How to Use Multiple Backup Repositories Pointing to a Single Catalyst Store

Product Improvement Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 13.1, multiple backup repositories sharing a single HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Store can be created, edited, and rescanned directly in the Veeam Backup & Replication Console using the Folder field of the New Backup Repository wizard. For...

Veeam Backup & Replication Fails to Connect to Linux Servers Due to Firewall Configuration

Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication may fail to connect to some Linux servers depending on their firewall configuration. For example, distributions based on Debian, SLES, or RHEL have default firewall configurations that may block necessary connections. Cause Linux OS firewall configuration and/...

Backup to Tape Job to the HPE LTO tape drives fails with "Tape error: '1117'" after upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b

Challenge Backup and other operations to HPE LTO tape drives may constantly fail after installation of Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b 9.5.4.2866. Veeam fails to connect to the tape drive and returns the following errors: 18.07.2019 15:49:24 Warning TapeDrive alert: The tape drive has a...

Hardware encryption doesn't work on tape operations after update to 9.5 Patch 4b

Challenge After you update to patch 4b 9.5.4.2866, you may face the following encryption-related issues during the backup and restore procedures. Restore from tape backups made in the previous product versions with enabled hardware encryption may fail with the following error message: 11.07.2019...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4b Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.0 Update 2 build 9.0.0.1715 or later prior to...

Veeam Backup for Office 365 Complete Permissions

This KB is being phased out The content of this article is being transitioned to the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 User Guide. An up-to-date list of Required Permission is available in the Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 User Guide. Authentication Modes Summary Depending on the Microsoft 365...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4a

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Backup Replication 9.5 Update 4a Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.0 Update 2 build 9.0.0.1715 or later prior to...

Backups to Data Domain fails with “the user has insufficient access rights. Err: 5075”

Challenge Backup or Backup Copy jobs targeting a Dell EMC Data Domain repository fail with the following error: Error: Failed to call RPC function 'DDBoostFcIsExist': Failed to connect to storage. Storage: , User: . the user has insufficient access rights. Err: 5075. Rescan operations for a Dell...

KB2903: vSphere 5.5/6.0 VM Backup fails with "Exception of type 'Veeam.Backup.AgentProvider.AgentClosedException' was thrown"

Challenge When backing up a VM within an environment running vSphere 5.5 or vSphere 6.0 the job fails with: Exception of type 'Veeam.Backup.AgentProvider.AgentClosedException' was thrown Copy Version Requirement The error listed above has many causes. Directly interpreted, it means that a process...

SureBackup performance impacted after installing Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

Challenge You may notice SureBackup job performance degaradation and higher space utilization after upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4 9.5.4.2615. Cause Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4 has changed the default location for redo logs for verified VMs impacting original...

Hyper-V Backup jobs failing with an error "The system cannot find the file specified" after upgrade to Veeam B&R 9.5 Update 4

Challenge After installing Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4, Hyper-V backup without application-aware processing may fail with the error "The system cannot find the file specified". Version Specific Article This article is relevant only to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5.4.2615. Cause This...

Cloud replica failover fails after upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

Challenge After upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4, starting failover for a Cloud Connect replica in the VMware environment fails with the appliance related error message: Timed out waiting to obtain helper appliance VM IP address Cause Due to a newly introduced issue, the applian...

Microsoft Azure password may be found in the Veeam log file

Challenge Password for Microsoft Azure account may be found in the C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Backup\VeeamBackupManager.log file in plain text format. Cause This vulnerability is caused by executing a command from the KB article on how to configure Granular permissions for Microsoft Azure user. Solutio...

Veeam Backup & Replication upgrade fails with an error "Database version downgrade detected ... Reboot and restart the setup"

Challenge The upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication U4 fails with "Database version downgrade detected ... Reboot and restart the setup". You may find following error in the C:\ProgramData\Veeam\Setup\Temp\BackupSrvLog.log: Veeam SRV: 31.01.2019 11:39:43: VEEAM Database version has been increment...

Release Information for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge Release information for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 Cause Please confirm that you are running version 9.0 Update 2 build 9.0.0.1715 or later prio...

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager RESTful APIs Upgrade Instructions

Challenge Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4 RTM is not compatible with the previous versions of API. Some integration may not work as expected. Cause Update 4 has introduced new Product functionality that requires extended API and incremented the required request version to v14. Solution Th...

Tenant's Remote Management status is Unknown

Challenge After installing Update 4 for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.4, a Cloud Connect tenant's Remote Management status is shown as Unknown. Cause This is a minor UI issue in Update 4 that doesn't have any impact on Product functionality, Remote Management should work as usual. Solution The iss...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2809

Challenge Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 v2 cumulative patch KB2809. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 version 2.0.0.567 or 2.0.0.594 see KB2765 for more details prior to installing this cumulative patch KB2809. You can check the product version under Help About ...

Veeam Backup for Office 365 No E-Mail Notification After Job Run

Challenge When the backup job completes the Job notification is never received. Cause 1. Error: Unable to connect to the remote server 2. Job completes with no Error, but you do not receive a notification email. This can be caused by: Email relay server blocking emails that exceed 512KB size The...

How to Move Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Backup Files

Purpose This article documents how to migrate Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV backup files to a different Veeam Backup & Replication Repository. Solution Considerations and Limitations This process only works when moving backup files between Repositories of the same Veeam Backup & Replication server...