Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Proxy Appliance failure to update to v3

Challenge After installing Veeam Backup & Replication 11a 11.0.1.1261, one or more of the following may occur: An AHV Backup Proxy is listed as Unavailable in the Veeam Backup & Replication console. The AHV Backup Proxy's Web Console dashboard lists the backup server as unavailable. Accessing the...

List of Security Fixes and Improvements in Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV

Purpose This article describes all security-related fixes and improvements introduced in each release or update of Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV. This article aims to provide our customers' security and compliance teams with detailed information on security improvements between releases to help th...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4235

This patch is superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4278 Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.3.1033 or 5.0.3.1035 prior to installing this Cumulative Patch. You can check this under Help and Support About in Veeam Backu...

Veeam ONE version 10/10a impact on VMware vSAN

Challenge The API calls used by Veeam ONE version 10/10a to collect vSAN performance data may impact vSAN health and performance in some environments. Solution Upgrade Veeam ONE to version 11 or later. Starting with Veeam ONE v11, a new collection method was implemented to prevent this issue. Vee...

Veeam Best Practices regarding CVE-2021-36934

Challenge This article documents Veeam's position on Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2021-36934. Specifically regarding the listed mitigation steps involving removal of all shadow copies, and the "Impact of workaround" mentioned in the Workarounds section of CVE-2021-36934...

exFAT Filesystem May Corrupt Veeam Backup Files

Challenge Testing performed in Veeam labs has determined that, in rare cases, Veeam backups may become corrupted when stored on the exFAT file system. Cause The issue appears to be related to a buffer management issue in the exFAT file system driver. There are no similar issues on other, more...

Replication job fails with "Cannot replicate disk because its capacity was reduced"

Challenge After a VM's disks have been resized to be smaller, the Replication job within Veeam Backup & Replication fails with the following error: Processing Error: Cannot replicate disk Datastore vmfolder/vmname.vmdk because its capacity was reduced Copy Cause This error occurs when Veeam Backu...

NAS Recycle Bin impact on Veeam Backup & Replication Repositories

Automatic Recycle Bin Exclusion Starting in Veeam Backup & Replication 12, the storage rescan operation will automatically exclude most recycle bin folders from being scanned. This improvement has reduced the occurrence of issues necessitating this KB article. However, some edge cases may exist...

Exploit for Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Veeam One

Modified-CVE-2020-10915-MsfModule THIS IS NOT AN ORIGINAL EXPL...

How to Disable Warnings for Veeam Enterprise Plug-Ins

Challenge After upgrading to Veeam Backup & Replication 11a build 11.0.1.1261, Enterprise Plug-in backups display the warning: Backup metadata is not up to date. Please upgrade the backup. Copy Cause Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 11, a new backup file format is used for Enterprise...

How to Connect to an Object Storage Repository via AWS Privatelink / Direct Connect

Purpose This article documents the configuration of Veeam Backup & Replication for using AWS PrivateLink or AWS Direct Connect. These services enable the following connections without the use of public endpoints: Scale-Out Backup Repository offload to Capacity Tier or Archive Tier Backup and Back...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform v2 Patch 1

Requirements Before installing this patch, please confirm that you are running Veeam Backup for Google Cloud Platform v2 build 2.0.0.530. You can check your build number under Configuration | Support Information | About | Server version by clicking the gear icon at the top-right corner of the mai...

Veeam Verified: Primary Storage for Continuous Data Protection (CDP) with VMware VVOL

Purpose This article lists storage systems that Veeam has tested for use with VMware VVOL and Veeam's Continuous Data Protection CDP Replication. Tested Alliance Vendor Product Lines Cisco FlashStack based on Pure Storage FlashArray Cisco FlexPod based on NetApp ONTAP Cisco SmarStack based on HPE...

Veeam Service Provider Console v5 Patch 4

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Service Provider Console here: https://www.veeam.com/service-providers-download.html Requirements Please confirm you are running version 5.0.0.6726 or later before installing Patch 4. You can check this by logging in to the...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4222

This patch is superseded by Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 5d Cumulative Patch KB4278 Requirements Please confirm you are running Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 build 5.0.3.1033 prior to installing this Cumulative Patch. You can check this under Help and Support About in the Veeam Backup for...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization 1.0

Beta Support Support for this Public Beta release will be provided to all customers with a valid support contract for other Veeam products. Veeam Backup for Red Hat Virtualization , a feature of Veeam Backup & Replication, provides the necessary capabilities to meet your backup targets and servic...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3.0

This version is superseded by Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3a Requirements Be sure to review the upgrade checklist section of the User Guide document closely before upgrading, as Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 3.0 only supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication version 11a. You can check...

Veeam Repair/Reinstall/Update fails with "The following SQL database patches are missed"

Error When Upgrading From 11a P20240304 to version 12.0.x, 12.1.0.x, or 12.1.1.x The error documented on this KB will occur if attempting to upgrade from Veeam Backup & Replication 11a P20240304 to any release of Veeam Backup & Replication v12 less than 12.1.2. As noted on the release page for...

Veeam Cloud Connect Scalability Tweaks

Purpose This article documents advanced settings to optimize Veeam Cloud Connect to handle many connections. Numerous optimizations to the Cloud Connect framework on both the service provider and the tenant sides have been introduced to increase its scalability including the number of concurrent...

Conti Ransomware Expands Ability to Blow Up Backups

Good at identifying and obliterating backups? Speak Russian? The notorious Conti ransomware group may find you a fine hiring prospect. That’s according to a report published on Wednesday by cyber-risk prevention firm Advanced Intelligence, which details how Conti has honed its backup destruction ...