Advanced Optimization of Veeam Backup & Replication Configuration for VMware VSAN

Article Applicability This article is intended to provide additional information beyond the basic advice found in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide: Virtual Appliance Mode for VMs on VSAN. Purpose This article provides additional advice for optimizing Veeam Backup & Replication...

Veeam ONE and Automation Services

Challenge The suggestions below leverage the functionality of Veeam ONE in order to automate some administration tasks. Cause To be able to use the steps below, make sure you are using Veeam Availability Suite 8 or newer version. Solution VM with no backup 1. Create VM backup alarm in Veeam ONE...

Backup Copy Seeding and Mapping for Cloud Connect

Objective This article documents how to seed a Backup Copy job for use with a Cloud Repository from a Veeam Cloud Service Provider. Solution Critical Notes Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication v10, there are now two different backup copy modes: Immediate copy and Periodic copy. The mode used ...

Failed to start service ‘VeeamDeploySvc’ - The system cannot find the file specified.

Challenge When attempting to add, edit, or rescan a Windows or Hyper-V server, or rescan a Protection Group that contains a Windows machine, the following error occurs: The system cannot find the file specified. Failed to start service 'VeeamDeploySvc'. Host: ''. --tr:Error code: 0x00000002 Faile...

Full VM restore to a new Datacenter cause deletion of production VM if the name of recovered VM will match production VM name

Challenge Production VM will be deleted without warning if following conditions are met: 1. Full VM restore to vCenter Datacenter, different from original VM Datacenter, VM was running under. 2. Name of recovering VM coincide with existing VM in production. Cause Based on VmWare architecture, it...

Failed to load module [veeamsnap] | Failed to load module [blksnap]

Challenge A Veeam Agent for Linux backup job fails with either of the following errors: Failed to load module veeamsnap with parameters zerosnapdata=1 debuglogging=0 The number of parameters listed in the error may vary depending on Veeam Agent for Linux version. Failed to load module blksnap Cau...

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.

Challenge A Veeam-related service fails to start with the following error: Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. Cause This error is a generic Windows service error and could be caused by a variety reasons, some of which are discussed in the...

Packet Capture Use Examples

Intended Audience This article is not intended as a guide to using tshark or tcpdump. Links to the manuals for those products can be found in theMore Information section of this article. This article intends to provide customers with examples of the capture methods used by Veeam Support. There is...

Version string portion was too short or too long

The article describes additional Veeam ONE database configuration required after deploying it manually...

Veeam ONE Database Calculator for Virtual Infrastructure and Veeam Backup & Replication Monitoring

New Interactive Calculator An updated interactive calculator is now available to replace the legacy Excel file included with this article. Veeam ONE Calculator Solution Summary This Veeam ONE database sizing calculator will help estimate the database size required to retain one year of historical...

No Azure storage accounts can be found

Challenge When attempting to perform a direct restore to Azure through the Veeam Backup & Replication console, or via PowerShell Get-VBRAzureStorageAccount, no storage accounts can be found, or the specified storage account is not returned. Cause The storage accounts specified are blob storage...

DD replication causes panic error on the target Data Domain server

Challenge You have configured a Data Domain Storage Unit as a Veeam backup repository using MTree replication. Data Domain replication results in PANIC on the target Data Domain storage. Cause Veeam Backup & Replication leverages the Virtual Synthetic VS feature of the DD Boost library for buildi...

Backup job fails with “The request is not supported. Failed to duplicate extent” message.

Challenge A backup job targetted at an ReFS based repository fails with " The request is not supported. Failed to duplicate extent" Examples: Agent: Failed to process method Transform.CompileFIB: The request is not supported. Failed to duplicate extent. Target file: vbk, Source file: vib,...

Manually Moving Backup Files To or From a Scale-Out Backup Repository

Veeam Cloud Service Provider Specific Starting with Veeam Backup & Replication 12, migrating a tenant's backup files to or from a scale-out backup repository can be performed without the requirement to involve Veeam Technical Support as was needed in previous versions. Please carefully review:...

Removing a License from Veeam Backup and Replication or Enterprise Manager

Purpose This article provides information regarding removing licenses from Veeam Backup & Replication and Enterprise Manager. Solution Removing License From Veeam Backup & Replication Limitations If the Veeam Backup & Replication deployment is managed by Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager , the...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 1

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 9.5 Update 1 Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam ONE 9.5 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client , the build number should be 9.5.0.xxx. After upgrading, your version build will be 9.5.0.3254...

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 1.0 Update 1 Release Notes

Challenge Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 1.0 Update 1 Release Notes Cause Note: After installing Update 1, please install the latest update. The package contains two files: Veeam.Backup365.msi and VeeamExplorerForExchange.msi. Prior to installing this update please reboot the Veeam Backup for...

Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 Update 1

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 1 Cause Please note that this is an incremental update of the Veeam Backup & Replication version 9.5...

Restore/SureBackup from old DC restore point fails due to shadow copy expiration

Challenge DC restore results in DSRM boot and event id 1918 from ActiveDirectoryDomainService stating: The shadow copy service cannot restore Active Directory Domain Services because the shadow copy used is too old. Copy Cause The backup of the DC is older than the tombstone period. Active...

Backup Failure: "There are currently x usable fault domains. The operation requires y more usable fault domains."

Challenge A Veeam Backup & Replication job protecting a VM stored on a vSAN fails with the error: Error: There are currently x usable fault domains. The operation requires y more usable fault domains. Cause This error is relayed from the snapshot operation failure message within the vSphere...