Veeam Backup & Replication Support for Rotated Media

Purpose This article provides links to documentation regarding Veeam Backup & Replication Repositories using Rotated Media. Solution Details about the functionality and configuration of repositories supporting rotated media can be found in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Limitations of...

Using Rsync to Copy Backup Files Offsite

Challenge When using Rsync as a post job activity to copy backup files to an offsite location one of the problems that is encountered is that after the second backup is using reverse incremental, Rsync copies all the data from the vbk file one more time, and not just the changes from the last...

Job Planning

To ensure sufficient use of resources and faster job performance, it is important to plan your backup, replication and copying jobs...

Installing a new license does not take effect/hold.

When installing a new license for Backup & Replication, the license key does not apply or hold...

Method not found

Challenge Cause There is most likely a conflict between .dll versions. Go to the folder where Veeam Backup & Replication is installed and make sure all .dll files have the same version: The conflict can happen if the hotfix was previously installed over the incorrect version, and new methods from...

Configuration system failed to initialize

Product Improvements Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 12, when launching the Console, the software will check the validity of the user.config file, and if found to be corrupt display a prompt notifying the user that "your user settings file is corrupted. " That prompt will allow the user ...

Changed block tracking cannot be enabled: virtual hardware version 7 or later required

Challenge The backup or replication job is processed slower than expected and gives the warning message "changed block tracking cannot be enabled: virtual hardware version 7 or later required." The job works without Changed Block Tracking, and the "changed block tracking cannot be enabled: virtua...

U-AIR issue: Virtual Lab Manager is disconnected

Challenge The following error message occurs when running the U-AIR wizard: Virtual Lab Manager is disconnected The following error messages can be found in the Veeam.AIR. log file: timestamp Error Virtual Lab Manager is disconnected. Veeam.Backup.Common.CommonException timestamp Error Server sta...

Backup job fails with error: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.

Challenge The following entry can be seen in the log file: Client error: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service Cause The error is relayed by Veeam Backup & Replication from the underlying Windows OS. Solution As the underlying Windows OS is reporting this error,...

Compatibility with VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance

Solution Starting with vSphere 6, Virtual Machines with Fault Tolerance enabled can be snapshotted via APIs, allowing Veeam Backup & Replication to back up and replicate Fault Tolerant VMs - just like any other VMs. Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 8 Update 2 8.0.0.2030, VMs with Fault...

How to create a transactionally consistent backup of both Windows and Linux VMs

This KB describes configuration of consistent backup/replication jobs in Linux and Windows VMs...

Duplicate e-mail notifications sent when a backup or replication job is completed.

When your backup or replication job is completed, you receive duplicate e-mail notifications...

How to reset vSphere Virtual Machine CBT

Purpose This document provides details for resetting the CBT Changed Block Tracking of a vSphere VM. The Veeam Backup & Replication may display the following message: CBT data is invalid, failing over to legacy incremental backup. No action is required, next job run should start using CBT again. ...

"Unknown vbk format" error when importing backup file to Veeam Backup & Replication

Challenge Cause The .vbk file you are trying to import was created with a different version of Veeam Backup & Replication. Solution Check whether versions of the Veeam Backup & Replication software match on the server where the .vbk file was made and on the server to which you are importing the...

Design/Logic Flaw

Unspecified vulnerability in the Streams, AQ & Replication Mgmt component in Oracle Database Server 10.1.0.5 and 10.2.0.3, and Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10.1.0.6, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors...

Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (July 2011 CPU)

The remote Oracle database server is missing the July 2011 Critical Patch Update CPU and therefore is potentially affected by security issues in the following components : - Core RDBMS CVE-2011-0832, CVE-2011-0835, CVE-2011-0838, CVE-2011-0880, CVE-2011-2230, CVE-2011-2239, CVE-2011-2243,...

Parameter is not valid. Failed to open Veeam Backup and Replication.

When opening the Veeam.Backup.Shell.exe, the following error occurs: Parameter is not valid...

Job Fails Due to Quiesced Snapshot Creation Failure

Challenge A Backup or Replication job for a VMware Virtual Machine fails with either of the following errors: Failed to create VM snapshot. Error: CreateSnapshot failed, vmRef "vm-", timeout "1800000", snName "VEEAM BACKUP TEMPORARY SNAPSHOT", snDescription "Please do not delete this snapshot. It...

How to back up VM templates

Purpose This article serves as a quick reference for information about backing up vSphere Templates. Solution To be able to select a template in the list of virtual infrastructure objects when adding objects to a Backup job, select the VMs and Templates view from the top-right view options. When...

RSA Operations Console Detection

The remote web server hosts an RSA Operations Console, which is used with RSA appliances to configure replication as well as RADIUS or LDAP authentication sources, perform backups, perform updates, and alter network configurations. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...