.CreateDatastoreDirectory(String datacenterRef, String dirName)[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757] <01> Error bei Veeam.Backup.ViSoap.CSoapDatastore25.CreateDirectory(CSoapDatastoreDirectory parent, String relativePath)[05.01.2024 11:16:02.757]

Are Folder exclusions in NAS file share backup jobs case sensitive?

So I am attempting to restore files from offsite backup copy to a ServerB at the offsite.From the VBR console I choose to guest files restore from the backup Copy. Then I entered \\ServerB\x$ as the target location. However the restore is happening over the WAN. Any ideas?

Hi Folks,In my new role I have been added to a corporate membership at ComptiaISAO. To be honest I had no clue this even existed. The last time I dealt with anything comptia was when I passed the A+ and N+ exams back in… well never mind the year.I am a bit overwhelmed by the stream of security info/threat alerts and was wondering if anyone else here also has a membership. If so will you be going to Chicago in March to the event? If so please DM me as I will be there and so far I don’t know anyone who I have seen on the lists. 

Hello,I'm posting for the first time.Here is my production configuration: Windows server 2019 on an Intel 10900KF platform in Raid 1.I create my image with Veeam Agent for windows (6.0.2.1090)on a USB HDD. everything works fineThen I want to remount my Veeam backup on a test server.Installation on a test server Intel 12100 platform in non-raid, Veeam B&R 12.1.0.21.31 installation, Hyper-v role installation.When I want to do an instant recovery of my Veeam backup,here's the error message :Failed to modify guest OS settingsA 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' has been thrownhere's the screenshotThanks in advance for your help

Hello veeam community! As we know, the VMCE v12 is comming soom and with that a new exam with new topics including building backup capabilities, restoring from backup and advanced repository functionalities, etc are coming too. But at this moment my questions is about VMCE 2021.Do you know how long we can still book the exam VMCE 2021?Do you think it's still worth trying to pass VMCE 2021 or its better wait for v12 exam? 

Hello to allI removed the veeam B&R server from the domain, the enterprise manager server was also installed on the same server, and now I have this error in the enterprise manager.Thank you for your guidance.I also changed the iis settings but it didn't work 

I’ve created a repository per the instructions from the documentation, but cannot select it for scheduled Configuration Backups. It’s displayed in the Repository list. Encryption, and immutability is enabled.Is there something else missing?

Hi, Our PKI cert has expired on our VCS server, and as a result the backups of the VMs are failing as Veeam can’t connect to the VCS.  Its going to take us a few days to get another cert generated and installed on the VCS - but is there any workaround we can do in the meantime to get the Veeam Backup and Replication software to backup our VMs?  I’m assuming not really - as that’s the point of certificates!Any suggestions most welcome.Thanks...