Veeam Backup & Replication - SureBackup Configuration Guide

This guide was created to help you configure and use SureBackup in Veeam Backup & Replication...

Antivirus Exclusions for Veeam ONE

Purpose This article documents antivirus exclusions that may be created to reduce the impact that antivirus software has on the functionality of Veeam ONE. These antivirus exclusions may be applied to the Windows built-in antivirus or third-party antivirus software. Note: Antivirus will not alway...

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. ...

Backup Copy Job Failures when using ExaGrid de-duplicating storage

Challenge Backup Copy Jobs can fail when writing to ExaGrid storage. Cause De-duplicating storage can incorrectly update existing backup files during Veeam "merge" operation. Solution Make sure your ExaGrid Storage firmware version is 4.7.0 P52 or newer. For additional information please contact...

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:...

Release Notes for Veeam ONE 8.0 Update 2

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 8.0 Update 2. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam ONE 8 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client, the build number should be 8.0.0.xxx. After upgrading, your version build will be 8.0.0.1669. Th...

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...

Adding Linux repository to Veeam hangs on volume discovery and fails silently

When connecting to a Linux repository with Veeam, the connection hangs on the volume discovery step and silently errors out...

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...

Difference Between Typical and Advanced Scalability Modes

Challenge Understanding the difference between Typical and Advanced scalability modes. Cause Depending on the size of the managed virtual environment, you can choose of the following Veeam ONE installation types: Typical -- this type of installation is recommended for small to medium environments...

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...

Veeam ONE 8.0 Patch 1 Release Notes

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam ONE 8.0 Patch 1. Cause Please confirm you are running Veeam ONE 8 prior to installing this update. You can check this under Help | About in Veeam ONE Monitor Client, the build number should be 8.0.0.xxx. After upgrading, your version build will be 8.0.0.1615. Thi...

Backup Job or Backup Proxy rescan fails with “Failed to create processing task for VM Error: Disk 'GUID' not found”

After installing patch 1 for Veeam Backup & Replication 8, jobs may start to fail with the following error message:Error Failed to create processing task for VM Error: Disk ''...

Surebackup with the Domain Controller role enabled causes Windows crash (the “blue screen” error) on the Veeam Backup server.

Challenge During a SureBackup or SureReplica job that processes a VM that has been configured to use the Domain Controller role, a Windows "blue screen" error occurs on the Veeam Backup Server. Cause Veeam Backup & Replication software mounts the VM's VMDK using VDK which can cause some anti-viru...

Failover of replica using Re-IP causes Windows crash (the “blue screen” error) on the Veeam Backup server.

Challenge During the failover of a replica that was configured to use Re-IP, a Windows "blue screen" error occurs on the Veeam Backup Server. Cause When performing the Re-IP process the Veeam Backup & Replication software mounts the replica's VMDK using VDK to modify registry entries within the...