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How to use CBT with Veeam Kasten VM backup on OpenShift Virtualization

  • July 9, 2026
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What are the prerequisites for using Changed Block Tracking (CBT) with VM backups in Veeam Kasten on OpenShift Virtualization 4.21? How can we validate that CBT is enabled and being used during backup operations?

If the CSI driver does not provide native CBT support, is there any workaround that combines the CSI driver with KubeVirt, libvirt, or QEMU modifications or configuration changes to enable incremental backups based on changed blocks?

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Martin Jorge
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Hi,

Did you see this post? https://www.veeam.com/blog/openshift-virtualization-backup-kubevirt-cbt.html
I found this video that i hope to be usefull to you: 

 


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  • July 15, 2026

The blog post is ok, but I am looking for what are steps, prerequisite to enable CBT for VM backup using Kasten.

Do I need to execute some of the steps shown in the Github page: https://github.com/kubevirt/enhancements/blob/main/veps/sig-storage/incremental-backup.md