CVE-2015-5742

Summary of CVE-2015-5742 : In Veeam Backup & Replication, the VeeamVixProxy component stored Local Administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, enabling a local user to read sensitive data from logs. Affected versions are Veeam B&R prior to 8.0 Update 3. The issue arise...

CVE-2015-5742

VeeamVixProxy in Veeam Backup & Replication B&R before 8.0 update 3 stores local administrator credentials in log files with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files...

PT-2015-7061 · Veeam · Veeam Backup & Replication

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Veeam Backup & Replication versions prior to 8.0 update 3 Description: The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading log files with world-readable permissions, where local administrator credentials are stored. This i...

Veeam Backup & Replication information disclosure

Password disclosure in the logfiles...

Tape media not visible in the GUI

Challenge Tape media that is labelled with barcodes starting with "CLN" or "CLR" is not visible in Veeam Backup & Replication GUI Shell. Cause Tapes with labels starting with "CLN" or "CLR" are automatically detected as cleaning tapes and are hidden in the user interface. This is by design...

After applying update 1 for vSphere 6.0, Jobs fail with NFC storage unavailable

Challenge Jobs fail with error NFC storage unavailable. Within the agent..source.log file on the source proxy the following error can be found: ERR |SSL error, code: 336151568.error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3READBYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure Cause First with Update 1 for vSphere 6.0 and the...

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...

Veeam Backup & Replication fails to connect to Linux server with an error about negotiation

Challenge When attempting to add a managed Linux server or edit a Linux repository one of the following errors occurs: Negotiation failed. The client and the server have no common key exchange algorithm. Copy Negotiation failed. The client and the server have no common encryption algorithm. Copy...

Network traffic encryption enabled within job when no rule has been set and the Veeam server has a Public IP

Challenge During the processing of a VM by Veeam Backup & Replication on a server with a Public IP, the notification stating "Network traffic will be encrypted" is shown even though no rule is in place within the network traffic rules. Cause By default Veeam Backup & Replication enables encryptio...

Veeam Backup & Replication Upgrade Paths

Tenants of Veeam Cloud Service Providers If your Veeam Backup & Replication installation is connected to a Veeam Cloud Service Provider, contact your Service Provider before upgrading to ensure that the intended upgrade will not break compatibility. A tenant cannot be on a newer version of Veeam...

Uninstalling Veeam Backup & Replication plug-in for Labtech

Challenge Uninstalling the plug-in using Plugin Manager only removes it from the list of plugins but leaves Veeam components reports, monitors, etc. and database data intact. Cause Uninstalling the Veeam Backup & Replication Plug-in by means of the LabTech Plugin Manager is not supported. If you...

Backup and Replication jobs fail with the following error: "CDeviceBase: resize is not supported. Failed to download disk"

Challenge Backup and Replication jobs fail with the following error: "CDeviceBase: resize is not supported. Failed to download disk". The following conditions must be met: 1. Veeam 8 Update 2 8.0.0.2021 or later 2. Backed up VM is running on ESXi 5.5 or later 3. Hot Add transport mode is used 4. ...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note:...

Job reports warning "Failed to truncate transaction logs for SQL instances: Possible reasons: lack of permissions, or transaction log corruption."

Challenge Backup Job with Application-Aware Processing enabled and configured to "process transaction logs" displays the warning: Failed to truncate Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs. Details: Failed to process 'TruncateSQLLog' command. Failed to truncate SQL server transaction logs for...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 8.0 Update 2b

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 8.0 Update 2b Cause Please confirm you are running version 8.0.0.807, 8.0.0.817, 8.0.0.831, 8.0.0.917, 8.0.0.201...

Component state mismatch has been detected.

When attempting install or upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication you receive the warning:“ component state mismatch has been detected. Please contact Veeam technical support team directly...

Cannot restore to the backup repository host when storage VSP is enabled

Article Applicability Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1, this error will no longer occur due to internal coding changes. Challenge A Hyper-V Instant Recovery or SureBackup Job fails with the error message: Cannot restore to the backup repository host when storage VSP is enabled. Cause T...

How to Perform a Manual Failback (Reverse Replication)

Article Applicability This article is relevant only to non-CDP snapshot-based replicas. Reverse replication cannot be used to fail back a CDP replica. To fail back a CDP replica, use the built-in failback workflow described in Failover and Failback for CDP. Purpose This article describes how to...

How to Clone a Job and Map Existing Backups to Clone

Feature License Requirement Consider the following: Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 build 12.1.0.2131 , the job cloning functionality is available for all types of licenses. Prior to Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 build 12.1.0.2131 , the job cloning functionality required an Enterpri...

How to Simulate Veeam Backup & Replication Disk I/O

Purpose This article provides examples of using common workload simulators diskspd and fio to simulate Veeam Backup & Replication disk I/O. Do Not Send Test Output Files to Veeam Support The write test output files testfile.dat do not contain diagnostic data. As such, please do not attach them to...