Restore to AWS EC2 Fails with: "ClientError: Unknown OS / Missing OS files" or "FirstBootFailure"

Challenge When restoring a VM to AWS EC2, one of the following errors occurs: StatusMessage: "CLIENTERROR : ClientError: Unknown OS / Missing OS files." Failed to import machine to Amazon EC2: CLIENTERROR : FirstBootFailure: This import request failed because the instance failed to boot and...

Restore to Google Compute Engine Fails with API Errors When Using Helper Appliance

Challenge When restoring a VM to Google Compute Engine GCE, the following errors occur: For Windows platform: Failed to restore to GCE: import-image: datestamp step "import" run error: step "wait-for-bootstrap" did not complete within the specified timeout of 20m0s System.Exception For Linux...

How to Use SFTP With Multi-OS FLR

New Feature for Improve Restore Performance Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 11, when performing a Multi-OS File Level Restore Linux FLR, it is now possible to select an existing Linux machine to act as the helper appliance where the backup files will be mounted to retrieve files. This now...