An error message "Collecting thread has failed to initialize (Time difference between Veeam Monitor server and ESX host is too large. Make sure that NTP is enabled on ESX host and try again.) and will be stopped" in Veeam Monitor

Challenge The error "Connection problems" appears with vCenter server or ESXi host in Veeam ONE Monitor client infrastructure view. vCenter server or the ESXi host becomes grayed out: No data goes to the Veeam ONE Monitor client and into the Veeam ONE database. vCenter server or ESXi might be...

How to Restore Individual Files When FLR Fails

Purpose This article documents an alternate method to restore individual files when the File Level Restore fails or the filesystem is incompatible with the Guest OS File Recovery functionality of Veeam Backup & Replication. Solution Alternative Method for VMware Virtual Machines If the data you a...

How to Move the VBRCatalog Folder

Purpose This article documents the procedure for moving the VBRCatalog folder. Solution VBRCatalog Location Requirements The VBRCatalog folder must be on the root of a given drive letter. Example: C:\VBRCatalog\ or D:\VBRCatalog\ The VBRCatalog cannot be redirected to a CIFS share or mapped netwo...

Free ESXi for VMware is not supported

Challenge A job fails with the error: Your Veeam Backup license does not allow processing of free ESXi. Copy Cause As detailed in the Platform Support page of the User Guide: Free ESXi is not supported. Veeam Backup & Replication leverages vSphere and vStorage APIs that VMware disables in free...

Patch 3 Release Notes for Veeam Backup & Replication 6.0.0.153

More Recent Version Available Please find the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication here: Veeam Downloads - Latest Version Challenge These are the issues resolved by the Patch 3 for Veeam Backup version 6.0.0.153. All patches are cumulative so each below fix is contained in this patch...

How to setup SAN access for use with Veeam Backup & Replication.

Purpose This article documents how to set up Direct SAN Access for use with Veeam Backup & Replication. The Direct SAN access transport mode is recommended for VMs whose disks are located on shared VMFS SAN LUNs that are connected to ESXi hosts over FC, FCoE, iSCSI, and on shared SAS storage. In...

How to log in to the Linux Helper Appliance

Purpose This article documents how to login to the Linux appliance used by Veeam Backup & Replication. This is not a common need, but may be neccesary for troubleshooting or advanced configuration. Linux appliances are used by Veeam Backup & Replication for several purposes: In Surebackup, the...

How to apply a SQL script to Veeam Backup & Replication/Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Database

Purpose This article documents the procedure for applying a SQL script to a Microsoft SQL Server or PostgreSQL Database. Specifically, this article is targeted at the scenario where a support engineer has provided a .sql script to modify the Veeam Backup & Replication or Veeam Backup Enterprise...

How to Edit Multiple Alarms at the Same Time

Purpose This article provides supplemental information regarding batch alarm editing. As documented in the Veeam ONE Monitoring Guide, in batch editing mode, you can only change the Assignment, Notifications, Actions, and Suppression alarm settings. Solution For information about modifying multip...

VSS Freeze Wait Timeout

Challenge A Backup or Replication tasks fails with the following errors: "VSSControl: Failed to prepare guest for freeze, wait timeout 900 sec." "VSSControl: Failed to freeze guest, wait timeout" Solution Possible Security Software Interference Anti-virus software may impede VSS operations. As an...

Error executing SQL script during upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication 6.0.0

Veeam Backup & Replication upgrade to version 6.0.0 fails with the error: Error executing SQL script DBupdate.sqlfilled. Line 5225. There is already an object named 'db50update in the database'...

Unable to Connect Hyper-V Host via WMI. User credentials cannot be used for local connections.

Challenge When trying to add a Hyper-V host, you receive the error "Unable to connect via WMI. User Credentials cannot be used for local connections." Cause Not all of the prerequisites have been installed when using Veeam Backup & Replication. Solution Before adding Hyper-V servers, check the...

Your license has expired

Challenge During upgrade to a newer version of Veeam Backup & Replication, the following error occurs: Solution Review KB1191 for information about how to download a new license file. More Information Prior to Veeam Backup & Replication v10, all license files were bound by version release. To...

"JavaScript must be enabled in the web browser to view this page" error while logging to Veeam Reporter Web page

Challenge Cause Security restrictions applied in web-browser prevent from running static content or Veeam Reporter website requires the Static Content feature of IIS be installed in order to function properly. Solution At first, try to add Veeam Reporter's web-site into list of Trusted Sites zone...

Unable to Use the "Processes" Tab in Veeam ONE

Challenge The following message is displayed when opening the Processes tab in Veeam ONE Client for a Virtual Machine: Failed to connect to the Guest OS. Verify that server is up, running, and accessible to Veeam ONE server. Solution Please ensure that the prerequisites are met: VMware vSphere...

How to Create a Custom SureBackup Test Script

Purpose This article provides information about creating custom SureBackup roles and scripts which can be used to enhance SureBackup testing. Solution Information regarding custom SureBackup roles can be found here: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/creatingxmlfiles.html Informatio...

"Virtual Machine is unavailable and will be skipped from processing. " or "Failed to expand object"

Challenge One or more virtual machines in a VMware Backup job fails with the following error: vSphere Environment Virtual Machine is unavailable and will be skipped from processing. Hyper-V Environment Task failed. Failed to expand object . Error: Cannot find VM on host Cause These errors occur...

User authentication failed

When adding an ESX server to Veeam Backup and Replication console and specifying SSH Connection Settings the error message pops up: "Failed to login to "servername" by SSH, port 22, user "user", elevateToRoot False, autoSudo False User authentication failed...

CreateSnapshot failed, the operation is not allowed in the current state

Challenge A task fails for a vSphere Virtual Machine that is being processed by Veeam Backup & Replication with the error: Error: The operation is not allowed in the current state. A related error can be seen in the vSphere Client for the VM: This error may occur during any job in which Veeam...

Return argument has an invalid type

Challenge Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager fails to collect data from a Veeam Backup server with the following error: Return argument has an invalid type. The following error can be seen in VeeamBES.log: timestamp Info Reporting data were successfully collected from the server server.local timesta...