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SQL VSS writer fails for SQL localdb on Azure AD Connect Sync server.
Challenge Backup or replication jobs with Application Aware Image-Processing enabled may fail on the server hosting Azure AD Connect Sync with an error indicating the SQL writer has failed. After the job has failed, running "Vssadmin list writers" from an administrative command prompt on the Azur...
Backup job fails with a SQL VSS Writer error after installing ACT! Software
Article Applicability This article is only applicable to a scenario involving all four of the following: 1. A Backup Job using Application-Aware Processing 2. A Guest OS with ACT! Software Installed 3. This VSS error: Writer's state: VSSWSFAILEDATPREPARESNAPSHOT. Error code: 0x800423f4. 4. This...
Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 6
Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 6. NOTE : The Veeam Management Pack 8.0 Update 6 cumulative patches for Veeam Backup & Replication monitoring and VMware vSphere 7.0 monitoring are available through kb2940 and kb3172 correspondingly. Cause Please confirm you are runnin...
How to place Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup chain on Veeam backup repository, so backup job continues chain
Purpose This article documents placing a backup chain created by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows in a Veeam Backup & Replication repository so that when the Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job targets that repository it will continue the existing backup chain. Use Case By default, when...
Sleep mode interrupts the backup job
Challenge If the machine is put to sleep while the backup job is running, the job will fail. Cause If your computer is in standby mode when the backup job is scheduled to start, Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows automatically wakes your computer from sleep. More information can be found here...
Failed to load module [veeamsnap] | Failed to load module [blksnap]
Challenge A Veeam Agent for Linux backup job fails with either of the following errors: Failed to load module veeamsnap with parameters zerosnapdata=1 debuglogging=0 The number of parameters listed in the error may vary depending on Veeam Agent for Linux version. Failed to load module blksnap Cau...
Name of Backups Entry Does Not Match Job Name
Challenge The name of the backup job has been changed, causing entries found under the Backups node to no longer match their associated job. In the example screenshot above, the job was first run with the name "Backup Job 1," and after the initial run, the job was renamed to "DC Backup." The...
Veeam Management Pack 8.0 for System Center Update 1 Release Notes
Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Management Pack 8.0 for System Center Update 1. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Management Pack 8.0 prior to installing this update. You can check this in Operations Manager console under Administration | Management Packs, the build number should be...
Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows job displays warning: Partition exceeds disk layout
Challenge A Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job displays the following warning: Partition exceeds disk layout by bytes This warning may be accompanied by the error: Error: The drive cannot find the sector requested. Asynchronous read operation failed Failed to upload disk. Agent failed t...
Cannot find a restore point newer than the seed
Challenge The replication job completes with the warning: Cannot find a restore point newer than the seed Cause This warning occurs when the replication job has been: configured to seed from a repository that contains seed backup files that are as current as the backup job that generated them. or...
Application-Aware Image Processing failure with SQL 2012 SP2 case-sensitive collation database
Job using Application-Aware Image Processing fails during VSS processing with: Unfreeze error: Backup job failed. Cannot create a shadow copy of the volumes containing writer's data. A VSS crit...
Failed to lock file on VM PowerOn (SureBackup\Instant Recovery)
Challenge SureBackup or Instant VM Recovery fails with an error relating to failure to power on. The SureBackup log file contains the following error: Info VimApi PowerOffVM, type "VirtualMachine", ref "vm-xxxx" Error SureBackup operation has been failed Info VimApi PowerOffVM, type...
SQL Server Fails with error VSSControl: -2147024809 Backup job failed. Discovery phase failed.
This KB provides information when SQL fails with this error due to a logical file path...
Exchange Logs Not Being Truncated
Challenge This KB provides troubleshooting advice for investigating an apparent Exchange log truncation issue. Cause Exchange truncation may not occur for the following reasons: The Backup Job is not configured to trigger truncation. The VSS operation occurring during the job is not notifying the...
Virtual disk size is not a multiple of 1KB
Challenge Backup Copy job fails with the error: Error: Virtual disk size is not a multiple of 1KB. Copy Cause This most often occurs as a result of a P2V conversion. Solution Review the disk of the VM that failed and check for any disks which are not a whole number. This most often presents as a ...
Backup Copy "Source backup file has different block size."
Challenge The issue described in this KB Article only occurs when a Backup Copy job is using the Periodic copy pruning mode. During consecutive Backup Copy intervals, the same machine or group of machines fails to be processed. The message "Initial copy did not complete, and will resume on the ne...
Veeam Backup Temporary Snapshot
Challenge A snapshot named VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT is found on a VMware Virtual Machine. Cause As detailed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, a snapshot is created on a VM that is being processed by a Veeam job. This creation of this snapshot causes the VM's base disks to be in...
VSS Errors Related to the 'NTDS' VSS Writer
Challenge This article discusses an error that occurs due to VSS and Veeam's Guest Processing technique for Domain Controllers. It is relevant to all backup jobs for both virtual and physical Domain Controllers. A job processing a Domain Controller with Application-Aware Processing fails with one...
File is locked by running session
Challenge A job or task within Veeam Backup & Replication displays the following message: File is locked by running session jobname Cause When tasks run in Veeam Backup & Replication, the files accessed by those tasks are tracked within the configuration database to prevent collision. As tasks ar...