Additional Information on “Cost Estimation” in Veeam Backup for AWS

Related User Guide Page This KB article provides additional information to the following pages: Creating EC2 Backup Policies Step 9. Review Estimated Cost Creating RDS Backup Policies Step 9. Review Estimated Cost Challenge Cost Estimation provides the administrator feedback on estimates of AWS...

VMs stored on vVols may experience a significant stun during the snapshot removal process after the backup session.

Challenge During the snapshot removal operation that occurs at the end of a backup/replication job for a VM stored on a vVol Datastore, the following is observed: The Guest OS of the VM being processed is stunned or frozen. Monitoring software may report that the Guest OS is inaccessible due to a...

Backup jobs targeted at Linux backup repository fail after enabling FIPS 140-2 mode on repository server

Challenge After enabling FIPS mode on a Linux repository server, backup jobs fail; log review reveals that Veeam Backup & Replication is unable to make an SSH connection to the repository: 31.08.2019 00:00:00 Warning Failed to create SSH connection to host: '', port: 22, user: '', elevation to...

Publishing Microsoft SQL Databases: Insufficient Free Space on the Mount Server

Article Applicability The locations and registry values specified in this article are relevant only to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4. Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 10, when a SQL Database is Published using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL, the write cache files are stored in the...

Secondary storage backup stops working after NetApp MetroCluster switchover

Challenge After the MetroCluster switchover a backup job with the SnapVault or SnapMirror specified on the Secondary Target tab cannot update these relationships. Cause Unfortunately this is a bug in the OnTap Data Management software. In the event of a switchover Veeam Backup&Replication cannot...

Potential data loss during Export Backup retention processing

Challenge In the environments using scale-out backup repository, Export Backup retention logic may delete the entire repository folder, if the required exported backup file has already been deleted manually prior to its set retention policy expiration. This issue affects Veeam Backup & Replicatio...

Backup infrastructure missing in SCOM views after upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 U4

Challenge After you upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 4, MP for Veeam Backup & Replication monitoring views in SCOM no longer display backup infrastructure partially or completely. The following events can be found in the SCOM Windows event log on the affected Veeam Backup &...

Managed Veeam Agent backup job fails with "Unknown invoker method: 2757" error

A Veeam Agent backup job managed by the backup server fails with the following error: Failed to start backup job Error: Unknown invoker method: 2757...

Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange Error: "Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 server version"

Challenge When attempting to restore data using Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive for Business, or Teams, the following error occurs: Incompatible Veeam Backup for Office 365 server version received: X.X.X.XXX, expected: Y.Y.Y.YYY. Cause This issue occurs because the...

Veeam Recovery Media creating fails with "This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified" error

Challenge During a Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows backup job the following warning occurs: Collecting recovery media files Details: This access control list is not in canonical form and therefore cannot be modified. Copy The warning may appear in the following cases: Veeam Recovery Media is...

Backup Job fails with "This functionality requires using paid Veeam Agent edition" error or Agents discovery session fails with "Remote deployment and management is available for licensed agents only" Error.

Challenge The following error appears during the backup job session, then the backup job fails: This functionality requires using paid Veeam Agent edition. The following error appears during the Agents Discovery session, then the task fails: Remote deployment and management is available for...

How to configure Veeam B&R to work with replicated volume snapshots on the target Pure Storage array

Replicated volume snapshots on the target Pure Storage array are not displayed in the storage system hierarchy in the Veeam Backup & Replication console...

Release Information for Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 3

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 3. This update supersedes Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 2. Solution Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 3 includes improvements and fixes for series of issues. The most critical ones are listed...

USB Device is Not Backed Up by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

Challenge A USB storage device attached to a Windows machine is not backed up by Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows despite the "Include external USB drives" option being selected. Cause Due to limitations within the Microsoft VSS functionality, creating a shadow copy of a removable device, such a...

Incorrect Replica Counters in Monthly Cloud Connect License Usage Report

Challenge Automated monthly license usage reports generated by Veeam Cloud Connect display an unexpected number of replicated VMs and licensed instances. At the same time, Get-VBRCloudTenant -Name "TenantName" PowerShell cmdlet returns proper numbers. Cause Miscalculations are caused by a bug in...

Veeam Availability Console v3 Patch 3 (build 2762)

Challenge Veeam Availability Console v3 Patch 3 build 2762. This update supersedes Veeam Availability Console v3 Patch 2 build 2725. Cause Please confirm you are running version 3.0.0.2647 or later prior to installing this Patch 3. You can check this under Windows Programs and features. After...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 4a

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 4a. Please confirm that you are running version 9.0 Update 1 build 9.0.0.2088 or later prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE console. After the successful upgrade, your build number will be 9.5.4.4587...

Processing configuration Error: The operation is not allowed in the current state. (The VM is in invalid state.)

Article Applicability This article's core error message, "The operation is not allowed in the current state. " may occur during other stages of a replication job or for different job types. This article, KB3000, is specific to when the error occurs during the Processing configuration stage of a...

Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple. Considerations and Limitations

Azure VMware Solution by CloudSimple is a vSphere environment running on Microsoft Azure hardware. This environment requires specific preparations to allow Veeam Backup & Replication v.9.5 Update...

Microsoft SQL Server Transaction Log are not truncated due to an error code 0x80004005 [TLS 1.0]

Challenge When backing up a machine running a Microsoft SQL server where TLS 1.0 has been disabled, a job may fail with the error code 0x80004005 TLS 1.0. The following warning will be found on the server that is being protected by either Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Agent for Microsoft...